The Oswald Puzzle - Interview w/ Larry Hancock

Mysterious Circumstances

Age Of Radio + Bleav

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Larry Hancock earned his BA with honors, majoring in history, cultural anthropology and education. He's been researching Lee Harvey Oswald in depth for 35 years. We engaged in a discussion about the JFK assassination, with a particular focus on Lee Harvey Oswald. We explored Oswald's personality, intelligence, and interactions, as well as his experiences in Russia and his evolving political views. The conversation also touched on Marina and Lee Oswald's life in the early 1960s, the complexities of Oswald's character, and his potential involvement in the assassination of JFK.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mysterious Circumstances Podcast.
0:23.1	I'm your host, Justin.
0:24.5	I am joined by Larry Hancock, the author of a book called The Oswald Paradox.
0:29.7	And as all of my listeners know, I've always been down the rabbit hole of the JFK assassination.
0:37.5	But I've actually never took the time to look more into Oswald,
0:42.1	which, I mean, he has to be some kind of a fascinating man
0:46.8	because of all the little quirks and rabbit holes to go down and everything like that.
0:52.2	But Larry, welcome to the podcast.
0:56.0	Oh, it's great to be here.
0:57.3	I am happy to have you on.
0:58.7	I took another look at Oswald myself.
1:01.5	After working on this for 30 plus years and writing like three or four books on the assassination, it's like, you know, maybe I should reconsider Oswald.
1:11.0	Like he's right at the middle of this.
1:13.1	Maybe I should take another look and not just like believe everything I read about Oswald in all the books.
1:19.6	Oh, man.
1:20.3	And how did you get started into it?
1:22.5	How did you get fascinated by this?
1:24.8	Well, it's right.
1:25.9	I, of course, I grew up with it.
1:30.8	I was a sophomore in high school when Kennedy was shot.
1:32.5	I remember that quite well.
1:37.0	Sunday morning watch Oswald shot by Ruby on TV. So that sticks with you.
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