JFK The Enduring Secret

Next week, Andrew Iler, Mark Adamczyk, and I are heading up to Washington, D.C., to meet with Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna. Congresswoman Luna chairs the Congressional Task Force On The Declassification of Government Secrets. We have secured an opportunity to brief her personally on critical record keeping and oversight issues that have been festering for years. These are issues that we believe are core to the committee’s mission when it comes to assessing th...

Transcribed - Published: 1 June 2026

Episode 321 is the fifth and final episode in a mini-series covering Sylvia Duran in Mexico. And what a tale it is. Today's episode covers the infamous twist party. You heard much about Sylvia Duran already in the early Mexico City episodes. We pick the story back up just as the JFK assassination takes place on November 22nd, 1963 and events almost simultaneously begin to unfold and overtake her. The harrowing story of Sylvia Duran, a 26-year-old Mexican consular secr...

Transcribed - Published: 15 March 2026

Episode 320 is the fourth in a mini-series covering Sylvia Duran in Mexico. And what a tale it is. You heard much about Sylvia Duran already in the early Mexico City episodes. We pick the story back up just as the JFK assassination takes place on November 22nd, 1963 and events almost simultaneously begin to unfold and overtake her. The harrowing story of Sylvia Duran, a 26-year-old Mexican consular secretary at the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City is one of the most conf...

Transcribed - Published: 15 March 2026

Episode 319 is the third in a mini-series covering Sylvia Duran in Mexico. And what a tale it is. You heard much about Sylvia Duran already in the early Mexico City episodes. We pick the story back up just as the JFK assassination takes place on November 22nd, 1963 and events almost simultaneously begin to unfold and overtake her. The harrowing story of Sylvia Duran, a 26-year-old Mexican consular secretary at the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City is one of the most confo...

Transcribed - Published: 15 March 2026

Episode 318 is the second in a mini-series covering Sylvia Duran in Mexico. And what a tale it is. You heard much about Sylvia Duran already in the early Mexico City episodes. We pick the story back up just as the JFK assassination takes place on November 22nd, 1963 and events almost simultaneously begin to unfold and overtake her. The harrowing story of Sylvia Duran, a 26-year-old Mexican consular secretary at the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City is one of the most conf...

Transcribed - Published: 14 March 2026

Episode 317 is the first in a mini-series covering Sylvia Duran in Mexico. And what a tale it is. You heard much about Sylvia Duran already in the early Mexico City episodes. We pick the story back up just as the JFK assassination takes place on November 22nd, 1963 and events almost simultaneously begin to unfold and overtake her. The harrowing story of Sylvia Duran, a 26-year-old Mexican consular secretary at the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City is one of the most confounding...

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2026

We are coming to the end of the Sylvia Odio story. In episode 6 we finish up this min-series on Sylvia Odio, by picking up the story in 1976. Amid intense public pressure and shocking revelations about clandestine intelligence activities from the 1960s, Congress formed the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) to reinvestigate the assassinations of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. A key figure in this effort was investigator Gaeton Fonzi, who examined the FBI...

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2026

With the advent of the Sylvia Odio series, we are pivoting back to (finally) finishing off the Mexico series. In the Odio story, we tell something tangential to Mexico City but vastly important overall. The story of Sylvia Odio is rarely explored in more detail and we do it here. And no,...it's not time yet for Sylvia Duran...that is coming next, but we're going to cover Sylvia Odio first. In episode 5 of this min-series on Sylvia Odio, we pick up the story...

Transcribed - Published: 3 March 2026

With the advent of the Sylvia Odio series, we are pivoting back to (finally) finishing off the Mexico series. In the Odio story, we tell something tangential to Mexico City but vastly important overall. The story of Sylvia Odio is rarely explored in more detail and we do it here. And no,...it's not time yet for Sylvia Duran...that is coming next, but we're going to cover Sylvia Odio first. In the fourth episode of this mini-series , we continue to lay...

Transcribed - Published: 3 March 2026

Episode 313 is part 3 of the mini-series covering Sylvia Odio. In our last episode, we traced Sylvia Odio’s fall from Cuban aristocracy—wealthy, U.S.-educated, and immersed in high society—to a destitute exile after her parents, Amador and Sarah, funneled their fortune into the anti-Castro underground. Their arrest and imprisonment by Fidel Castro in October 1961 devastated the family and set Sylvia on a path of heartbreak. Today we follow her survival in the aftermath. Abandoned by her husba...

Transcribed - Published: 3 March 2026

With the advent of the Sylvia Odio series, we are pivoting back to (finally) finishing off the Mexico series. In the Odio story tell something tangential to Mexico but vastly important overall. It's the story of Sylvia Odio. No...it's not time yet for Sylvia Duran...that is coming next. Were going to cover Sylvia Odio first. In the second episode of this mini-series premiere, we continue to lay the groundwork for what has become known as the most expl...

Transcribed - Published: 2 March 2026

Hello friends and listeners! Well I am back at it. And today, we pivot back to (finally) finishing off the Mexico series, I tell the story of something tangential to Mexico but vastly important overall. It's the story of Sylvia Odio. No...it's not time yet for Sylvia Duran...that is coming next. But let's get Sylvia Odio out of the way first. In this gripping mini-series premiere, we lay the groundwork for what has become known as the most explosive Oswald sighting of...

Transcribed - Published: 1 March 2026

Episode 310 is the twenty-second episode on the Tippit murder and very well may be our final episode of this mini-series. Of all the mini-series we have produced , this one may have been the most illuminating when it comes to solving the crime...of who killed President John F. Kennedy. In this final episode on Tippit, we explore, one more layer down in the depths of Oak Cliff, the chance that there was a second police car there on the scene...at...

Transcribed - Published: 8 February 2026

Episode 309 is the twenty-first episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be just that...but for other reasons! In this twenty-first episode, we bring to you an interview conducted by Dallas JFK researcher Michael Brownlow and Professor William Pulte. Their conversation with an witness whose fear required their identity to r...

Transcribed - Published: 31 January 2026

Come listen to episode 308. I am anxious to share with you a brief update about some exciting and upcoming episodes that complete the Tippit murder series and deliver a sneak peak into a brand new podcast series that we have coming your way soon. One that we are about to launch. I finish out this episode by going on an increasingly rare wander that was inspired by a listener and by the wonderful Christmas and holiday season that is upon us. Come join ...

Transcribed - Published: 26 December 2025

Episode 307 is the twentieth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be just that...but for other reasons! In this twentieth episode, we tell the story of Igor Vaganov. a Russian-born émigré who was present in Dallas, Texas, during the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963. In this episode, we detail ...

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2025

Episode 306 is the nineteenth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be just that...but for other reasons! In this nineteenth episode, we tell the story of Air Force Sergeant Robert Vinson. On the morning of November 22, 1963 Vinson boarded a flight at Andrews Air Force Base bound for Lowry Airforce Base in Colorado. ...

Transcribed - Published: 7 December 2025

Episode 305 is the eighteenth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be just that...but for other reasons! In this eighteenth episode, we tell the story of one of the most blatant evidence tampering episodes within the case. And perhaps one of the most blatant ever in any such high profile case. The police logs that offic...

Transcribed - Published: 29 November 2025

Episode 304 is the seventeenth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be just that...but for other reasons! In this seventeenth episode, We revisit in more detail the ballistics evidence including its chain of custody along with the fingerprints lifted from the car. Fingerprints that did not match Oswalds and yet he had his han...

Transcribed - Published: 28 November 2025

Episode 303 is the sixteenth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be just that...but for other reasons! In this sixteenth episode, we tell the story of the Dallas police squad car appearing in front of Oswald's rooming house right at about 1:00PM as he was changing and about to exit. The car approached slowly, honked twice and then...

Transcribed - Published: 24 November 2025

Episode 302 is the fifteenth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be just that...but for other reasons! In this fifteenth episode, we tell the story of Tippit's love life and extramarital affair. The purpose is to highlight Tippit in his context and point out his personal vulnerabilities that may have played into what happene...

Transcribed - Published: 16 November 2025

Episode 301 is the fourteenth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be just that...but for other reasons! In this fourteenth episode, we tell the story of Carl Mather and the identification of the red Ford Falcon in the El Chico restaurant parking lot. T. F. White, a confidential informant working at the garage next door...

Transcribed - Published: 11 October 2025

Episode 300 is the thirteenth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be just that...but for other reasons! In this thirteenth episode, we address three topics related to the escape of the assailant from the murder scene. First, the jacket and who actually found it... and what implications that has for the case and for ide...

Transcribed - Published: 10 October 2025

Episode 298 is the tweltfh episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. Dallas Patrolman J.D. Tippit's actions on November 22, 1963, were, by any measure, erratic. He abandoned his assigned beat after the JFK assassination and conducted a tense vigil at the GLOCO filling station, watching the main escape route from Dealey Plaza, apparently "hunting for a specific quarry". This erratic behavior led to a chaotic chase, the search of a car and a desperate, unanswered phone ...

Transcribed - Published: 4 October 2025

There are some things that are easier to understand when you see them. This is very true when it comes to evaluating evidence in the Tippit murder case. Join us over on our You Tube Channel with your eyes open. The Tippit witnesses are a confounding group of evidence that needs deep analysis to truly understand. Picture this: Over 30 witnesses scattered across Tenth and Patton and along Jefferson Avenue each with a glimpse of the gunman—or was it Oswald? On the surface, it seems l...

Transcribed - Published: 2 October 2025

This week Andrew Iler, Mark Adamczyk and myself delivered a powerful letter to Congresswoman Luna. Please listen to this brief, but important message and take action. We have a very short period of time to ensure that the Federal Task Force On The Declassification of Federal Secrets ("Task Force") addresses the core issues related to the JFK Records Collection ("Collection") . We applaud the Task Force's efforts thus far to obtain specific records from agencies, but th...

Transcribed - Published: 2 October 2025

My apologies, but a technical error occurred in the audio production of episode 289, which has now been corrected. The updated version of episode 289 is now available. Please remove your existing download and re-download a complete version of the episode.

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2025

Episode 298 is the eleventh episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this eleventh episode, the assailant makes his way away from the murder scene at 10th and Patton and is seen by various witnesses heading toward Jefferson Street. Today, we pick up the narrative in the moments right after t...

Transcribed - Published: 29 September 2025

It was only a handful of episodes ago, when listeners learned the story of Bobby Baker. Do you remember that episode when the very day the world stood still, mourning the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? Another story was unfolding in the shadows of Washington D.C. A story so explosive, it could have stopped Lyndon B. Johnson from ever becoming president. You might remember that In a closed-door Senate hearing, a lone whistleblower, an insurance salesman named Don B. Reynolds...

Transcribed - Published: 28 September 2025

Episode 297 is the tenth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney, called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this episode, we analyze the complexities of the timeline from 1026 N Beckley to 10th and Patton...a timeline that must work in order to place Oswald at the scene. In the chaotic aftermath of President Kennedy's assassination, as Dallas police ...

Transcribed - Published: 25 September 2025

Episode 296 is the ninth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. It is the third and final episode in a three part mini-series on the wallet that was found at the scene. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney, called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this episode, In the chaotic aftermath of President Kennedy's assassination, as Dallas police scrambled for clues, another officer lay dead on a quiet street...

Transcribed - Published: 20 September 2025

Episode 295 is the eighth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. It is the second episode in a three part mini-series on the wallet that was found at the scene. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney, called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this episode, In the chaotic aftermath of President Kennedy's assassination, as Dallas police scrambled for clues, another officer lay dead on a quiet street in the ...

Transcribed - Published: 20 September 2025

Episode 294 is the seventh episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. It begins a three part mini-series on the wallet that was found at the scene. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney, called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this episode, In the chaotic aftermath of President Kennedy's assassination, as Dallas police scrambled for clues, another officer lay dead on a quiet street in the Oak Cliff neighborhood:...

Transcribed - Published: 20 September 2025

Episode 293 is the sixth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this episode, we follow the footsteps of Lee Harvey Oswald from his exit out of the back of the Texas School Book Depository to the rooming house at 1026 N Beckley. Even the trek between those two places is full of intrigue and questions, as we recreate the time ...

Transcribed - Published: 17 September 2025

Episode 292 is the fifth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this episode we take a step back and attempt to provide an overview of the problems in the case and the areas and issues to be mindful of as we progress through the remainder of the series. Episode 5 gives a real peak at what is to come next. Th...

Transcribed - Published: 14 September 2025

Episode 291 is the fourth episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. It is completely dedicated to the story of witness Acquilla Clemons. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called this murder the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this episode we continue with coverage at the crime scene and address a little known witness that the authorities sidestepped. She was discovered by Vince...

Transcribed - Published: 11 September 2025

Episode 290 is the third episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this episode we continue with coverage at the crime scene and begin to educate ourselves on exactly what happened at 10th and Patton. These first few episodes of the mini-series provide a deep dive into those events at the crime scene itse...

Transcribed - Published: 8 September 2025

Episode 289 is the second episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this episode we continue with coverage at the crime scene and begin to educate ourselves on exactly what happened at 10th and Patton. These first few episodes of the mini-series provide a deep dive into those events at the crime scene its...

Transcribed - Published: 7 September 2025

Episode 288 is the long awaited first episode of our mini-series on the Tippit murder. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called it the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In today's opening episode we go right to the scene of the crime and begin to educate ourselves on exactly what happened at 10th and Patton. This is the first of a group of episodes in the mini-series that provides a deep dive into those events at...

Transcribed - Published: 7 September 2025

Join me on one of our most exciting wanders yet! As we approach 300 episodes, I feel compelled to bring this story now to our loyal listeners. You have waited long enough to hear me tell this one. David Belin, the celebrated Warren Commission attorney called the J.D. Tippit murder the "Rosetta Stone" of the JFK assassination. It may very well be... just that! In this mini-series, which starts this weekend, we examine the evidence, and delve into the bewildering array of contradict...

Transcribed - Published: 6 September 2025

As promised, the video interview is live on our YouTube Channel!

Transcribed - Published: 24 August 2025

As researchers peer deeper and deeper into the JFK Records Act, startling and suspicious questions arise as to how the nation's national archives (NARA) handled record administration. Record administration that was handed over to NARA after the JFK record collection was turned over to them upon sunsetting of the ARRB. Even more startling, are the facts surrounding how certain CIA records in a sequestered collection might have been "managed" prior to the effective date of the...

Transcribed - Published: 21 August 2025

This is our first episode covering Lyndon Johnson and how he accumulated his wealth, becoming the richest president in history up to his time. In today's episode (which is one of 2 episodes covering this topic ), we begin by telling the story of KTBC Austin, the radio station snatched from the hands of Dr. Ulmer and JM West. And how KTBC served as the foundation for acquisition of the only TV station in Austin. Johnson was able to skillfully accomplish this through his ...

Transcribed - Published: 19 August 2025

This is our second episode covering Lyndon Johnson himself and selected parts of his own background. In today's episode (which is part 2 of a two-part mini-series covering this event), we conclude the telling of the story of the stolen Democratic primary run off race in 1948 that occurred in Texas. The Box 13 scandal is a classic and blatant voter fraud case that propelled Lyndon Johnson ultimately to the Senate. And it revealed, on a national basis, the unbridled ambition of this man w...

Transcribed - Published: 16 August 2025

This is our first episode covering Lyndon Johnson himself and selected parts of his own background. In today's episode (which is one of 2 episodes covering this event), we begin by telling the story of the stolen Democratic primary run off race in 1948 that occurred in Texas. The Box 13 scandal is a classic and blatant voter fraud case that propelled Lyndon Johnson ultimately to the Senate. And it revealed, on a national basis, the unbridled ambition of this man who would take outrageous and ...

Transcribed - Published: 15 August 2025

A status update on the JFK Records Act litigation between the Mary Ferrell Foundation and NARA. Just a few days ago on August 6th, the litigants filed a joint status report in the case involving the declassification of records related to historical assassinations. The defendant's request for summary judgement was stayed as a result of President Trumps order regarding the release of records and this new status report updates the public on the latest status of the...

Transcribed - Published: 9 August 2025

A random episode that pays tribute to author David Talbot and his must have book entitled Brothers and also captures most perfectly Talbot's reminders regarding the lesson of history that the Church Committee and its members brought to us many years before...

Transcribed - Published: 9 August 2025

Hello listeners, I added a few interesting facts and made a few edits. So please do use this updated version of episode 282 and delete any prior downloads of this episode. Thanks again! Jeff

Transcribed - Published: 8 August 2025

We are winding down our series on the Johnson inner circle. We have covered Billy Sol Estes, Bobby Baker, and Mac Wallace. One topic I promised to come back to was the fingerprint found inside the Texas Schoolbook Depository. The fingerprint that allegedly matches Mac Wallace. Today we tackle that issue with an action packed episode. If it was Mac Wallace's fingerprint, surely that leads to deeper ties that Johnson likely had with the assassination itself. All of these men w...

Transcribed - Published: 7 August 2025

This is Part 15 of the mini-series that covers the story of Bobby Baker. It's also the final episode of the Bobby Baker series and the final episode on Don Reynolds. It's a deeper dive into Reynolds and includes the insightful thoughts brought to us by his nephew Bob Nelson who wrote a book entitled LBJ's Mortal Wound: The Don Reynolds Story. This mini-series is part of a larger series covering Billy Sol Estes, Mac Wallace, Bobby Baker and other members of Johnson's Texas inner circle. ...

Transcribed - Published: 24 July 2025