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JFK: The Dead Witnesses
In the years following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, more than one hundred witnesses, investigators, and other people linked to the ambush in Dealey Plaza have died. The majority have met their fate under extremely suspicious circumstances. Murders, mysterious accidents, and "suicides" account for more than half of those who have died since that fateful day in 1963. In "JFK: The Dead Witnesses" authors Craig Roberts and John Armstrong present the results of their investigations into the deaths of each of the victims. For the first time, the cases are detailed in chronological order exposing what each witness saw, what they might know, know they died, and how they were connected to the murder of JFK and often, to each other. Follow the trail of bodies through thirty years of intrigue, coverups and scandals as Roberts and Armstrong open the curtain that have for too long hidden the facts behind…the dead witnesses!
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181 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 1994
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June 27, 2014
Okay, let's get the minuses out of the way early: This is a horribly-formatted book. It looks like your standard "well, just use the print book manuscript; they can't be that much different, can they?" (And the answer to that question is... YES! Yes, they are!)
As for the subject matter, it is very informative. And kinda scary. I think most folks realize that Oswald wasn't the sole shooter; there were a LOT of vengeful and powerful people involved and the US was subverted by a paramilitary coup. Luckily, unlike most third world nations, it only involved one man getting killed. Or it seemed to at the time.
Many of the 115+ deaths listed in this book do seem like coincidences, like heart attacks and the ubiquitous "natural causes", but one does have to wonder. And given the fact that nearly everyone involved with any stage of the investigation is now dead, it's doubtful the truth will ever come out at this late date.
It's an interesting read for the conspiracy buff, and I think any US history/military aficionado will find this worth reading, if just the intricate web that's weaved with the subject matter.
As for the subject matter, it is very informative. And kinda scary. I think most folks realize that Oswald wasn't the sole shooter; there were a LOT of vengeful and powerful people involved and the US was subverted by a paramilitary coup. Luckily, unlike most third world nations, it only involved one man getting killed. Or it seemed to at the time.
Many of the 115+ deaths listed in this book do seem like coincidences, like heart attacks and the ubiquitous "natural causes", but one does have to wonder. And given the fact that nearly everyone involved with any stage of the investigation is now dead, it's doubtful the truth will ever come out at this late date.
It's an interesting read for the conspiracy buff, and I think any US history/military aficionado will find this worth reading, if just the intricate web that's weaved with the subject matter.
May 2, 2023
Very good read on President John Kennedy's Assassination
Right on Roberts knows his job very well. I know he is correct I am a good shot to and could not have made it in a 100 years. You have to be able to know the distance and where the bullet will strike and hold steady, the last part is most hard to do.
Right on Roberts knows his job very well. I know he is correct I am a good shot to and could not have made it in a 100 years. You have to be able to know the distance and where the bullet will strike and hold steady, the last part is most hard to do.
August 12, 2019
Good book.
Sometimes difficult to follow since the deaths were in chronological order. The book needed a table to show the dates of death for each in a certain category of connection to the assassination.
Sometimes difficult to follow since the deaths were in chronological order. The book needed a table to show the dates of death for each in a certain category of connection to the assassination.
July 2, 2023
Entertaining but poorly written and completely lacking citations.
February 2, 2026
Very interesting listing of all people involved in this or other way in the JFK assassination - be it they were direct witnesses, people knowing people who knew things or members of power and law enforcement structure involved in the investigation.
While some can be left as died-by-natural-causes for the rest of them it is just weird how great number of accidents or extremely weird causes of death are listed (one of the weirdest being karate chop to the neck! Somebody thought this was everyday occurrence?). Especially when it comes to law enforcement or members of power structures.
It is infuriating indeed how many people decided to stuck their head into the ground like ostriches and worst of all how that weird (oh how weird! but again ...... any better with recent epidemic? or AI idiocy?) investigation commission decided to publish what they considered to be truth (which, again can be truth only in some weird delulu land).
And after all of this, one has to wonder how we got through all these years of craziness, culminating in the epidemic and then these child-molester files? Blindness is cultivated, and after a few decades scenes where people rappel from silent black helicopters into the middle of busy traffic without anyone noticing them (who knows, knows) do become everyday occurrence. Terror, utter terror.
Interesting short book, lots of information and quite a number of people involved are presented from all spheres of society. On its own might be interesting as reading a telephone book, but with other books on subject it might even prove to be a very good starting point.
Recommended.
While some can be left as died-by-natural-causes for the rest of them it is just weird how great number of accidents or extremely weird causes of death are listed (one of the weirdest being karate chop to the neck! Somebody thought this was everyday occurrence?). Especially when it comes to law enforcement or members of power structures.
It is infuriating indeed how many people decided to stuck their head into the ground like ostriches and worst of all how that weird (oh how weird! but again ...... any better with recent epidemic? or AI idiocy?) investigation commission decided to publish what they considered to be truth (which, again can be truth only in some weird delulu land).
And after all of this, one has to wonder how we got through all these years of craziness, culminating in the epidemic and then these child-molester files? Blindness is cultivated, and after a few decades scenes where people rappel from silent black helicopters into the middle of busy traffic without anyone noticing them (who knows, knows) do become everyday occurrence. Terror, utter terror.
Interesting short book, lots of information and quite a number of people involved are presented from all spheres of society. On its own might be interesting as reading a telephone book, but with other books on subject it might even prove to be a very good starting point.
Recommended.
April 21, 2022
A lot of information, even if you've read a hundred books about the JFK assassination, there should be some names here that you've missed before. Then again, reading this anno 2022, a lot of the information is dated. It would have been more interesting if the author(s) had researched the heck out of a couple of the more intriguing cases and found new information and reached new insights. Instead, you get an overview, lots of hearsay and insinuation and no sources. Some mistakes (Rush to Judgement was not the first book to criticize the Warren Report!). And still, names are missing. Where are the very suspicious CIA-officers David Atlee Phillips (cancer) and George Joannides (complications during surgery), who both died shortly before the movie JFK stirred things up again? Phillips knew the truth about Mexico City, and Joannides was instrumental in thwarting the HSCA-investigation's search for a mysterious agent who (after the probe was finished) turned out to be Joannides himself.
August 3, 2019
Well worth a read for people who believe JFK conspiracy theories
Liked the format of the book, couldn't believe how many deaths and how they correlated to JFK assassination.
I would really recommend the book, if you ever had doubts - this will just endorse them further about JFKs assassination
Liked the format of the book, couldn't believe how many deaths and how they correlated to JFK assassination.
I would really recommend the book, if you ever had doubts - this will just endorse them further about JFKs assassination
February 14, 2018
Witnesses , maybe
It was an interesting book. But I was expecting actual looking for people in the grassy knoll and along the route of the President. It did connect people together, as far as who had the knowledge to hide what and where.
It was an interesting book. But I was expecting actual looking for people in the grassy knoll and along the route of the President. It did connect people together, as far as who had the knowledge to hide what and where.
July 4, 2020
This book is phenomenal, on and on it goes with person after person killed, or suicided... its incredible, i could only read it in small bites otherwise it was too much to take in... what a world we live in!
March 30, 2019
Jud
Just not very good. I found more than a few errors in this. Save your money. Very boring to be honest.
Just not very good. I found more than a few errors in this. Save your money. Very boring to be honest.
April 28, 2015
Two well known author/researchers in the JFK case, Craig Roberts (author of 'Kill Zone;A sniper looks at Dealey Plaza') and John Armstrong, (author of the profound 'Harvey & Lee') have joined forces for 'JFK:The Dead Witnesses' (1995).
Always a controversial topic surrounding the Kennedy killing since some mathematician working for the London Sunday Times back in 1967 stated that the odds on the number of witnesses of the JFK assassination dying between '63 & '67 were one hundred thousand trillion to one! So controversial in fact that the H.S.C.A. had to assess these deaths in the late '70's.
Not one of my favourite topics of the very many strands and tentacles of the '63 coup, but this book does provide many interesting although brief biogs of the many persons who suddenly shuffled off their mortal coils. The authors have even provided death graphs and murder pie charts.
Always a controversial topic surrounding the Kennedy killing since some mathematician working for the London Sunday Times back in 1967 stated that the odds on the number of witnesses of the JFK assassination dying between '63 & '67 were one hundred thousand trillion to one! So controversial in fact that the H.S.C.A. had to assess these deaths in the late '70's.
Not one of my favourite topics of the very many strands and tentacles of the '63 coup, but this book does provide many interesting although brief biogs of the many persons who suddenly shuffled off their mortal coils. The authors have even provided death graphs and murder pie charts.
March 22, 2015
a quick read, but dry and not particularly illustrative
If you're looking for a well-researched account plotting all the suspicious deaths to befall witnesses or persons of interest to the JFK assassination story, look no further than this book; you'll burn through it in a matter of days. Just don't go in expecting anything especially in-depth or well-phrased; the writing style is terse and clinical to the point of impacting the reading experience. I'm not dissatisfied with my purchase here; it's just that there are plenty of better books out there on the subject more deserving of a reader's time.
If you're looking for a well-researched account plotting all the suspicious deaths to befall witnesses or persons of interest to the JFK assassination story, look no further than this book; you'll burn through it in a matter of days. Just don't go in expecting anything especially in-depth or well-phrased; the writing style is terse and clinical to the point of impacting the reading experience. I'm not dissatisfied with my purchase here; it's just that there are plenty of better books out there on the subject more deserving of a reader's time.
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October 31, 2015Concise and to the point
Concise and to the point. Informative for people interested in the rarity of these circumstances. I recommend to anyone interested.
Concise and to the point. Informative for people interested in the rarity of these circumstances. I recommend to anyone interested.
December 30, 2015
A really shoddy, tendentious piece of work. Should check deails against a skeptical account like
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/deaths.htm
Disappointing
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/deaths.htm
Disappointing
December 10, 2023
Thought provoking
One of the best books I have read on this subject. A must read for anyone who is interested in the subject.
One of the best books I have read on this subject. A must read for anyone who is interested in the subject.
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