The Kennedy Conspiracy

An Historical Mystery

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

The 35th President of the United States

Born into a family of politicians

Controversial: the Bay of Pigs

Invasion Cold War dealings Cuban Missile Crisis

The Trip to Dallas Kennedy arrived in Dallas on Nov. 21, 1963

Traveled to Texas for a five city tour: Lost the 1960 vote in Texas during the

Presidential Campaign and wanted to increase his public image in Texas

Starting his campaign for the 1964 election The Kennedy/Johnson ticket was not particularly

popular in the 1960 election

Trip To Dallas (cont...)

The Assassination

The Conspiracy

There are many theories as to who truly killed Kennedy The Magic Bullet Theory Multiple shooters/ Multiple locations

Many are not sure what to believe because nobody can identify how many shots were fired

The “back and to the left” theory A lot of people claim that Oswald couldn't be the

lone shooter because Kennedy's head went back and to the left when he was hit, if he were shot from the TSBD, his head would have gone forward and to the right.

The Magic Bullet Theory

Theory that one shot hit both Kennedy and Gov. Connely.

Multiple Shooters

Many people believe that there were more shooters than just Oswald that day This gives way to the theory of a conspiracy,

because now we have to figure out who else had reason to kill Kennedy

There are many theories as to who would possibly want Kennedy dead due to different political dealings

Important Locations of the Assassination

The following are three possible locations where the shooters could have possibly shot from: The Texas School Book Depository The Grassy Knoll The sewer on Elm St.

The Texas School Book DepositoryThis is the most

famous location Oswald supposedly shot

from the 6th Story of the TSBD

Would have given him a rear shot at President Kennedy, giving way to the idea of the “Magic Bullet Theory”

The Grassy Knoll

The Grassy Knoll is an area on the same side of the street as the TSBD

Many people claim that shots came from a wall in the Grassy Knoll

The Elm Street Sewer

Sewer just past the Freeway sign

Would have given the shooter a perfect view of Kennedy

Would have caused the “Back and to the left” phenomena

Possible Shooters/ Conspirators

• Lee Harvey Oswald• Jack Ruby• Lyndon B. Johnson• “Badgeman”• Nikita Khrushchev

• Fidel Castro• Secret Service• J. Edgar Hoover

• Jimmy Hoffa/ Mafia

Lee Harvey Oswald The most famous person in the conspiracy The shooter from the

Texas School Book Depository Some claim that there is picture evidence that

Oswald was actually standing in front of the TBSD during the shooting Was apprehended two hours after the shooting,

in the mean time he had shot Officer Tibbits Shot to death two days later as he was being

transported to a new facility for protection

Jack Ruby

Local strip club owner Club was believed to be

controlled by the mafia Many believe that he

was sent to kill Oswald in order to silence him from talking because of mob ties to the assassination

Lyndon B. Johnson

Vice President of the United States

Didn't like the Kennedy's

Was going to be dropped from the 1964 Presidential election as Vice President

Had been attempting to gain the party nomination

“Badgeman”

No one knows whether “Badgeman” really exists An outline of a figure is

thought to exist above the wall in the Grassy Knoll

Some theorists say that Tibbits is the badgeman. Tibbits was a police officer who was killed by Oswald after the assassination.

Nikita Khrushchev

President of the U.S.S.R.

Khrushchev was embarrassed by Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Kennedy had also made Khrushchev back down in Berlin

Fidel Castro Dictator of Cuba Was infuriated with the

United States because on three separate occasions the government had tried to overthrow or kill him

Kennedy had also imposed a trade embargo on Cuba in 1962

Secret Service

There are two possibilities here: Kennedy often used the Secret Service to take him

to and from his meeting places with Marylin Monroe, who he was carrying out an affair with

The day before the parade, the route was changed to incorporate the turn onto Elm St.

The head of the Secret Service was sent out of the country

In the book Mortal Error: The Shot That Killed JFK, the author Bonar Menninger claims that Secret Service agent George Hickey accidentally killed JFK while attempting to return fire on the gunman

J. Edgar Hoover

The first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Kennedy was going to force Hoover to retire as Director of FBI

Jimmy Hoffa/ Mafia Jimmy Hoffa was the

infamous leader of the Teamsters Bobby was attempting to

go after Hoffa in Court

Kennedy's father, Joseph, got John support from the Mafia during the election in return for not going after the mafia

Works Cited John F. Kennedy. John F. Kennedy: 35th President of

the United States. March 21, 2008. www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html

November 22, 1963: Death of the President. March 22, 1963. www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+History/Death+of+the+President.htm

Menninger, Bonar. Mortal Error: The Shot that Killed JFK. (New York: St. Martins Press, 1992)

Help filling in details of conspiracy: Thomas Briggs and Brad Weidman.