031 PT.1 JFK Why Americans reject the official JFK story

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, an event that continues to haunt the American psyche sixty years later. The Warren Commission (1964) provided the first official narrative, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted as a lone gunman, firing three shots from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. This conclusion was immediately met with skepticism, notably regarding the "magic bullet" theory, which posits that a single projectile inflicted seven different wounds on both Kennedy and Governor John Connally. A second major government investigation, the House Select Committee on Assassinations (1979), revised these earlier findings. It determined that Kennedy was "probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy," citing acoustic evidence of a fourth shot from the "grassy knoll"—though this evidence was later scientifically discredited. Public distrust has been further sustained by Oswald's background as a U.S. defector to the Soviet Union and his mysterious trip to Mexico City weeks before the shooting, where he was under CIA surveillance while visiting the Cuban and Soviet embassies. Prominent alternative theories include District Attorney Jim Garrison’s allegation of a vast plot involving the CIA and anti-Castro groups, and Howard Donahue’s theory of an accidental shot fired by Secret Service agent George Hickey. Recent declassifications, including over 13,000 documents released in 2022 and thousands more in 2025, show that while the CIA and FBI held significant information about Oswald beforehand, no "smoking gun" for a conspiracy has emerged. According to the sources, approximately 60% of Americans still doubt the official story, ensuring the assassination remains a defining, unresolved puzzle of modern history.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-american--6771636/support.IWelcome to the HISTORY AMERICAN podcast. We explore the stories that transformed the opinions of our citizens and shaped our collective memory. Here, we don’t just narrate the past: we analyze and focus on the events that live on in the mind of America. A journey to the heart of the facts that defined us.SUPPORT USPAYPAL: 💳🔗https://www.paypal.me/paypal2025186DIRECCION BITCOIN:bc1qlc62wl5d6hvsueslwhjxylq68xe9ren6nqdmvqDIRECCIÓN Ethereum:0x94b27310717FD05235A0662c4Af7A10309Eecc4DDIRECCIÓN SOLANA:6ETUyxD6nmwLouHK43MoK4d35WddDHmoXedKi7WKbyMmhttps://patreon.com/techup503