Top Ten Strangest Things About the JFK Assassination

Everyone knows what happened in Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963. But more than sixty years later, some of the strangest details surrounding the Kennedy assassination still sound almost impossible.For the Season One finale of Deep History, we count down ten of the strangest documented facts surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy—not conspiracy theories, but events that are actually part of the historical record.How did an outpouring of affection for Kennedy actually slow his motorcade through Dallas? Why was the presidential limousine traveling with its top down? What happened to a threatening note Lee Harvey Oswald delivered to the FBI before the assassination? Was the scope on Oswald’s rifle really misaligned? And did Kennedy make an eerily specific comment about how a president could be assassinated just hours before his own death?Then there’s number one.  And it's truly unbelievable.Some are coincidences. Some are mistakes. Some raise questions that may never be completely answered.But every one of them adds another strange footnote to one of the most examined events in American history.Join us for one final rabbit hole before we close out Season One.Keep digging.Deep History explores the forgotten people, overlooked places, and untold stories that shaped our world. Learn more at deep-history.com.