"Mysteries at the Museum" JFK Assassination: Mysteries at the Museum Special

1 00:00:02,003 --> 00:00:05,004 It was one of the darkest days in American history. 2 00:00:05,006 --> 00:00:07,540 REPORTER: The president's car is now turning on to Elm Street, 3 00:00:07,542 --> 00:00:09,275 and it will be only a matter of minutes 4 00:00:09,277 --> 00:00:11,209 before he arrives at the Trade Mart. 5 00:00:11,211 --> 00:00:16,349 On November 22, 1963, at exactly 12:30 p.m., 6 00:00:16,351 --> 00:00:19,685 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 7 00:00:19,687 --> 00:00:26,892 [ Gunshots ] 8 00:00:26,894 --> 00:00:28,694 REPORTER: It appears as though 9 00:00:28,696 --> 00:00:30,963 something has happened in the motorcade route. 10 00:00:30,965 --> 00:00:32,431 Something, I repeat, has happened, 11 00:00:32,433 --> 00:00:34,566 in the motorcade route. 12 00:00:34,568 --> 00:00:36,635 WILDMAN: According to the official story, 13 00:00:36,637 --> 00:00:39,238 Lee Harvey Oswald was the gunman... 14 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,375 In this crevice right here was the rifle. 15 00:00:42,377 --> 00:00:44,710 ...and he worked alone. 16 00:00:44,712 --> 00:00:46,512 So did Oswald really do it, 17 00:00:46,514 --> 00:00:49,048 or was he just a patsy like he said? 18 00:00:49,050 --> 00:00:51,517 WILDMAN: Now I'm looking at brand-new evidence... 19 00:00:51,519 --> 00:00:53,119 NALLI: And which direction is he moving? 20 00:00:53,121 --> 00:00:54,520 He's moving forward. 21 00:00:54,522 --> 00:00:56,522 He's moving forward. 22 00:00:56,524 --> 00:00:59,458 ...and digging deep into 50-year-old files 23 00:00:59,460 --> 00:01:00,926 to shine new light 24 00:01:00,928 --> 00:01:04,463 on the most contentious event of the 20th century. 25 00:01:04,465 --> 00:01:06,599 REPORTER: The president is dead. 26 00:01:06,601 --> 00:01:09,602 WILDMAN: Is the official story even possible? 27 00:01:09,604 --> 00:01:12,271 I thought the shot came from behind. 28 00:01:12,273 --> 00:01:14,673 Was the American public sold a cover-up? 29 00:01:14,675 --> 00:01:16,342 [ Gunshot ] REPORTER: He's been shot. 30 00:01:16,344 --> 00:01:17,676 Who can you believe? 31 00:01:17,678 --> 00:01:19,412 What can you believe? 32 00:01:19,414 --> 00:01:21,280 WILDMAN: My mission is to follow the facts 33 00:01:21,282 --> 00:01:24,883 wherever they take me to determine once and for all 34 00:01:24,885 --> 00:01:27,887 if the official account of the Kennedy assassination 35 00:01:27,889 --> 00:01:30,022 is truth or fiction. 36 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:34,493 I'm Don Wildman. 37 00:01:34,495 --> 00:01:36,962 I've explored the world's greatest mysteries, 38 00:01:36,964 --> 00:01:39,865 examined rare artifacts, and epic monuments. 39 00:01:39,867 --> 00:01:41,367 That is unbelievable. 40 00:01:41,369 --> 00:01:44,570 Now I'm digging deeper into some of the most perplexing 41 00:01:44,572 --> 00:01:47,239 and famous cases in history. 42 00:01:47,241 --> 00:01:49,508 My goal -- to get closer to the truth... 43 00:01:49,510 --> 00:01:50,576 Let's burn this place down. 44 00:01:50,578 --> 00:01:52,377 Burn it down. 45 00:01:52,379 --> 00:01:53,779 ...on this special episode 46 00:01:53,781 --> 00:01:58,250 of "Mysteries at the Museum: The JFK Assassination." 47 00:02:06,194 --> 00:02:09,461 In the entire written history of the United States, 48 00:02:09,463 --> 00:02:12,664 no single subject is more fiercely debated 49 00:02:12,666 --> 00:02:16,469 than the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 50 00:02:16,471 --> 00:02:19,205 On November 22, 1963, 51 00:02:19,207 --> 00:02:22,074 while riding in an open limousine through Dallas 52 00:02:22,076 --> 00:02:25,678 with his wife and Texas Governor John Connally, 53 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,881 President Kennedy was shot dead. 54 00:02:28,883 --> 00:02:31,350 Everyone agrees on that fact 55 00:02:31,352 --> 00:02:34,020 and pretty much nothing else. 56 00:02:34,022 --> 00:02:36,555 An investigative panel was formed one week 57 00:02:36,557 --> 00:02:37,889 after the assassination, 58 00:02:37,891 --> 00:02:40,626 chaired by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 59 00:02:40,628 --> 00:02:42,828 Earl Warren. 60 00:02:42,830 --> 00:02:48,767 Its mission was to determine who killed JFK, why, and how. 61 00:02:48,769 --> 00:02:51,103 The Warren Commission pieced it all together 62 00:02:51,105 --> 00:02:55,307 and published its findings a year later back in 1964. 63 00:02:57,645 --> 00:03:00,445 The Warren Commission concluded that three shots 64 00:03:00,447 --> 00:03:02,648 were fired at the president's motorcade. 65 00:03:02,650 --> 00:03:04,050 One shot missed. 66 00:03:04,052 --> 00:03:07,319 One shot passed through both Kennedy and Governor Connally, 67 00:03:07,321 --> 00:03:10,990 and one shot hit Kennedy in the head and killed him. 68 00:03:10,992 --> 00:03:12,925 According to the Warren Report, 69 00:03:12,927 --> 00:03:15,661 all three shots were fired by one man working alone... 70 00:03:15,663 --> 00:03:18,998 Lee Harvey Oswald. 71 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,333 WILDMAN: The Warren Commission rested this conclusion 72 00:03:21,335 --> 00:03:23,536 on hundreds of witness testimonies 73 00:03:23,538 --> 00:03:26,272 and thousands of pieces of evidence. 74 00:03:26,274 --> 00:03:29,542 But more than 50 years later, there are vexing questions 75 00:03:29,544 --> 00:03:33,245 surrounding some of the commission's central facts. 76 00:03:33,247 --> 00:03:35,680 So is the Warren Commission right? 77 00:03:35,682 --> 00:03:39,485 Did one lone gunman really kill the president? 78 00:03:39,487 --> 00:03:40,886 Plenty of people say, "No." 79 00:03:40,888 --> 00:03:43,155 In fact, one out of every three Americans 80 00:03:43,157 --> 00:03:44,890 believes there was a conspiracy -- 81 00:03:44,892 --> 00:03:47,226 a conspiracy to kill the president 82 00:03:47,228 --> 00:03:49,094 and a conspiracy to cover it up. 83 00:03:53,568 --> 00:03:56,234 For my investigation, I'm starting right here 84 00:03:56,236 --> 00:03:58,571 where it all happened -- 85 00:03:58,573 --> 00:04:01,173 Dealey Plaza. 86 00:04:01,175 --> 00:04:05,110 This is my first-ever time in Dealey Plaza. 87 00:04:05,112 --> 00:04:08,047 I mean, it seems eerily familiar. 88 00:04:08,049 --> 00:04:12,451 I've seen it in so many pictures and iconic footage. 89 00:04:12,453 --> 00:04:15,254 It's like I've been here before, right? 90 00:04:15,256 --> 00:04:18,524 WILDMAN: Today Dealey Plaza is a National Historic Landmark, 91 00:04:18,526 --> 00:04:22,862 preserved to look just as it did on the day of the assassination. 92 00:04:22,864 --> 00:04:26,132 The place is frozen in time. I mean, I have these prints. 93 00:04:26,134 --> 00:04:28,800 You can pretty much line them up exactly, 94 00:04:28,802 --> 00:04:31,470 and the whole scene just opens up in front of you. 95 00:04:31,472 --> 00:04:34,673 It's a window into the past. 96 00:04:34,675 --> 00:04:37,475 WILDMAN: But to really understand what happened here, 97 00:04:37,477 --> 00:04:41,346 I need to talk to someone who was right here that day. 98 00:04:41,348 --> 00:04:42,281 REPORTER: Something is wrong here. 99 00:04:42,283 --> 00:04:44,550 Something is terribly wrong. 100 00:04:44,552 --> 00:04:45,618 Hey. How are you? 101 00:04:45,620 --> 00:04:46,685 Hello, Pierce. Nice to meet you. 102 00:04:46,687 --> 00:04:48,420 All right. Welcome to Dallas. 103 00:04:48,422 --> 00:04:50,422 WILDMAN: Pierce Allman was program manager 104 00:04:50,424 --> 00:04:54,493 of radio station WFAA in 1963. 105 00:04:54,495 --> 00:04:57,830 So November 22, 1963, you were here. 106 00:04:57,832 --> 00:04:59,497 I was here. 107 00:04:59,499 --> 00:05:03,903 Pierce was one of the 121 witnesses in Dealey Plaza 108 00:05:03,905 --> 00:05:06,505 at the moment of the assassination. 109 00:05:06,507 --> 00:05:09,441 He's taking me back to the very place he stood -- 110 00:05:09,443 --> 00:05:12,711 at the corner of Houston and Elm. 111 00:05:12,713 --> 00:05:14,446 So you were here a few moments 112 00:05:14,448 --> 00:05:15,780 before the motorcade comes, right? 113 00:05:15,782 --> 00:05:17,049 You planted yourself here? -Yep. 114 00:05:17,051 --> 00:05:19,517 I was sort of waiting because all I could hear 115 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:21,720 from downtown were these cheers. 116 00:05:21,722 --> 00:05:23,055 Yeah. 117 00:05:23,057 --> 00:05:25,057 WILDMAN: The plan called for a parade through the city 118 00:05:25,059 --> 00:05:28,460 from downtown to Dealey Plaza and ending with a speech 119 00:05:28,462 --> 00:05:31,230 just outside of town at the Dallas Trade Mart. 120 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:39,074 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm 121 00:05:40,107 --> 00:05:42,141 So then the car turns the corner. 122 00:05:42,143 --> 00:05:44,877 Describe what happens. What did you see? 123 00:05:44,879 --> 00:05:49,214 When they came down, in that one brief moment 124 00:05:49,216 --> 00:05:53,953 when they were there, and they looked so great. 125 00:05:53,955 --> 00:05:56,688 They just radiated. 126 00:05:56,690 --> 00:06:00,559 They connected, and I got so carried away, I even said, 127 00:06:00,561 --> 00:06:03,696 "Hey. Welcome to Dallas, Mr. President," 128 00:06:03,698 --> 00:06:10,636 and that glimpse right there was the last of them that way. 129 00:06:10,638 --> 00:06:13,839 You saw them the last moment of the Kennedy magic. 130 00:06:13,841 --> 00:06:15,774 That's true. 131 00:06:15,776 --> 00:06:20,846 Because the moment they turned the corner... 132 00:06:20,848 --> 00:06:28,120 that's -- that's when the first sound hit. 133 00:06:28,122 --> 00:06:30,722 [ Gunshot ] 134 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:33,458 And that's a sound you never forget. 135 00:06:33,460 --> 00:06:36,195 It was loud -- it was a big sound. 136 00:06:36,197 --> 00:06:39,197 I thought, "My God, did somebody bring firecrackers?" 137 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:40,232 Mm-hmm. 138 00:06:40,234 --> 00:06:42,268 The car had been right here 139 00:06:42,270 --> 00:06:45,738 for that first shot, and then it had gone, you know, 140 00:06:45,740 --> 00:06:49,007 just a few feet further, and then the second shot. 141 00:06:49,009 --> 00:06:52,344 [ Gunshot ] 142 00:06:52,346 --> 00:06:54,212 It sort of settled in, "Okay. 143 00:06:54,214 --> 00:06:57,282 These are shots, and they're shooting at the president," 144 00:06:57,284 --> 00:07:00,085 but I couldn't tell on the second shot if he was hit. 145 00:07:00,087 --> 00:07:01,153 Mm-hmm. 146 00:07:01,155 --> 00:07:03,022 He went sort of like that, 147 00:07:03,024 --> 00:07:06,558 but he didn't topple, and he didn't slump. 148 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,026 Right. 149 00:07:08,028 --> 00:07:11,897 I was glancing just a real quick eye-survey of the crowd, 150 00:07:11,899 --> 00:07:15,367 and when I swung back... 151 00:07:15,369 --> 00:07:17,235 [ Gunshot ] 152 00:07:23,511 --> 00:07:26,478 WILDMAN: The president lurched violently. 153 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,381 The first lady climbed partway out onto the trunk 154 00:07:29,383 --> 00:07:31,916 in a state of shock. 155 00:07:31,918 --> 00:07:34,753 A Secret Service agent dove aboard the limousine 156 00:07:34,755 --> 00:07:38,456 just before it vanished beneath the underpass. 157 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:41,994 It was exactly 12:30 p.m. Central Time. 158 00:07:41,996 --> 00:07:46,464 The whole thing had happened in less than 30 seconds. 159 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:49,201 So, Pierce, where did the shots come from? 160 00:07:49,203 --> 00:07:54,006 In front, straight in front of me and up. 161 00:07:54,008 --> 00:07:56,141 -Right there? -Yes. 162 00:07:56,143 --> 00:07:58,277 Sixth floor, open window. 163 00:07:58,279 --> 00:07:59,545 Yes. Yes. 164 00:07:59,547 --> 00:08:02,348 WILDMAN: But Pierce's story doesn't end there. 165 00:08:02,350 --> 00:08:04,950 Those early minutes were full of confusion. 166 00:08:04,952 --> 00:08:07,820 I had no idea what condition the president was in. 167 00:08:07,822 --> 00:08:09,354 Yeah. 168 00:08:09,356 --> 00:08:12,424 A young couple was lying on the grass shielding their children 169 00:08:12,426 --> 00:08:15,360 just feet from where the president had been shot. 170 00:08:15,362 --> 00:08:17,563 Pierce ran to them. 171 00:08:17,565 --> 00:08:19,298 When I asked him if he was okay, he said, "Yeah, 172 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:21,033 but they got the president. 173 00:08:21,035 --> 00:08:23,368 They blew the side of his head in." 174 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:26,104 If what he saw was true, then that would mean 175 00:08:26,106 --> 00:08:29,775 that the president could be dead, 176 00:08:29,777 --> 00:08:32,578 and if that's so, my thought was, 177 00:08:32,580 --> 00:08:34,780 "Oh, my God. I've got to find a phone." 178 00:08:34,782 --> 00:08:36,381 Mm-hmm. 179 00:08:36,383 --> 00:08:38,583 Pierce was not only a spectator. 180 00:08:38,585 --> 00:08:40,252 He was also a journalist. 181 00:08:40,254 --> 00:08:44,123 He needed to call his station and get on the air. 182 00:08:44,125 --> 00:08:46,725 There were no cell phones in 1963, 183 00:08:46,727 --> 00:08:48,927 so he ran to the nearest building -- 184 00:08:48,929 --> 00:08:51,797 the Texas School Book Depository. 185 00:08:51,799 --> 00:08:53,731 -Where the shots came from? -Yes. 186 00:08:53,733 --> 00:08:57,136 WILDMAN: And that's where Pierce had his second brush with history. 187 00:08:57,138 --> 00:08:59,538 There's a guy standing in the door, sort of open, 188 00:08:59,540 --> 00:09:02,541 and I asked him where a phone was, and he said, "In there." 189 00:09:18,425 --> 00:09:21,493 Pierce remained on the air for nearly 40 minutes, 190 00:09:21,495 --> 00:09:23,762 but only later would he learn the identity 191 00:09:23,764 --> 00:09:26,031 of that man he met in the doorway. 192 00:09:26,033 --> 00:09:27,633 Secret Service called and said, 193 00:09:27,635 --> 00:09:30,702 "Are you familiar with the testimony of Lee Oswald 194 00:09:30,704 --> 00:09:31,904 following his arrest?" 195 00:09:31,906 --> 00:09:33,572 I said, "No." 196 00:09:33,574 --> 00:09:35,908 They said, "Well, he states that as he was leaving 197 00:09:35,910 --> 00:09:37,776 the depository building, 198 00:09:37,778 --> 00:09:39,511 a young man with a crew cut rushed up 199 00:09:39,513 --> 00:09:41,914 and identified himself as a newsman 200 00:09:41,916 --> 00:09:43,982 and asked where a phone was." 201 00:09:43,984 --> 00:09:45,584 Wow. 202 00:09:45,586 --> 00:09:47,920 Pierce's eyewitness account fully supports 203 00:09:47,922 --> 00:09:50,522 the Warren Commission's findings. 204 00:09:50,524 --> 00:09:53,458 He believes three shots came from the sixth floor 205 00:09:53,460 --> 00:09:55,928 of the Texas School Book Depository, 206 00:09:55,930 --> 00:09:58,797 and he now believes he ran into Lee Harvey Oswald 207 00:09:58,799 --> 00:10:01,600 exiting that building immediately after. 208 00:10:01,602 --> 00:10:04,068 So what do the police find inside? 209 00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:08,140 -Stephen? -Hi, Don. 210 00:10:08,142 --> 00:10:09,608 Welcome to the Sixth Floor. -Nice to meet you. 211 00:10:09,610 --> 00:10:10,942 -Thanks a lot. -Glad to have you here. 212 00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:13,278 WILDMAN: In 1963, the sixth floor of 213 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,748 the Texas School Book Depository was a warehouse. 214 00:10:16,750 --> 00:10:19,284 Lee Harvey Oswald worked here as a clerk 215 00:10:19,286 --> 00:10:21,686 boxing up book orders. 216 00:10:21,688 --> 00:10:24,289 Today it's the Sixth Floor Museum, 217 00:10:24,291 --> 00:10:28,627 a chronicle of JFK's life and his tragic death. 218 00:10:28,629 --> 00:10:33,031 And my tour guide is the museum's curator, Stephen Fagin. 219 00:10:33,033 --> 00:10:35,701 Oh, there it is. 220 00:10:35,703 --> 00:10:38,703 Oh, that's crazy. Look at that. 221 00:10:38,705 --> 00:10:41,506 So try to imagine for a moment it's 1:12 p.m., 222 00:10:41,508 --> 00:10:43,909 about 45 minutes after the assassination. 223 00:10:43,911 --> 00:10:45,310 -Yeah. -And Luke Mooney, 224 00:10:45,312 --> 00:10:47,312 a Dallas County deputy sheriff, is one of several officers 225 00:10:47,314 --> 00:10:49,381 searching the building floor by floor, 226 00:10:49,383 --> 00:10:53,518 and he comes across this space in the southeast corner. 227 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,188 And so he peered over the tops of those boxes there 228 00:10:56,190 --> 00:10:58,389 and essentially discovered the sniper's perch. 229 00:10:58,391 --> 00:11:01,126 Mm-hmm. 230 00:11:01,128 --> 00:11:03,728 All right. Well, this is the raised window there 231 00:11:03,730 --> 00:11:05,264 in the southeast corner. -Well, there you go. 232 00:11:05,266 --> 00:11:07,699 Wow. There it is. That is so eerie. 233 00:11:07,701 --> 00:11:10,802 There were three empty rifle shells found here on the floor. 234 00:11:10,804 --> 00:11:12,271 Two close to the brick ledge 235 00:11:12,273 --> 00:11:15,407 and then one close to this stack of boxes here. 236 00:11:15,409 --> 00:11:16,808 I mean, you're looking right down 237 00:11:16,810 --> 00:11:19,010 into Dealey Plaza right there. 238 00:11:19,012 --> 00:11:21,279 That is where you want to be if you're gonna take a shot. 239 00:11:21,281 --> 00:11:22,281 Man. 240 00:11:24,952 --> 00:11:28,753 WILDMAN: On the other end of the floor next to the only way downstairs, 241 00:11:28,755 --> 00:11:31,957 investigators discovered more evidence. 242 00:11:31,959 --> 00:11:33,692 And very close to the stairwell, 243 00:11:33,694 --> 00:11:36,228 in this crevice right here, was the rifle. 244 00:11:36,230 --> 00:11:37,895 This rifle? 245 00:11:37,897 --> 00:11:39,698 Is this the actual one? 246 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:41,900 The original weapon is in the National Archives today, 247 00:11:41,902 --> 00:11:43,635 but this is an identical rifle. 248 00:11:43,637 --> 00:11:46,437 This is a 6.5mm Mannlicher-Carcano 249 00:11:46,439 --> 00:11:48,240 military surplus rifle, 250 00:11:48,242 --> 00:11:52,577 and on top is a Japanese-made 4x optical scope. 251 00:11:52,579 --> 00:11:54,246 A sniper's rifle. 252 00:11:59,787 --> 00:12:01,720 WILDMAN: The police would ultimately link 253 00:12:01,722 --> 00:12:04,790 that rifle to Oswald in several different ways, 254 00:12:04,792 --> 00:12:09,795 including the testimony of his wife and a palm print. 255 00:12:09,797 --> 00:12:11,663 But like everything in this case, 256 00:12:11,665 --> 00:12:14,600 there are nagging questions about all of it. 257 00:12:14,602 --> 00:12:18,736 So is that rifle the smoking gun of the Warren Report, 258 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:21,273 or is it the keystone to the most nefarious 259 00:12:21,275 --> 00:12:24,676 and elaborate conspiracy in American history? 260 00:12:24,678 --> 00:12:26,078 [ Gunshot ] 261 00:12:38,491 --> 00:12:44,696 WILDMAN: November 22, 1963, 1:00 p.m. Dallas time. 262 00:12:44,698 --> 00:12:48,099 REPORTER: The President of the United States is dead. 263 00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:49,568 It's official now. 264 00:12:49,570 --> 00:12:53,372 President Kennedy has been assassinated. 265 00:12:53,374 --> 00:12:56,574 WILDMAN: From coast to coast, a horrified nation tuned in 266 00:12:56,576 --> 00:12:59,844 to the unfolding nightmare in Dallas. 267 00:12:59,846 --> 00:13:02,513 But even as the shocking news of Kennedy's death 268 00:13:02,515 --> 00:13:05,584 was breaking, the investigation into his murder 269 00:13:05,586 --> 00:13:08,987 was well underway. 270 00:13:08,989 --> 00:13:12,256 At the center of any homicide investigation 271 00:13:12,258 --> 00:13:15,060 is the murder weapon, and this one is no different. 272 00:13:15,062 --> 00:13:18,529 A Mannlicher-Carcano rifle was found on the sixth floor 273 00:13:18,531 --> 00:13:20,465 of the Texas School Book Depository 274 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:23,001 immediately after the assassination. 275 00:13:23,003 --> 00:13:24,736 WILDMAN: The building was quickly sealed 276 00:13:24,738 --> 00:13:27,338 and its employees gathered for a head count. 277 00:13:27,340 --> 00:13:30,342 Lee Harvey Oswald was missing. 278 00:13:30,344 --> 00:13:33,812 Oswald's description went out over police radio. 279 00:13:33,814 --> 00:13:35,480 30 minutes later, 280 00:13:35,482 --> 00:13:40,151 he was spotted 3 miles away by police officer J.D. Tippit. 281 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:42,286 As two eyewitnesses looked on, 282 00:13:42,288 --> 00:13:46,224 Oswald drew a revolver and shot Tippit dead. 283 00:13:46,226 --> 00:13:49,093 He was arrested minutes later in a movie theater. 284 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,507 This unassuming little house 285 00:14:02,509 --> 00:14:06,244 was one of the very first stops in the JFK investigation. 286 00:14:06,246 --> 00:14:08,580 Within an hour of Oswald's arrest, 287 00:14:08,582 --> 00:14:10,982 this place was crawling with detectives. 288 00:14:14,654 --> 00:14:16,388 -Hello? -Come in. 289 00:14:16,390 --> 00:14:17,789 How you doing? I'm Don. 290 00:14:17,791 --> 00:14:19,124 Nice to meet you. Welcome to the Ruth Paine House. 291 00:14:19,126 --> 00:14:20,925 Thank you so much. 292 00:14:20,927 --> 00:14:22,794 WILDMAN: Ruth Paine was a single mom 293 00:14:22,796 --> 00:14:25,597 raising her kids here in this house. 294 00:14:25,599 --> 00:14:27,198 Her home has been carefully restored 295 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,067 to look as it did in 1963. 296 00:14:30,069 --> 00:14:32,337 But it wasn't Ruth who the Dallas police 297 00:14:32,339 --> 00:14:34,071 wanted to talk to. -Oh, man. 298 00:14:34,073 --> 00:14:37,275 It is really a time capsule in here. 299 00:14:37,277 --> 00:14:39,544 Ruth and Marina spent a lot of time here. 300 00:14:39,546 --> 00:14:41,680 Marina is Lee Harvey Oswald's wife, 301 00:14:41,682 --> 00:14:43,014 Marina Oswald. -Yes. 302 00:14:43,016 --> 00:14:44,616 So she was living here, but Lee wasn't? 303 00:14:44,618 --> 00:14:46,617 Correct. 304 00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:47,952 WILDMAN: Lee and Marina's marriage 305 00:14:47,954 --> 00:14:50,622 was not your typical American love story. 306 00:14:50,624 --> 00:14:53,358 It wasn't even an American story. 307 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,761 They met in 1961 in the Soviet Union. 308 00:14:56,763 --> 00:14:58,697 Marina was born there. 309 00:14:58,699 --> 00:15:02,700 Lee had moved there with the goal of defecting. 310 00:15:02,702 --> 00:15:04,903 This was the height of the Cold War. 311 00:15:04,905 --> 00:15:07,706 Russia was the enemy, and Lee had just gotten 312 00:15:07,708 --> 00:15:10,374 out of a 3-year stint in the Marines. 313 00:15:10,376 --> 00:15:13,244 He knew this was a drastic step, 314 00:15:13,246 --> 00:15:16,314 but Lee had a history of acting out for attention. 315 00:15:16,316 --> 00:15:18,316 At 16, he dropped out of high school, 316 00:15:18,318 --> 00:15:20,251 started reading Communist articles 317 00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:22,587 and labeled himself a Marxist. 318 00:15:22,589 --> 00:15:24,589 But except for marrying Marina, 319 00:15:24,591 --> 00:15:27,859 his life in Communist Russia never amounted to much. 320 00:15:27,861 --> 00:15:33,265 So in 1962, he and Marina started over in Texas. 321 00:15:33,267 --> 00:15:34,800 Their marriage was a little rocky. 322 00:15:34,802 --> 00:15:36,400 They both had tempers. 323 00:15:36,402 --> 00:15:39,671 They both argued a lot, a lot of bickering, a lot of fighting. 324 00:15:39,673 --> 00:15:42,407 That was one of the reasons, I think, that they lived apart. 325 00:15:42,409 --> 00:15:44,141 Did Lee ever come over here? 326 00:15:44,143 --> 00:15:45,677 Lee would come over on the weekends. 327 00:15:45,679 --> 00:15:47,746 He would arrive on Friday afternoon 328 00:15:47,748 --> 00:15:49,347 and stay until Monday morning. 329 00:15:49,349 --> 00:15:52,750 But Thursday, November 21, 1963, 330 00:15:52,752 --> 00:15:55,487 the night before the assassination, he spends here. 331 00:15:55,489 --> 00:15:58,023 Yes. It was very unusual. 332 00:15:58,025 --> 00:16:01,225 Ruth came home, and she was very surprised to find him here. 333 00:16:01,227 --> 00:16:04,229 Because he had never spent a Thursday night here before? 334 00:16:04,231 --> 00:16:06,097 He had never spent a weeknight here before. 335 00:16:06,099 --> 00:16:07,165 Oh. 336 00:16:10,436 --> 00:16:11,836 WILDMAN: By Friday afternoon, 337 00:16:11,838 --> 00:16:14,306 Dallas detectives were at Ruth Paine's door 338 00:16:14,308 --> 00:16:16,707 with a pile of questions for Marina. 339 00:16:20,447 --> 00:16:21,913 Oh, wow. 340 00:16:21,915 --> 00:16:24,249 This is the garage. 341 00:16:24,251 --> 00:16:25,984 Lee stored most of his possessions 342 00:16:25,986 --> 00:16:30,121 here in Ruth's garage, but it was what wasn't here 343 00:16:30,123 --> 00:16:33,058 that turned out to be the biggest clue. 344 00:16:33,060 --> 00:16:35,393 They asked Ruth if there were any firearms in the house, 345 00:16:35,395 --> 00:16:37,195 and she immediately said, "No." -Right. 346 00:16:37,197 --> 00:16:39,264 And they said, "Well, can you ask her?" 347 00:16:39,266 --> 00:16:42,066 So she turned to Marina, who didn't speak any English, 348 00:16:42,068 --> 00:16:44,869 and asked Marina if there were guns, and Marina said, 349 00:16:44,871 --> 00:16:46,938 "Yes, there's a long rifle in the garage." 350 00:16:46,940 --> 00:16:48,739 -She knew about the weapon? -She knew. 351 00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:50,075 And so they come out here. 352 00:16:50,077 --> 00:16:52,611 They came out here, and Marina pointed at this rug. 353 00:16:52,613 --> 00:16:58,016 Okay, and the police pick it up, and, ooh, no rifle. 354 00:16:58,018 --> 00:17:02,954 WILDMAN: The investigators believe the pieces were falling into place. 355 00:17:02,956 --> 00:17:04,956 They now knew that Lee Harvey Oswald 356 00:17:04,958 --> 00:17:08,093 showed up here unexpectedly on a Thursday night, 357 00:17:08,095 --> 00:17:10,161 and his rifle went missing. 358 00:17:10,163 --> 00:17:13,164 The very next day, the President of the United States 359 00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:16,034 was shot outside Oswald's workplace, 360 00:17:16,036 --> 00:17:18,036 where a rifle was found, 361 00:17:18,038 --> 00:17:23,508 and it wasn't long before Dallas PD uncovered even more evidence. 362 00:17:23,510 --> 00:17:26,511 The Dallas Police Department found Lee Harvey Oswald's 363 00:17:26,513 --> 00:17:30,048 palm print on the rifle at the crime scene, 364 00:17:30,050 --> 00:17:31,850 so slam dunk, right? 365 00:17:31,852 --> 00:17:34,920 Well, that palm print has been knocked by conspiracy theorists 366 00:17:34,922 --> 00:17:37,922 ever since as planted evidence. 367 00:17:37,924 --> 00:17:40,524 WILDMAN: Many people believe that Oswald's palm print 368 00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:43,662 was placed on the gun after the fact, 369 00:17:43,664 --> 00:17:45,329 after Oswald was dead. 370 00:17:45,331 --> 00:17:46,531 How are you doing, Larry? 371 00:17:46,533 --> 00:17:48,199 Hey, Don. 372 00:17:48,201 --> 00:17:50,735 So why is there so much controversy 373 00:17:50,737 --> 00:17:54,339 around such a key piece of evidence? 374 00:17:54,341 --> 00:17:55,606 All right. Into your lab. 375 00:17:55,608 --> 00:17:57,074 Oh, yes. 376 00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:59,343 So how does a fingerprint actually get made? 377 00:17:59,345 --> 00:18:02,213 Well, see the body secretes salts, 378 00:18:02,215 --> 00:18:05,416 sweats and body fluids through the tips of your fingers 379 00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:08,620 and the palms of your hands, soles of your feet. 380 00:18:08,622 --> 00:18:11,088 WILDMAN: Larry Peters has been examining fingerprints 381 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:13,624 for more than 50 years. 382 00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:14,960 So here is the thing. 383 00:18:14,962 --> 00:18:19,364 November 22, 1963, the Dallas Police Department 384 00:18:19,366 --> 00:18:22,100 pull a palm print off of the rifle 385 00:18:22,102 --> 00:18:23,034 they found at 386 00:18:23,036 --> 00:18:24,502 the School Book Depository. -Mm-hmm. 387 00:18:24,504 --> 00:18:27,305 That rifle then goes to Washington, D.C., 388 00:18:27,307 --> 00:18:28,906 to the FBI crime lab. -Mm-hmm. 389 00:18:28,908 --> 00:18:30,642 And they do the same. They dust the whole rifle. 390 00:18:30,644 --> 00:18:32,510 They find nothing at all. 391 00:18:32,512 --> 00:18:36,381 Then a week later, the Dallas Police Department announced 392 00:18:36,383 --> 00:18:39,718 that they have Oswald's palm print from that rifle. 393 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:42,253 I don't understand how that's possible. 394 00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:45,990 WILDMAN: If Dallas PD lifted a print from the gun on Friday, 395 00:18:45,992 --> 00:18:49,461 why couldn't the FBI find it on Saturday? 396 00:18:49,463 --> 00:18:54,065 And then, how could Dallas produce it one whole week later? 397 00:18:54,067 --> 00:18:56,867 Larry says it makes perfect sense 398 00:18:56,869 --> 00:18:58,670 but only if you understand fingerprint 399 00:18:58,672 --> 00:19:01,206 lifting methods from that time. 400 00:19:01,208 --> 00:19:02,873 Let me show you my fingerprinting kit, 401 00:19:02,875 --> 00:19:06,343 and this kit right here is from the '60s. 402 00:19:06,345 --> 00:19:07,879 We used... -There you go. 403 00:19:07,881 --> 00:19:08,946 ...black powder. 404 00:19:08,948 --> 00:19:11,082 Then we have the fingerprint tape 405 00:19:11,084 --> 00:19:13,551 that we would have used back during that era. 406 00:19:13,553 --> 00:19:16,554 These are different styles of fingerprint brushes. 407 00:19:16,556 --> 00:19:18,956 So can I make a palm print on this, 408 00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:20,425 and can we find my palm print? 409 00:19:20,427 --> 00:19:22,827 Yeah. You bet. 410 00:19:22,829 --> 00:19:25,830 WILDMAN: This metal rod will stand in as our gun barrel. 411 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:27,565 Go ahead and put some gloves on. 412 00:19:27,567 --> 00:19:30,835 I'll take the lid off for you. 413 00:19:30,837 --> 00:19:31,769 Okay. 414 00:19:31,771 --> 00:19:33,438 Here's the fingerprint brush. 415 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:34,839 Okay. 416 00:19:34,841 --> 00:19:36,107 You'll just dip it in there, and, okay, 417 00:19:36,109 --> 00:19:37,709 now then just kind of tap it off, 418 00:19:37,711 --> 00:19:39,177 and the print is going to be in that area... 419 00:19:39,179 --> 00:19:42,647 Black powder is made mostly of finely ground carbon. 420 00:19:42,649 --> 00:19:44,716 It sticks to the invisible oils left 421 00:19:44,718 --> 00:19:47,318 on a surface by a finger or palm. 422 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:48,652 Oh, yeah. 423 00:19:48,654 --> 00:19:51,389 There she is, right there. 424 00:19:51,391 --> 00:19:56,060 Once the print is visible, it's photographed in place. 425 00:19:56,062 --> 00:19:58,863 Then you would take the tape dispenser. 426 00:19:58,865 --> 00:20:02,533 Then the print is carefully covered with lifting tape. 427 00:20:02,535 --> 00:20:06,004 Start at one end and just go right down the middle of it. 428 00:20:06,006 --> 00:20:07,205 There you go. Okay. 429 00:20:07,207 --> 00:20:09,206 That looks pretty good. 430 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:10,808 Then pull on one end. 431 00:20:14,147 --> 00:20:15,413 Catch the other end, though, 432 00:20:15,415 --> 00:20:18,750 because it'll want to curl on you a little bit. 433 00:20:18,752 --> 00:20:20,084 Okay. 434 00:20:20,086 --> 00:20:22,220 So that is a successful palm print, huh? 435 00:20:22,222 --> 00:20:25,190 That's a successful palm print removal. 436 00:20:27,227 --> 00:20:29,360 So when you say lifting that print, 437 00:20:29,362 --> 00:20:31,696 you are literally removing it from the surface. 438 00:20:31,698 --> 00:20:32,630 Exactly. Yeah. 439 00:20:32,632 --> 00:20:33,898 -Okay. -Yeah. 440 00:20:33,900 --> 00:20:36,634 So that gun, that rifle that goes to D.C., 441 00:20:36,636 --> 00:20:38,770 and those FBI guys that go to dust 442 00:20:38,772 --> 00:20:40,304 this down, they find nothing. 443 00:20:40,306 --> 00:20:41,973 They found nothing because it's already been removed. 444 00:20:41,975 --> 00:20:44,242 Gotcha. I totally understand. 445 00:20:44,244 --> 00:20:45,910 Wow. 446 00:20:49,048 --> 00:20:55,186 WILDMAN: Saturday, November 23, 1963, Dallas Police Headquarters. 447 00:20:55,188 --> 00:20:57,455 Detectives confronted Lee Harvey Oswald 448 00:20:57,457 --> 00:21:00,258 with the mounting evidence against him. 449 00:21:00,260 --> 00:21:03,128 Oswald said he was utterly innocent. 450 00:21:03,130 --> 00:21:06,197 He said the evidence had been fabricated. 451 00:21:06,199 --> 00:21:09,000 He said he was just a patsy. 452 00:21:09,002 --> 00:21:11,068 The police were unmoved. 453 00:21:11,070 --> 00:21:14,138 On that very day, Lee Oswald was charged 454 00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:17,274 with the assassination of President Kennedy, 455 00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:20,945 but he would never stand trial. 456 00:21:20,947 --> 00:21:24,883 On Sunday, November 24, 1963, 457 00:21:24,885 --> 00:21:29,086 live TV cameras switched on to cover Oswald's transfer 458 00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:32,223 from police headquarters to a more secure jail. 459 00:21:37,631 --> 00:21:39,130 [ Gunshot ] 460 00:21:45,705 --> 00:21:47,238 WILDMAN: Lee Harvey Oswald, 461 00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,174 the most high-profile criminal in the nation, 462 00:21:50,176 --> 00:21:54,778 had been shot in police custody and for all the world to see. 463 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:57,916 He died an hour later. 464 00:21:57,918 --> 00:21:59,651 The gunman was Jack Ruby, 465 00:21:59,653 --> 00:22:03,521 a local nightclub owner who managed to slip into the crowd. 466 00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:06,057 He was arrested on the spot. 467 00:22:06,059 --> 00:22:08,525 Less than 2 days after President Kennedy 468 00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:12,330 had been assassinated, the only suspect was dead. 469 00:22:12,332 --> 00:22:14,933 Was it just the inflamed emotions of that weekend, 470 00:22:14,935 --> 00:22:17,735 or was there something more sinister going on? 471 00:22:17,737 --> 00:22:20,071 Had Lee Harvey Oswald been silenced 472 00:22:20,073 --> 00:22:22,941 to protect a vast conspiracy? 473 00:22:37,557 --> 00:22:39,290 WILDMAN: Lee Harvey Oswald, 474 00:22:39,292 --> 00:22:43,394 the prime suspect in the JFK assassination, was dead. 475 00:22:43,396 --> 00:22:44,762 [ Gunshot ] 476 00:22:51,170 --> 00:22:53,103 He would never stand trial, 477 00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:57,775 but the investigation had only just begun. 478 00:22:57,777 --> 00:22:59,911 By the time of Oswald's death, 479 00:22:59,913 --> 00:23:02,180 detectives had linked him to the rifle found 480 00:23:02,182 --> 00:23:05,983 on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, 481 00:23:05,985 --> 00:23:08,252 but that was only half the job. 482 00:23:08,254 --> 00:23:11,322 The question remained -- Did that rifle fire 483 00:23:11,324 --> 00:23:13,791 the bullets that killed JFK? 484 00:23:22,068 --> 00:23:24,135 WASHINGTON: Lee Harvey Oswald, in my research, 485 00:23:24,137 --> 00:23:26,004 he was only a patsy. 486 00:23:26,006 --> 00:23:28,406 He was only a fall guy. 487 00:23:28,408 --> 00:23:30,007 WILDMAN: Today in Dealey Plaza, 488 00:23:30,009 --> 00:23:33,677 it's not hard to find dissenting opinions. 489 00:23:33,679 --> 00:23:36,080 Lee Harvey Oswald was only a decoy 490 00:23:36,082 --> 00:23:38,950 to draw the attention away from the gunman 491 00:23:38,952 --> 00:23:42,020 behind the wooden picket fence on the grassy knoll, 492 00:23:42,022 --> 00:23:45,223 which is where the shots actually come from. 493 00:23:45,225 --> 00:23:47,558 It's the biggest conspiracy of all time. 494 00:23:48,828 --> 00:23:54,031 WILDMAN: Conspiracy is the undying legacy of the Kennedy assassination. 495 00:23:54,033 --> 00:23:55,566 There are many people out there 496 00:23:55,568 --> 00:24:00,104 with many different theories on who really killed JFK, 497 00:24:00,106 --> 00:24:05,776 but they mostly share the belief that Oswald did not do it alone. 498 00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:07,511 It's easy to see why. 499 00:24:07,513 --> 00:24:09,647 There are some strange circumstances 500 00:24:09,649 --> 00:24:12,316 surrounding those gunshots. 501 00:24:12,318 --> 00:24:15,719 So I've asked Stephen Fagin from the Sixth Floor Museum 502 00:24:15,721 --> 00:24:17,855 to help explain it all. 503 00:24:17,857 --> 00:24:19,590 Okay. So let's recap. 504 00:24:19,592 --> 00:24:20,992 Okay. 505 00:24:20,994 --> 00:24:22,926 The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald 506 00:24:22,928 --> 00:24:24,395 was the lone gunman, 507 00:24:24,397 --> 00:24:26,930 that he shot at the president from that window up there, 508 00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:28,266 and he fired three shots. 509 00:24:28,268 --> 00:24:29,400 Three shots, that's right. 510 00:24:29,402 --> 00:24:30,735 One shot misses the car. 511 00:24:30,737 --> 00:24:32,003 One shot is the fatal shot 512 00:24:32,005 --> 00:24:33,471 that strikes the president in the head, 513 00:24:33,473 --> 00:24:35,739 and that leaves one shot to account for seven wounds 514 00:24:35,741 --> 00:24:36,741 between the two men. 515 00:24:36,743 --> 00:24:38,342 The so-called magic bullet. 516 00:24:38,344 --> 00:24:40,011 Right. 517 00:24:44,150 --> 00:24:45,550 WILDMAN: President Kennedy was sitting 518 00:24:45,552 --> 00:24:48,619 behind Governor Connally in the limousine. 519 00:24:48,621 --> 00:24:50,354 According to the Warren Report, 520 00:24:50,356 --> 00:24:52,957 a single bullet passed through both men 521 00:24:52,959 --> 00:24:55,960 and caused multiple wounds, 522 00:24:55,962 --> 00:24:59,563 but many people claim that the path of this supposed bullet 523 00:24:59,565 --> 00:25:01,966 is physically impossible. 524 00:25:01,968 --> 00:25:05,502 If that shot was impossible for one man to make, 525 00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:08,239 then there must have been a second shooter. 526 00:25:08,241 --> 00:25:11,042 Wow. Look at that. It's the Kennedy limousine. 527 00:25:11,044 --> 00:25:12,176 FAGIN: It is a beautiful car. 528 00:25:12,178 --> 00:25:13,444 Of course, this is a replica. 529 00:25:13,446 --> 00:25:14,711 Okay. 530 00:25:14,713 --> 00:25:16,581 This is the one that was used in Oliver Stone's "JFK." 531 00:25:16,583 --> 00:25:18,182 -No kidding? -Yeah. 532 00:25:18,184 --> 00:25:22,253 WILDMAN: The actual Kennedy limo was altered after the assassination. 533 00:25:22,255 --> 00:25:24,989 This car was built to the exact specifications 534 00:25:24,991 --> 00:25:27,191 of the real thing. 535 00:25:27,193 --> 00:25:29,860 Don, the key to understanding the single-bullet theory 536 00:25:29,862 --> 00:25:31,362 is really this limousine. 537 00:25:31,364 --> 00:25:33,597 -Why is that? -Let me show you this. 538 00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:36,934 So this is how the single-bullet theory 539 00:25:36,936 --> 00:25:39,203 is so-often presented in the literature. 540 00:25:39,205 --> 00:25:40,538 Okay. That's a diagram I have seen 541 00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:42,406 a thousand times... -Right. 542 00:25:42,408 --> 00:25:43,941 ...showing that this bullet 543 00:25:43,943 --> 00:25:46,744 somehow erratically goes this way, this way, this way. 544 00:25:46,746 --> 00:25:48,279 It zigzags all over the place, 545 00:25:48,281 --> 00:25:51,348 through two different bodies magically. 546 00:25:51,350 --> 00:25:55,285 WILDMAN: Based on the locations of the seven wounds in the two men, 547 00:25:55,287 --> 00:25:57,888 conspiracy theorists say a single bullet 548 00:25:57,890 --> 00:26:02,493 would need to make several turns in midair. 549 00:26:02,495 --> 00:26:03,828 Now, look at this. 550 00:26:03,830 --> 00:26:06,763 Kennedy and Connally are at the exact same level, 551 00:26:06,765 --> 00:26:08,900 and they're both facing forward. -Right? 552 00:26:08,902 --> 00:26:11,301 The reality was quite different. Okay. 553 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:12,970 Let's take a look inside the car. 554 00:26:15,575 --> 00:26:17,241 What do you see? -Well, I can see right away. 555 00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:19,643 So the jump seats, that's where Connally is sitting, right? 556 00:26:19,645 --> 00:26:21,045 -Right. -He's much lower. 557 00:26:21,047 --> 00:26:22,913 Yeah. Connally was 3 inches 558 00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:25,516 lower and 6 inches further in than President Kennedy, 559 00:26:25,518 --> 00:26:28,386 and that totally changes the trajectory. 560 00:26:28,388 --> 00:26:31,255 WILDMAN: We've asked two models to sit in the car in Kennedy 561 00:26:31,257 --> 00:26:33,324 and Connally's seats. 562 00:26:33,326 --> 00:26:36,460 Stephen will pose them as the men were actually positioned 563 00:26:36,462 --> 00:26:39,596 based on photos and film of that moment. 564 00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:40,664 Here you are. 565 00:26:40,666 --> 00:26:43,934 Kennedy and Connally. All right. 566 00:26:43,936 --> 00:26:45,002 So here we have 567 00:26:45,004 --> 00:26:46,604 President Kennedy and Governor Connally. 568 00:26:46,606 --> 00:26:47,872 -Good. -So President Kennedy is 569 00:26:47,874 --> 00:26:50,140 all the way over here with his arm up on the car. 570 00:26:50,142 --> 00:26:52,743 Governor Connally is turned slightly in his seat this way, 571 00:26:52,745 --> 00:26:54,478 as if he's looking towards the president. 572 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,280 He's reacting to the shot, right? 573 00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:58,216 FAGIN: Yeah, he seems to be turning around 574 00:26:58,218 --> 00:27:00,885 as if he's heard a noise, and you've got your Stetson hat 575 00:27:00,887 --> 00:27:02,286 right in front of you just like that. 576 00:27:02,288 --> 00:27:04,688 So this is basically the way they were configured. 577 00:27:04,690 --> 00:27:05,956 If you'll hold this for a moment, 578 00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:07,024 we'll talk about the wounds. 579 00:27:07,026 --> 00:27:09,827 So we have an entry wound here 580 00:27:09,829 --> 00:27:11,895 in President Kennedy's upper back, 581 00:27:11,897 --> 00:27:14,866 exiting underneath his Adam's apple here, 582 00:27:14,868 --> 00:27:16,167 and then in Governor Connally, 583 00:27:16,169 --> 00:27:18,836 we have a wound here, about his right shoulder, 584 00:27:18,838 --> 00:27:21,105 and then once you get there, it traverses his chest 585 00:27:21,107 --> 00:27:23,574 and hits his fifth rib, and so from there, 586 00:27:23,576 --> 00:27:25,776 the trajectory can change a little bit. 587 00:27:25,778 --> 00:27:29,046 Exiting below his nipple here, striking his wrist, 588 00:27:29,048 --> 00:27:30,448 exiting palm-side 589 00:27:30,450 --> 00:27:32,917 and then a very shallow wound in his left thigh there. 590 00:27:32,919 --> 00:27:35,586 Seven wounds between these two men. 591 00:27:35,588 --> 00:27:38,256 Okay. So let's look at the trajectory here. 592 00:27:38,258 --> 00:27:39,790 So rough approximation, 593 00:27:39,792 --> 00:27:41,992 Jack Kennedy was a little taller than our model here. 594 00:27:41,994 --> 00:27:44,861 So basically this is the entry wound roughly right here. 595 00:27:44,863 --> 00:27:46,196 Yeah. 596 00:27:46,198 --> 00:27:48,599 And then we can approximate the path of the bullet, 597 00:27:48,601 --> 00:27:50,601 extending outward towards 598 00:27:50,603 --> 00:27:55,139 Connally and entering him right around approximately there. 599 00:27:55,141 --> 00:27:57,341 Hits a rib and then continue on, 600 00:27:57,343 --> 00:27:59,343 hitting the wrist and then into the thigh. 601 00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:04,148 There's no zigging or zagging necessary, so no magic bullet. 602 00:28:06,152 --> 00:28:08,686 WILDMAN: By placing the two men in their correct positions 603 00:28:08,688 --> 00:28:12,690 in the limousine, the bullet wounds line up. 604 00:28:12,692 --> 00:28:16,893 Kennedy and Connally could have been hit by the same shot. 605 00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:19,830 But if all three shots were fired by Oswald 606 00:28:19,832 --> 00:28:23,033 from behind the limo, why did some witnesses believe 607 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:26,370 the fatal head shot came from in front? 608 00:28:26,372 --> 00:28:30,040 And why does the most infamous film of the assassination 609 00:28:30,042 --> 00:28:34,445 show the president lurching backward and to the left? 610 00:28:34,447 --> 00:28:39,383 So did Oswald act alone, or was there a second shooter? 611 00:28:52,732 --> 00:28:55,199 WILDMAN: President Kennedy was murdered in public. 612 00:28:55,201 --> 00:28:57,401 [ Gunshot ] 613 00:28:57,403 --> 00:28:59,470 He was gunned down in broad daylight 614 00:28:59,472 --> 00:29:05,342 in a wide-open space in front of 121 eyewitnesses, 615 00:29:05,344 --> 00:29:08,212 and they don't all agree on what happened. 616 00:29:08,214 --> 00:29:11,682 Some believe Lee Harvey Oswald could have acted alone. 617 00:29:11,684 --> 00:29:16,086 Others believe there must have been a second shooter. 618 00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:17,688 Bill Newman and his family 619 00:29:17,690 --> 00:29:20,358 were just 10 feet away from the president 620 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,360 at the moment of the fatal head shot. 621 00:29:23,362 --> 00:29:25,696 Today I'm getting a chance to speak with him 622 00:29:25,698 --> 00:29:27,632 at the very same spot. 623 00:29:27,634 --> 00:29:29,700 Tell me what you saw. 624 00:29:29,702 --> 00:29:32,503 Well, I recall seeing the president's car 625 00:29:32,505 --> 00:29:36,240 turn left off of Houston Street on to Elm, 626 00:29:36,242 --> 00:29:38,575 coming down the middle lane, 627 00:29:38,577 --> 00:29:41,511 and as it got within about 100 feet or so, 628 00:29:41,513 --> 00:29:43,113 the first two shots rang out. 629 00:29:43,115 --> 00:29:49,053 [ Gunshots ] 630 00:29:49,055 --> 00:29:51,421 I thought somebody had thrown a couple of firecrackers 631 00:29:51,423 --> 00:29:53,256 beside the president's car. -Right. 632 00:29:53,258 --> 00:29:54,992 But as the car got closer to us, 633 00:29:54,994 --> 00:29:56,727 you could tell something was wrong. 634 00:29:56,729 --> 00:29:58,662 And then the car is right in front of you? 635 00:29:58,664 --> 00:29:59,663 It is. 636 00:29:59,665 --> 00:30:01,198 It's straight out in front of us, 637 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,601 and just as President Kennedy gets in front of us, 638 00:30:03,603 --> 00:30:05,202 a third shot rings out. 639 00:30:05,204 --> 00:30:07,338 [ Gunshot ] 640 00:30:07,340 --> 00:30:09,273 The side of his head blew off. 641 00:30:09,275 --> 00:30:10,541 You could see the red. 642 00:30:10,543 --> 00:30:11,809 -Yeah. -I turned to Gayle. 643 00:30:11,811 --> 00:30:13,344 I said, "That's it. Hit the ground." 644 00:30:13,346 --> 00:30:16,013 Right, and that's the famous photograph of you guys, 645 00:30:16,015 --> 00:30:17,815 a family on the ground there. -Yes, yes. 646 00:30:17,817 --> 00:30:19,483 And I talked to another guy 647 00:30:19,485 --> 00:30:22,886 who was over there who ran across to you. 648 00:30:22,888 --> 00:30:25,022 -Pierce Allman. -Pierce Allman. 649 00:30:25,024 --> 00:30:27,758 WILDMAN: Journalist Pierce Allman thought all three shots 650 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,361 came from behind the limousine. 651 00:30:30,363 --> 00:30:35,633 Straight in front of me and up. 652 00:30:35,635 --> 00:30:38,235 But Bill, who was just 10 feet away, 653 00:30:38,237 --> 00:30:40,237 remembers it differently. 654 00:30:40,239 --> 00:30:43,574 My focus was on the car the whole time. 655 00:30:43,576 --> 00:30:46,444 What I saw was President Kennedy 656 00:30:46,446 --> 00:30:48,446 fall over into Mrs. Kennedy's lap. 657 00:30:48,448 --> 00:30:50,380 -Right. -Based on what I saw, 658 00:30:50,382 --> 00:30:52,583 I thought the shot came from behind. 659 00:30:56,189 --> 00:30:59,857 WILDMAN: Bill saw President Kennedy lurch away from him. 660 00:30:59,859 --> 00:31:02,459 This violent back-and-to-the-left motion 661 00:31:02,461 --> 00:31:06,330 is clearly visible in photos and film of the moment. 662 00:31:06,332 --> 00:31:08,866 To many people, it's indisputable evidence 663 00:31:08,868 --> 00:31:11,869 of a second gunman in front of the limousine, 664 00:31:11,871 --> 00:31:15,473 shooting from here -- the infamous grassy knoll. 665 00:31:17,543 --> 00:31:20,544 But nothing in this case is indisputable. 666 00:31:20,546 --> 00:31:24,748 As it happens, a brand-new analysis of that fatal head shot 667 00:31:24,750 --> 00:31:27,751 was recently published in a scientific journal. 668 00:31:27,753 --> 00:31:30,687 So I'm meeting up with the author to take a closer look -- 669 00:31:30,689 --> 00:31:32,823 Dr. Nick Nalli. 670 00:31:32,825 --> 00:31:34,158 Nick, you work for NOAA, 671 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,760 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 672 00:31:36,762 --> 00:31:38,295 -Yes. -So you're a scientist? 673 00:31:38,297 --> 00:31:39,362 Yes, that's right. 674 00:31:39,364 --> 00:31:40,764 And yet you've also written a paper 675 00:31:40,766 --> 00:31:42,566 on the Kennedy assassination. -Yes. 676 00:31:42,568 --> 00:31:43,968 I don't understand the connection. 677 00:31:43,970 --> 00:31:45,836 Well, at my job, what we do 678 00:31:45,838 --> 00:31:49,706 is we observe satellite imagery from space 679 00:31:49,708 --> 00:31:53,177 to measure something such as wind speeds and ocean currents. 680 00:31:53,179 --> 00:31:54,578 Okay. Very difficult to do that. 681 00:31:54,580 --> 00:31:56,446 Yes. 682 00:31:56,448 --> 00:31:59,583 WILDMAN: In order to measure the wind, which is invisible, 683 00:31:59,585 --> 00:32:03,320 Nick looks for visible indicators, like clouds. 684 00:32:03,322 --> 00:32:06,323 If he can measure how fast the clouds are moving, 685 00:32:06,325 --> 00:32:08,525 he can calculate the speed of the wind. 686 00:32:08,527 --> 00:32:13,129 So how does that science find its way into this investigation? 687 00:32:13,131 --> 00:32:16,733 The invisible property that I'm looking to observe 688 00:32:16,735 --> 00:32:20,804 is not the wind or a current, it's actually a bullet. 689 00:32:20,806 --> 00:32:22,806 So you're trying to track a bullet, 690 00:32:22,808 --> 00:32:25,876 an object that is traveling faster than you can see. 691 00:32:25,878 --> 00:32:27,277 Yes, only in this case, 692 00:32:27,279 --> 00:32:29,946 rather than using environmental satellite imagery, 693 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:33,017 I'm using the Zapruder film. 694 00:32:33,019 --> 00:32:37,621 WILDMAN: The Zapruder film, the world's most tragic home movie. 695 00:32:37,623 --> 00:32:40,491 On November 22, 1963, 696 00:32:40,493 --> 00:32:44,895 a Dallas dressmaker and Kennedy supporter named Abraham Zapruder 697 00:32:44,897 --> 00:32:48,098 came to Dealey Plaza to film the president. 698 00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:51,434 His 26-second movie is the most complete record 699 00:32:51,436 --> 00:32:53,504 of the assassination. 700 00:32:53,506 --> 00:32:55,739 Nick has brought along the same type of camera 701 00:32:55,741 --> 00:32:57,307 that Zapruder used -- 702 00:32:57,309 --> 00:33:01,444 an 8mm Bell & Howell Director Series. 703 00:33:01,446 --> 00:33:03,314 This is where Zapruder was standing, right here. 704 00:33:03,316 --> 00:33:05,783 This is that exact place where he was standing. 705 00:33:08,921 --> 00:33:11,055 So he's watching the motorcade come down. 706 00:33:11,057 --> 00:33:12,589 -Yes. -He starts to shoot. 707 00:33:12,591 --> 00:33:16,059 Yes, and so that sound that you hear, that humming sound, 708 00:33:16,061 --> 00:33:18,128 is actually the shutter fluttering 709 00:33:18,130 --> 00:33:22,199 at about 18.3 frames per second. 710 00:33:22,201 --> 00:33:25,669 WILDMAN: 18.3 frames per second is fast, 711 00:33:25,671 --> 00:33:28,806 but not nearly fast enough to see a speeding bullet, 712 00:33:28,808 --> 00:33:33,010 so Nick has analyzed the visible indicators in the Zapruder film 713 00:33:33,012 --> 00:33:36,247 to determine the path of that invisible bullet. 714 00:33:38,283 --> 00:33:39,683 Okay. 715 00:33:39,685 --> 00:33:43,687 I have here two still frames from the Zapruder film 716 00:33:43,689 --> 00:33:47,091 that capture the fatal shot to President Kennedy's head. 717 00:33:47,093 --> 00:33:48,492 All right. Let me understand this. 718 00:33:48,494 --> 00:33:50,961 So here is Kennedy before the shot has hit him. 719 00:33:50,963 --> 00:33:53,430 -Yes. -And then 1/18 second later, 720 00:33:53,432 --> 00:33:56,700 we're seeing the effect of the bullet that goes into his head, 721 00:33:56,702 --> 00:33:59,503 but we're not seeing the bullet arrive, of course. 722 00:33:59,505 --> 00:34:00,704 No, that's right. 723 00:34:00,706 --> 00:34:02,572 So this is basically a before 724 00:34:02,574 --> 00:34:05,042 and after of the arrival of the bullet. 725 00:34:05,044 --> 00:34:07,845 So all these dotted lines are reference 726 00:34:07,847 --> 00:34:09,779 points to see what's moving and what's not, 727 00:34:09,781 --> 00:34:13,249 and the only thing that's moving is President Kennedy's head. 728 00:34:13,251 --> 00:34:15,919 That's right, and which direction is he moving? 729 00:34:15,921 --> 00:34:17,655 Oh, wow. 730 00:34:29,936 --> 00:34:33,604 WILDMAN: For years, the raging debate over the JFK assassination 731 00:34:33,606 --> 00:34:37,207 has boiled down to one monumental question -- 732 00:34:37,209 --> 00:34:40,611 Was the fatal head shot fired from behind the president 733 00:34:40,613 --> 00:34:46,149 by Lee Harvey Oswald or from in front by a second shooter? 734 00:34:46,151 --> 00:34:49,420 With the help of a new study by Dr. Nick Nalli, 735 00:34:49,422 --> 00:34:55,092 I'm analyzing the Zapruder film to find out once and for all. 736 00:34:55,094 --> 00:34:56,894 So this is basically a before 737 00:34:56,896 --> 00:34:58,896 and after of the arrival of the bullet, 738 00:34:58,898 --> 00:35:02,966 and the only thing that's moving is President Kennedy's head. 739 00:35:02,968 --> 00:35:05,435 That's right, and which direction is he moving? 740 00:35:05,437 --> 00:35:06,503 He's moving forward. 741 00:35:06,505 --> 00:35:08,505 He's moving forward. 742 00:35:08,507 --> 00:35:11,775 WILDMAN: Kennedy's head moves about 2 inches forward 743 00:35:11,777 --> 00:35:15,045 immediately after the moment of impact. 744 00:35:15,047 --> 00:35:17,715 This second image demonstrates that that bullet 745 00:35:17,717 --> 00:35:19,849 is striking him from the rear... 746 00:35:19,851 --> 00:35:20,984 That's what it's showing. 747 00:35:20,986 --> 00:35:22,586 ...and pushing his head forward. 748 00:35:22,588 --> 00:35:25,055 That's the only way it could be. 749 00:35:25,057 --> 00:35:26,857 How do you explain the lurch 750 00:35:26,859 --> 00:35:28,325 backwards? -Okay. 751 00:35:28,327 --> 00:35:31,061 Well, let's take a look at this chart here. 752 00:35:31,063 --> 00:35:33,163 WILDMAN: Nick tracked the president's head movements 753 00:35:33,165 --> 00:35:35,298 in each frame of the Zapruder film 754 00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:37,334 and plotted them on a chart. 755 00:35:37,336 --> 00:35:38,802 WILDMAN: There is the shot. 756 00:35:38,804 --> 00:35:41,805 NALLI: Yes, exactly. It's a very sudden snap forward, 757 00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:44,942 and it's the most obvious feature on the entire chart. 758 00:35:44,944 --> 00:35:47,077 WILDMAN: But the lurch back and to the left 759 00:35:47,079 --> 00:35:50,213 doesn't begin until three frames later, 760 00:35:50,215 --> 00:35:53,884 nearly a 1/4 second after the bullet struck him. 761 00:35:53,886 --> 00:35:55,952 So what caused it? 762 00:35:55,954 --> 00:35:57,888 So the bullet deposits momentum, 763 00:35:57,890 --> 00:36:00,223 so that causes him to move forward. 764 00:36:00,225 --> 00:36:02,425 -Right. -But it also deposits energy, 765 00:36:02,427 --> 00:36:04,495 and energy just kind of spreads out. 766 00:36:04,497 --> 00:36:07,030 So this is contributing to his movement backwards. 767 00:36:07,032 --> 00:36:08,298 Yes. Think of it... 768 00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:10,033 it's very... It's almost intuitive. 769 00:36:10,035 --> 00:36:11,435 You know, if this is happening... 770 00:36:11,437 --> 00:36:12,703 Right, okay. -...you have to do that. 771 00:36:12,705 --> 00:36:15,238 I remember this much from high school physics -- 772 00:36:15,240 --> 00:36:16,440 for every action... 773 00:36:16,442 --> 00:36:18,776 There is an equal and opposite reaction. 774 00:36:18,778 --> 00:36:20,310 -There you go. -That is Newton's third law. 775 00:36:20,312 --> 00:36:21,578 You have good memory. 776 00:36:21,580 --> 00:36:23,580 WILDMAN: Nick says the bullet's exit wound 777 00:36:23,582 --> 00:36:27,184 created a sort of recoil effect on the head, 778 00:36:27,186 --> 00:36:30,854 and he says that's not the only thing going on here. 779 00:36:30,856 --> 00:36:33,991 Because his brain has been destroyed 780 00:36:33,993 --> 00:36:35,726 pretty much in the right side, 781 00:36:35,728 --> 00:36:37,060 there's a nervous system response 782 00:36:37,062 --> 00:36:38,695 called a neuromuscular reaction. 783 00:36:38,697 --> 00:36:40,063 A muscle spasm. 784 00:36:40,065 --> 00:36:43,066 Yes, a muscle spasm that causes all the large muscle groups 785 00:36:43,068 --> 00:36:46,069 of his body to stiffen up, become like a plank. 786 00:36:46,071 --> 00:36:48,739 So it's because Kennedy is seated, he can't... 787 00:36:48,741 --> 00:36:50,540 His body can't make that plank. 788 00:36:50,542 --> 00:36:51,875 Not really, no. 789 00:36:51,877 --> 00:36:53,410 So the energy goes in a different direction. 790 00:36:53,412 --> 00:36:56,413 So he kind of instead looks like he's going backward. 791 00:36:56,415 --> 00:36:57,614 Interesting. 792 00:36:57,616 --> 00:36:59,349 The movement, the dramatic snap back 793 00:36:59,351 --> 00:37:03,820 isn't because of some shot from the front from the grassy knoll. 794 00:37:03,822 --> 00:37:07,491 It actually indicates a bullet from behind, 795 00:37:07,493 --> 00:37:09,693 from the Texas School Book Depository. 796 00:37:09,695 --> 00:37:11,461 Exactly. 797 00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:18,035 WILDMAN: But if Nick is correct, what does it all mean? 798 00:37:18,037 --> 00:37:19,903 Is it possible that the Warren Commission 799 00:37:19,905 --> 00:37:22,639 had it right all along? 800 00:37:22,641 --> 00:37:26,310 Are the conspiracy theories just theories? 801 00:37:26,312 --> 00:37:28,846 Could it be that the President of the United States 802 00:37:28,848 --> 00:37:33,116 was brought down by one lowly warehouse clerk all by himself? 803 00:37:47,465 --> 00:37:49,600 WILDMAN: President John F. Kennedy was shot dead 804 00:37:49,602 --> 00:37:51,067 by Lee Harvey Oswald 805 00:37:51,069 --> 00:37:53,337 from the Texas School Book Depository, 806 00:37:53,339 --> 00:37:56,540 so concluded the Warren Report, 807 00:37:56,542 --> 00:38:00,076 but how likely is it that Oswald could hit a target moving away 808 00:38:00,078 --> 00:38:03,680 from him two out of three times? 809 00:38:03,682 --> 00:38:06,617 To find out, I'm heading back to the Sixth Floor Museum 810 00:38:06,619 --> 00:38:09,485 in the old depository building. 811 00:38:09,487 --> 00:38:12,890 The sniper's nest was found here on the sixth floor, 812 00:38:12,892 --> 00:38:14,358 but today, it's part of the museum 813 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,426 carefully preserved behind glass, 814 00:38:16,428 --> 00:38:18,962 so I'm heading one floor up to the seventh 815 00:38:18,964 --> 00:38:20,697 to get the closest possible 816 00:38:20,699 --> 00:38:25,235 look at the view from the sniper's window. 817 00:38:25,237 --> 00:38:27,971 WILDMAN: I've brought with me an old four-power rifle scope 818 00:38:27,973 --> 00:38:29,772 from the 1960s. 819 00:38:29,774 --> 00:38:32,109 It provides the same view as the scope 820 00:38:32,111 --> 00:38:35,112 on the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle found here at the scene. 821 00:38:40,452 --> 00:38:41,585 Holy moly. 822 00:38:41,587 --> 00:38:42,986 Look at this view here. All right. 823 00:38:42,988 --> 00:38:45,722 So I'm directly above the sniper's nest. 824 00:38:45,724 --> 00:38:47,924 Just one floor up, okay? 825 00:38:47,926 --> 00:38:50,761 This is the same perspective. 826 00:38:50,763 --> 00:38:52,262 It's amazing. 827 00:38:52,264 --> 00:38:54,998 I'm immediately struck by the curve in Elm Street. 828 00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,800 The bend in the roadway lines 829 00:38:56,802 --> 00:38:58,802 up perfectly with this vantage point, 830 00:38:58,804 --> 00:39:03,139 so it means a car traveling towards that triple underpass 831 00:39:03,141 --> 00:39:06,610 is basically moving in a straight line away from me. 832 00:39:06,612 --> 00:39:10,681 That means a shooter tracking a moving target 833 00:39:10,683 --> 00:39:13,617 would hardly have to adjust his rifle at all. 834 00:39:19,558 --> 00:39:23,827 WILDMAN: On November 22, 1963, the last book depository 835 00:39:23,829 --> 00:39:28,498 employee left the floor at about 12:20 p.m. 836 00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:31,835 Oswald would have had the sixth floor all to himself 837 00:39:31,837 --> 00:39:35,105 for a full 10 minutes before the assassination. 838 00:39:42,714 --> 00:39:46,316 At exactly 12:30 p.m., the president's motorcade 839 00:39:46,318 --> 00:39:50,187 emerged from Main Street and turned onto Houston. 840 00:39:50,189 --> 00:39:51,988 Pierce Allman watched the limousine 841 00:39:51,990 --> 00:39:54,591 slowly make the turn onto Elm Street. 842 00:39:59,531 --> 00:40:01,865 REPORTER: The president's car is now turning on to Elm Street, 843 00:40:01,867 --> 00:40:03,333 and it will be only a matter of minutes 844 00:40:03,335 --> 00:40:05,369 before he arrives at the Trade Mart. 845 00:40:07,539 --> 00:40:08,605 WILDMAN: The first shot. 846 00:40:08,607 --> 00:40:10,974 [ Gunshot ] 847 00:40:13,011 --> 00:40:16,012 On the grassy knoll, Abraham Zapruder squeezed 848 00:40:16,014 --> 00:40:18,548 the shutter button on his 8mm camera. 849 00:40:20,753 --> 00:40:21,752 The second shot. 850 00:40:21,754 --> 00:40:23,487 [ Gunshot ] 851 00:40:25,623 --> 00:40:28,692 At the curb, Bill Newman stood with his family 852 00:40:28,694 --> 00:40:30,560 as the limousine drew nearer. 853 00:40:33,232 --> 00:40:34,564 The third shot. 854 00:40:34,566 --> 00:40:36,432 [ Gunshot ] 855 00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:44,775 For a trained Marine like Lee Harvey Oswald, 856 00:40:44,777 --> 00:40:47,978 it would not have been too difficult. 857 00:40:47,980 --> 00:40:51,114 To me, the evidence is overwhelming. 858 00:40:51,116 --> 00:40:55,986 Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy. 859 00:40:55,988 --> 00:40:57,854 But why did he do it? 860 00:40:57,856 --> 00:41:00,390 That may be the hardest question of all, 861 00:41:00,392 --> 00:41:02,592 and it's one even the Warren Report 862 00:41:02,594 --> 00:41:04,994 couldn't answer definitively. 863 00:41:04,996 --> 00:41:09,466 We may never know for sure, but there are clues. 864 00:41:09,468 --> 00:41:11,334 Early on the morning of the assassination, 865 00:41:11,336 --> 00:41:13,803 Lee Harvey Oswald slipped out of the house 866 00:41:13,805 --> 00:41:17,874 while his wife was still asleep and left $170 in cash 867 00:41:17,876 --> 00:41:20,877 on her nightstand and his wedding ring. 868 00:41:20,879 --> 00:41:24,948 Well, here is that ring. 869 00:41:24,950 --> 00:41:30,087 A tiny Soviet hammer and sickle is stamped on the inner surface. 870 00:41:30,089 --> 00:41:32,555 At the height of the Cold War, 871 00:41:32,557 --> 00:41:35,558 Oswald did the boldest thing he could think of. 872 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:39,295 He walked into the arms of the enemy and tried to defect, 873 00:41:39,297 --> 00:41:42,899 but the Soviets did not greet him as a hero. 874 00:41:42,901 --> 00:41:47,237 By late 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald was back in Texas, 875 00:41:47,239 --> 00:41:50,239 making minimum wage as a warehouse clerk 876 00:41:50,241 --> 00:41:52,709 and living apart from his wife and children. 877 00:41:56,048 --> 00:41:59,583 What if one of the most heinous crimes of the 20th century 878 00:41:59,585 --> 00:42:02,652 was not the work of a grand conspiracy? 879 00:42:02,654 --> 00:42:04,120 What if the reason behind 880 00:42:04,122 --> 00:42:06,189 President John F. Kennedy's murder 881 00:42:06,191 --> 00:42:08,858 had little to do with Kennedy himself? 882 00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:11,862 What if was simply the desperate act 883 00:42:11,864 --> 00:42:14,797 of a profoundly unhappy person 884 00:42:14,799 --> 00:42:16,867 who thought he could find greatness 885 00:42:16,869 --> 00:42:18,801 by cutting down a great man? 885 00:42:19,305 --> 00:43:19,784 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org