A HISTORY OF CONSPIRACY

Why the mystery and intrigue surrounding the JFK assassination shows no signs of abating

At 12.30pm on 22 November 1963, the world stopped and gasped in horror. John F Kennedy, the man who many Americans saw as propelling their country into a new era of hope and freedom, was shot as his motorcade travelled through the streets of Dallas, Texas. There were three gunshots: the first missed, the second struck his throat, and the third hit his head. He was immediately rushed to the nearby Parkland Memorial Hospital and, as one news reporter said, “For 30 agonising minutes, Americans heard and waited and kept the death watch in unprecedented numbers.” Despite the prayers of an entire nation, Kennedy was pronounced dead soon after. In the aftermath, Kennedy’s successor, Lyndon B Johnson, commissioned an enquiry into the assassination in an attempt to discover the truth…

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