In this episode of Ciphered Past, we’re joined by Joe Borelli of The Lone Gunman Podcast: JFK Assassination for a wide-ranging deep dive into the Kennedy assassination and the strands of evidence that still keep serious researchers debating 60+ years later.

We dig into one of the most frustrating (and fascinating) parts of this case: how key identities, names, and timelines can get blurred—sometimes by honest confusion, sometimes by contradiction in the record, and sometimes by the way “official certainty” gets cemented before the dust has even settled.

🔎 The search for John Martin

• Why the “John Martin” thread matters and how it connects to wider questions about witness statements, documentation gaps, and unresolved leads.

• What makes the “Martin” trail so slippery: overlapping names, incomplete records, and the way certain details surface and then vanish again in the larger JFK narrative.

🧩 Oswald’s innocence (and what that claim actually means)

• The difference between “Oswald didn’t do it” vs “Oswald didn’t do it alone”—and why the line between those two positions often gets blurred in mainstream discussions.

• What Joe believes is strongest (and weakest) in the case against Oswald, and how researchers should frame uncertainty without turning it into ideology.

👥 The tale of “the Martins” around the assassination

• We walk through the broader “Martins” storyline: how multiple individuals, references, or accounts can become tangled—creating a maze for anyone trying to establish a clean chain of evidence.

• Why researchers need to be careful when an intriguing claim spreads faster than the sourcing behind it.

📍 November 22, 1963 — revisiting the day

• How we should think about the day’s timeline: what’s solid, what’s disputed, and what details are frequently misunderstood or oversimplified.

• Why revisiting the basics still matters—because many “new” theories quietly depend on old assumptions.

🎯 General Edwin Walker and the earlier shooting

• The Walker shooting as a crucial pre-assassination event that raises major questions about narrative control, attribution, and how “Oswald” is positioned in the official storyline.

• What this incident suggests about the broader environment surrounding Dallas, political extremism, intelligence interest, and how certain figures become magnets for operations—real or alleged.

✈️ David Ferrie’s flight logs (Joe’s slideshow presentation)

• Joe also breaks down his slideshow presentation on David Ferrie’s flight logs and why those records matter.

• We talk about what flight logs can—and can’t—prove, how to interpret patterns responsibly, and why Ferrie remains one of the most controversial names orbiting the case.

If you care about responsible JFK research, this conversation is a reminder that the case isn’t just about big claims—it’s about names, documentation, sourcing, timelines, and disciplined skepticism. Joe brings a researcher’s mindset: questioning what we think we know, being honest about what we don’t know, and resisting the temptation to force messy evidence into neat conclusions.

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