March 01, 2023

Film Flam: JFK & Stone w/Fred Litwin

41 minutes

EPISODE 79 | Film Flam: JFK & Stone

Guest: Fred Litwin, author of Oliver Stone's Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza

Former JFK conspiracy theorist turned JFK conspiracy debunker Fred Litwin has written a new book, this time taking aim at Oliver Stone's 1991 film "JFK" and his 2021 four-part TV series defending that movie, JFK: Destiny Betrayed.

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SECTIONS

03:25 - I Was a Teenage JFK Conspiracy Freak, On the Trail of Delusion, using primary sources, actually do the research, JFK as ur-level conspiracy theory, "JFK" as counter-myth to Warren Report, JFK: Destiny Betrayed

08:22 - The Warren Commission - what, why, who; Operation Mongoose and plots to get Castro, supposed plots against JFK in Chicago and Tampa, plots vs. threats, Thomas Arthur Vallee, Abraham Bolden

14:32 - Memory is unreliable, so is eyewitness testimony; John Stringer deposition, James Angleton's desk

18:16 - Setting the record straight on Gen. Curtis LeMay

21:42 - Dr. George Burkley, there were some actual (small scale) cover ups

25:10 - Stone's character "X" - L. Fletcher Prouty and Richard Case Nagell

28:27 - Jack Ruby

33:08 - Why is Stone still beating this drum?

36:13 - JFK - the gift that keeps on giving, future books by Fred Litwin (Heritage of Nonsense)

Music by Fanette Ronjat

More Info

On the Trail of Delusion website

Oliver Stone's Film-Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza book

A Viewer's Guide to "JFK: Destiny Betrayed" and "JFK Revisited"

On The Trail of Delusion book

I Was a Teenage JFK Conspiracy Freak book

Litwin's extensive blog

Collected documents

Fred Litwin on Twitter

On The Trail of Delusion on Facebook

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