Episode 199 is the tenth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode  continues our coverage of the individuals in the white house detail who were in Dallas that fateful day.  In this episode, we compare the two 1963 statements by Paul Landis, made just days after the assassination on November 27th and November 30th, 1963.  Mr. Landis is yet another secret service agent that thought that one of the  shots came from the front or the right front.  Join us as we read verbatim, the two statements that Landis made and  compare and contrast the details of what comprises those two statements.     Delving deeper into the individuals involved into  the President's protection  is for the purpose of solving the perplexing  question of how men generally so loyal to the President, might have motivations to act otherwise.  It is the seminal question regarding the inner workings of the secret service and their true orientation to President Kennedy. The inner  workings of the Secret Service are just that...they are secret...and not much has been said by the agents outside of the official agency position.... since the assassination, but at least one man Vince Palamara is widely considered to be the resident expert on how the Secret Service figures into the assassination story.  Mr. Palamara has done more original research on this topic than  anyone else.  Others have done extensive research including Doug Horne. So this series of episodes will give us a chance to better understand this often over looked aspect of the assassination story.  

Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 198 is the ninth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode  continues our coverage of Sam Kinney, the driver of the Presidential follow up car that day in Dallas.  It's part of the overall story of the secret service agents in Dallas that fateful day.  The follow up car was carrying the bulk of the secret service agents who were protecting the president and the first lady, and it was  situated right behind the presidential limousine.  Kinney is undoubtedly one of the good guys, and this is a bonus episode that captures verbatim his actual written statement  dated November 30th, some eight days after the assassination.  Kinney was never asked to testify before the Warren Commission. He was absent from the handful of more prominent agents in the passion play that did testify in 1964. In later years, he would talk  on three separate occasions with researcher Vince Palamara. In the previous episode, you heard portions of  those  interviews and also from Sam Kinney's  neighbor Gary Louck,   According to Louck, Kinney had privately revealed to him  that Kinney was the one who found the bullet in the presidential limousine. Louck relayed this story after Kinney's death. That  bullet, according to Louck's account of it,  became  Warren Commission exhibit 399.  And that was  long before agent Paul Landis more recently  came forth with a similar assertion. Of course, both cannot be true.  In the prior episode we also tell Kinney's story of how,  during the flight back to Andrews Airforce Base, traveling with the presidential limousine in a C-130 transport, Kinney  would inspect the vehicle and find a portion of the president's skull in the back seat.  It was a piece of the president's  skull that he placed in his pocket and  gave to Admiral George Berkeley, upon return to Washington.  Where did the fragment go?....the answer to that question is still a mystery, as it is unaccounted for at the autopsy.   Delving deeper into the individuals involved into  the President's protection  is for the purpose of solving the perplexing  question of how men generally so loyal to the President, might have motivations to act otherwise.  It is the seminal question regarding the inner workings of the secret service and their true orientation to President Kennedy. The inner  workings of the Secret Service are just that...they are secret...and not much has been said by the agents outside of the official agency position.... since the assassination, but at least one man Vince Palamara is widely considered to be the resident expert on how the Secret Service figures into the assassination story.  Mr. Palamara has done more original research on this topic than  anyone else.  Others have done extensive research including Doug Horne. So this series of episodes will give us a chance to better understand this often over looked aspect of the assassination story.  

Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 197 is the eighth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode  continues our coverage of the individuals in the white house detail who were in Dallas that fateful day.  In this episode, we tell the story of Sam Kinney the driver of the Secret Service  follow up car. The car that was carrying the bulk of the secret service agents, and which was  situated right behind the presidential limousine in the motorcade.  Kinney is undoubtedly one of the good guys, and his  comments are  captured during an oral interview  by Vince Palamara and and in  his only public television appearance on the Today Show.  Kinney would privately reveal that he was the one who found the bullet in the presidential limousine. A fact made public after his death by Gary Louck, who was his neighbor and  his friend. Before Kinney died, he would tell Palamara the story of how he found a piece of the presidents skull as he was inspecting the presidential limousine.  Kinney was  taking the limousine  back to Washington via a C130 transport plane when he came across the skull fragment. He would drop the  fragment in his pocket and  deliver it  to Dr. George Berkely, once he returned to Washington. Where did the fragment go....the answer to that question is still a mystery as it is unaccounted for at the autopsy. Join us for all sorts of fascinating facts and revelations from this straight shooting and forthright member of the secret service team.  Delving deeper into the individuals involved into  the President's protection  is for the purpose of solving the perplexing  question of how men generally so loyal to the President, might have motivations to act otherwise.  It is the seminal question regarding the inner workings of the secret service and their true orientation to President Kennedy. The inner  workings of the Secret Service are just that...they are secret...and not much has been said by the agents outside of the official agency position.... since the assassination, but at least one man Vince Palamara is widely considered to be the resident expert on how the Secret Service figures into the assassination story.  Mr. Palamara has done more original research on this topic than  anyone else.  Others have done extensive research including Doug Horne. So this series of episodes will give us a chance to better understand this often over looked aspect of the assassination story.  

Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 196 is the seventh in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy.  Today's episode  is the second in  our coverage of each of the individuals in the white house detail who were in Dallas that fateful day.  In  episode 195 we told the story of  Roy Kellerman and  we tell the story of Agent William Greer in today's episode 196.  Agent  Greer was the driver of the presidential limousine that fateful day in Dallas.  His actions and inactions that day  contributed to the demise of  president Kennedy.  Delving deeper into the individuals involved in the President's protection  is for the purpose of solving the perplexing  question of how men generally so loyal to the President, might have motivations to act otherwise. It is the seminal question regarding the inner workings of the secret service and their true orientation to President Kennedy. The inner  workings of the Secret Service are just that...they are secret...and not much has been said by the agents outside of the official agency position.... since the assassination, but at least one man Vince Palamara is widely considered to be the resident expert on how the Secret Service figures into the assassination story.  Mr. Palamara has done more original research on this topic than  anyone else.  Others have done extensive research including Doug Horne. So this series of episodes will give us a chance to better understand this often over looked aspect of the assassination story.  

Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 195 is the sixth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy. Today's episode begins  our coverage of each of the individuals in the white house detail who were in Dallas that fateful day.  We tell the story today of Agent  Roy Kellerman, who was nominally in charge in Dallas during the trip . He sat in the front right seat of the president's limousine as they made their way in the motorcade. Delving deeper into the individuals involved in the President's protection  is for the purpose of solving the perplexing  question of how men generally so loyal to the President, might have motivations to act otherwise. It is the seminal question regarding the inner workings of the secret service and their true orientation to President Kennedy. The inner  workings of the Secret Service are just that...they are secret...and not much has been said by the agents outside of the official agency position.... since the assassination, but at least one man Vince Palamara is widely considered to be the resident expert on how the Secret Service figures into the assassination story.  Mr. Palamara has done more original research on this topic than  anyone else.  Others have done extensive research including Doug Horne. So this series of episodes will give us a chance to better understand this often over looked aspect of the assassination story.  

Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 194 is the fifth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy. Today's episode begins to cover the  perplexing question of how men generally so loyal to the President, might have motivations to act otherwise. It is the seminal question regarding the inner workings of the secret service and their true orientation to President Kennedy. Getting a look inside, requires locating someone who has disavowed the idea of keeping secret  of the dirty laundry that may have existed within the secret service in that era. Sadly and perhaps ironically, the story must be told by the first black secret service agent ever to be chosen for duty on the Secret Service White House detail. That man was Abraham Bolden. His story is an extraordinary one and in today's episode we hear from Mr. Bolden himself on this very topic of  what was really  "underneath the covers when it comes to the Secret Service's  true orientation toward President Kennedy. The inner  workings of the Secret Service are just that...they are secret...and not much has been said by the agents outside of the official agency position.... since the assassination, but at least one man Vince Palamara is widely considered to be the resident expert on how the Secret Service figures into the assassination story.  Mr. Palamara has done more original research on this topic than  anyone else.  Others have done extensive research including Doug Horne. So this series of episodes will give us a chance to better understand this often over looked aspect of the assassination story.  But today, we listen to an iconic figure who holds the key to our further understanding of what happened with the secret service on that November day in 1963 . While today's episode is not a thorough exploration of Mr. Bolden's own story, it serves as a backdrop to many upcoming episodes in this mini-series. 

Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 193 is the fourth in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup, or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy. Today's episode covers the next section of chapter 8 and a portion of Chapter 2 in the Warren Commission Report dealing with advance planning and preparation undertaken by the Secret Service  prior to the president's trip to Texas.  Chapter 8 generally addresses the Secret Service role in protecting the president and pertinent facts around their conduct in Dallas. After today, our upcoming episodes in the wander turn away from the official report on the Secret Service,  to the investigative research by Vince Palamara, Douglas Horne and others. So stay tuned.  Recent events, including the pending publication of the book by former Secret Service agent  Paul Landis, have given rise to renewed interest in this topic. Mr. Landis is  88 years old and he was an agent who  was there in Dallas on November 22nd, and  he participated in the motorcade protection. He now  claims to be the person who left  the bullet on the stretcher at Parkland.  And on President Kennedy's stretcher, no less. His claims  have sparked a great deal of renewed debate about the magic bullet and the  shooters in the plaza, but rather than evaluate Mr. Landis' claim at this time,  we are using this period of renewed interest to reassess the role of the secret service overall in the assassination story. It is no secret that there was a massive failure of protection by the Secret Service which contributed heavily to the death of the President. But the seminal question of whether this was poor planning , or poor performance,  versus something more sinister, have never been fully resolved. The inner  workings of the Secret Service are just that...they are secret...and not much has been said by the agents outside of the official agency position.... since the assassination, but at least one man Vince Palamara is widely considered to be the resident expert on how the Secret Service figures into the assassination story.  Mr. Palamara has done more original research on this topic than  anyone else.  Others have done extensive research including Doug Horne. So this series of episodes will give us a chance to better understand this often over looked aspect of the assassination story. 

Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 192 is the third in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy. Today's episode covers the next section of chapter 8 in the Warren Commission Report dealing with what the Secret Service and the FBI knew about Oswald prior to the assassination.  Chapter 8 generally addresses the Secret Service role in protecting the president and pertinent facts around their conduct in Dallas. Recent events, including the pending publication of the book by former Secret Service agent  Paul Landis, have given rise to renewed interest in this topic. Mr. Landis is  88 years old land he was an agent who  was there in Dallas on November 22nd and participated in the motorcade protection. He now  claims to be the person who left  the bullet on the stretcher at Parkland. His claims  have sparked a great deal of renewed debate about the shooters in the plaza, but rather than evaluate Mr. Landis' claim at this time,  we are using this period of renewed interest to reassess the role of the secret service overall in the assassination story. It is no secret that there was a massive failure of protection by the Secret Service which contributed heavily to the death of the President. But the seminal question of whether this was poor planning ,or poor performance,  versus something more sinister, have never been fully resolved. The inner  workings of the secret service are just that...they are secret...and not much has been said by the agents outside of the official agency position.... since the assassination, but at least one man Vince Palamara is widely considered to be the resident expert on how the Secret Service figures into the assassination story.  Mr. Palamara has done more original research on this topic than  anyone else. So these next few episodes will give us a chance to better understand this often over looked aspect of the assassination story. 

Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 191 is the second in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy. Today's episode covers the initial section of chapter 8 in the Warren Commission Report. Chapter 8 addresses the Secret Service role in protecting the president and pertinent facts around their conduct in Dallas.  Recent events, including the pending publication of the book by former Secret Service agent  Paul Landis, have given rise to renewed interest in this topic. Mr. Landis is  88 years old land he was an agent who  was there in Dallas on November 22nd and participated in the motorcade protection. He now  claims to be the person who left  the bullet on the stretcher at Parkland. His claims  have sparked a great deal of renewed debate about the shooters in the plaza, but rather than evaluate Mr. Landis' claim at this time,  we are using this period of renewed interest to reassess the role of the secret service overall in the assassination story. It is no secret that there was a massive failure of protection by the Secret Service which contributed heavily to the death of the President. But the seminal question of whether this was poor planning ,or poor performance,  versus something more sinister, have never been fully resolved. The inner  workings of the secret service are just that...they are secret...and not much has been said by the agents outside of the official agency position.... since the assassination, but at least one man Vince Palamara is widely considered to be the resident expert on how the Secret Service figures into the assassination story.  Mr. Palamara has done more original research on this topic than  anyone else. So these next few episodes will give us a chance to better understand this often over looked aspect of the assassination story. 

Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.

Episode 190 is the first in a mini- series wander covering the Secret Service and their possible involvement in the coverup or the  actual plot itself to assassinate President Kennedy. Recent events, including the pending publication of the book by former Secret Service agent  Paul Landis, have given rise to renewed interest in this topic. Mr. Landis is  88 years old land he was an agent who  was there in Dallas on November 22nd and participated in the motorcade protection. He now  claims to be the person who left  the bullet on the stretcher at Parkland. His claims  have sparked a great deal of renewed debate about the shooters in the plaza, but rather than evaluate Mr. Landis' claim at this time,  we are using this period of renewed interest to reassess the role of the secret service overall in the assassination story. It is no secret that there was a massive failure of protection by the Secret Service which contributed heavily to the death of the President. But the seminal question of whether this was poor planning ,or poor performance,  versus something more sinister, have never been fully resolved. The inner  workings of the secret service are just that...they are secret...and not much has been said by the agents outside of the official agency position.... since the assassination, but at least one man Vince Palamara is widely considered to be the resident expert on how the Secret Service figures into the assassination story.  Mr. Palamara has done more original research on this topic than  anyone else. So these next few episodes will give us a chance to better understand this often over looked aspect of the assassination story. 

Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over  the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it,  were becoming a major concern for the government and the commission. Conspiracy theories were contrary to the government's stated narrative from the very beginning. This  real-life story is more fascinating than fiction.  No matter whether you are a serious researcher or a casual student, you will enjoy the fact filled narrative and story as  we relive one of the most shocking moments in American History. An event that changed the nation and changed the world forever.