Rich and Bryan wrap up their deep dive into the JFK assassination with a lively discussion about what they’ve learned—and how newly released government documents have shifted their views, at least a little. Was there a conspiracy—or multiple conspiracies? Almost certainly. But were they merely efforts to cover up missteps, malfeasance, and secrets powerful people wanted to keep hidden? Or does it go deeper than that? You decide.

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He stepped out of the shadows and into the history books, pulling the trigger that silenced Lee Harvey Oswald. But who was Jack Ruby, really? A patriotic vigilante... or a man sent to keep a darker secret buried? On this week’s TJI, Bryan and Rich unravel the chaos, the cover-ups, and the questions that never went away.

More than 60 years later, conspiracy theorists still argue that Lee Harvey Oswald didn’t shoot President John F. Kennedy — claiming instead that he was merely “a patsy” for the real killer or killers. In this episode of TJI, Rich and Bryan examine the facts, including the compelling eyewitness evidence that, following JFK’s assassination, Oswald murdered Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit in cold blood.

Oswald won't survive long enough to talk. Dead men tell no tales. Next up, the last JFK episode, Jack Ruby and The Hit That Changed History.

She offered Marina Oswald a place to stay — and wound up at the heart of America’s greatest conspiracy. Ruth Paine welcomed the Oswalds into her home, never imagining the rifle in her garage would change history. Or did she? This week on TJI, Richard Ray dives deep into the tangled web of secrets, spies, and suspicion.

NEXT EPISODE: Cop Killer

She came from behind the Iron Curtain — a teenage bride at the side of Lee Harvey Oswald. But after JFK was gunned down in Dallas, Marina Oswald was left in the middle of a nightmare. In this week’s TJI, Richard Ray recounts his remarkable, personal encounters with Marina — and the strange, haunting path her life has taken since that day in 1963.

Next week: Ruth Paine, Good Samaritan or Spymaster

On November 22, 1963 Abraham Zapruder, a Dallas businessman, stood on a pedestal in Dallas Dealey Plaza with an 8mm camera and captured the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on film - the most famous home movie ever!  And, yet for more than a decade virtually no one outside government circles ever saw it. That  changed in 1978 when TV personality Geraldo Rivera and a film technician with a bootleg copy showed it on national TV. Reporter Richard Ray covers all the twists and turns of a story most Americans have never known.

Longtime TV journalists Richard Ray and Bryan Lochhead take us back in time to 1963 - where they were and how they experienced the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Each has a surprisingly personal story about how it affected their lives then and to this day. And, they set the scene in a very different America and the way we were then.

JFK: Conspiracy Emerges from 2025 Document Dump
In this episode of TJI, renowned JFK researcher and conspiracy debunker Dave Perry joins Rich and Bryan—with a twist. Long known for dismantling hoaxes, Perry now finds himself reexamining his stance in light of the 2025 document release. The new files are cracking open long-sealed windows, revealing possible efforts to mislead the public. Was it merely a cover-up of intelligence failures surrounding Lee Harvey Oswald? Or did rogue CIA elements have knowledge of the plot—and choose to stand down? 

This episode begins our deep dive into the 1963 assassination of President John. F. Kennedy in Dallas with a first look at what President Trump has promised to be the release of all remaining sealed documents in the case. Reporter Richard Ray has been dubbed DFW’s Best JFK Historian and he talks about what he and other longtime JFK enthusiast hope to find in the latest document dump. Will there be a smoking gun? What can we learn after more than 60 years of secrecy?

April 19, 1995 - two years to the day after a deadly fire at the Branch Davidian compound in Texas - a truck bomb exploded outside the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, still the deadliest domestic terrorist act in US history, with a direct link to Waco. Richard Ray and Bryan Lochhead take you behind the scenes on how the news story evolved — intertwined with a massive shakeup among TV stations in Dallas and around the country.