The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination

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Join 35-year JFK assassination researcher, John Young as he breaks down the mystery of the Kennedy assassination. What’s the hidden facts that the history books didn’t tell you.

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    Episode 106 - The End of Innocence - Why the JFK Assassination Still Matters Today

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 34:32 Transcription Available


    This week I try and answer a question I am asked more than any other. Why does the JFK assassination still matter today?

    Episode 105 - The End of Innocence - Details You Missed in the New JFK Files Released

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 16:50 Transcription Available


    Did you know that newly released JFK files confirm that the CIA had extensive surveillance operations in Mexico City, where Lee Harvey Oswald visited just weeks before Kennedy's assassination? And did you know that previously classified documents reveal the U.S. government actively considered multiple assassination plots against Fidel Castro, some involving collaboration with organized crime?

    Episode 104 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - GOP Oversight Committee

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 24:59 Transcription Available


    The House Oversight Committee's Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets held a hearing on Tuesday, April 1st on the release of former President John F. Kennedy's assassination records. In today's episode, which will be our final over the hearings, we are going to hear the questions from the committee to author and JFK researcher, Jim DiEugenio and film director Oliver Stone, who directed the 1992 movie "JFK.". They are being asked by the committee why they think Lee Harvey Oswald is innocent and why the CIA killed JFK.

    Episode 103 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - GOP Oversight Committee

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 24:33 Transcription Available


    The House Oversight Committee's Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets held a hearing on Tuesday, April 1st on the release of former President John F. Kennedy's assassination records. In today's episode we are going to hear the testimony of author and JFK researcher, Jim DiEugenio and film director Oliver Stone, who directed the 1992 movie "JFK.".

    Episode 102 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - GOP Oversight Committee

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 19:44 Transcription Available


    The House Oversight Committee's Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets held a hearing Tuesday afternoon on the release of former President John F. Kennedy's assassination records. In today's episode we are going to hear the testimony of author and JFK researcher, Jefferson Morley along with a short interview of "JFK" film director Oliver Stone.

    Episode 101 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - JFK Files Released!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 24:25 Transcription Available


    A big thank you to Zach Rateliff of 107.1 KTFS News Talk Radio for having me on this week to discuss the recently released JFK files and what we have found so far in the files. Is there a bombshell uncovered yet? Possibly so........

    Episode 100 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - Lee Harvey Oswald

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 22:22 Transcription Available


    This week's episode marks a milestone, as this is my 100th episode. I continue to study and research the case because it's something that has become an obsession for me over the years. I want to know the truth! But also, I do it to carry on the legacy of others that have come before me. Another reason I do this is for the children of Lee Harvey Oswald, who have lived with the fact of what history said their father did. So, who was Lee Harvey Oswald, really?

    Episode 99 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - Josiah Thompson Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 27:05 Transcription Available


    In this week's episode we will hear part two of a two-part interview with one of the very early critics of the Warren Commission, author and historian, Josiah Thompson. Thompson discusses the possible release of the JFK assassination files, what he thinks happened that day and what the evidence shows us about the JFK assassination.

    Episode 98 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - Josiah Thompson Interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 26:23


    In this week's episode we will hear part one of a two-part interview with one of the very early critics of the Warren Commission, author and historian, Josiah Thompson. Thompson discusses the possible release of the JFK assassination files, what he thinks happened that day and what the evidence shows us about the JFK assassination.

    Episode 97 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - The Secret Service & death of JFK

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 29:38


    On this week's episode I respond to an email I received this week from an ex-Secret Service Agent. Was the Secret Service partially responsible for the death of John F. Kennedy? I believe so and I'll tell you why in this episode.

    Episode 96 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - JFK Task Force Created

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 29:34


    Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, will lead a new task force focused on the declassification of federal secrets — including records related to the assassinations of former President John F. Kennedy Jr., Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King. "We have spent years seeking information on the assassinations of President Kennedy, Senator Kennedy, Reverend King, and other government secrets without success. It is time to give Americans the answers they deserve."

    Episode 95 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - FBI discovers new JFK files!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 18:54


    President Trump's plan to release the files tied to the assassination of John F. Kennedy has already unearthed nearly 2,400 new files that could shed light on the mystery. The White House was alerted last Friday that the FBI discovered about 14,000 pages of documents as the agency set about reviewing the secret files in response to the order.

    Episode 94 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - What are in the JFK Files?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 35:00


    When President Donald Trump announced an executive order last Thursday to release the remaining government files in three of the country's most notorious assassinations, it immediately grabbed public attention and raised intrigue. What could be in the files and what should we be looking for? It now appears the answers to these questions could be only weeks away.

    Episode 93 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - "Trump to Release JFK Files"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 16:45


    When President Donald Trump announced an executive order last Thursday to release the remaining government files in three of the country's most notorious assassinations, it immediately grabbed public attention and raised intrigue. Whether the last stack of documents on the killings of King and the Kennedys shows new evidence of a conspiracy – or only more mystery – is a question whose answer now appears to be only weeks away.

    Episode 92 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - "Hills To Die On - Robert Vinson Interview - Part 2"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 53:00


    Today we hear part two of a very rare interview that doesn't get the attention it deserves. You will hear an interview from retired Air Force Sgt. Robert Vinson, who rode on a CIA getaway plane out of Dallas on the day of the assassination. Oh, and yeah, did I mention on this plane with Vinson was the Lee Harvey Oswald "double!"

    Episode 91 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - "Hills To Die On - Robert Vinson Interview - Part 1"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 38:48


    Today we hear part one of a very rare interview that doesn't get the attention it deserves. You will hear an interview from retired Air Force Sgt. Robert Vinson, who rode on a CIA getaway plane out of Dallas on the day of the assassination. Oh, and yeah, did I mention on this plane with Vinson was the Lee Harvey Oswald "double!"

    Episode 90 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - "Hills To Die On - Part 5"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 30:24


    Today we continue our series we are calling, the JFK assassination, hills to die on. Today we continue looking at a second Oswald in and around Dallas. This time we hear about him after the assassination on a getaway plane out of Dallas. Don't miss this incredible episode about the story of Sgt. Robert Vinson!

    Episode 89 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - "Hills To Die On - Part 4"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 35:49


    Today we continue our new mini series that I'm calling, “The JFK Assassination Hills to Die on. A hill to die on" means a cause, belief, or position that someone is so strongly committed to that they are willing to fight for it to the very end, even if it means facing significant consequences or defeat; essentially, it's an issue someone considers so important they are prepared to stand their ground no matter what. So, over the next several episodes, I will be covering what I feel like are some hills to die on when it comes to the JFK assassination. Today we continue to look at the sightings of a second Oswald in Dallas. This time they occur on the DAY OF the assassination.

    Episode 88 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - "Hills To Die On - Part 3"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 29:59


    Today we continue our new mini series that I'm calling, “The JFK Assassination Hills to Die on. A hill to die on" means a cause, belief, or position that someone is so strongly committed to that they are willing to fight for it to the very end, even if it means facing significant consequences or defeat; essentially, it's an issue someone considers so important they are prepared to stand their ground no matter what. So, over the next several episodes, I will be covering what I feel like are some hills to die on when it comes to the JFK assassination. Today we continue to look at the sightings of a second Oswald in Dallas the week of the assassination.

    Episode 87 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - "Hills To Die On - Part 2"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 20:00


    Today we continue our new mini series that I'm calling, “The JFK Assassination Hills to Die on. A hill to die on" means a cause, belief, or position that someone is so strongly committed to that they are willing to fight for it to the very end, even if it means facing significant consequences or defeat; essentially, it's an issue someone considers so important they are prepared to stand their ground no matter what. So, over the next several episodes, I will be covering what I feel like are some hills to die on when it comes to the JFK assassination. Today that hill to die on is Two Oswalds in Dallas leading up to the assassination.

    Episode 86 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - "Hills To Die On - Part 1"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 23:07


    Today I start a new mini series that I'm calling, “The JFK Assassination Hills to Die on. A hill to die on" means a cause, belief, or position that someone is so strongly committed to that they are willing to fight for it to the very end, even if it means facing significant consequences or defeat; essentially, it's an issue someone considers so important they are prepared to stand their ground no matter what. So, over the next several episodes, I will be covering what I feel like are some hills to die on when it comes to the JFK assassination.

    Episode 85 - The End of Innocence - Were there Dallas Policemen on the Triple Overpass?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 17:01


    This week we look at the controversial topic of were there Dallas Police stationed on the Triple Overpass during the Kennedy assassination. What were they doing there, what did they see and what were their actions after the assassination.

    Episode 84 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination Plot in Chicago

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 32:06


    This week we look at an event that very few people know came real close to happening. Is it possible that the assassination of JFK in Dallas was actual Plan "B." This week we take a look at the plot to kill JFK in Chicago just three weeks before he was assassinated in Dallas. You will be shocked at how the two plans were almost identical.

    Episode 83 - The End of Innocence - What was Oswald's cause of death? You may be surprised!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 27:29


    In this week's episode we hear from four doctors that treated Lee Harvey Oswald at Parkland Hospital after he was shot in the basement of the Dallas Police Department by Jack Ruby. You may be surprised to learn that Oswald didn't die from the gunshot wound he received. And did President Lyndon B. Johnson try to get a deathbed confession from Oswald as he lay dying in Parkland Hospital.

    Episode 82 - The End of Innocence - Was Jack Ruby part of a Mob Conspiracy?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 27:45


    This week we look at whether Jack Ruby was acting on orders from the Mafia when he shot Lee Harvey Oswald. And what is this about a "mysterious" note that Jack Ruby gave to a Dallas Deputy Sheriff right before he died?

    Episode 81 - The End of Innocence - A CIA "whistleblower" just dropped a bombshell in JFK case!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 24:00


    Just last week a CIA "whistleblower" dropped a bombshell on what the CIA knew and was hiding about Lee Harvey Oswald before the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Keep in mind the CIA said they knew "NOTHING" about Oswald before the assassination. They LIED!

    Episode 80 - The End of Innocence - How did Jack Ruby get so close to Oswald to shoot him?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 26:17


    This week we focus our attention on Jack Ruby. What was Ruby up to the morning of Sunday, November 24 - the morning he shot Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement of the Dallas Police Department? How did Ruby get himself into a position to make that shot? And is there reason to believe that Ruby's relationship with police officers allowed him to get access to Oswald in the basement?

    Episode 79 - The End of Innocence - What was Jack Ruby's "REAL" relationship with the Dallas Police?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 22:00


    This week we look at how and why Jack Ruby had such easy access to Lee Harvey Oswald at the Dallas Police Department that weekend of the assassination. What was Ruby's relationship with the Dallas Police and what was Jack Ruby's true motives for killing Oswald?

    Episode 78 - The End of Innocence - Did the Dallas Police really try to protect Oswald?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 19:52


    In this week's episode we look at if the Dallas Police really tried to protect Lee Harvey Oswald while he was in custody at the Dallas Police Department. While was his transfer from one jail to the next not done at night in secrecy? And was FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover upset with the way the Dallas Police handled Oswald's security?

    Episode 77 - The End of Innocence - The Dallas Police Lineups and threats made against Oswald

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 20:58


    In this week's episode we take a look at the Dallas Police lineups and were they fair and also were their threats made against Lee Oswald's life while he was in the Dallas jail?

    Episode 76 - The End of Innocence - Oswald's Mysterious Call from Dallas Jail?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 17:59


    The story presented here takes place in the Dallas jail, 34 hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The facts have been called by G. Robert Blakey, Chief Counsel for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, "real," "substantiated," "very troublesome," and "deeply disturbing." He went on to say that, while this is only a small part of the large mystery of the Kennedy assassination, it raises questions that remain "unanswered," makes inferences which are "ultimately inconclusive," and is therefore an "unanswerable mystery."

    Episode 75 - The End of Innocence - What is the real story of Oswald's arrest in the Texas Theatre?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 21:59


    In this week's episode of the End of Innocence- The JFK Assassination, we look at Lee Harvey Oswald's arrest in the Texas Theatre. How does the official story of what happened differ from what witnesses who were there that day say happened? And were there two Oswald's in the theatre that day and was Jack Ruby in the theatre?

    Episode 74 - The End of Innocence - What the CIA may be hiding about the JFK assassination?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 21:29


    This week on the End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination, we take a look at whether Donald Trump will release the remaining sealed JFK assassination files if he is re-elected. Also, we take a look at what the CIA may be hiding in those files that have been hidden for almost 61 years.

    Episode 73 - The End of Innocence - Why Did Oswald leave the Depository if he was innocent?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 18:51


    This week on The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination, we start answering listeners questions that have been emailed into me. This week's question is, WHY DID LEE HARVEY OSWALD LEAVE THE TEXAS SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION IF HE WAS INNOCENT?

    Episode 72 - The End of Innocence - Respone to Rich Lowry's article, “Sorry Everyone, Oswald Still Acted Alone.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 41:44


    Episode 72 is out today! It's a response to a recent National Review article by Rich Lowry titled “Sorry Everyone, Oswald Still Acted Alone.” I have some counterpoints to Mr. Lowry's article that you don't want to miss. I feel like I proved him wrong on almost all accounts.

    Episode 71 - The End of Innocence -What is the Secret Service Hiding about the Trump Shooting?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 40:40


    In this episode of the End of Innocence, we will take one last look at the assassination attempt on ex-President Donald Trump. What could the Secret Service be hiding? And how was there no communication between the Secret Service and the local police on the day of the rally?

    Episode 70 - The End of Innocence -Thomas Crooks and Lee Harvey Oswald

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 23:59


    It seems that Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate Ex-President Donald Trump on July 13th, was very interested in the John F. Kennedy assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald. We'll discuss that in this week's episode of The End of Innocence.

    Episode 69 - The End of Innocence - Why Americans think the Trump Shooting was a Conspiracy!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 25:00


    When 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks shot at former-President Donald Trump on July 13, the American public was ready with conspiracy theories explaining how and why he did it. And that shouldn't come as a shock. Most Americans think President John F Kennedy was assassinated as part of a conspiracy, either by the US Government, Cubans, or the Mafia. They're primed to believe their government is keeping secrets from them—because it is.

    Episode 68 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - Forgive My Grief - Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 32:25


    In this week's episode we are going to listen to Part 2 of Penn Jones' 1966 interview on KPFA radio. This is a very rare and important interview from one of the best JFK assassination researchers of our time. In this interview he talks a lot about Jack Ruby's connections to the Dallas Police and more about some mysterious deaths that happened to researchers and witnesses after the assassination.

    Episode 67 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - Forgive My Grief

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 35:00


    In this week's episode, we will listen to a very rare 1966 interview with Penn Jones Jr. about his book "Forgive My Grief." Penn had some significant things to say in this interview and the fact that he uncovered some of the things he did so early into the investigation speaks to what a great researcher he was. This is a very important interview with an introduction by author and researcher James Di Eugenio.

    Episode 66 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - The Grandfather of it all

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 17:46


    Over the past several episodes, we have been looking at heroes in the JFK assassination research community. This week I wanted to share with you about my research hero. He is said to be the grandfather of the JFK assassination researchers. His name is Penn Jones Jr, and his story is one that needs to be told.

    Episode 65 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - John Young Interview on 107.1 Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 28:30


    A big thank you to Zach Rateliff of 107.1 KTFS News Talk Radio for having me on this morning for an interview. I hope you enjoy listening to the interview as much as I did taking part in it.

    Episode 64 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - My Friend Jim Marrs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 29:50


    Over the past several episodes, we have been looking at heroes in the JFK assassination research community. This week I wanted to share a story with you about my friend and fellow author and research colleague, Jim Marrs. Jim's book "Crossfire" was a source for Oliver Stone's 1991 movie "JFK."

    Episode 63 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - Mark Lane (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 35:24


    In this week's episode, we take our last look at Mark Lane's 1967 documentary, "Rush to Judgement." We will hear from a witness who saw the J.D. Tippit shooting and from several witnesses who were in Dealey Plaza when the President was murdered. We will also hear from the woman who took the most famous picture of the President at the exact moment of the fatal headshot.

    Episode 62 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - Mark Lane (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 36:00


    In this episode, we will hear from witnesses to the assassination interviewed by author and attorney Mark Lane for his 1967 documentary, "Rush to Judgement." These were first-hand, boots-on-the-ground witnesses who saw the assassination of Kennedy happen before their own two eyes. Their account of what happened that day will make you doubt what the government tells us about the killing of the President.

    Episode 61 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - Mark Lane

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 32:00


    In this week's episode, we continue to look at heroes of the JFK assassination research community. This week we hear from one of the earliest challengers of the Warren Commision's report on the assassination. Mark Lane was a relentless researcher and his early criticism of the Warren Report helped pave the way for researchers like myself today.

    Episode 60 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - The Death of Dr. Cyril Wecht

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 37:43


    On May 13, 2024 the JFK research community lost one of its heroes. Dr. Cyril Wecht has been a fighter for the truth about the Kennedy assassination for 60 years but his fight ended last week. In this week's episode, we pay tribute to Dr. Wecht and I thank him for the time he spent with me over the years and the inspiration he was in my own search for the truth about the assassination.

    Episode 59 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - The Story of Roger Craig

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 46:00


    In this week's episode, we are going to hear the story of Dallas Deputy Sheriff Roger Craig. He was one of a select few Dallas police officials who had the bravery to tell exactly what they saw the day of John Kennedy's assassination. While others hid in the corner, Roger Craig spoke out and it ultimately cost him his life.

    Episode 58 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - How did LBJ Benefit from JFK's murder?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 25:29


    This week on the End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination, we look at maybe the person who benefited the most from JFK's death, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Did LBJ play a role in Kennedy's assassination and if so, what role did he play? The answers may surprise you.

    Episode 57 - The book release of "The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 13:40


    This week I would like to proudly announce that a 35-year journey of research on the John Kennedy assassination has now been put into book form. "The End of Innocence - The Assassination of John F. Kennedy" is now available on amazon books and barnes and noble.com. If you purchase the book I would love to hear your comments at: endofinnocencejfk@gmail.com

    Episode 56 - The End of Innocence - The JFK Assassination - The Carlos Marcello confession

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 23:43


    In this week's episode, we look at the second part of trying to answer the question, "Did the Mob kill JFK?" We hear a startling confession from the Mob godfather himself, Carlos Marcello. What he told an FBI informant could be the answer to the biggest mystery in American history. Who really killed JFK.

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