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Oswald Talked: The New Evidence in the JFK Assassination Kindle Edition

by Ray La Fontaine (Author), Mary La Fontaine (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 out of 5 stars 61 ratings

Investigative journalists present explosive new evidence connecting the accused JFK assassin to the CIA—and to his own killer.

Journalists Ray and Mary La Fontaine have uncovered significant new evidence in the Kennedy assassination—evidence that substantiates the existence of a conspiracy, and that suggests Lee Harvey Oswald was framed for the president’s murder. In Oswald Talked, they establish a crucial link between Oswald and Jack Ruby, the CIA, and other government agencies.

Among the evidence uncovered here is a Department of Defense card showing that Oswald was employed by the US government after his discharge from the Marines; testimony by a man who altered photos of Oswald for the official investigation; and arrest records and names of the three enigmatic vagrants who have been at the heart of several conspiracy theories.

Most significant of all, the La Fontaines speak with John Elrod, who was arrested the day of Kennedy’s assassination—and kept in a cell next to Oswald’s. His incarceration had been hidden by the FBI for decades. In Oswald Talked, they reveal what Elrod learned from Oswald himself that day.

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    604 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publisher
    Pelican Publishing
  4. Publication date
    January 31, 1996
  5. File size
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This is something quite new in assassination literature: a book by a husband-and-wife team who are basically TV documentary makers-and in fact aired some of their discoveries in segments on network TV-but who write with vigor, persuasiveness and (almost unique in assassination literature) some humor. If only their discoveries had been up to their presentation, this would have been a significant contribution. As it is, despite the catchpenny title (a TV legacy), the book does not offer any very startling disclosures. There are three advances the authors made by painstaking research, however: they found a man who had been jailed in a cell next to Oswald-and whose incarceration in Dallas that day the FBI had hidden for more than 30 years. The man claims that Oswald knew a jailed gunrunner, as well as Jack Ruby. They discovered that Oswald carried a Defense Department card after his release from the Marines that gave him all sorts of privileges only an active agent would normally receive. And they determined that the famous "tramps" arrested on Dealey Plaza that day really were tramps, and their arrest had indeed been recorded. Beyond that, the LaFontaines have much interesting information about the bootleg gun trade in Dallas in 1963, and about the anti-Castro underground, which they are convinced was closely involved in the assassination. This is an entertaining book, by smart people with open minds, but it doesn't take us a whole lot further.
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Oswald Talked: The New Evidence In The Jfk Assassination brings to the forefront documented records that substantiate a number of conspiracy claims, refutes others, and unlocks new portions of the scenarios that have not been written about before. The authors examine overlooked clues and present evidence which supports the existence of a conspiracy and establishes the crucial link between Oswald and Ruby, the CIA, and other government agencies. For example, a Department of Defense card showing the Oswald was employed by the U. S. government after his 1959 discharge from the Marines. This is the same kind of card that was carried by known CIA agent and U2 pilot Gary Powers. Ray and Mary La Fontaine are investigative journalists and producers of PBS and other nationally broadcast programming. Researching police files, legal memoranda form the Warren Commission investigation, and numerous other documented sources, they have attacked the holes of speculation left behind from theorists and filled them in with indisputable facts on this case that has continued to hold a special fascination for many Americans. -- Midwest Book Review

John Elrod is not the name that comes to mind when the Kennedy assassination is mentioned. To the general population, the names of Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin, and Jack Ruby, the accused assassin's killer, are much more familiar. But what if new evidence were presented, evidence that pointed to the possibility that facts surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy were suppressed for some unknown reason? And how could the testimony of John Elrod on August 11, 1964, in a Shelby County, Tennessee, sheriff's office somehow shed light on this continuing mystery?

Ray and Mary La Fontaine find and report the evidence emerging from newly released files on the Kennedy assassination. There are probably several hundred books on the general topic of the Kennedy assassination still on the shelves, but this book differs from the others in several ways. First of all it is one of only a handful written by serious journalists. The La Fontaines have cowritten several investigative articles for respected mainstream newspapers such as the and The Washington Post.

Secondly, this book provides more new documented evidence than any book in twenty years, and does not rely on notoriously unreliable "witness" testimony unless such testimony was demonstrably made at the time of the assassination.

Thirdly, because this book has no "agenda" and was written by journalists, it does not gratuitously rehash tired theories, but takes the reader where he has never been before: to where the new evidence leads. Oswald Talked: The New Evidence in the JFK Assassination often reads like a mystery novel, yet what it delivers is what many novels (and films) neglect to present the truth. -- From the Publisher

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BQZ6BM5M
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pelican Publishing (January 31, 1996)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 31, 1996
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 8.1 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 604 pages
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  • Richard M. Hooke
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Addition to JFK Research
    Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2011
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    This book an essential read for anyone seriously interested in the JFK assassination. It is impeccably researched by the La Fontaines who are very smart and fine writers. The John Elrod info, on gun smuggling, is key because it shows Lee Oswald right in there, listening in, as an FBI informant; exactly the opposite of what the Warren Commision told us. George De Mohrenschildt is exposed, once and for all, as Oswald's CIA babysitter. Silvia Odio is exposed as a liar concerning the nighttime meeting with Oswald and the two Cubans; it never occurred. The Roscoe White story is probed and examined...
    The only part I think the La Fontaines struck out on was The Three Tramps. At this point, I would have to go with Lois Gibson, forensic expert, on that one. She convincingly ID's, in an internet video, the tramps as Charles Harrelson(tall guy), Chauncey Holt(with hat), and Charles Rodgers. Other than that, the La Fontaines made a significant stride forward for all of us interested in cracking the JFK assassination mystery.
    Some the other reviewers complain that the La Fontaines have not answered all their questions, well, all I can say is: this an open murder case still in the process of being solved...get off your high horses and lend a hand; do what you can do...
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2017
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    Great book in great condition.
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  • doubledpawn
    3.0 out of 5 stars Voluminous
    Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2023
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    I think that there are some important nuggets contained in this work. However, the book suffered from too much information that ended up being either speculation or lacking in importance.
    The original premise of Oswald Talked and John Elrond was a witness got lost in all the wide ranging narrative. It was tough to take elements from the writing and formulate strongly how the beginning premise played out. The chapter on Silvia Odio was really long and did not add much to the narrative.
    So while there are some interesting nuggets, the reader has to negotiate a circuitous route to find them and then formulate them to the premise and intention of the book.
    I felt as if the narrative was edited down and connected the dots directly, instead of changing directions consistently, this would have been an excellent book.
    In the end, I really felt like I slogged through quicksand to complete the book.
    However, this was an honest effort, it just needed to be more concise and the ideas more directly connected. However, it does deserve a place in the history of the JFK assassination story.
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  • Mary Jo Dono
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2014
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    this was for my husband and it was exactly what he wanted.
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  • Robert Walsh
    1.0 out of 5 stars A Gross misaprehension of realty.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2011
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    The Authors of this book reflect a profound and unwarrented display of ignorance.

    The blather they write about their techniques of discovery of which they are so proud to pat themselves with, is confounding.

    Simply put, they are totally unaware of the Nation Security State which existed for years (OSS, CIA, DIA and Physops) and is still
    with us today!

    Finally, how surprised and perhaps dumbfounded they would be on learning that Lee Oswald on the day of the Assissination, received a phone call at TSDB - faciliated by the '3-Wheel' technique used by David Ferrie. (He did not make the call).
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  • Trainman
    4.0 out of 5 stars Introduces some new possiblities
    Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2011
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    This book introduces some new possibilities about what may have happened on November 22nd, 1963. I just wish that the authors had expanded on their main theory and given a plausible explanation as to how the pieces all fit together. As it was they left many questions unanswered. Also, in the last few chapters of the book they spent too much time writing about a love affair between a priest and the Cuban woman that identified Oswald.
    Still, it makes for interesting reading. A good additon to any collection of books about the assasination.
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  • James Richardson
    5.0 out of 5 stars COVER UP
    Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2017
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    INFORMATION NEW TO MANY!
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  • Benjamin
    2.0 out of 5 stars difficult to follow
    Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2023
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    It took me a long time to read through this book. It’s so confusing to track all the different people, twists and turns of the story. I got confused and lost after a few chapters. It’s an interesting book and well researched but it’s not easy to follow. In the end I didn’t know what the conclusions were. I read many books on the JFK murder but this book was the most difficult to follow.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2023
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    Quite an eye opener with lots of detail.
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