Your favourite unsolved mystery?

IvaBigWun

Fidel Castro shares at least one belief with the majority of Americans: He is convinced that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was not the work of a lone gunman, but was the culmination of a broad conspiracy. According to a recent Gallup poll, 61 percent of Americans believe Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone in Dallas 50 years ago.

But Castro suspects that Oswald might not have been involved in the assassination at all. Here is what he told me–to my great surprise–over lunch one day in Havana: “I have reached the conclusion that Oswald could not have been the one who killed Kennedy.” Castro is of course a confident man, but he said this with a degree of surety that was noteworthy.

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/11/fidel-castro-oswald-could-not-have-been-the-one-who-killed-kennedy/281674/

IvaBigWun

Documentary # 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg0f_QHNSUw

IvaBigWun

Documentary # 2

This one is hosted by Jesse Ventura so take it with a pinch of salt

IvaBigWun

Documentary # 3

I havent seen this one yet but its BBC made so Im expecting heavy bias towards the Lone Gunman theory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi14A20MJbE

IvaBigWun

Documentary # 4

Close to 400 thousand views on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDbodTKnTjc

Jonny7

It's more likely a majority of people have seen conspiracy films like "JFK" or watching youtube "documentaries" rather than have read the Warren Report

The truth has a habit of coming out about these things, so far, on Kennedy, squat.. just a large amount of weak theories implicating virtually every group

It's less a mystery, more a conspiracy phenomenon

IvaBigWun

Jonny7 wrote: »

It's more likely a majority of people have seen conspiracy films like "JFK" or watching youtube "documentaries" rather than have read the Warren Report

Nobody who is serious about their research on this takes the 1991 movie JFK seriously.

Come to think of it they dont take the Warren Report seriously either, nor should they.

Billy86

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Nobody who is serious about their research on this takes the 1991 movie JFK seriously.

But, but, but... all those awesome monologues and speeches.

ardle1

What rhymes with hug me?

Billy86

ardle1 wrote: »

What rhymes with hug me?

Chug me?

Tug me?

Drug me?

Do a combination of all three to me while I rrrrrraaaapppppeeee yeh?

dubstarr

ardle1 wrote: »

What rhymes with hug me?

fugly:D

foxyboxer

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Nobody who is serious about their research on this takes the 1991 movie JFK seriously.

Come to think of it they dont take the Warren Report seriously either, nor should they.

JFK the movie is a technical tour de force, the editing and the cinematography are masterpieces of cinema. That's all. A blisteringly barmy script too!

foxyboxer

Who was the second spitter?

foxyboxer

Who was the second spitter?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px2SxKuaHWk

check_six

Jonny7 wrote: »

It's more likely a majority of people have seen conspiracy films like "JFK" or watching youtube "documentaries" rather than have read the Warren Report

The truth has a habit of coming out about these things, so far, on Kennedy, squat.. just a large amount of weak theories implicating virtually every group

It's less a mystery, more a conspiracy phenomenon

I can't recall who made the documentary, but there was one on a few years ago that looked at the technical possibility of a lone gunman. A lot of the theories down the years were obsessed with it not being possible for Oswald to have made that series of shots in the amount of time available, so the programme examined this aspect.

Turns out that a trained marksman could indeed make that series of shots. In fact, they reckoned that they could probably do it a bit quicker if they weren't taking their time. Their conclusion was that it was possible for there to be just one assassin from a technical point of view.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

penn and teller did a segment on the jfk conspiracies on their conspiracies episode of Bull****. They covered the 'no one could shoot that fast' one and the 'back and to the left' head movement/bullet angle one.

LOSTfan57

YlVis make me question the meaning of life with their views.
1) What does the fox say?
2) Stonehenge

Lawrence1895

Kaspar Hauser, I would say

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser

IvaBigWun

foxyboxer wrote: »

JFK the movie is a technical tour de force, the editing and the cinematography are masterpieces of cinema

It is a stunning work of fiction that has done the JFK conspiracy infinitely more harm than good.

IvaBigWun

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

penn and teller did a segment on the jfk conspiracies on their conspiracies episode of Bull****. They covered the 'no one could shoot that fast' one and the 'back and to the left' head movement/bullet angle one.

The Penn & Teller "Bullsh!t" series is entertaining enough but I wouldnt give any of their arguments any weight. They go for controversial counter points first and facts a distant second.

LordSutch

Will MI6 spy death mystery never be solved?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2505060/MI6-spy-dead-bag-died-tragic-accident-locking-holdall-police-say-official-verdict.html

April O Neill II

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This is insane. http://imgur.com/gallery/rkRAk

In fairness to the people who heard him - stopping at that stage is resigning yourself to death. Any energy you have needs to be conserved. Everest is becoming way too crowded with really inexperienced climbers. In fact, going by his actions, I'd imagine David Sharp was one of them.

April O Neill II

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of the grand-daddy of all conspiracies and unsolved mysteries;

The JFK Assassination

The short version of my feelings on it, after reading up on it pre internet and then watching every good documentary as they were released, is that Oswald was there in the book depositary on the day but he didnt act alone. He maybe didnt even take a shot but he was told by his handlers to be there at that time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU83R7rpXQY

Post your thoughts on the JFK Assassination here

Fúck that film is graphic - I was not at all prepared.

Capt'n Midnight

The real unsolved mystery about JFK.

I find the official story about the Kennedy assassination - that Lee Harvey Oswald shot him from the window of a book depository in Dallas - to be a little bit implausible.

A book depository in Texas ?

IvaBigWun

April O Neill II wrote: »

Fúck that film is graphic - I was not at all prepared.

I would have thought 99% of all adults would know what the Zapruder film consisted of

MRnotlob606

solway firth spaceman ,its just really puzzling

MRnotlob606

time traveller cellphone in charlie chaplin movie,mind boggling

Capt'n Midnight

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

time traveller cellphone in charlie chaplin movie,mind boggling

debunked many times

it was a hearing aid

Dublin Red Devil

The Kennedy assassination is no mystery. Lyndon Johnson is responsible, He didn't pull the trigger. But he did put the hit out on JFK. Kennedy was shot at several times by a number of government hired assassins, The fatal shot came from in front of the motorcade, From behind the picket fence, under the tree on the grassy knoll, The bullet came through the windshield and hit JFK in the front right hand side of the head. The exit wound blew out the back of his skull.

Billy86

Dublin Red Devil wrote: »

The Kennedy assassination is no mystery. Lyndon Johnson is responsible, He didn't pull the trigger. But he did put the hit out on JFK. Kennedy was shot at several times by a number of government hired assassins, The fatal shot came from in front of the motorcade, From behind the picket fence, under the tree on the grassy knoll, The bullet came through the windshield and hit JFK in the front right hand side of the head. The exit wound blew out the back of his skull.

There's a great podcast here on Lyndon Johnson's recordings while in presidency (something he was borderline insane about). Some really funny bits, but some interesting stuff also covering why he would and would not have had a role in JFK's assassination - http://www.cracked.com/podcast/the-mind-blowing-dick-waving-presidency-lyndon-johnson/