Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation Into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses to the JFK Assassination
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Grant, Zalin, 147
Grassy Knoll, xiv, 136, 310
Groom, Dewey, 268
Groves, Michael D., 317
Haig, Alexander, 277, 278
Harper, Carl, 105
Harper, Jim, 106, 107
Harrison, Jay, 52
Harvard Crimson, 198, 200
Harvey, William “Wild Bill,” xx, 202, 217, 222
Harvey and Lee (Armstrong), 302
Haslam, Edward T., 187–188, 190–191, 193, 290, 292–293, 294
Hauser, Mary Ruth, 68
heart attack, assassination by, xx–xxii, 317
“heart attack” witness deaths. see Banister, Guy; English, J.M.; Gatlin, Maurice Sr.; Hoover,
J. Edgar; Kaylor, Donald; Nichols, Louis; Roberts, Earlene
Heiner, Kent, xiv, 159
helicopter crash. see Powers, Gary
Hernandez, Gilberto Rodriguez, 165–166,
168, 311
Hidell, Alek, 19, 21–22, 231
Hill, G., 10, 11
Hoffa, Jimmy
and “arch-enemy” Robert Kennedy, 243, 244, 246–247
disappearance of, xviii, 218, 243, 244, 248–254
“failure to show appreciation,” 248, 254
killers of, FBI suspect list, 244
link to JFK assassination, 218, 244–245, 247, 253, 312, 316
mafia set-up and death by Sheeran,
249–254, 251p
mafia ties, 202, 244, 246, 249–254, 316
prison sentence and pardon, 248
Teamsters Union leader, 243, 245–246, 253, 316
Holt, Chauncey, 174, 228
Hoover, J. Edgar
assistants to, deaths of. see Belmont, Alan;
Nichols, Louis
burglary of apartment, 198, 200
cover-up of JFK assassination, xiii
death linked to knowledge about Watergate, 198–199, 204
denies existence of mafia, 39, 216
FBI, reign of power in, 197–198
hatred toward political figures, according to Sullivan, 205
heart attack death of, poison suspected, 198, 200, 312
letter from regarding non-assistance, 195
and Nixon, 200, 312
views on JFK assassination, 200, 297
Horne, Douglas, 154
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
CIA activities, information on leads to, 214, 217, 219
Congressional investigation of 1977, xv, xvi
and de Mohrenschildt, interest in, 235–236
Final Report of (1977), xviii
Final Report of (1979), 33
flawed investigation of, xv
Francis Fruge’s deposition to, about Rose
Cheramie, 48, 49
Gaeton Fonzi, 230, 236, 301
increase of witness deaths prior to testimony. see de Mohrenschildt, George; Nicoletti, Charles “Chuck”; Socarrás, Carlos Prío, xviii–xix, 202–204
Nondisclosure Agreement on documenting investigation, xvii
timeline of mafia deaths, 217–219
Howard, Tom, 73–74
HSCA. see House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
Huggins, Hugh, 232
Hughes, Howard, 222
Humes, James J., 157, 158
Hunt, E. Howard, 126, 149, 198, 199, 290
Hunt, H.L., 51, 52, 78, 232–233, 306
Hunter, Bill, 71–73, 71p, 306, 320
hunting death. see Sullivan, William
hypnosis, 117, 173, 276, 278
I Heard You Paint Houses (Sheeran), 61
immunity laws, 213, 214
International Brotherhood of Teamsters. see
Teamsters Union
Israel, Lee, 89
Jackson, Charles Douglas, 319, 320
Janney, Peter, xxii, 28, 147, 150, 152
Janney, Wistar, 148, 151
JFK: The Last Dissenting Witness (Hill & Sloan), 288
Jim Garrison investigation
on Banister/Oswald connection, 292
and cancer research as bioweapon, 292
deaths of Banister associates and, 119, 121–123, 125–126
deaths of Ferrie associates, 167, 168, 172, 174–175
and Ferrie, interest in, 169, 171, 173, 311
on the flaws of the Warren Report, 175–176
interview with Jack Martin about Banister’s office, 118
on planning of Kennedy assassination, 109, 116, 117–118
and Rose Cheramie, 50
Ruby’s activities with CIA and anti-Castro groups, 175
on Ruby’s death, xxiii
on Tippit’s death, 7, 10–11, 12, 16
Jim Reeves: His Untold Story (Jordan), 268
John Birch Society, 169
Johnson, Lyndon B.
and Cliff Carter, 285, 289, 300
implicated in assassination of JFK, 33–34, 35–36, 278, 280, 286–287, 288–289, 290
influence on cover-up of JFK assassination, xiii, 146, 149–150, 283, 284–285
and Mac Wallace, hitman for, 202, 299, 300
ruthlessness of, 35–36, 280
ties to mafia, 247
Jones, Penn Jr., 54, 104, 117, 137
Jones, Robert, 231
Jordan, Larry, 267, 268–269, 272–273
Katzenbach, Nick, 297
Kaylor, Donald, 201, 203, 206, 313
Kelly, William, xv
Kennedy, John F.
Abort Team attempts to prevent assassination of, 20, 22–23, 224, 300, 305
AM/LASH plan, plot to kill Castro, 214–215
anti-Castro operations link to assassination of, 113–114, 117, 174, 291
assassination plot against, xxv, 300
autopsy of, and alterations to the body of, 154–158
autopsy of, “official,” 159
“double crosses” mafia, 215–216
election of, aided by mafia, 215, 216
friendship with Stockdale, 67–68, 69
Garrison investigation on planning of, 109, 116, 117–118
Hoover’s views on assassination of, 200
LBJ implicated in assassination of, 33–34, 35–36, 278, 280
Mafia and Cuban exiles responsible for assassination of, 150, 209–211, 215–216, 217, 218, 224, 228
mafia links to assassination of, xxiv, xxv, 150, 224–225, 283, 298
and Marilyn Monroe, 78, 79–80
mistress of. see Meyer, Mary Pinchot; Pritchett, Florence
motorcade route, security issues, 284–291
“shell game” of caskets carrying body of, 158
timeline of assassination of, xiii
Kennedy, Joseph, 215
Kennedy, Robert F. “Bobby”
anti-Castro activity of, 277–278, 298
and “arch-enemy” Hoffa, 243p, 244, 246–247
on CIA involvement in JFK assassination, 296–297, 298, 299
crusade against organized crime, 215, 216,
246, 298
on Jack Ruby’s phone records, 295
link to JFK assassination, 232, 277–278,
295–296
murder of, 275–277, 278, 317
and Oswald, link to, 295–297
overview of, 275, 275p
and policies toward Soviet government, 298–299
presidential aims of, 275, 277, 298, 317
KGB, suspected. see Oswald, Marina Prusakova; Paisley, John
Kilgallen (Israel), 89
Kilgallen, Dorothy
75p, 77
autopsy and drug (barbiturates) levels, 83, 84–87, 88
cause of death, evidentiary results, 87–90, 306
death of, and staged crime scene, 76, 82–83, 86–87, 88–89, 306
fame as a reporter, 77, 78
and Flo Pritchett, xxiii, 76, 77, 91, 92
Heiner on, xiv
interview with Ruby, 80
knowledge on links to JFK assassination, 78–80
links to anti-Castro
community, 79, 169
lividity markings on, 83–84, 88
notes on JFK assassination, 76, 77, 90, 91–92
on Oswald’s right to trial, 32–33
overview of, 75–76, 75p, 77
plans to “blow case wide open,” 63, 75–76, 77–78, 81, 87, 306
suicidal death unlikely, 75–76, 81–82, 84–85, 87–88
Killam, Earl, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109
Killam, Hank
Congressional Research Service transcript regarding, 104–105
connection to Ruby and Oswald, 104, 106p, 107, 308
crime scene evaluation, 108–109, 308
link to JFK assassination, 109
on the run, in fear of his life, 104, 105, 107, 109, 283, 308
suicidal death inconsistencies, 103, 105–107, 108–109, 308, 320
wife of employed by Ruby, 104, 106p, 107–108, 320
Killam, Wanda, 104, 106p, 107–108, 320
King, Martin Luther Jr., 205–206, 217
Koethe, Jim, 71–73, 71p, 306, 320
Korshak, Sidney, 62, 63
Kupcinet, Irv, xxiv, 54, 59–61, 62, 63
Kupcinet, Karyn
broken neck, 72
crime scene staging, 55–56, 57–58, 62
death of, as “shock crime,” xxiv, 60–62, 63, 306
death of, murder suspected, 57–58, 60, 306
father Irv’s mafia links and death of, 54, 59–60, 61, 63
link to JFK assassination, 54, 58–59, 63, 319
medical examiner perversion, 54, 55, 56, 62
overview of, 53–54, 53p, 55
suicidal death, official verdict inconsistencies, 53–58, 62
Lane, Mark, 230, 236–237
Larson, Bill, 270
Lawton, Don, 286
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
(Weiner), 283
Library of Congress, 104–105
Liddy, G. Gordon, 199
Lifton, David, 155
linear particle accelerator, 193, 194, 312
Long Beach Independent Press Telegram, 72, 73
Lumpkin, George L., 289–290
Maddox, Al, 33, 295
Mafia
bosses. see Bufalino, Russell “The Old Man”; Giancana, Sam “The Man”; Marcello, Carlos; Trafficante, Santo
casino fronts for, 43, 44, 80. see also The Carousel Club
in Chicago, 38, 40, 202, 209–211. see also
Kupcinet, Irv; Kupcinet, Karyn; Roselli, Johnny
and CIA anti-Castro operations, xxvi, 202, 222, 224
“cleaners,” 252, 253, 254
Cuban, 240
deaths, prior to witness testimony, xxvi, 202, 217–219, 301
in Detroit. see also Hoffa, Jimmy
Dorfman, Paul “Red,” 59
existence of, denied by FBI, 39, 215
hitmen. see Nicoletti, Charles “Chuck”; Sheeran, Frank “The Irishman”
internal killings by. see Cain, Richard; Giancana, Sam “The Man”; Hoffa, Jimmy; Nicoletti, Charles “Chuck”; Roselli, Johnny
links to Kennedy assassination, xxiv, xxv, 150, 224–225, 283, 298
silence code of (omertà), xxvi
and the Teamsters Union, 246
in Texas, 224–225
Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the
Assassination of John F. Kennedy (Davis), 195
Manuel, Bobbi, 272
Manuel, Dean, 272
Marcades, Melba Christine. see Cheramie, Rose
Marcello, Carlos
complicity in mafia deaths, 217
connection to Gatlin Sr., 126
connection to Giancana, 216
connection to Guy Banister, 116, 320
connection to Jack Ruby, 38, 80
link to JFK assassination, 218, 244–245, 247, 298
and Masferrer, xviii
New Orleans base of, 121
and Trafficante, xxvi
Marchetti, Victor, 25, 28, 256
Markham, Helen, 13
Marlow, Gary, 18, 18p
Marrs, Jim, 203–204, 319–320
Martin, Frank M., 41
Martin, Jack, 116–117, 118, 173
Martino, John, 300, 301
Marvin, Daniel, 154, 159, 162, 280, 283–284
Mary’s Mosaic (Janney), 28, 150
Masferrer, Rolando “el Tigre”
anti-Castro activity, 165, 182, 301, 318
connection to Jimmy Hoffa, 182
death of, xviii, 202, 312
links to Kennedy assassination, 182–183, 312
mafia, ties to, 182, 312
overview of, 181, 181p
McAdams, John, 176–177
McClelland, Laurella, xxii
McCone, John A., 277, 297
McDonald, Betty, 93–96, 307, 319
McDuffee, Ann, 273
McKeown, Robert, 240
Me & Lee (Baker), 290–291
medical “accident,” death by, xix–xx, 294
“medical assassination,” xx–xxi, 31–32, 33. see also cancer research, as bioweapon
Mellen, Joan, 28
Mendoza, Charles, 233, 234
Meredith, Dawn, 41–42
Meredith, Lynne, 290
Meyer, Cord, 144, 149, 151, 290
Meyer, Mary Pinchot
CIA involvement in murder of, xiv, xxii,
148–149, 150, 151–152, 284, 290, 310
crime scene of, 143p
diary of, search for, 144, 146–147, 149, 151, 320
execution-style murder of, 143, 145, 147–148
fury at “whitewash” in Warren Commission, 145, 150
high-level Washington connections,
144–145, 150
inconsistencies with official verdict, 147–149
innocent man accused of murder of,
145–146, 149
relationship with Kennedy, 144–145, 145p
sham trial for murder of, 145–146
Military Intelligence Group (112th MIG), 231
Minutemen, 21, 122, 123, 125, 126, 309
Mitchell, John, 199
Mitchell, William L. (CIA codename), 148,
151–152, 284
MKULTRA, xxii, xxiii, 32, 294
“mole” in CIA, 256–257, 258, 316
Monroe, Marilyn, 78, 79–80
Mooney, Nancy. see McDonald, Betty
Moore, J. Walton, 230, 233
Morales, Dave, 202, 300–301
Morrison, Deslesseps, 119, 121, 122–123, 309, 320
Morrow, Robert, 166, 168
motorcade route, security issues, 284–291
Myers, Dale, 12
Nagell, Richard Case, 183, 256, 294, 302
Nashville Tennessean, 269
national security assassinations. see Paisley, John, 279, 282, 303
“natural causes,” witness deaths. see Banister, Guy; Belmont, Alan; Ferrie, David; Gatlin,
Maurice Sr.; Hoover, J. Edgar; Pritchett,
Florence; Roberts, Earlene; Ruby, Jack
Nazi concentration camps, 303
New Orleans. see also Banister, Guy; Ferrie, David; Sherman, Mary
anti-Castro operations in, 116
Oswald in, 109, 116, 121, 291
as staging location for assassination of JFK, 121, 126, 291
Newsweek, 148
Newton, Bob, 269, 271
Nichols, Louis, 201, 203, 204, 206, 313
Nicoletti, Charles “Chuck”
death of, prior to testimony of, xviii, 202, 219, 227–228, 282, 315
link to JFK assassination, 228
mafia role of, 217, 227, 315
and Sam Giancana, 217, 227–228, 315
Nixon, Richard, 198, 199, 200, 248
Northup, A.H., 106
Norton, Teresa, 320
Novak, Robert, 207
O’Brien, Chuckie, 244, 250, 252
Ochsner, Alton, 186, 194, 292, 293, 294
O’Hare, John, 166, 168, 169, 311
Oltmans, Willem,
232, 235, 236
On the Trail of the jFK Assassins (Russell), 38
O’Neal, Frank, 155, 157
ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence), 21, 27, 28
online videos. see youtube videos
Operation Mockingbird, 144, 319
Osborne, Leutrell, 205
Oswald, Lee Harvey
as “Alek Hidell,” 19, 21–22, 231
on the assassination of Kennedy, 35–36
and Banister, link to, 116–118, 121, 122, 126, 172, 291–292, 308, 320
cancer research, link to. see cancer research,
as bioweapon
CIA “handlers” of, 282, 292, 308. see also
Banister, Guy; de Mohrenschildt, George
in Civil Air Patrol with Ferrie, 174
connection to David Ferrie, 116–117, 121, 122, 172–174, 173p, 247, 292, 294
connection to de Mohrenschildt, 217, 229, 230, 232–233, 235
connection to Hank Killam, 104, 107, 109
connection to Jim Reeves, 268
connection to Killam, 104, 106p, 107, 308
connection to Powers, 262, 264
connection to Ruby, xiv, 39, 49, 101, 141,
175, 310
David Atlee Phillips on, 297
deaths of people connected to, xv
Earlene Roberts’ testimony on, 6–7, 8,
128–129, 309
and Ferrie, in Civil Air Patrol, 173, 173p
forensic evidence on rifle of, 203, 204, 299
and H.L. Hunt, 51
Hoover’s views on, 200
hypnosis of, 117, 173
impersonator/double of, 131–132, 302, 310, 318
inconsistencies with official verdict, 26
“intelligence legend” of, 29, 131, 291–292,
302, 308
intention to eliminate early backfire, 16–17, 18
James Files on silencing of, 16–17
Jeanne de Mohrenschildt on innocence of, 237
and Judyth Baker, 42, 195, 291, 292, 293–294
Kilgallen on, 78–79
lack of protection surrounding, 26, 32–33, 41, 61
as “lone-nut” assassin, 291, 292, 294, 295
murders of people connected to, xxv
New Orleans base of, 109, 116, 121, 291
operational with U.S. Military Intelligence, 20–22, 26, 28, 292, 293
overview of, 25, 25p
and plot to kill Kennedy, 109, 116
“pro-Communist” activity of, 29, 116, 117, 291–292, 293
and Robert Kennedy, 295–297
role in intelligence operations, 29, 29p, 79, 297–298, 302, 305