What do President Zachary Taylor and Warren G. (Gamaliel) Harding have in common, other than being president? Yes, both were somewhat heavyset. But more importantly, both of their deaths have stirred the pot of conspiracy. Taylor, who died in 1850, was believed to have died from overeating in hot weather. Harding officially died of a…
Read here for Part 1: Five Things We Now Know and Part 2: Trigger, Trigger! Who Pulled the Trigger? Continuing… At 50 years, I’m not sure where we stand. Yes, we have more information. We know that most of the CIA’s public pronouncements about their connection to Oswald were simply lies. Yes, they had…
Read here for Part 1: Five Things We Now Know Continuing with… Oswald’s Weapons Training Inevitably, in any discussion of the Kennedy assassination, the question of Oswald’s ability to make the shots that killed President Kennedy is hotly debated. And rightly so. Both sides of the argument use Oswald’s marksmanship record with the U.S. Marines…
The 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination is quickly approaching on November 22nd. And we’ve already been subjected to panel discussions, new books, letters to editors defending the Warren Commission, letters to editors condemning the Warren Commission, and a spate of films yet to come. The divide between those who believe Lee Harvey…
The Lincoln Deception by David O. Stewart is the prominent historian's debut novel, an elaboration upon a deathbed confession that unravels lingering mysteries behind the 1865 presidential assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth (available August 27, 2013). Dr. Jamie Fraser, an Ohio MD, ministering to the aged John Bingham, prosecutor of the Lincoln…
In the conspiracy world, the death of James Forrestal is prima facie evidence of a cover-up of…. well, something. What that something is, is generally up for debate. But was his fall from the 16th floor of Bethesda Medical Center truly the suicide of a trouble man, or the murder of a man who knew…
His real name was Erich Weiss, and he was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary in 1874. Fifty-two years later, he died under the name Harry Houdini, the greatest escape artist of his age. In between, he astounded audiences around the world with his death-defying stunts. Beyond the expected handcuff escapes, he perfected the Chinese Water Torture…
The 6th annual Bristol UK’s CrimeFest 2013 has come and gone. And a great time was absolutely had by all. I attended this year, along with some 500 other authors and fans, and it was well worth the time and expense to network with fellow writers and mystery fans throughout the United Kingdom. The Bristol…
In April 1945, the end of World War II was finally in sight. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, recently elected to an unprecedented fourth term as president, was at his Warm Springs, Georgia, retreat, sitting for a painting. He reminded the artist that she only had 15 more minutes to work, then complained of a sudden, blinding…
He was a small man, only 5-foot-5, but he cast a shadow that stretched across the Arabian peninsula. Dressed in the thobe and ghoutra of an Arab sheikh, he banded together the Arab tribes and led his Bedouin raiders across the desert that had never been crossed, the Nafud, to assault the landward side of…
