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The Weird Fight Over Oswald's Tombstone

Kevin Spak — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:23:29 CDT

The Historic Auto Attractions museum in Roscoe, Illinois, is home to a Lincoln once owned by Elvis, an Andy Griffith Show squad car, three Batmobiles, and... Lee Harvey Oswald's tombstone? It's not quite as weird as it sounds—the tiny museum has an array of non-vehicular esoterica, including a rocking...

Castro Knew JFK Would Be Killed Nov. 22, 1963

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:04:25 CDT

Another factoid for JFK conspiracy theorists: Cuban leader Fidel Castro apparently knew President Kennedy would be assassinated and even told spies to listen carefully to radio chatter coming from Texas on November 22, 1963, the Miami Herald reports. In a new book, former CIA analyst Brian Latell draws on Cuban...

Santorum Still Ripping JFK Speech

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:06:05 CST

Rick Santorum just cannot let this John F. Kennedy speech go: He again slammed JFK's remarks on the separation of church and state last night, although this time he didn't go so far as to say that they made him want to vomit . "Obviously, the language that I used was...

Santorum: JFK Religion Speech Made Me Sick

Rob Quinn — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 04:00:00 CST

Rick Santorum says reading John F. Kennedy's famous 1960 speech about the separation of church and state in America made him want to hurl. "To say that people of faith have no role in the public square? You bet that makes me want to throw up," the candidate said on...

JFK's Teen Lover Tells All in Explosive New Book

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:38:00 CST

A former White House intern's shocking tell-all about her affair with President Kennedy has arrived in bookstores. Mimi Alford's Once Upon a Secret recounts her first sexual encounter with JFK at a White House after-party in 1962: The president guided her into Jackie O's bedroom, "unbuttoned the top of my...

Air Force One Death Call to Rose Kennedy Released

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:47:00 CST

A heart-wrenching call from Lyndon Johnson placed to Rose Kennedy from Air Force One has finally been released more than 48 years after her son was assassinated. "I wish to God there was something I could do," says Johnson the day John F. Kennedy was killed. "I wanted to tell...

Secret Tapes Peer Into JFK's Final Days

Matt Cantor — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:47:26 CST

Some 45 hours of newly-released private recordings offer an intimate look at John F. Kennedy's last months. The taped material ranges from discussions of Vietnam to planning his re-election bid and chats about Kennedy's family, MSNBC reports. Kennedy made some 260 hours' worth of recordings; the latest release marks the...

48 Years After JFK Was Shot, a Look at the 'Umbrella Man'

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:42:24 CST

It's been 48 years to the day since that fateful day in Dallas— so what can possibly be said about John F. Kennedy's assassination hasn't been said a thousand times before? How about these three words: "the Umbrella Man." His existence is far from new—John Updike wrote about him...

For Sale: Long-Lost JFK Assassination Tapes

Matt Cantor — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:13:35 CST

Got $500,000 to spare? You could be the proud owner of a newly discovered piece of American history. A Philadelphia dealer in historic documents has purchased a reel-to-reel recording from Air Force One following the death of John F. Kennedy, and it’s got 30 minutes of never-before-heard conversations from...