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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...

Report: Jackie O Thought LBJ Plotted JFK Assassination

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:00:00 CDT

Jackie Kennedy Onassis believed Lyndon B. Johnson was behind JFK's assassination, knew about her husband's affairs with his interns, and had her own fling with actor William Holden. Those are the stunning revelations from an interview she held decades ago, tapes of which are about to be released publicly, the...

Oswald Brother Furious About Coffin Sale

Rob Quinn — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:57:26 CST

Lee Harvey Oswald's brother says he bought the pine box the presidential assassin was buried in and a funeral home had no right to auction it off earlier this month. The coffin—which was replaced when Oswald was reburied in 1981—fetched $87,469. But Robert Oswald says it's not...

Oswald's Coffin Up for Auction

Kevin Spak — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:37:57 CST

A funeral home is selling off maybe the creepiest piece of Kennedy memorabilia ever: the coffin Lee Harvey Oswald was originally buried in. The coffin was dug up in 1981 to settle a dispute between Oswald’s widow and brother over whether a lookalike Russian agent had been buried in the...

Stone Rips JFK Assassination 'Fairy Tale'

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:25:00 CST

Film director cum pot-stirring historian Oliver Stone has blasted the official version of JFK's assassination as a "national fairy tale." To this day, "many key Americans in power are in total denial about this story," Stone told a group of students in Thailand. "They don't want to know about the...

Pop Culture Gems to Hit Vegas Auction Block

Amy Wilkinson — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:45:00 CST

Indiana Jones' whip. The gun that killed JFK's assassin. Madonna's Like a Virgin wedding dress. All are up for grabs at a massive memorabilia auction scheduled for March 15-16 in Las Vegas, Reuters reports. Billed as the best pop-culture collection ever assembled, the 850-lot treasure trove could fetch more than...

JFK Treasure Trove Revealed

Nick McMaster — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:35:55 CST

Numerous items related to the JFK assassination were revealed to the public today after having spent years forgotten in a Dallas courthouse safe, the Dallas Morning News reports. Brass knuckles and a holster belonging to Jack Ruby were in the safe, as was a lucrative contract signed by Ruby prosecutor...

Dallas DA Finds Stored Docs on JFK Slaying

Matt Cantor — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:35:00 CST

Dallas County officials have uncovered a batch of JFK assassination materials, including a transcript between Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald that one expert laughed off as a likely fake. Other items include correspondence, records of the Ruby trial, and a gun holster, the Dallas Morning News reports .