2. Table of Contents
John Fitzgeral Kennedy
The Trip
The Trip (cont...)
The Assassination
The Conspiracy/
The Magic Bullet Theory/
Multiple Shooters
Important Locations
− The Texas Book School Depo
− The Grassy Knoll
− The Elm St. Sewer
Possible Shooters/Consp
− Lee Harvey Oswald
− Jack Ruby
− Lyndon B. Johnson
− "Badgeman"
− Nikita Khrushchev
− Fidel Castro
− Secret Service
− J. Edgar Hoover
− Jimmy Hoffa
The Assass. Today
Works Cited
3. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The 35th
President of
the United States
Born into a family of
politicians
Controversial because
of the Bay of Pigs
Invasion, Cold War
dealings, and Cuban
Missile Crisis
4. The Trip to Dallas
Kennedy arrived in Dallas on November 21, 1963
Traveled to Texas for a five city tour for a few
reasons:
− Lost the 1960 vote in Texas during the Presidential
Campaign and wanted to increase his public image in
Texas
− Starting his campaign for the 1964 election
− The Kennedy/Johnson ticket was not particularly
popular in the 1960 election and wanted to make
themselves more popular with those in Dallas
7. The Conspiracy
There are many theories as to who truly killed
Kennedy
− The Magic Bullet Theory
− Multiple shooters/ Multiple locations
Many are not sure what to believe because nobody
can identify how many shots were fired
Also, the “back and to the left” theory
− A lot of people claim that Oswald couldn't be the lone
shooter because Kennedy's head went back and to the
left when he was hit, if he were shot from the TSBD,
his head would have gone forward and to the right.
8. The Magic Bullet Theory
Theory that
one shot hit
both Kennedy
and Gov.
Connely.
10. Multiple Shooters
Many people believe that there were more
shooters than just Oswald that day
− This gives way to the theory of a conspiracy, because
now we have to figure out who else had reason to kill
Kennedy
− There are many theories as to who would possibly
want Kennedy dead due to different political dealings
11. Important Locations of the
Assassination
The following are three possible locations where
the shooters could have possibly shot from:
− The Texas School Book Depository
− The Grassy Knoll
− The sewer on Elm St.
12. The Texas School Book Depository
This is the most
famous location
− Oswald supposedly
shot from the 6th
Story of the TSBD
− Would have given
him a rear shot at
President Kennedy,
giving way to the
idea of the “Magic
Bullet Theory”
13. The Grassy Knoll
The Grassy Knoll
is an area on the
same side of the
street as the
TSBD
Many people
claim that shots
came from a wall
in the Grassy
Knoll
Khrushchev
Castro Badgeman
,Hoffa
14. The Elm Street Sewer
Sewer just past the
Freeway Sign
Would have given the
shooter a perfect view
of Kennedy and would
have caused the “Back
and to the left”
phenomena
Khrushchev, Castro,
Hoffa, Hoover
15. Possible Shooters/ Conspirators
The following are a list of possible
shooters/conspirators and the reasons for which
they may have wanted President Kennedy dead
16. Lee Harvey Oswald
The most famous person in the conspiracy
The shooter from the
Texas School Book Depository
Some claim that there is picture evidence that
Oswald was actually standing in front of the
TBSD during the shooting
− Was apprehended two hours after the shooting, in the
mean time he had shot Officer Tibbits
Shot to death two days later as he was being
transported to a new facility for protection
17. Jack Ruby
Local strip club owner
− Club was believed to be
controlled by the mafia
Many believe that he
was sent to kill Oswald
in order to silence him
from talking because
of mob ties to the
assassination
18. Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President of the
United States
Didn't like the
Kennedy's
Was going to be
dropped from the 1964
Presidential election as
Vice President
Had been attempting to
gain the party
nomination
19. “Badgeman”
No one knows whether
“Badgeman” really
exists
− An outline of a figure is
thought to exist above
the wall in
the Grassy Knoll
− Some theorists say that
Tibbits is the
badgeman. Tibbits was
a police officer who
was killed by Oswald
after the assassination.
20. Nikita Khrushchev
President of the
U.S.S.R.
Khrushchev was
embarrassed by
Kennedy during the
Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy had also
made Khrushchev back
down in Berlin
21. Fidel Castro
Dictator of Cuba
Was infuriated with the
United States because on
three separate occasions
the government had tried
to overthrow or kill him
Kennedy had also
imposed a trade embargo
on Cuba in 1962
22. Secret Service
Probably the most likely of scenarios would have
been the secret services involvement. There are
two possibilities here:
− Kennedy often used the Secret Service to take him to
and from his meeting places with Marylin Monroe,
who he was carrying out an affair with
The day before the parade, the route was changed to
incorporate the turn onto Elm St.
The head of the Secret Service was sent out of the country
− In the book Mortal Error: The Shot that Killed JFK, the
author Bonar Menninger claims that Secret Service
agent George Hickey accidentally killed JFK while
attempting to return fire on the gunman
23. J. Edgar Hoover
The first Director of
the Federal Bureau of
Investigation
Kennedy was going to
force Hoover to retire
as Director of FBI
because he was about
to turn 70 years old.
24. Jimmy Hoffa/ Mafia
Jimmy Hoffa was the
infamous leader of the
Mafia
Kennedy's father,
Joseph, and influential
government official got
John support from the
Mafia during the
election in return for
not going after the
mafia
− John and Robert were
attempting to go after
Hoffa in Court
25. The Assassination Today
The information I've given you today is just a
small amount of theory behind this ever changing
event.
In recent years more theories have come out, some
have been debunked, some still remain a mystery.
Files containing information on the assassination
were locked in a vault and set to be released at a
future date. The release date is supposed to be
within the next five to ten years.
Is still one of the greatest historical mysteries
26. Works Cited
John F. Kennedy. John F. Kennedy: 35th
President
of the United States. March 21, 2008.
www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html
November 22, 1963: Death of the President.
March 22, 1963.
www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+His
Menninger, Bonar. Mortal Error: The Shot that
Killed JFK. (New York: St. Martins Press, 1992)
Help filling in details of conspiracy: Thomas
Briggs and Brad Weidman.
