Episode 172 is a recap by me of our three part series which featured an interview of the author Joan Mellen on the Taking Aim Radio Program. Our three part series bonus episodes (wanders, really) supplements our ongoing story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Joan Mellen is the author of a well done investigative book entitled A Farewell to Justice. In a rare appearance to promote her book, Ms. Mellon participated in a radio interview that was prese...
Jun 10, 2023•59 min•Season 3Ep. 172
Episode 171 is part 3 (and the final part) in a three part series of bonus episodes (wanders, really) which supplement our story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Joan Mellen is the author of a well done investigative book entitled A Farewell to Justice. In a rare appearance to promote her book, Ms. Mellon participated in a radio interview that was presented by radio station WBAI in Brooklyn on the show Taking Aim. The conversation aired in October ...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 171
Episode 170 is part 2 in a three part series of bonus episodes which supplement our story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Joan Mellen is the author of a well done investigative book entitled A Farewell to Justice. In a rare appearance to promote her book, Ms. Mellen participated in a radio interview that was presented by radio station WBAI in Brooklyn on the show Taking Aim. The conversation aired in October 2005, just prior to her book coming out...
Jun 01, 2023•59 min•Season 3Ep. 170
Episode 169 is part 1 in a series of bonus episodes which supplement our story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Joan Mellen is the author of a well done investigative book entitled A Farewell to Justice. In a rare appearance to promote her book, Ms. Mellen participated in a radio interview that was presented by radio station WBAI in Brooklyn on the show Taking Aim. The conversation aired in October 2005, just prior to her book coming out. ..and it ...
May 30, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 169
Join us today for a Memorial Day Tribute Episode. A wander worth taking with me. Our regular programming will begin again later in the weekend.
May 26, 2023•16 min•Season 3Ep. 168
Episode 167 is the seventeenth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Today's episode is the second and last in two part multi-espisode mini series on Rose Cherami. You may recall that the story of Rose Cherami dons the opening scene of the movie JFK. She was a stripper and a prostitute and a drug mule and a mother. And she worked for Jack Ruby at one point. She is one of a unique handful of witnesses ...
May 24, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 167
Episode 166 is the sixteenth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Today's episode is the first in a two part multi-espisode mini series on Rose Cherami. You may recall that the story of Rose Cherami dons the opening scene of the movie JFK. She was a stripper and a prostitute and a drug mule and a mother. And she worked for Jack Ruby at one point. She is one of a unique handful of witnesses who expres...
May 24, 2023•39 min•Season 3Ep. 166
Episode 165 is the fifteenth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Today's episode features the audio from Jim Garrison's nationally televised rebuttal of the NBC Whitepaper on the Garrison Investigation. While the NBC White Paper shed some light on many controversial aspects of the investigation, there was a clear bias contained in the programming. Outraged, Jim Garrison appealed to the FCC and, unde...
May 13, 2023•48 min•Season 3Ep. 165
Episode 164 is the fourteenth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Today's episode features the audio from the NBC Whitepaper on the Garrison Investigation, which aired on June 19th, 1967. It was a major blow to Garrison and his team. On the surface, this prime time television special was an attempt by NBC to address the controversial aspects of the Garrison investigation, which had already resulted ...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 164
Episode 163 is the thirteenth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Episode thirteen is the forth in a mini-series that addresses the star witness of the Clay Shaw trial, Perry Russo. In this forth episode, we continue with a recreation of Russo's sworn testimony under oath at the preliminary hearing which was his first debut as a witness related to the case against Clay Shaw. Today's episode features...
May 03, 2023•1 hr 20 min0
Episode 162 is the twelfth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Episode twelve is the third in a mini-series that addresses the star witness of the Clay Shaw trial, Perry Russo. In this third episode covering Russo's sworn testimony under oath at the preliminary hearing which was his first debut as a witness related to the case against Clay Shaw. Perry Russo had previously gone public on his own befo...
May 01, 2023•45 min•Season 3Ep. 162
Episode 161 is the eleventh in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Episode eleven is the second in a mini-series that addresses the star witness of the Clay Shaw trial, Perry Russo. In this second episode covering Russo, we tell the story from the perspective of Jim Phelan from the Saturday Evening Post and the issues with Perry Russo's testimony. Phelan became privy to certain memos prepared by Andrew...
Apr 20, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 161
Episode 160 is the tenth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Episode ten is the first in a mini-series that addresses the star witness of the Clay Shaw trial. Perry Russo. In this first episode covering Russo, we pick up the action on February 22nd, the date of David Ferrie's death, when by all accounts the investigation should probably have been closed down. But Garrison pushed on and he was given ...
Apr 14, 2023•50 min•Season 3Ep. 160
Episode 159 is the ninth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Episode nine address the eight witnesses that testified at the Clay Shaw Trial who were from the Clinton/Jackson Louisiana area. In late August or early September 1964, Lee Harvey Oswald came to Clinton Louisiana in search of employment at the state mental hospital situated close to another nearby town Jackson, Louisiana. His quest initial...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 159
Episode 158 is the eighth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Episode 158 is a wander that sets up the discussion related to the "Clinton" witnesses who saw Clay Shaw, David Ferrie and Oswald together in that town. Even as early as 1964, rumors and serious concerns over the lone gunman theory and the evidence that might contravene it, were becoming a major concern for the government and the commissi...
Mar 21, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 158
Episode 157 is the seventh in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Episode 157 and 158 contain useful information for listeners who are not already familiar with the participants or those listeners who would like to hear more background information on some of the characters that were included in episodes 155 and 156. The previous two episodes, part 5and part 6 , back the tape up and tell the complete st...
Mar 12, 2023•28 min•Season 3Ep. 157
Episode 156 is the sixth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. The first four episodes in this series provide commentary around the critical elements that continue to cloud our understanding of the facts surrounding Garrison, Clay Shaw and the trial. This episode along with the previous episode 155 are a two part overview mini-series. In these two episodes, we back the tape up and tell the complete st...
Feb 28, 2023•24 min•Season 3Ep. 156
Episode 155 is the fifth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. The first four episodes provide commentary around the critical elements that continue to cloud our understanding of the facts surrounding Garrison, Clay Shaw and the trial. This episode along with episode 156 are a two part overview mini-series. In these two episodes, we back the tape up and tell the complete story of the Garrison investig...
Feb 28, 2023•54 min•Season 3Ep. 155
Episode 154 is the fourth in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. This episode addresses the bias of writers and the press, which collectively undermined getting at the complete truth. We also explore the actions taken by the CIA after it became a matter of public record that the Garrison investigation was underway. More specifically, we read, in its entirety, the CIA internal memo dated April 1, 1967 w...
Feb 21, 2023•52 min•Season 3Ep. 154
Episode 153 is the third in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. This episode gives Garrison the floor in 1967, recorded at a lecture attended by a supportive audience. He outlines his view (as the facts appeared to him at that moment) of what happened in the assassination. Few venues (including the 30 minute NBC rebuttal, which you also will hear later in the series) offer such a relaxed forum without ...
Feb 16, 2023•56 min•Season 3Ep. 153
Episode 152 is the second in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. This episode begins to introduce Jim Garrison and the events that occurred in New Orleans on the day of the Assassination and over that weekend as Garrison's team absorb the shock of the event and begin to engage in the investigation, handing their results over swiftly to the FBI. Jim Garrison was the New Orleans district attorney and, a ...
Feb 06, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 152
Episode 151 is the first in a new series of episodes that chronicle the story of the Garrison investigation in New Orleans and the related trial of Clay Shaw. Jim Garrison was the New Orleans district attorney and, a result of his investigation into the murder of JFK, Clay Shaw was indicted by a grand jury and tried on conspiracy charges to assassinate the president. It was the only criminal trial ever conducted in the United States related to the president's murder. Garrison's investigation and...
Jan 31, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 151
Episode 150 is an epilogue related to Pepe San Roman who was the commander of Brigade 2506, and this episode includes an equally stunning epilogue related to the four United States airmen who died at the Bay of Pigs. There were eight Americans from the Alabama National Guard who flew missions over Cuba as part of the invasion on April 19th, 1961 In the final hours of the mission, four of those men were killed in the last major air battle of the campaign. These men were among sixty volunteers who...
Jan 27, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 150
Episode 148 is the second of two episodes in a two part series related to the CIA/Mafia plots to kill Castro. Plots that were an integral part of the the Bay of Pigs invasion. Listen to this stunning story as Sheffield Edwards pitches the idea to use the mafia, and Richard Bissell buys into it. And how they then use a "cut out" operative Robert Maheu to engage Johnny Roselli, a mafia don, to get the plot rolling. Shortly thereafter, Sam Giancana and Santo Trafficante join the mission team. The p...
Jan 24, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 149
Episode 148 is the first of two episodes in a two part series related to the CIA/Mafia plots to kill Castro. Plots that were an integral part of the the Bay of Pigs invasion. Listen to this stunning story as Sheffield Edwards pitches the idea to use the mafia, and Richard Bissell buys into it. And how they then use a "cut out" operative Robert Maheu to engage Johnny Roselli, a mafia don, to get the plot rolling. Shortly thereafter, Sam Giancana and Santo Trafficante join the mission team. The pl...
Jan 24, 2023•57 min•Season 3Ep. 148
Episode 147 is the fifth and final in a multi-part series on the Bay of Pigs, as we wind down our overall series on Cuba. In this episode, we complete the story of the actual invasion of the Bay of Pigs. This current episode part 5, joins the invasion team as as they hit the beaches and the battle gets underway for the mission of the Cuban Expeditionary Force to Retake Cuba. Listen to a bonus episode in episode 148 as we bring you an epilogue that tells the tragic story and ending of Peppy San R...
Jan 21, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 147
Episode 146 is the forth in a multi-part series on the Bay of Pigs, as we wind down our overall series on Cuba. In this episode, we begin to tell the story of the actual invasion of the Bay of Pigs. This current episode part 4, joins the invasion team as the ships and crew ready for the mission and make their way to Cuba. We'll finish the story of the battle itself in our next episode Bay of Pigs Part 5. And we also will complete the Cuba series by telling the story of the Mafia/Castro plots in ...
Jan 18, 2023•51 min•Season 3Ep. 146
Episode 145 is the third in a multi-part series on the Bay of Pigs, as we wind down our overall series on Cuba. In this episode, we settle in for a bite size biographical profile of the key person recruited by the CIA to be the overall Cuban leader for the Bay of Pigs project and one of the four Cuban leaders on the ground at the time of the invasion. Join us as we get up close and personal with one of the many men who displayed real courage during this epoch time. Manuel Artime is another man i...
Jan 10, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 145
Episode 144 is the second in a multi-part series on the Bay of Pigs, as we wind down our overall series on Cuba. Hear the story as the CIA team from the Guatemala coup, Operation Success is reunited for this latest task to retake Cuba. And characters including E. Howard Hunt, Bernard Barker, David Atlee Phillips are re-introducted into the scenario. Hear how the scope and approach of the mission is affected by the fluid and evolving events in Cuba during 1960 and the impact that Fidel's tighteni...
Jan 09, 2023•55 min•Season 3Ep. 144
Episode 143 is a rare live episode! It is the the third and last in a three-part series of episodes on the JFK Records Act featuring two expert lawyers Andrew Iler and Mark Adamczyk who take us through the legal maze. We'll explore the history of some of the withheld records and elements of the JFK Records Act that have impact on the continuing disclosure challenges related to official records within the collection. In this last episode we pay particular attention to the Gannon Memo and its pote...
Jan 05, 2023•43 min•Season 3Ep. 143
