tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7404027242467268372024-03-13T06:07:17.123-04:00JFK FilesJohn F. Kennedy Assassination News, Commentary & OpinionDale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-11143630530881627812023-12-24T10:59:00.004-05:002023-12-24T10:59:25.672-05:00Hugh Aynesworth, dead at 92
BY DALE K. MYERS
Respected Texas journalist Hugh G. Aynesworth, who covered the events surrounding the JFK assassination for six decades died at his home last night. He was 92. Dallas Morning News journalist Michael Granberry offered a beautiful, in-depth obituary available here. Hugh Aynesworth never wavered in his belief that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin and never Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-44328617673770212422023-11-22T00:00:00.295-05:002023-11-22T00:35:51.565-05:00Six Decades of Truth and Consequences
The Murders of JFK and J.D. Tippit - Sixty Years On
JFK assassination evidence at the National Archives in 1988. [Terry Ashe / Life / Getty Images]
BY DALE K. MYERS
Conspiracy theorists have been having a good ole time for the past six decades re-writing what took place the weekend of November 22, 1963. Internet forums, annual gatherings in Dallas, and forgettable Facebook Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-75885513385226863512023-11-01T00:00:00.032-04:002023-11-08T09:39:38.639-05:00November 22, 1963 - Sixty Years On
How Mark Lane and the Communist Party Bamboozled America
[Getty Images / Graphic: © 2023 DKM]
BY DALE K. MYERS
It’s been nearly six-decades since President John F. Kennedy and Dallas Patrolman J.D. Tippit were murdered on the streets of Dallas. The accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was also gunned down forty-eight hours later – murder piled high upon murder. It would Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-39378933467552792142023-07-01T10:00:00.004-04:002023-07-24T18:16:11.021-04:00JFK, Oswald and Ruby
A Look at Retired Judge Burt W. Griffin’s New Book
By DALE K. MYERS
Retired Judge and former Warren Commission Assistant Counsel Burt W. Griffin’s new book, JFK, Oswald and Ruby: Politics, Prejudice and Truth (McFarland & Co., Inc., NC; 375 pp.; softback, 7 x 10”; Kindle) is just out and it’s a humdinger. Judge Griffin does a superb job in presenting the facts surrounding what Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-79285748865481961002023-02-27T11:20:00.000-05:002023-02-27T11:20:06.090-05:00Fred Litwin’s Film Flam
Why the Conspirati Hate the Latest Book on Oliver Stone
By DALE K. MYERS
Author and researcher Fred Litwin had been drawing the ire of the conspirati ever since he released, I Was a Teenage JFK Conspiracy Freak, in 2018. To say they hate him now would be an understatement. Litwin’s latest book, Oliver Stone’s Film Flam: The Demagogue of Dealey Plaza, tackles claims made in the 2022 Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-90219760956800097512022-11-22T00:00:00.025-05:002022-11-22T00:00:00.235-05:00The Murder of J.D. Tippit: A Grief Too Much to Bear
The framed photograph from Jack Christopher’s night stand. (© 2022 DKM. All Rights Reserved.)
By DALE K. MYERS
Until his death in 2015, Jack Christopher kept a framed photograph of himself and his longtime best friend and brother-in-law, J.D. Tippit, on his bedroom night stand in Dallas. The photo depicted the pair in happier times – 1946 to be exact – when Jack and J.D. Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-79639533168269666092022-11-16T16:55:00.002-05:002022-11-16T18:37:16.660-05:00The Single Bullet Fact
Why the Conspirati Will Never Embrace the Truth
By DALE K. MYERS
It’s been nearly twenty-years since I described the single bullet theory as “a single bullet fact” on the 2003 ABC-TV Special Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination – Beyond Conspiracy. “It’s not even a single bullet theory, in my opinion,” I said. “It’s a single bullet fact.” Of course, I prefaced my Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-13213439303205195732022-10-18T16:48:00.002-04:002022-10-20T10:48:51.336-04:00Where was J.D. Tippit Shot?
Locating the exact spot where the Dallas Patrolman fell
The new 'X' on Tenth Street. (F. Badalson)
By DALE K. MYERS
Anyone familiar with the assassination story knows that J.D. Tippit, the Dallas Patrolman gunned down forty-five minutes after the assassination of President Kennedy, was shot just east of Tenth and Patton in Oak Cliff. Given the changing landscape over the last Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-22719081733792215812022-07-24T13:39:00.001-04:002022-07-24T13:39:35.725-04:00Reviewing Oliver Stone’s Documentary – JFK: Revisited
What You Won’t See in the New Film or Read in the Book
(Graphic: DKM)By DALE K. MYERS
I just finished viewing Oliver Stone’s mind-numbing documentary JFK: Revisited – The Complete Collection (released July 19), which includes nearly ten-hours of material. I also just finished reading James DiEugenio’s 463-page companion book of the film, JFK: Revisited – Through the Looking Glass (releasedDale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-12994189005628625792022-07-21T17:54:00.004-04:002023-08-13T13:23:08.029-04:00FBI SA Robert M. Barrett and the Tippit Murder
Why the mystery surrounding the wallet at the scene won’t go away
FBI SA Robert M. Barrett (left) and Capt. W.R. Westbrook (right) at Dallas Police Headquarters on November 22, 1963. (Tom C. Dillard Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza)
By DALE K. MYERS
FBI Special Agent Robert M. “Bob” Barrett has been a hero in JFK conspiracy chat rooms and forums for a good Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-38575032108114164502022-07-19T17:21:00.000-04:002022-07-19T17:21:12.326-04:00Lies and Deception in the Tippit Murder
The latest crazy talk from JFK Assassination Forums
by DALE K. MYERS Having spent a good portion of the last 47-years investigating every aspect of the murder of Dallas Patrolman J.D. Tippit, I feel that what I have to say about the case against Oswald for the Tippit murder and the criticism of that case from less-qualified corners comes from a unique perspective.Lately, yet again,Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-84223112453598962022022-07-01T13:59:00.000-04:002022-07-01T13:59:22.805-04:00The Anti-Science Attack on Scientific Peer-Review By NICHOLAS R. NALLI, Ph.D.
Antiscience is the rejection of mainstream scientific views and methods or their replacement with unproven or deliberately misleading theories, often for nefarious and political gains. It targets prominent scientists and attempts to discredit them.
— Peter J. Hotez (Scientific American, 29 March 2021) Readers of Dale Myers’ blog Secrets of a HomicideDale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-49638252434485825302021-12-21T10:03:00.000-05:002021-12-21T10:03:25.821-05:00Mexico’s Secret Kennedy Assassination FileThe Real New Document Release
Researcher at the Mexico City Archives (Photos: AFP)
By GUS RUSSO
Long ago, I came to the conclusion that the most important unanswered questions in the JFK case revolve around Lee Harvey Oswald’s September 1963 excursion to Mexico City, seven weeks before he killed the President. The most important of those questions concern the Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-6848275884876346062021-11-22T00:00:00.013-05:002021-11-25T07:36:22.655-05:00‘X’ Marks the Spot58-Years After the Murder of Dallas Patrolman J.D. Tippit
An 'X' on Tenth Street. (Video frame: Dave Ledbetter)
By DALE K. MYERS
It’s hard to believe that fifty-eight years have passed since the murder of Dallas Patrolman J.D. Tippit – who was gunned down on an Oak Cliff side street forty-five minutes after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-46581821238734111682021-09-21T10:27:00.001-04:002021-09-21T10:28:49.114-04:00Photographic Proof: H.B. McLain and Acousticsby DALE K. MYERS [UPDATED VIDEOS: Originally posted April 7, 2008] After nine months, entomologist and part-time conspiracy theorist Donald B. Thomas has finally weighed in on my 2007 research paper, “Epipolar Geometric Analysis of Amateur Films Related to Acoustics Evidence in the John F. Kennedy Assassination.” That study proved beyond all doubt that neither H.B. Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-11719597821624529462021-08-13T14:32:00.002-04:002021-11-23T15:51:39.902-05:00Joyce F. DeBord dies at 88Sister of Dallas police Officer J.D. Tippit By DALE K. MYERS The sister of Dallas police Officer J.D. Tippit is dead at 88. Joyce Floranze DeBord, spent a lifetime keeping the memory of her dear, departed brother alive for future generations. She passed away at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday afternoon. She was born in the Jakes Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-7329600065186990182021-06-03T00:00:00.005-04:002021-12-30T16:26:38.087-05:00The Ghost of the Grassy Knoll Gunmanand the Futile Search for Signal in Noise
Josiah Thompson and his latest book. (Graphic: © 2021 Dale K. Myers. All Rights Reserved) By NICHOLAS R. NALLI, Ph.D.
Last Second in DallasJosiah ThompsonUniversity Press of Kansas. 504 pp., $29.95Last Second in Dallas (ku.edu)
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Click HERE to download a (1.08 MB) ZIP file containing a PDF version of Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-2438278353014416602021-03-02T17:15:00.005-05:002021-03-05T08:20:58.208-05:00Marie F. Tippit dies at 92
Marie F. Tippit thanks a nation for its generosity in December, 1963; flanked by (left to right) Dallas Police Public Relations Officer Glen D. King and Dallas Police Chief Jesse E. Curry. (Houston Chronicle)
By DALE K. MYERS The Dallas police widow whose plight touched a nation in the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is dead at 92. Marie Frances Tippit, Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-39337231319121663282020-11-22T00:00:00.700-05:002020-12-01T09:23:06.821-05:00Westbrook, Croy and the Tippit Murder
John Armstrong's fantasy cabal behind the killing in Oak Cliff
Reserve Sgt. Kenneth H. Croy (left) and Capt. W.R. Westbrook (right).(Graphic: © 2020 DKM)
By DALE K. MYERS A member of the so-called JFK research community once proclaimed, “If we get too bogged down in the details, we’ll wind up proving Oswald killed Kennedy.” Ah, those pesky details. The same could be said for the Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-34588258879645111382020-11-19T00:00:00.476-05:002024-03-12T08:45:23.655-04:00Doris E. Holan and the Tippit Murder
The truth about claims she witnessed the shooting on Tenth Street
Doris E. Holan as a young girl. (Graphic: © 2020 Dale K. Myers. All Rights Reserved)
By DALE K. MYERS UPDATED: MARCH 10, 2024 [Editor’s Note: The following article is an updated version of the original published on November 19, 2020. Additional information was brought to my attention regarding the Holan family's Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-37625864926938535522020-11-16T00:00:00.009-05:002022-01-26T17:03:06.332-05:00Emory Austin, his daughter Mary, and the Tippit Murder
A previously unknown witness to the Dallas policeman’s killing tells her story
Emory Austin in 1960 and his daughter Mary, at age 16. (Graphic: © 2020 Dale K. Myers)
By DALE K. MYERS The daughter of an Oak Cliff grocery store manager, who witnessed the immediate aftermath of the murder of Dallas Patrolman J.D. Tippit fifty-seven years ago, has revealed details about what Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-1984810217599381402020-11-12T00:00:00.007-05:002020-11-12T00:00:03.180-05:00Warren Reynolds and Oswald’s Jacket
New Evidence Surrounding Oswald's Escape from the Tippit Murder Scene
(Graphic: © 2020 Dale K. Myers. All Rights Reserved)
By DALE K. MYERS Seven years ago, I learned of a previously unknown witness to Lee Harvey Oswald’s flight from the J.D. Tippit murder scene. Tippit, a 39-year-old father of three, was the Dallas patrolman gunned down on an Oak Cliff side street, forty-five Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-61833752975812076712020-06-01T00:30:00.004-04:002020-06-01T09:27:57.828-04:00Solving the Mystery of Oswald’s Seaport Trader Order
How researchers found the source of Oswald’s mail-order coupon
[Graphic: © 2020 Dale K. Myers. All Rights Reserved]
By DALE K. MYERS
It appears that a cash reward offered back in 1972 is due to a Minnesota researcher and the founder of www.MensPulpMags.com who together have solved a 57-year-old mystery surrounding the murder Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit.
In mid-March, 1963, Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-60916114265339608152019-12-21T13:32:00.000-05:002019-12-21T13:39:16.470-05:00Understanding Wound Ballistics in the JFK Assassination: Lucien C. Haag’s Look at the Unique Properties of Lee Harvey Oswald’s BulletsBy DALE K. MYERS
The December issue of the American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology (Vol. 40, No. 4, pp.336-346) features an important article by respected firearms examiner and author Lucien C. “Luke” Haag that explores the unique characteristics of the ammunition used by Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK assassination and offers a clearer understanding of the ballistic principles that Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740402724246726837.post-54789190262490342022019-12-06T09:26:00.000-05:002019-12-06T09:26:00.788-05:00Kennedy Assassination Bullets Preserved in Digital Form
NIST scientists used advanced imaging techniques to create digital replicas of these important historical artifacts
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
In the palm of his hand, Thomas Brian Renegar held two small metal objects that had changed the course of history. Twisted pieces of copper and lead, they were fragments of the bullet that ended the life of President John F. Dale K. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17079679710654429737noreply@blogger.com1