Jesse Ventura's JFK Conspiracy Program

[James H. Fetzer]

Reviewing the program with those issues in mind, I have written to Jesse again:

Tyrel,

Tell Jesse I have watched the program again with special interest in these
three issues. He says "supposedly" when embarking on the route that Oswald
is alleged to have taken and points out that it would have been odd for him
to have removed cartridge casings from his revolver at the scene of Tippit's
shooting. So that is no problem. In talking about the photo of the third
tramp, he says "Many experts believe that this was E. Howard Hunt" or
words to that effect, which is true, including my friend, Jack White. So that is
no problem either. Marina's claim that she took the backyard photos cannot
be true, yet she seems to believe it. The only hypothesis that comes to my
mind is that she may have been induced to believe that, possibly by means
of hypnotic suggestion. Either way, she believes something that is untrue.
But the program is simply terrific and also appears to be having an impact.

Warm regards,

Jim

All,

Here is the note I sent to Jesse via his son, Tyrel, who produces his show. I did not mention that he takes for granted that the Zapruder is authentic. If any of you were unable to watch last night, it will undoubtedly be repeated a number of times on TruTV.

Jim

Jim Fetzer wrote:

Tyrel,

You can tell Jesse this was the best television program ever produced about JFK. In one hour, more people learned more about JFK than ever before. My admiration for having fingered Nixon, Ford, Bush, and LBJ knows no bounds. I noticed three factual errors, two of which were insignificant in relation to the program and the other actually advanced it. Oswald did not shoot J.D. Tippit, where the best discussion may be found in THE SEARCH FOR LEE HARVEY OSWALD by Robert Groden. The second is that Marina did not take the backyard photographs: no one did! They were faked. For proof, see an article by Jim Marrs and me, "The Dartmouth JFK-Photo Fiasco". The third is that the old tramp was not E. Howard by Chauncey Holt. The ears, the eyebrows, and the mouth are wrong for Hunt. I organized a symposium in Dallas a few years back featuring his daughter, Karyn, his wife, Mary, and photos from the family album, which Karyn superimposed on the tramp. It was Chauncey. But your identification of him as E. Howard worked beautifully for making the transition to the confession. I have no complaints. It was brilliant!

Warm regards,

Jim