My new book, "Into the Nightmare"

[Patrick Collins]

Tracy, that is interesting to me that you mention Larry Harris....

I spent a lot of time with Larry in Dallas in 1983 and 1984 when I visited to work on a Masters thesis on the JFK assassination from Cambridge in England. I have family and friends in Texas and Louisiana so was able to stay. I was young - in my early twenties and academically inclined rather than being say a young investigative reporter! Paul Hoch or Mary Ferrell put me in touch with Larry - I cant recall which person, but it was one of the two - or possibly Tony Summers who got me started on the whole thing.

I spent many evenings with Larry at his small apartment discussing the case. I also contacted the Dallas Police and they assigned a liaison officer to me for 2 half days - I was told I was the first overseas graduate student to do so (I found that amazing), so I was taken up to the 6th floor, they got me in the Paine house and I was shown all around the DPD city hq. I met a number of retired DPD and about 20 people who witnessed the assassination. My thesis will form part of a book I am currently writing - when it will be published - God only knows.

But the reason for my posting is that I am happy to share thoughts on Larry's theories at the time - its hazy, but if I can add to the study it would be a pleasure. I can be contacted on patrick@pdmc.eu

I live in the UK so I am between 5 and 8 hours ahead of those of you in the US. Curiously I just found some old pics of Larry and I and one of Larry on the grassy knoll that I took. He was a lovely guy - we kept in touch for years, but lost touch I guess around 1990. I had no idea he had been killed until I looked him up in Michael Benson's encyclopedia of the Kennedy assassination.

I do not know the circumstances of the accident. If anyone here does, I would be interested to know.

FYI - I believed in a conspiracy for years, I no longer do, but remain open to the more sensible theories. Anyway as this was about Larry - I am contactable to share Larry's thoughts - though as I say its hazy, but I do have notes.

Patrick Collins
England

I've only heard of McBride as a film historian. Good to hear someone else is focused on the Tippit murder.

The late Larry Ray Harris (who died in a mysterious car crash in 1996) was supposed to be the expert on the subject. He lived in Dallas, and even took jobs at the TSBD and as a letter carrier in Oak Cliff to help his research.

Jack White posted this on the EF: "My friend and great researcher Larry Ray Harris has been dead since 1996, and his research was by no means complete. In fact the whereabouts of his extensive files is not known ever since the one-car accident which killed him (reports are that his most serious injury was a broken leg)."

http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg ...tem 02.pdf