Episode 331 Jack Ruby Miniseries Part 7
In the mid-1950s, Jack Ruby was the self-appointed king of the Dallas strip, strutting through his nightclubs in immaculate double-breasted suits and a cocked fedora. Shaking hands, dropping names, an...
13 Elo 16min
Episode 330 Jack Ruby Miniseries Part 6
In February 1946, thirty-four-year-old World War II veteran Jacob Rubenstein stepped off the train onto the freezing platforms of Chicago, carrying a good conduct medal on his chest and hoping his hon...
13 Elo 16min
Episode 329 Jack Ruby Miniseries Part 5
We often think of Jack Ruby as a creature of the dark, of smoky, neon-lit walkups, back-alley brawls, and shady financial deals. But for nearly three years during the height of the Second World War, J...
10 Elo 13min
Episode 328 Jack Ruby Miniseries Part 4
In the pre-World War II era of the "Chicago Cowboy," Jacob Rubenstein was a striking figure of manic energy on the West Side. Working out with desperate intensity at local YMCA clubs, he obsessed over...
9 Elo 15min
Episode 327 Jack Ruby Miniseries Part 3
In the late summer of 1933, with the Great Depression holding Chicago in a frozen grip, twenty-two-year-old Jacob Rubenstein and his sister Eva packed a single suitcase and looked west. Under the sun-...
9 Elo 15min
Episode 326 Jack Ruby Miniseries Part 2
If you visit Westlawn Cemetery just outside Chicago, you'll find a simple granite headstone for the man who silenced Lee Harvey Oswald on live television. But carved right in the center of that marker...
9 Elo 13min
Episode 325 Jack Ruby Miniseries Part 1
On November 24, 1963, Jack Ruby stepped out of the shadows of a crowded Dallas police basement and shot Lee Harvey Oswald live on national television, silencing the accused assassin of President John ...
9 Elo 19min
Episode 324 Jack Ruby Miniseries Prelude Episode
Join us in this prelude episode of a miniseries series covering Jack Ruby. Our podcast coverage now moves to tell the story of this central character in the assassination. Jack Ruby was an enigma...
8 Elo 26min
