The JFK Assassination: A Conversation with Warren Commission Lawyer and Author Burt W. Griffin on Investigating the Murder of a President
Murder Sheet22 Nov 2024

The JFK Assassination: A Conversation with Warren Commission Lawyer and Author Burt W. Griffin on Investigating the Murder of a President

This episode was originally published on The Murder Sheet's main feed on November 22, 2024.

Over six decades ago, Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. A week later, President Lyndon B. Johnson tasked the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (commonly known as the Warren Commission, after named after chairman, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Earl Warren) with investigating the assassination.

Well recently, we interviewed a lawyer who worked on that commission: Burt W. Griffin. Judge Griffin was assistant legal counsel to the Warren Commission. He recently authored a book on his experience investigating the murder: JFK, Oswald and Ruby: Politics, Prejudice and Truth. He spoke to us about his initial reaction to the assassination, why the lawyers on the commission wanted there to be a conspiracy afoot, and what he learned as he dug into the case.

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The Murder of Sharon Myers: The Stay

The Murder of Sharon Myers: The Stay

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The Murder of Linda Rutledge

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29 Sep 32min

The Yogurt Shop Murders: The Press Conference on Robert Eugene Brashers

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The Yogurt Shop Murders: Who Is Robert Eugene Brashers?

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25 Sep 30min

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