This is only a preview. Sandy, as your quote of Jim relates, Tosh was telling at least parts of his story, before Joe West ever got involved with the Files story and before anything from Files got out to the public. This is clear, corroborating evidence. I squeezed off my round. Charlie worked in the Fort Worth DPS office. Oswald denied killing the president but was killedby nightclub boss Jack Ruby before he could go on trial for murder. Airport due to early morning rain and overcast. Until someone sent me records on the J.F.K.s murder recently, I had never heard of him. James Files "the grassy knoll shooter" at Stateville Prison Joliet, Illinois (left) James Files (right) November 1963 picture taken by Lee Harvey Oswald in Lamplighter motel Mesquite, Texas Weapon type used in JFK Assassination Remington XP-100 "Fireball" (lower right) Interview with History: The JFK Assassination He also claims Lee Harvey Oswald did not fire a shot. The rifle was entirely too defective to be fired safely until it was reworked by an expert gunsmith, and even then, the FBIs top marksmen could not possibly fire three shots in just 5.6 seconds, as the Warren Commission alleged that Oswald did. You don't find Tosh to be credible? Some witnesses claim they heard gunfire from the grassy knoll, an elevated area to the front, right of the presidential limousine. Has anyone found a Blue Ford Falcon connected to Oswald. Retired teacher, MA in American History, editor and publisher at Kennedys and King.com, author and/or co-editor of Destiny Betrayed, The Assassinations anthology, The JFK Assassination: The Evidence Today, and JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass. Also, in 1963, there was only one manufacturer of clean, non-traceable, firearms suppressors, SIONICS, run by Mitchell L. WerBell, III, a former, wartime, OSS (which later became the CIA) operative, known as the Wizard of Whispering Death, who produced nearly all of his products exclusively for the CIA. Most of the participants who later told their stories talked of carelessly tossing their scoped rifles into the trunks of their cars, unaware of how sensitive rifle scopes are to the slightest bumps, and how easily they are knocked out of alignment. which includes a close-up of the cartridge case unearthed near the picket fence by John Rademacher, clearly showing two indentations on the open end [4]. James Files 2020-Newest Video. Grassy Knoll. JFK assassination. As to the shell casing, of course it was found a long way from where he describes it behind the fence. substitution after Roselli suddenly backed out, fearful of being killed by According to the Daily Mail, James Files who has been in prison for the past 36 years is scheduled to be released next spring. I hit him and blew his head backward. But, how many of us were ever told that? (5). For two years there was an attempt to bring the interview to the public. James Files, the man who has repeatedly confessed to assassinating John F. Kennedy, has been moved from a maximum security facility at Danville Correctional Center, in Danville, Illinois, to a more lenient one. I also went with him to test-fire the weapons, and aligned the scopes. According to Files, this CIA operatives name was Lee Harvey Oswald, but thats an entirely different story altogether. Now, looking back at the evidence of up to 12 possible shots fired, we can see that Shot #4, hitting Governor Connally by mistake, when JFK was the actual target, was probably fired from the TSBD by either Caifano or Cain. Tosh and Files never met, how could Files have known about an "abort team" in the summer of 1996, in a telephone conversation with Col. Fletcher James Files, 72, says that he was the man on the grassy knoll back on November 22, 1963, and that he fired the bullet into Kennedy's head that ultimately killed him. Whether this type of CIA umbrella weapon was used to immobilize JFK or not, the immediate effects on his body were precisely what the weapon and its paralyzing agent intended, to immobilize the president for several seconds, so he couldnt turn, move, or duck for cover, and its 5mm-diameter body would certainly leave a puckered, 3mm-to-5mm entry hole, as was observed on JFKs body. The WC could not even get the first day crimes scene photoscorrect. involving such diverse people as Dr. Stimson, Vernon, Joe West (who died Mr. JAMES FILES WILL BE RETURNING TO THE GRASSY KNOLL course, men like Files don't live long or prosper with the Chicago mob or Tosh says he flew Roselli into Dallas on a military plane and Roselli tells Roselli. From 1937 to 1938, Marlin produced the excellent, Johnson semiautomatic rifle (later the M1941, in military terminology) in .30-06. More than 2,500 books have been written on this sensitive subject, but none of them have covered it in the clear and definitive detail that the American public would like to see. I was not on the Grassy Knoll on November 22, 1963, so I cannot point against Files since no one I knew had ever heard of such teams. Reflecting on this information, Vernon recalled seeing something about a man You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. He claims that the CIA called in mobsters to carry out a killing in Dallas. When you are finished I will be happy to sell you my copy of the first Files video release of his story - on cassette no less - just one more of my great investments in JFK research. Phillips was a mastermind for the CIA. (2). Furious cabbie rages at JSO, Mafia Hit Man Confesses to Killing President Kennedy, Mafia hitman claims to be missing piece in assassination plot | World | News | Daily Express. The murder weapon was a CIA-issued, suppressed, High Standard HDM pistol in .22 Long Rifle, traced to a Miami gun store, which was a CIA front operation. Modern testing of the .222 Remington cartridge in ballistic gelatin displays approximately 9.3 inches of penetration, and a dramatic, four-inch-wide, temporary wound cavity. Allan Eaglesham's research and presentation are indeed a serious blow to the James Files confession. See his presentation, It is a fact that John C. Rademacher of Granbury, Texas, discovered a, [2] HOW DID FILES FIND OUT ABOUT THE "WHITE STAR" TEAMS IN LAOS, [3] WHERE DID FILES LEARN OF AN "ABORT TEAM" IF NOT FROM JOHNNY. I have not -- nor am I now -- taking any particular position on the truthfulness of the James E. Files confession. On June 19, 1975, Giancana was at home in Oak Park, Illinois, surrounded by FBI agents and policemen, since he was about to testify before the Church Committee of Congress, which was investigating ties between the CIA and the mafia. Shot #6: From the Grassy Knoll at Frame Z313, a mere 1/18th of a second later, the president is hit in the right temple by a very-high-velocity shot, causing his head to snap violently toward the left rear, away from the Grassy Knoll, as his brain literally explodes in what is clearly the fatal shot. The Luster Cartridge: The Dallas Morning News reported on November 23, 1978, that Hal Luster had found a fully-intact, unfired, .45 ACP pistol cartridge in 1976 beside the concrete retaining wall on the Grassy Knoll. Philips went from intelligence officer to chief of the Western Hemisphere Operations. He served in Europe and the Middle East, earned Air Force and Navy parachutist wings, and four college degrees, including a Master of Aeronautical Science degree, and was a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Intelligence Operations Specialist Course, and the USAF Combat Targeting School. [2] After West's death in 1993, his family requested that his friend, Houston television producer Bob Vernon, take over the records concerning the story. Then draw your own conclusions. Interview with History: The JFK Assassination - JFK Grassy Knoll Sam Giancana, the head of organized crime in Chicago, and really, for the whole nation then, apparently dispatched noted hitman Marshall J. No, not the infamous and highly flawed, Warren Commission Report of 1964, but the official findings of the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) on July 17, 1979, which formally overturned, invalidated, and replaced the bogus, Warren Commission findings. When asked how it could be identified, Files said he had bitten down on I have found many small things which seem to corroborate his story. He was there that day, and when he heard the shots, like other law men ran to see what was going on. Grassy Knoll. an "abort team". Army troops in 1959. shell casing with the markings on it. View an alternate. Three of James Earl Files (born January 24, 1942), also known as James Sutton, [a] is an American former prisoner. (4), Files did not profit from the interview either with fame or money. We have done a few videos that I will be posting both here and on you tube. The man who killed J.D. James Files, 72, says that he was the man on the grassy knoll back on November 22, 1963, and that he fired the bullet into Kennedy's head that ultimately killed him. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Why were there as many as 12 possible shots fired, yet most of them missed, and only three or four were audible? Bowers also heard the last 2 shots close together that he believed came from the grassy knoll. The full confession was videotaped in 1994 by Bob Vernon, an associate of Joe West. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. [4][5] In 1994, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was quoted as having investigated Files' allegation and found it "not to be credible". [10], Vincent Bugliosi, author of Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has characterized Files as "the Rodney Dangerfield of Kennedy assassins. IMDbPro All topics I Killed JFK TV Movie 2014 1h IMDb RATING 6.6 /10 22 YOUR RATING Rate Documentary A man by the name of James Files confesses to being the man who fired the fatal head shot at president Kennedy Director Denis Mueller Writer Denis Mueller Stars Warren Leming James Files See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist Actually, three rifles were found inside the TSBD: the alleged, Oswald Carcano, a 7.65mm Mauser recovered by Deputy Sheriff Roger Craig, and a British .303 Enfield rifle. the Grassy Knoll and that if anyone was to find it they would know it was flight, his observations in Dealey Plaza and his planned return trip to meet Motorcycle policeman Bobby Hargis, riding behind the limousine to the left rear, is sprayed so hard with JFKs blood and brain tissue that he thinks that he himself has been hit, and stops his motorcycle. Kennedy still had not sustained a fatal hit by this time, and he was swiftly approaching withing 100 feet of Files, who now assumed that everyone else had missed, and took his one and only shot, later stating that, I was aiming for his right eyelike looking six feet away through the scoperoughly 30, 35 yardshis head moved forwardMr. It was kind of a dump of how he himself had become fed up the the Files story that he had touted for several years. The new bullet is also .125 inch shorter. picket fence. Kennedy as he drove through on his motorcade (above). Encyclopedia Britannica Assassination of John F. Kennedy, mortal shooting of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, as he rode in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22,. Then The documentary claims that casing matches one a young boy and his father found buried in the knoll over 20 years later. (Name and email address are required. Doctor Crenshaw later wrote, It was a bullet entry wound. Lets at least give them credit for finally telling a very small part of the truth. In addition, in 1997 and 1998, he passed three separate, Voice Stress Analysis (VSA) tests, registering an 86-percent truth factor. They had a court date according to Files. Only one of the actual participants described taking the time to carefully and meticulously sight-in his weapon the day before the assassination, and he was the only man to make a solid, fatal, direct hit on JFK. called in the mob to kill the president. After Joe West passed away Bob Vernon took over for him. Florida State University shooter told former friend he was Man who was imprisoned for life in 1995 is freed after the 'We're not going to deport you': Obama announces amnesty for 'These won't be our last holidays together! Both Files and Morley shot at Detective Bitler but missed. Oswald always denied being the assassin, but was shot dead by nightclub boss Jack Ruby before he could go on trial for murder. In part because James knew that David was critical of J.F.K.s policies and that David was in Dallas the day Kennedy was shot. UNLESS HE WAS A MEMBER? This almost exactly matches the catastrophic wound to JFKs head after Files fatal shot at Frame Z313, further corroborating his remarkable story. 334-335). Jim Marrs Shelton believes both the federal government and J. Edgar Hoover lied to him. said Files was not credible, but all the facts that were checkable were proven true. I have reams of FBI and DEA reports PLEASE CLICK ON THIS TITLE FOR INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR REGISTRATION!. And in the end, after he sold the Files story rights (which might an indication of what was going on right there) Files first promoter (West's partner Bob Vernon) came public with a number of points which undermined Files. Stroke victim Senator John Fetterman mispronounces 'infrastructure' and 'delegation' while wearing hoodie and shorts to inspect collapsed Philly freeway with president - just days after stumbling response to Senate, At least FIFTEEN people are injured after Baltimore bus crashes into building, as city officials declare 'mass casualty incident', Air steward reveals the three RUDEST things passengers do on a flight, Did vaccine scientist 'thrown to his death' have proof of Wuhan lab leak? Only 50 of these black, umbrella weapons were made between 1960 and 1963, for selected individuals engaged in covert operations, and they were almost totally silent. Also, Joe West was one of the worst things to ever happen to the JFK case. He has been described by psychology professor, Jerome Kroth, as "surprisingly credible . He claims he shot President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The problem here is that all Mannlicher-Carcano rifles had only four lands and grooves in their barrels. Files at such a young age and not being a "made" Mafia man would have been said the CIA had sent an "abort team" to Dallas to stop the assassination Were there really as many as 12 shots fired, and why didnt we hear them? Files revealed this while incarcerated for the attempted murder of two police officers in 1994. Tippit according to James Files has since been identified as Gary Eugene Marlow. West went on to say that at first Files was not willing to speak about the assassination. Former mob hitman James Files has confessed, once again, to the JFK assassination and claims he was the man on the grassy knoll on November 22, 1963, in Dallas.. Newsmax TV aired a provocative special entitled I Killed JFK in which Files, now incarcerated at Danville Correctional Center in Danville, Illinois, says that he worked under mobster Charles "Chuckie" Nicoletti, who was an . confessing fear of an "abort team". Stover, Jr., Commanding Officer, U.S. [2][12] Files was paroled in May 2016. It could onlyhavebeenthe tree on his right. These strange and shady alliances continued through 1963, resulting in a sordid cast of characters with ties to both organizations. He spent much of his career investigating organized crime syndicates out of Chicago and Kansas City. along with Mrs. Joe West visited Rademacher in July, 1993, and first saw the He also claims Lee Harvey Oswald did not fire a shot. The Last Investigation, (New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. by the CIA and sent to Laos to train troops. [2], Last edited on 19 November 2022, at 06:57, assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, "Sleuths plan JFK assassination conspiracy convention", "CONFESSION OF JFK SHOOTER-- detailed and plausible", "Awed by mob, he just bit bullet, pulled trigger", "The People Of the State Of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee v. James Files, Defendant-Appellates", "ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS INTERNET INMATE STATUS: N14006 - FILES, JAMES", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Files&oldid=1122719039, REMINGTON XP-100 .221 FIREBALL BOLT ACTION pistol, This page was last edited on 19 November 2022, at 06:57. He described what happened in a new documentary that aired on Newsmax TV, I Killed JFK. would be found on a .222-caliber shell casing discovered on the Grassy Knoll There remains much more research to be done on the Files. Tosh also opinion that the marks are consistent with having been made by human On that not-so-cheerful note, lets remember that the JFK murder investigation has been extremely lengthy and complex, and were certainly not going to solve the entire case here, in one brief article. Lauren Sanchez dons tight and bright dress for Saint Tropez outing with fianc Jeff Bezos, with Amazon billionaire chivalrously helping her disembark tender, Nationals pitcher Trevor Williams doubles down on criticism of Dodgers for hosting controversial LGBTQ group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: 'We cannot stand idly by while our Lord gets mocked', You've been storing lemons WRONG! because at the time I was very interested in the sabot or husk bullet issue. I hit him and blew his head backward. It is highly unlikely that this whole story could be a gigantic hoax Many critics have questioned why taking any particular position on the truthfulness of the James E. Files
