Solving JFK

Solving JFK

Solving JFK examines each issue in the JFK Assassination by looking at the arguments from both those who believe Oswald acted alone and those who believe there was a conspiracy to kill president Kennedy. Host Matt Crumpton analyzes each tree in the forest and then zooms out to look at the big picture. Objective truth is the paramount goal of the podcast, with every factual proposition cited. In season one, we look at whether the Warren Report got it right that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin, and if not, what the open questions are that still need to be resolved.

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October 8, 2025 29 mins

In this episode, we look at a brief history of the mafia leading up to 1963, including the Apalachin, New York meeting, the McClellan Committee, and whether the Chicago mob played a part in the Kennedy-Johnson ticket winning the election in 1960. 

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In this episode, we’ll get an update on the state of the JFK Records, talk about the McCone Rowley memo that keeps coming up, and go over some thoughts on LBJ and more. We are joined by distinguished author and screenwriter of Oliver Stone’s Destiny Betrayed, Jim DiEugenio, as well as Canadian attorney, national archives explorer, and JFK records act expert Andrew Iler, and attorney and JFK Records expert, Mark Adamczyk. 

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September 17, 2025 75 mins

In this bonus episode we are joined by Robert Groden - the man who famously took a copy of the Zapruder film to show the world, which he did on Good Night America with Geraldo Rivera, and Groden's associate in the plan to expose the Zapruder film to the world: Dick Gregory.

Robert and I talk about his decision to bring the Zapruder film to light, his work on the Rockefeller Commission and HSCA, as well as his take on the authent...

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September 10, 2025 102 mins

We are joined today by one of the most public faces of the effort to disclose JFK Assassination records, and long-time expert on the case, Jefferson Morley. 

If you don’t know Jefferson Morley, you probably have not been following the assassination very closely. He worked as a writer for the New Republic and later for the Washington Post. He has also written for Salon and The Intercept. He is currently on the board of the Mary Ferre...

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We are joined by Jeff Crudele to talk through the various controversies within the study of Lyndon B. Johnson as related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, including LBJ's start in politics, the stolen 1948 election, Bobby Baker, Billie Sol Estes, Henry Marshall, Mac Wallace, Cliff Carter, and many more. We try to answer the big question: Was LBJ involved in the assassination of President Kennedy?



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August 20, 2025 29 mins

We have devoted the past 8 episodes to studying the life of Lyndon Johnson, with an eye towards whether he had any involvement in the assassination of his predecessor, President John F. Kennedy. In this episode, we review all of the remaining claims against Johnson that we have not yet addressed, and then summarize what we know about Lyndon B. Johnson’s role in the assassination of President Kennedy. 

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August 13, 2025 28 mins

In this 8th episode of the series, we continue our analysis of Lyndon Johnson by looking at Johnson’s order to his pilots to fly his plane in bad weather, the likelihood that Johnson would have been removed from the 1964 presidential ticket if JFK had lived, Madeleine Brown’s claim about the alleged party at the Murchison home the night before the assassination, and Barr McClellan’s assertion that Johnson’s attorney, Ed ...

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August 6, 2025 29 mins

The Texas oil boom of the early 20th century created fortunes for a few enterprising individuals, who would go on to become powerful figures in the business world. Some of those men also exercised their influence in the political realm. And since we’re talking about Texas, the wealthiest oil men all knew Lyndon Johnson. In this episode, we’ll explore the careers and relationships of H.L. Hunt, D.H. Byrd, Sid Richa...

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July 30, 2025 37 mins

In this episode, we analyze the two strongest arguments that Mac Wallace was involved in the murder of President Kennedy at the behest of the Vice President. We look at the alleged Mac Wallace fingerprint found on the Sixth Floor of the Texas Schoolbook Depository Building and the recently released Billie Sol Estes tape that appears to incriminate Mac Wallace and Lyndon Johnson. 

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July 23, 2025 29 mins

One of the primary questions in the study of the JFK Assassination is whether Lyndon Johnson was involved as a plotter. This question has become a wedge issue among the critical research community. 

For those who say Johnson is behind President Kennedy’s assassination, what usually follows is evidence related to Malcolm Wallace – a mysterious man who, without a doubt knew Lyndon Johnson and worked with him on occasion. Proponents of...

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July 16, 2025 27 mins

In the last episode, we talked about the financial ascent of Bobby Baker, whose net worth increased from $10,000 to $2.1 Million net worth while he worked for Lyndon Johnson as Secretary to the Senate Majority Leader. That’s an impressive climb. But, Baker’s wealth was a drop in the bucket compared to the subject of today’s episode – Billie Sol Estes, who claims that his net worth in 1961 was a whopping $400 million dollars.

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In this bonus episode of Solving JFK, we’ll be speaking with Robert Tanenbaum, who has a unique perspective on the HSCA. For a period of time, he ran the day to day operations of the investigation into the Kennedy Assassination as deputy chief counsel. Before that, Tanenbaum was an assistant District Attorney focused on homicide in New York City, where he never lost a felony trial. After his time on the HSCA, Tanenbaum was a law pr...

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If you’ve studied the JFK Assassination for any period of time, you surely know Doug Horne. He served on the staff of the Assassination Records Review Board for the final 3 years of its 4 year lifespan, from August of 1995 through September of 1998. He was hired as a Senior Analyst on the Military Records Team, and was later promoted to head that team. In that role, Doug obtained and declassified military records related to Cuba an...

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June 18, 2025 32 mins

In this episode, we begin to explore Johnson’s business dealings, including the radio station he bought, his ties with the Mafia, and Johnson’s close relationship with Bobby Baker. 

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June 11, 2025 24 mins

In this episode, we look at Johnson’s time in the Senate, his views on Civil Rights, and the story of how Lyndon Johnson secured the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination in the 1960 election. Did JFK choose Johnson, or - was the decision forced on him?  

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June 4, 2025 29 mins

Over the next several episodes, we’ll begin the gargantuan task of trying to thoughtfully determine whether Johnson played a role in the president’s murder. While this series is not a deep biography on Lyndon Johnson, we have to provide some context for LBJ the man, so that we can understand where he came from and the patterns of behavior he displayed. 

In this episode, we explore the Johnson’s life before the Senate. How did...

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In this episode we are joined by my co-authors of The JFK Assassination Chokeholds to talk through the most recent Congressional Hearing on the JFK Assassination held on May 20th. We also chat about the roles of the Secret Service and the FBI/J. Edgar Hoover in the assassination.

Please forgive some of the choppy audio in parts as we had Zoom connectivity issues when we recorded.

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In this episode, we are joined by Don (aka @AngletonOrchids on Twitter) from Fourth Reich Archaeology, a podcast that is deep in to an excellent series on the Warren Commissioners and staffers. We review all of the information about Hoover and the FBI that was discussed in episodes 67-69.

What was the role of the FBI in the JFK Assassination?

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May 14, 2025 36 mins

In this episode, we turn our attention to the FBI’s investigation of the assassination. What did J. Edgar Hoover do in the immediate aftermath of President Kennedy’s murder? What Hoover’s relationship like with the Warren Commission? And what was the ultimate role of Hoover, if any, in the murder of President Kennedy? 

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May 7, 2025 30 mins

In this episode, we look at the specific threats against President Kennedy that the FBI was aware of, but, for whatever reason, did not pass on to the Secret Service. Were any of those threats credible? And did the FBI follow the normal protocols when dealing with them? 

Then, we turn our attention to the FBI’s relationship with Lee Harvey Oswald. When did Oswald come on their radar? Was Oswald an FBI informant? And what was the ult...

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