Untimely Deaths By Assassination

Throughout time, assassination has been a tool of choice to topple governments, skew political contests, and alter battle outcomes. In many cases, assassination has changed the course of history. In Untimely Deaths by Assassination, author Walter J. Whittemore Jr. delves into both the high-profile and barely known successful assassinations from ancient times through the twentieth century. He offers a concise background of each individual, explores the methods and plots used, and reveals the impact of the assassination on society. Whittemore provides interesting historical facts and brings to life some of the lesser known figures who were targeted. In addition, Whittemore offers an extensive bibliography for further research. Those profiled in this collection include Darius of Persia III Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury Edward II, King of England Henry IV of France Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary leader Robert F. Kennedy, US Senator A one-of-a-kind compendium, Untimely Deaths by Assassination delivers an eye-opening study of the role of assassination within history.

Richard Belzer and David Wayne are back to set the record straight after Dead Wrong; this time they’re going to uncover the truth about the many witness deaths tied to the JFK assassination. For decades, government pundits have dismissed these “coincidental” deaths, even regarding them as “myths” as “urban legends.” Like most people, Richard and David were initially unsure about what to make of these ‘coincidences’. After all, events don’t “consult the odds” prior to happening; they simply happen. Then someone comes along later and figures out what the odds of it happening were. Some of the deaths seemed purely coincidental; heart attacks, hunting accidents. Others clearly seemed noteworthy; witnesses who did seem to know something and did seem to die mysteriously. Hit List is a fair examination of the evidence of each case, leading to (necessarily) different conclusions. The findings were absolutely staggering; as some cases were clearly linked to a “clean-up operation” after the murder of President Kennedy, while others were the result of ‘other forces’. The impeccable research and writing of Richard Belzer and David Wayne show that if the government is trying to hide anything, they’re the duo who will uncover it.

When detective Sherlock Holmes receives an urgent call regarding an unsolved case, he is quick to accept. Thirty-five years may have passed since President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, but there are still some unanswered questions tied to the devastating incident. Did Lee Harvey Oswald work alone? Was he even the true assassin? Y2K is approaching, and Kennedy’s daughter knows that all the compiled evidence might be lost forever. To embark on this top-secret investigation, Holmes and Dr. John Watson must leave the comforts of their London residence to journey across the Atlantic and into the unknown. Sorting through historical documents and conspiracies, the pair search for the answer alongside a team of skilled researchers in an effort to finally solve the greatest mystery in US history. With the help of the best technology available, modern forensics, and a bit of luck, the team dives into top-secret files, medical reports, and witness statements as the gruesome events of the assassination unfold before them. Holmes and Watson might be the only ones who can help America uncover the dark secrets that lie behind this tragedy––but can they uncover the truth before it’s too late?

The US Central Intelligence Agency is no stranger to conspiracy and allegations of corruption. Across the globe, violent coups have been orchestrated, high-profile targets kidnapped, and world leaders dispatched at the hands of CIA agents. During the 1960s, on domestic soil, the methods used to protect their interests and themselves at the expense of the American people were no less ruthless. In CIA Rogues and the Killing of the Kennedys, Patrick Nolan fearlessly investigates the CIA’s involvement in the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy—why the brothers needed to die and how rogue intelligence agents orchestrated history’s most infamous conspiracy. Nolan furthers the research of leading forensic scientists, historians, and scholars who agree that there remain serious unanswered questions regarding the assassinations of John F. Kennedy fifty years ago and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. He revisits and refutes what is currently known about Lee Harvey Oswald and Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, and offers readers a compelling profile of the CIA’s Richard Helms, an amoral master of clandestine operations with a chip on his shoulder. Bolstered by a foreword by Dr. Henry C. Lee, one of the world’s foremost forensic authorities, CIA Rogues and the Killing of the Kennedys is an unmatched effort in forensic research and detective work. As the fiftieth anniversary of the JFK assassination approaches, Nolan has made a significant contribution to the literature on that fateful day in Dallas as well as shed light on that dark night at the Ambassador Hotel. Readers interested in conspiracy, the Kennedy family, or American history will find this book invaluable.

In 1960 a mysterious car crash killed Albert Camus and his publisher Michel Gallimard, who was behind the wheel. Based on meticulous research, Giovanni Catelli builds a compelling case that the 46-year-old French Algerian Nobel laureate was the victim of premeditated murder: he was silenced by the KGB. The Russians had a motive: Camus had campaigned tirelessly against the Soviet crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, and vociferously supported the awarding of the Nobel Prize to the dissident novelist Boris Pasternak, which enraged Moscow. Sixty years after Camus' death, Catelli takes us back to a murky period in the Cold War. He probes the relationship between Camus and Pasternak, the fraught publication of Doctor Zhivago, the penetration of France by Soviet spies, and the high price paid by those throughout Europe who resisted the USSR.

Perhaps no one's death has stirred more interest, controversy, and theories than Marilyn Monroe's August 4 of 1962. In Murder Orthodoxies, author Donald R. McGovern analyzes and examines the many theories that Monroe was murdered by a host of curious characters-from the middle Kennedy brothers to brutal gangsters to aliens. McGovern separates fact from fiction and theory from outlandish rumor. He addresses and debunks the usual allegations related to Monroe's death, the secrets recorded in her little red diary, her scheduled whistle-blowing press conference, the murder plots by organized crime and the brothers Kennedy, and the fatal injection of drugs, along with many others. In Murder Orthodoxies, McGovern restores logic and sanity to the investigation of Monroe's death. His thesis is based upon the premise that the engines of conspiracies are started and fueled by opinion, not by facts. His credible conclusions are based on logic, science, toxicology, and forensic evidence.

Argues that President Johnson helped to plan the assassination of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy.