Yet this interpretation involves a complete misreading of the available evidence of castros perception of kennedy at that time. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the hidden history of the jfk assassination. Was jimmy hoffa really involved in jfks assassination. In fact, neither ruby nor trafficante fit that description.
The best books about the jfk assassination, from norman mailer to don delillo will the release of the latest cache of classified papers unleash a slew of books about the death of the charismatic. Nixon press conference releasing the transcripts of the white house tapes, 04291974. But in the famed zapruder film that shows the presidential motorcade moving through dealey plaza, kennedy is first hit from behind, where oswald was located in the texas school book depository. It has been put forward that if trafficante was involved in the kennedy assassination, then a possible explanation is that he was working for castro. In his book, contract on america, david scheim put forward the theory that hoffa, along with several mafia leaders, ordered the assassination of president kennedy. Trafficante was born in tampa, florida, on 15th november, 1914. The trafficantes, godfathers from tampa, florida and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. November 15, 1914 march 17, 1987 was among the most powerful mafia bosses in the united states. Oct 27, 2017 the best books about the jfk assassination, from norman mailer to don delillo. This book builds on the work of the last congressional committee to investigate jfks murder, which concluded that jfk was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy, and that godfathers santo trafficante and carlos marcello had the motive, means, and opportunity to assassinate president kennedy. Not every worthwhile book on the jfk assassination is included, and not every included title is recommended. According to the 1994 book written by attorney frank ragano, who represented hoffa, the teamster leader asked mob bosses santos trafficante and carlos marcello to arrange the assassination. Tampa crime started with charlie wall, known as the dean of the underworld, who in the 1920s controlled a number of gambling rackets and corrupt government officials. Santos trafficante it should have been bobby santos trafficante, florida crime boss and participant in the ciamafia plots to kill fidel castro.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Fiftythree years after the warren commission concluded that president john f. In the book, cowritten with the veteran times reporter selwyn raab, ragano revealed that a client, a florida mafia boss, santo trafficante, jr. The men started to drive away when another sedan drove past the mercury, the occupants unloading a blast of buckshot as they passed. In the days after hunt died there were several articles covering the same material.
Santo trafficante, the florida godfather who had been driven out of the lucrative havana. I was nervous about setting a novel in november of 1963. After staying briefly with relatives, he got a job at the reily coffee company, the makers of luzianne coffee, and he rented an apartment at 4907 magazine st. John and robert kennedy, the plan for a coup in cuba, and the murder of jfk so much has been written about jfk s assassination what in your book is new. Kennedy, an event so shocking and cataclysmic that it continues to hold a grip on the. The only books on jfks assassination you need to read. He headed the trafficante crime family and controlled organized criminal operations in florida and cuba, which had previously been consolidated from several rival gangs by his father, santo trafficante sr. Kennedy, vincent bugliosi has pointed out many flaws in raganos claims, including the fact that trafficante was most likely not in tampa on the day in question, but was rather in north miami beach, florida, receiving dialysis treatments. Jfk murder plot deathbed confession aired on national radio, by paul joseph watson. Score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Santos trafficante was a tampabased crime boss who was among. Opinion piece and commentary on the business of murder related to santo trafficante, the mafia, the cia, jfk, mlk and rfk. Trafficante took full control of these operations when his father died of stomach cancer in august, 1954.
The mafia, the cia and the jfk assassination 9780984233304. Old paper sheets, vintage photo frames and corners, open book. Kennedy and robert kennedy for their attempts to destroy organized crime. Oct 03, 2009 but ragano said trafficante, on his deathbed in 1987, confessed that he and marcello did, indeed, follow through on hoffas favor. The book also details the fbi confessions of notorious mafia godfathers carlos marcello and santo trafficante to reveal exactly who killed jfk. The kennedy assassination explains the various facts and theories surrounding the assassination so that the reader may draw informed conclusions about this cataclysmic historical event. Archives of thousands of files about the 1963 assassination of president. Oct 25, 20 according to the official warren commission report on the assassination, oswald acted alone in shooting kennedy.
The mafia, the cia and the jfk assassination kindle edition by chepesiuk, ron. For the first time, this concise and compelling book pierces the veil of secrecy to fully. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the trafficantes, godfathers from tampa, florida. Historian david kaiser makes the case in this cspan video that organized crime bosses carlos marcello and santos trafficante were behind jfk s assassination personally i dont agree with kaisers interpretation but he is an excellent historian whose book the road to dallas.
The definitive account of the most controversial crime of the twentieth century ebook written by lamar waldron. Marcello had plenty of reason to despise president kennedy and his brother, attorney general robert kennedy. Santos trafficante was a tampabased crime boss who was among those who lost out on gambling revenues when castro took power in cuba, and trafficante was jailed there and eventually deported. Kennedy was riding with his wife jacqueline, texas governor john connally, and connallys wife nellie when he was fatally shot by former u. In the book, cowritten with the veteran times reporter selwyn raab, ragano. Kennedy, vincent bugliosi has pointed out many flaws in raganos claims, including the fact that trafficante. Kennedy published by harvard university press in 2009 contains much valuable. Murchison was a close friend of both lyndon johnson and j.
Nixons ties to the assassination of president kennedy run deep, from his association with jack ruby, his ties to jimmy hoffa and the mafia, and his connection to cia operative e. What physics reveals about the jfk assassination history. Read the essential details about the theory of the mafia being responsible for the assassination of john f. John fitzgerald kennedy, the 35th president of the united states, was assassinated on november 22, 1963, at 12.
An annotated film, tv, and videography, 19631992 bibliographies and indexes in mass media and communications series this comprehensive bibliography is the first to catalog, describe, and index the vast body of tv, video, and film materials dealing with john f. The best books about the jfk assassination, from norman mailer to don delillo will the release of the latest cache of classified papers unleash a slew of books. But ragano said trafficante, on his deathbed in 1987, confessed that he and marcello did, indeed, follow through on hoffas favor. His father, santo trafficante senior, was a leading figure in the mafia. Santo trafficante married josephine marchese on 17th april, 1938. Nov 21, 20 4 essential books on jfks assassination. An fbi informant in 1976 said trafficante told him kennedy was not going to make it to the election. And now, on the 51th anniversary of jfks tragic death, the enquirer can finally reveal the blockbuster truth behind the crime that shocked the world. Former governor of texas john connally 1917 1993 examines frames from abraham zapruders film footage of the assassination of president kennedy, san antonio, texas, 1966.
Frank ragano, a lawyer who worked frequently with mafia and teamsters figures like hoffa, also alleged that florida mob boss santo trafficante, jr. I thought it might be worth discussing the connection between santo trafficante and the assassination of jfk. With deft investigative skill, david kaiser shows that the events of november 22, 1963, cannot be understood without fully grasping the two larger stories of which. Santos trafficante, florida crime boss and participant in the ciamafia plots to kill fidel castro.
While the effect of the assassination of john kennedy in dallas on november 22, 1963 on american politics and public policy can be debated endlessly, there is no doubt that the shooting had an enormous effect on the american psyche. Kennedy, a new book by helen odonnell, launching lbj, reveals new details about the presidents death. Impossible to kill rfk, new book alleges was robert maheu, an aide to howard hughes, responsible for bobby kennedy s assassination. In his book, ragano claimed that hoffa, who was being hounded by attorney general robert kennedy on corruption. Fifty years on, slew of new books add fuel to conspiracy fire. Is it possible that clint murchison helped to fund the jfk assassination. Central standard time in dallas, texas, while riding in a presidential motorcade through dealey plaza.
Reputedly the most powerful crime boss in batistaera cuba, he. Like ruby, trafficante was a smalltime mafia capo, she wrote see p. Learn more the trafficantes, godfathers from tampa, florida. Though i am impressed at the sheer amount of work and information that lamar waldron provides in the hidden history of the jfk assassination, and while he has pretty clearly lain out the most compelling and likely networks of both cause and activity related to jfk s murder, i found his writing and presentation styles in this book to be opaque. Kennedy, vincent bugliosi has pointed out many flaws in raganos claims, including the fact that trafficante was most likely. Jun 11, 1979 article on documentary novel about pres kennedy s assassination, blood feud, which uses fictional names in place of those of organizedcrime figures carlos marcello and santos trafficante. Inside the cias plot to kill fidel castrowith mafia help. His relationship with lbj dates back to the 1948 senate election.
As you might be aware, there have already been a few books written about john f. Jul 14, 2017 the mob did it we think a new book on the jfk assassination adds credence to the theory that the mafia was at the center of the presidents murder. Book links mafia and plot against castro to jfk killing the. Nov 21, 2014 with those words, a mafia kingpin confessed to orchestrating the november 1963 assassination of president john f. Carlos marcello and the assassination of president kennedy. The hidden history of the jfk assassination book scribe uk. Santo trafficante and the business of murder with the cia. The hidden history of the jfk assassination by lamar. Nov 22, 20 after half and century of investigations, a number of commissions, books and documentaries, the debate around the circumstances of president john f kennedy s assassination continues. As with any controversial subject, readers should keep an open mind and should actively look for alternative opinions. The hidden history of the jfk assassination counterpoint press. I wrote an historical novel about the jfk assassination.
The inside story of the cia, gangsters, jfk, and castro, is a. Nov 22, 2003 the man who solved the kennedy assassination. He chooses to believe frank ragano, santo trafficante s lawyer. Five decades after one of americas greatest tragedies, this compelling book pierces the veil of secrecy to document the small, tightly held conspiracy that killed. Watergate plotter may have a last tale, by carol williams. According to davis, oswald and ruby had strong ties to marcello.
Aug 31, 2014 escalante also told the cuban version of events to claudia furiati, a brazilian journalist and author of the book entitled zrrifle, the code name of the cia assassination program. Hoffa, marcello, trafficante and the murder of jfk. When kennedy was shot and killed later that year, ragano wrote that hoffa always assumed that trafficante. Moldea for saying it first the following are quotes which credit the 1978 book, the hoffa wars, for. Jul 11, 2017 the only books on jfks assassination you need to read. Wall controlled tampa from the neighborhood known as ybor city, he employed italians, cubans and other. In the 1940s he joined up with lucky luciano, fran. Davis claims that ruby ran dallas businesses for marcello lieutenant joseph campisi. The hidden history of jfks assassination draws on exclusive. Another aspect of the new orleans connection to the assassination lays in the possible involvement of organized crime, with the louisiana mafia boss, carlos marcello, being a prime suspect. Hoffa was involved in a plot to assassinate president john f.
He believes that it was organized by carlos marcello, santos trafficante and jimmy hoffa. The hidden history of the jfk assassination by lamar waldron. Ragano wrote a book about the jfk assassination after the deaths of jimmy hoffa and santo trafficante where he claimed that both hoffa and trafficante had been involved in the assassination. According to the 1994 book written by attorney frank ragano, who represented hoffa, the teamster leader asked mob bosses santos trafficante and carlos marcello to arrange the assassination of. In his 1994 autobiography mob lawyer, ragano recounted his career in defending members of organized crime, and made the controversial. Santo trafficante, the florida godfather who had been driven out of the lucrative havana casino business by castro and who had been recruited in. Best books about jfk 71 books share book recommendations. Frank ragano january 25, 1923 may, 1998 was a selfstyled mob lawyer from florida, who made his name representing organized crime figures such as santo trafficante, jr. Any time i saw the words lee harvey oswald or grassy knoll or jack ruby, my mind quickly skipped away to other things.
New details have emerged about a topsecret killing plan in the 1960s. Kennedy was murdered in dallas in 1963, researchers have laid the blame on everyone from organized crime to shadowy government officials. Frank ragano january 25, 1923 may, 1998 was a selfstyled mob lawyer from florida. Nov 01, 2017 in the book, cowritten with the veteran times reporter selwyn raab, ragano revealed that a client, a florida mafia boss, santo trafficante, jr. By john mcadams a version of this essay appeared in a companion to john f. On hoffa, marcello, trafficante, and the murder of president john kennedy praise for the hoffa wars by dan e. Scheim has published two books claiming that the mafia were responsible for the assassination of john f. Santo trafficante jfk assassination debate the education. The conspiracy recounted in thomas maiers new nonfiction book, mafia spies. Of the countless books written about jfk s death 50 years ago, these are the only five that countfrom the boiling hate pot of dallas to definitive debunking of all the conspiracies. He said that trafficante complained about the honesty of the kennedys.
Theories of mafia involvement have made headlines since the presidents november 22, 1963 assassination. Mary, has the largest online collection of jfk assassination records and the most concise. A gary revel breaking news release in the developing story of the jfkmlkrfk assassination investigation. Howard hunts taped deathbed confession is not new news.
Kennedys assassin was a lone rifleman, lee harvey oswald. Kennedy, vincent bugliosi has pointed out many flaws in raganos claims, including the fact that trafficante was most likely not in tampa on the day in question, but was rather in north miami beach receiving dialysis treatments. This theory is based on the idea that the mafia were angry with both john f. He planted forged memos in the national archives blaming jfk for the diem assassination, for example. He worked for his father in florida and in 1953 he was sent to cuba to manage some mafia controlled casinos. One of the most enduring mysteries of 20th century history is the 1963 assassination of u. Carlos marcellos pilot and employee, david ferrie, is by far the oddest character in the kennedy assassination saga. The trafficante crime family also known as the tampa mafia, is the only original mafia crime family in the state of florida. Godfathers carlos marcello and santo trafficante took out the. Davis implicates marcello in the assassination of kennedy. What the mob knew about jfks murder washington post. Reputedly the most powerful crime boss in batistaera cuba, he never served a prison sentence in the us. He walked outside and got into a 1951 mercury sedan driven by one of his associates.
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