Penn Jones was the first conspiracy theorist to promote so-called mysterious deaths, and he wrote a series of books (Forgive My Grief) on that theme. Argosy magazine, in March 1977, published a major article on that theme and they started with Rose Cherami:Many conspiracy books (Crossfire by Jim Marrs; High
https://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/blogRSS for NodeSat, 29 May 2021 20:15:01 GMThttps://www.onthetrailofdelusion.com/post/did-anybody-hear-rose-cherami-predict-the-jfk-assassination?lang=en60ae48d0217113001585c862Sat, 29 May 2021 11:18:26 GMTFred LitwinA previous blog post looked at Dr. Wayne Owens who conspiracy theorists maintain was a witness to Cherami s prediction. However, the evidence is clear that he did not directly speak to Cherami, but heard an account second
Joan Mellen, in her book
A Farewell To Justice, claims that Rose Cherami was watching the Dallas motorcade on television on November 22, 1963: (page 206) On Friday, November 22nd, at twenty minutes before noon, Rose was watching television in the hospital recreation area. Scenes in Dallas flashed on the screen. President Kennedy was on his way. Somebody s got to do something! Rose shouted. They re going to kill the president! No one paid any attention. The motorcade pulled into view. Watch! Rose cried out. This is when it s going to happen! They re going to get him! They re going to get him at the underpass!
Thomas Beckham claimed he was friends with Lee Harvey Oswald in New Orleans. This post examines what he told the New Orleans grand jury in 1968, what he told the HSCA in 1978 and what he published in his book,
Remnants of Truth, in 2008.
When I read Beckham s testimony - well, I just can t believe he knew Oswald. But, as we will see, conspiracy author Joan Mellen believed him.
Let s start with Beckham s testimony before the New Orleans grand jury in 1968. He was asked three times if he knew Oswald and he said no all three times:
Page 56.
page 151.
Now, let s have a look at his testimony before the HSCA on May 24, 1978.
In March 1967, a lab technician came forward to say that he met Clay Shaw at Berkeley on the day before the JFK assassination, or on the day of the assassination. Here is the first report from Garrison investigator William Turner:
Turner then issued a second memo:
Researcher Paul Hoch, who worked at Berkeley, did some of his own investigating and wrote this memo:
Hoch sensibly concluded that this was most likely a case of mistaken identity.
That might have been the end of the story, butt Breitner called Turner in September 1967 with additional information. Now, he remembered that Shaw introduced himself as Clay Bertram.