396. JFK: The Second Assassin Strikes (Part 5)

Published: Dec. 5, 2023, 12:05 a.m.

b'\\u201cJack, you son of a bitch, don\\u2019t do it!\\u201d\\n\\nJust hours after President Kennedy\\u2019s assassination, in the full glare of the world\\u2019s media, the Dallas police are confident they have solved the case. They have found the murder weapon, and are poised to charge their chief suspect, a strange loner called Lee Harvey Oswald. But as they prepare to move him to the county jail, one local businessman has other ideas. As they are leading Oswald into the station garage, an eccentric nightclub owner Jack Ruby steps forward. And as he aims his pistol at Oswald\\u2019s chest, the course of American history is about to take another dizzying turn \\u2026\\n\\nJoin Dominic and Tom as they trace the footsteps of two erratic nobodies, Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby, in the days before Kennedy\\u2019s assassination, leading up to the critical moment on 24th November when the two men finally came face to face, changing both of their lives and the course of the investigation forever\\u2026\\n\\n\\n\\n*Dominic\\u2019s book The Fall of the Aztecs is available now from bookshops across the UK - the perfect Christmas present!*\\n\\nTwitter:\\xa0\\n@TheRestHistory\\n@holland_tom\\n@dcsandbrook\\nProducer: Theo Young-Smith\\nExecutive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'