Jfk Assassination Conspiracy Theories

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Kennedy’s assassination shocked and devastated the entire nation leaving them speechless marking it the fourth successful presidential assassination. Kennedy was shot and killed in a motorcade on November 22, 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas. Lee Harvey Oswald was then killed by Jack Ruby two days later. Kennedy’s death caused a lot of conspiracy theories many people think that Oswald didn’t act alone and that’s why he was killed but a ten month investigation concluded that Oswald did act alone. Others think that the government was the reason behind his death. Kennedy’s death was not broadcasted on news stations because many thought that the motorcade wasn’t interesting. The famous film of Kennedy’s assassination was filmed by Abraham

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