Feb
25
Up and Coming
Greetings to you all and I wish you all the best in health for 2026!
It has been a while. My job took ate my time, two years being in a extremely busy work environment with little time left for research.
Add on that my mom passsed away a short while ago late last year and that in conjunction with her estate took a fair bit of my focus as well.
Facebook deleted my Prayer Man page due to some suspicious activity of which I never got an explanation of what that actually was. I started a new one as my messages to them got no replies. If you wish to like or follow the new page, it is HERE.
So what else is new?
KRLD, the local Dallas radio & TV station and CBS affiliate was omni present that day, they recorded a lot of audio and film that weekend. I have posted a significant amount at my YouTube channel already. These clips were passed on to me by Kenneth Zediker, of JFK Lancer. And boy is it a great collection. These are in 4K quality and the totality of it is probably about 20 hours. KRLD had two cameras on tripods inside the third floor corridor of the City Hall building, where the DPD had some of their offices, after Oswald was being transfered to for his interrogations. There are quite a few long sequences of activity there. The footage show the comings and goings of camera men (Jimmy Darnell being one of them), reporters (Seth Kantor), law enforcement (Curry, Fritz, Leavelle and many others), Dallas City offficials (Wade & Alexander) and in the distance you can see people going in and out of Room 317 which was the Homicide & Robbery Bureau. In the William Murray photo below; Will Fritz’s office is inside on the right where David Johnston is standing in front of the window with its blinds shut and the DPD detectives are in the doorway.
Room 317: Homicide & Robbery. Behind the lettering is Eric Beck, then Bill Alexander, James Hosty and David Johnston. Photo: William Murray.
The beauty of these clips lies that they can confirm what I have been already writing about in my book based on the law enforcement officials’ reports. And this will be quite a task to go through, but it has been very rewarding already.
A few things I can mention is that I came across an Oswald corridor sequence which I did not know of before. Curry, Fritz, King and Wade interviews. The Ruby shooting from a different angle. The Oswald press conference. But the most fascinating fact of this footage is that it feels like going through CCTV footage where you see all these dozens (not hundreds!) of people walking that corridor, the mannerisms (smoking!) on display and the off the cuff remarks while the mic is on and close-by. At some point the phrase Manchurian Candidate is uttered between newsmen.
This brings me to one of its disadvantages, and that is that microphones were wired and not always switched on so or not close enough to capture their voices. There are some sequences where no audio is captured. One example is a minutes long segment with Bill Alexander talking to a few reporters right in front of the camera, it would have been quite a coup capturing his audio while ‘informing’ the press.
I will speak about this footage at the next DPUK seminar in Ashorne Hill (June 26-28) and following that I will add these findings, alongside some many other bits, to the next edition of Prayer Man, More Than A Fuzzy Picture. I have no clue as to when that will be done, in case you are wondering when that might be. All I can say, at this point, is that I have about 100 additional sources to add.
Then from the recent releases, and I mean recent as in getting barely any mention in the press about them at all Malcolm Blunt pointed me to the missing FBI documents residing at Rex Bradford’s Mary Ferrell website. These are most interesting, not much regarding my own research, but really deserve a closer look as there is a fair bit to check out.
And there was about three weeks ago a little email exchange between some the JFK Assassination research bigwigs and one indivdual had noted that the amount of documents released last year in March had increased in totality. No news update or mention about it as far as I can tell. And after checking 137 PDFs had been added to the total of the March 2025 releases. These records mostly concern records of the Church Committee. So the first 14 pages are new additions. Just so you know.
Last but not least, I was interviewed last week for Ciphered Past by Tim Gardner and Eli Frame. Thank you for having me.
Click the picture below to be taken to the YouTube video.
Oct
19
Can Prayer Man be Identified in the JFK assassination – By Ted Yacucci
Thank you Ted Yacucci for doing a video on Prayer Man and highlight the search for the NBC films.
Cheers!
Oct
01
Rob Clark & Joe Borelli of the Lone Gunman Podcast have been doing video book reviews recently and yesterday it was Prayer Man – More Than a Fuzzy Picture turn.
It is just over fifteen minutes long and I cannot thank these guys enough for this review.
Sep
28
Anna Paulina Luna’s Letter to NBC to request the JFK Assasination films
In case you are not too familiar with this subject: this article is about the films that NBC is holding that were taken during and right after the assassination of JFK in Dallas, Texas. The large majority of this post is due to Ed Ledoux’s dilligent work and his perserverance in trying to get hold of these films since they are so pivotal for Prayer Man.
NBC has been anything but cooperative from day one, they have stuck with the Warren Commission side of events of the JFK Assassination. Richard E. Sprague while trying to get hold of the JFK Assassination films, decades ago already reported in 1968 he had no luck getting access to any of the footage the network had taken. It was only through affiliates that Sprague managed to get hold of some of them. He got a copy of the Wiegman film through UCLA. Alec Baldwin also made mention of this when working on a JFK 50th anniversary show for MSNBC that was never aired.
In my book, Prayer Man – More Than a Fuzzy Picture, I mention Ledoux’s earlier work from a decade ago. He was in direct contact with NBC trying to obtain digital copies of the original films.
Not much came out of that other than the acknowledgement that they admitted to having the films. I quote from a reply on June 3rd, 2015 by Meg Nakahara to Ed Ledoux:
Thank you so much for your patience. Unfortunately, I have some bad news. I just received a call from the powers that be and sadly they do not want to authorize any film transfers from the original footage. They are pretty protective of the original and hence the reason we have the dubs that we are able to license from.
And by dubs they mean old U-matic 3/4 inch vhs tape transfer copies that are, in this digital age, of inferior quality.
A decade later and Ledoux has been a busy trying to contact the NBC offices and Anna Paulina’s office and I am more than happy to share his recents efforts, which took a fair bit of effort.
After the first hearing on April 1st, which I wrote about shortly after, some of us were wondering aloud what was being done by the committee in trying to get the original Darnell and Wiegman films. And Ed started to email shortly after to enquire whether he could get a copy of the letter that was meant to be sent out to NBC, and this proved to be quite a task.
I spoke with him earlier this week and from that conversation it transpired that he had been trying get hold of Anna Paulina’s letter to NBC requesting the films that were taken during the assassination. And in our case to be more precise the Dave Wiegman and James Darnell films.
He emailed and tried to call numerous times to get hold of this letter and after months of perservering he got it! Ledoux eventually managed to get in touch with Chief Legal Counsel William Christian at Anna Luna’s office, who passed him on to Chief of Staff Sam Luna (no relation) and he forwarded the letter to Ledoux.
Click photo to enlarge. With thanks to Ed Ledoux.
At the same time Ledoux tried to call and email NBC, especially the licensing office, to get an update about the request and the films. However no one would answer or reply to his emails. He left messages, but they were not returned either. I quote from his entry at The Education Forum. Because I wanted to make contact with the same people to get their opinion on the testimony before congress and what was going on in the office to satisfy what may become a subpoena.The same staff I’d spoke to before without any delay and strangely their phones went to voicemail. You could leave a message. But they wouldn’t call back. So I got the staff directory and I started calling everybody in the office, management etc. Everyone’s phone went to voicemail. No one would return a message. no matter how detailed or indiscript I left it.
And in closing if we are so wrong that Prayer Man is Lee Harvey Oswald, which is merely based on a belief if I may add. Why are the films not released? I mean Zapruder, a violent and graphic recording, has been in the public realm for quite some time now. Or could it just be that the films are just the cherry on top of the DPD & FBI evidence that Oswald stated where he was at that time. Out with Bill Shelley in front and Then Went Ouside to watch the P. Parade.
To be continued.
More:
The Search for the Wiegman and Darnell Films.
Jul
13
Dealey Plaza UK Warwickshire Seminar
The leadership of Dealey Plaza UK had decided to hold a special seminar for our 30th anniversary in a completely different location. This was after holding the yearly seminar for about 20 years in Canterbury, and decision was made to move on. The seminar in 2024 at the Abode Hotel in Canterbury was a very enjoyable and informative affair, but boy oh boy was this to be superseeded with the new gaff.
Ashorne Hill. Pic.: Scott Reid.
For this year’s 30th commemorative event something special needed to be done for us to present our recent JFK Assassination research and head honcho Neal Safaty pulled two options out of his hat of which Ashorne Hill in Leamington Spa was voted everyone’s favourite. Looking at the shot above it is more than evident why.
This year was marked as the 30th anniversary of DPUK so it had to be a special event. Especially after we had to cancel our 25th due to the Covid Lockdown. Neale did an amazing job and planned a three day seminar (June 27-29) instead of the usual two and it turned out to be a fantastic event from the beginning to the very end.
L to R: Andrew Iler, Peter Antill, Johnny Cairns, Malcolm Blunt, Bart Kamp, Scott Reid and Paul Bleau. Pic: Scott Reid.
We all gathered the day before on a sunny Thursday afternoon for drinks and a light bite. And this was how it was to be; the sunshine continued all over the weekend. It was meant to be a smart casual event, but the weather dictated shorts so…..
The AV facilities were excellent as we were able to stream. I suggest you go to the DPUK site for a listing of the whole program in case you are interested on who was presenting.
My favourite speakers were our Canadian delegates Andrew Iler and Paul Bleau. Very solid presentations, soon you will be able to see for yourself on YouTube.
I myself did two loose presentations; one on Oswald’s fingerprints and the next day I spoke about the current state of the Darnell & Wiegman films with the latest developments in mind.
Pic.: Scott Reid.
And of course a chat with Malcolm Blunt where the audience was also invited to ask questions.
Pic.: Scott Reid.
A thoroughly enjoyable weekend, my favourite DPUK event by and large and I cannot wait until 2026!
Videos, once sorted, will be posted at some point.
Apr
25
The Pulse – Pelle Neroth Taylor – Prayer Man – NBC JFK Assassination Films
Book / Dallas Police Department / Dealey Plaza / FBI / HSCA / JFK Assassination / Lee Harvey Oswald / Photography & Film / Podcast / Prayer Man / TSBD
The Pulse – Pelle Noreth Taylor – Prayer Man – NBC JFK Assassination Films
I had the pleasure to speak again with Pelle Neroth Taylor of The Pulse.
Mar
30
I should have posted this a day or so ago, but work and travel prevented me from doing this.
A few days ago James DiEugenio of Kennedys & King contacted me asking whether I could provide him with whatever I had on the Prayer Man films (shot by NBC’s Dave Wiegman and WBAP’s Jimmy Darnell) and which are being kept by NBC under lock and key.
I shared what I knew, but that did not reduce my utter amazement when DiEugenio sent me the link of a Fox News video featuring Jesse Watters interviewing Anna Paulina Luna
View the segment HERE.
Luna mentions tape, but it should be a 16 mm celluloid film. NBC has used low quality tape tranfers for media usage.
Nor were these films unseen or kept secret, the film was shared in 1964.
Plus it was included with the JFK film by Oliver Stone when the documentary Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy was released.
The Wiegman film has been used in many documentaries, it has been freely available. Death in Dealey Plaza being one of them.
The films are not secret, the Sixth Floor Museum released a first genreation copy in August 2024.
That the orginal 16mm films need to stored at NARA instead of at NBC HQ is a given and from there on the best possible high res scans need to be made.
Following that deblurring needs to be pursued. AI could help with that, and until then the lone nutters and conspiracy theorists waste everyone’s time with their beliefs, thoughts and utter speculation. Your opinions are worthless.
This week there will be a hearing, the films may get some more attention then as well.
I am cautiously optimistic about all this.
Will we get the cherry on top?
