May
10
On Fri the 27th the missus and I made our way to Canterbury to attend the 16th DPUK Canterbury seminar. I had a two hour presentation to give on the Saturday and also had scheduled two interviews, one with Malcolm Blunt and the other with John Newman on Sunday. Besides that I managed to get Jim DiEugenio to do his “JFK and his foreign policy” talk. We had some rain but other than that it was ok. Barry Keane and I shared a flat in the centre of Canterbury and we joined the rest of the posse (about a dozen at that time) in the pub for a couple of pints and from thereon we made our way to Pinocchio’s an Italian restaurant where Dealey Plaza UK has been going on the evening before the seminar ever since organising it in in Canterbury.
I myself left a bit earlier than the rest and managed to get really drunk at the flat in the time span of one hour, it took me by surprise to say the least. Waking up the next morning and not remembering how I got to bed at all was already the first indicator of a raging hangover that lasted pretty much all day. And it was not just me, Barry Keane who had the honours of doing the very first talk felt it too ;) But we managed to pull through, there was simply too much at stake. I myself felt like Richard Nixon with that sweaty patch just above my lips and had to wipe it several times while the booze was making its way out through my pores.
Professional indeed….
The whole weekend was great fun and obviously flew by rather quick. I enjoyed the entire program and could I do 4-5 days of this? Easy!
I would like to thank Stuart Galloway, DPUK’s outgoing secretary, for setting the seminar up like he has been doing for the past decade, he did a marvellous job. Thank you Stuart for everything you have done!
Thanks to all the speakers as well for sharing your time and knowledge to us.
The audio of the above interview of Malcolm can also be heard at the The Lone Gunman Podcast with an intro by yours truly.
The John Newman video will be inserted in a few days. But the Lone Gunman Podcast of the audio of this telephone interview can be listened to HERE.
Apr
06
Here is the final program for the Dealey Plaza UK Canterbury seminar. Quite a few busy weeks ahead for me regarding my own presentation and the two Q&As.
Bart Kamp presenting at the DPUK Canterbury seminar 2016. Click pic. to enlarge.
We do intend to video the talks and they will be shown shortly after.
DPUK SEMINAR 2018
Feb
22
April 28-29 at Christchurch Uni in Canterbury DPUK will hold its annual seminar.
Preliminary program (STC)
Saturday 28th April
09.40m – 09.50am Introduction to the Seminar by Stuart Galloway
09.50am – 10.50am Harold “Skip” Rydberg by Barry Keane
10.50am – 11.10am Break: Coffee/Tea
11.10am – 12.10pm Interrogations of LHO-1 by Bart Kamp
12.10pm – 1.40pm LUNCH That means of to the pub 
1.40pm – 2.40pm Interrogations of LHO-2 by Bart Kamp
2.40pm – 3.50pm ZR/RIFLE, William Harvey, & QJ WIN by Larry Hancock
3.50pm – 4.10pm Break: Tea/Coffee
4.10pm – 5.10pm Q & A with Malcolm Blunt with B Kamp
5.10pm – 6.00pm Possible Film or extend Larry’s talk from
Dinner at the Abbotts Barton Hotel – 7.30pm for 8.00pm
Sunday 29th April
09.30am – 10.30am The DPUK Auction with Mike Dworetsky
10.30am – 12.00pm Evidence of Gunmen in DP.by David Percox
12.00pm – 12.30pm The Dallas Police by Ian Griggs
12.30pm – 1.40pm LUNCH ( Buffet in the Lecture Theatre)
1.40pm – 2.40 pm Q & A with John Newman and B.Kamp
2.40pm – 3.40pm Jim Di Eugenio JFK’s foreign policy and also the recent released files. The impact of Donald Trump and how they were ignored by the media.
3:40pm – 3.50pm Closure of the Seminar by Stuart Galloway.
More info on attendance and pricing at DPUK FB Event page.
Costs for members.
Two day seminar including tea and coffee on Saturday – £35
Dinner at Best Western (Abbots Barton) – £37 (we have our own room)
Buffet lunch in The Old Sessions House on Sunday – £7
Total = £79 (£42 without Dinner)
Attendance Saturday only – £20
Attendance Sunday only – £24 (includes Buffet).
Some of the talks will be videod and shown on YouTube/Vimeo.
Apr
22
This coming weekend, as mentioned before I will be giving a talk at the Dealey Plaza UK conference in Canterbury, and the next day I will moderate a Q&A with Malcolm Blunt.
I have worked on the software that I used for the movie and there will be more sources to show for the fakery of the 2nd floor lunchroom encounter.
It is my intention to show more media on Lovelady, Shelley, Molina, the 4th floor ladies, the 5th floor African Americans and Roy Truly.
And the interrogations of Oswald and the main players involved with that , this will be discussed in more detail.
The Camera section will be more concise, but one cool revelation is to be added about the history of the discovery of Prayer Man. This has not been shared publicly yet.
Finally the search for the images gets a bit of an update.
I am partly going to use this talk to see where to improve before I start making new movie clips which I hope to make a beginning with in May and release these over this Summer they shall be released in approx. 25 minute segments.
In the mean time I am looking forward to two days of JFK nattering and downing a few jars! I shall be reporting about this event next week. I also hope to publish the talk with Malcolm Blunt as well.
Apr
05
Yesterday I met up with Ian Griggs, author of No Case To Answer.
He has been researching this case for decades and he has visited Dallas many many times (he has lost count). A former police officer himself he has dug into the Dallas Police Department more than anyone else. In the DPD section I show a brief summary of how the DPD was organised. This is all thanks to him and his tenacious efforts in compiling this.
Obviously we discussed mostly Dallas Police related matters, and we went down his memory lane while he showed me around in his house of which one room was a mini museum with his collection, of which I post a few shots down below. I hope to do a proper interview in the near future.
Ian has interviewed quite a few people such as Beverly Oliver, James Tague, Jim Leavelle, Warren Caster to name a few, but his specialty lies with the DPD, of which he is writing another book which hopefully will be published later this year.
Some of our discussions:
- After his article on Postal Inspector Harry Dean Holmes called The Four Faces Of Harry Dean Holmes, he was contacted by family members of Holmes and they were less than pleased with his assessment. Well they better not look at my page then ;)
- He has been acquainted with Marina Oswald-Porter on a talk panel and she even bought him a massive plaque of JFK. He said she asked him if he wanted some thing from an antique shop to which he replied your country is not old enough to have an antiques shop (which is a joke in case you missed it, although it has some truth to it). She went into the shop and bought it for him for about $ 25.00. Some researchers’burned’ Marina Porter, not much later and now she will not talk to anyone, which is a real shame as I and a few other scholars would love to talk to her.
JFK Plaque gifted by Marina Oswald-Porter to Ian Griggs. Pic: Barto.
- He has tried to contact Harry Olson’s former missus Kay Coleman a few years back, but was warned not to pursue this any further. Kay Coleman remarried and lives in Ca.
Kay Coleman on the right with Jack Ruby.
- Will Fritz bred horses.
- The so called recording room right opposite Will Fritz’s Homicide and Robbery Division office, was not wired for sound.
Dallas Police Department Floor plan. Courtesy of No Case To Answer by Ian Griggs
- Ian Griggs had a decommissioned Mannlicher-Carcano rifle. I had no measuring tape so could not say how long it was, but the rifle was broken apart, so I just held the wooden part of it and I can tell you now that there is no way that rifle could be inside the paper bag since this piece is way too long. I could not cup this underneath my shoulder and inside the palm of my hand.
Holding a Mannlicher-Carcano, which is way too long for cupping it. Pic: Barto
Colony Club flyer signed by Beverly Oliver. Pic: Barto
Dallas Police Buckle. Pic. Barto
Jim Leavelle and R.C. Graves autographed photograph of Ruby shooting Oswald.
- Ian also had a nice collection of newspapers from that period, I produce two here with some interesting bits related to ‘our’ case, I hope to be able to reproduce more in the future.
Kingsport Times Nov 22nd 1963. Pic: Barto
Kingsport News Nov 23rd 1963. Pic Barto
- Last but not least a time sheet of some major Dallas Police Department Officers from Nov 1963.
Dallas Police Department Time Sheet Nov 1963
I hope to see Ian again at the Dealey Plaza UK Canterbury conference on April 23rd/24th where I will present a Prayer Man talk and also will be doing a Q&A with Malcolm Blunt.
I have also been notified that my chat with Rob Clark of the Lone Gunman Podcast has become the highest listened to show so far, not bad indeed! Thank you Robbo!!!
