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网红爆料 Professor David Denton will appear in two upcoming episodes of History鈥檚 Greatest Mysteries on The History Channel.
Hosted and narrated by Laurence Fishburne, the show delves into a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding them. Recent episodes featured the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping, the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa and the Chicago Tylenol murders.
鈥淭hey like to have historians and professors participate in the discussions,鈥 Denton said. 鈥淭hey saw my background, the presentations and conferences I have been involved with and contacted me. After speaking on the phone, they decided to have me come out to the studio in L.A. for the taping.鈥
On Oct. 24, Denton traveled to California where the show鈥檚 producers interviewed him for an episode exploring the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. While in the studio, they also asked him to read dialogue and provide historical context regarding the 1930 disappearance of New York State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Crater.
鈥淚 did four and a half hours of interviews for the two shows,鈥 Denton said. 鈥淭he first half was devoted to the JFK assassination and the second was related to Judge Crater.鈥
Denton has spent 30 years researching Kennedy鈥檚 assassination. He has interviewed several people associated with the case and has reviewed hundreds of documents relating to both Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald. He has written numerous articles on the subject and in 2020 published a collection of his works, Essays on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Denton also has hosted and participated in several conferences exploring the events surrounding Kennedy鈥檚 death. Later this month, he will be a presenter at the annual JFK assassination conference in Dallas, Texas.
In his interview for History鈥檚 Greatest Mysteries, Denton shared insights and discoveries made during his extensive research.
鈥淚 had a chance to look at the show鈥檚 transcript and they presented different theories on the assassination including some I don鈥檛 agree with,鈥 he said. 鈥淭hey gave me the chance to share my ideas on the assassination. I also had an opportunity to comment on the theories and their validity or lack thereof.鈥
Among the theories Denton refutes is speculation that foreign governments actively participated in JFK鈥檚 killing.
鈥淭hey asked me to comment on the theory that Fidel Castro participated in the assassination plot in revenge for the potential plots made against him by Kennedy. I pushed back strongly on that. Documents show that Kennedy wasn鈥檛 aware of plans to kill Castro and didn鈥檛 order them. They also asked about Russian involvement, which I disagree with in light of the overtures that were being made toward peace in 1963, and the signing of a nuclear test ban treaty. A 1967 declassified document from an informant in the Kremlin reported that the Russians actually mourned Kennedy because they felt he was someone they could work with.鈥
Denton also sent the show鈥檚 producers two declassified documents which dispute Russian involvement in Kennedy鈥檚 death.
During the taping, Denton also discussed Oswald鈥檚 involvement. Research has led Denton and others to questions the Warren Commission鈥檚 findings that Oswald acted alone in Kennedy鈥檚 death.
鈥淓verything I have looked at suggests Oswald thought he was a low-level intelligence officer infiltrating a plot to assassinate Kennedy,鈥 Denton said. 鈥淗e certainly didn鈥檛 know he was going to be a patsy.鈥
According to Denton, 鈥淎 Secret Service agent, Abraham Bolden, is on record as saying there was another assassination plot against Kennedy in Chicago which failed due to information provided by an informant named Lee.鈥
In his interview, Denton also shared research which connects Oswald to Clay Shaw and Jack Ruby, who was arrested for Oswald鈥檚 murder.
鈥淎ccording to an agent, Ruby is reported to have said on the day of Kennedy鈥檚 death he was going to 鈥榳atch the fireworks,鈥 which indicates he had foreknowledge of the assassination,鈥 Denton added.
The History Channel plans to air the JFK episode in January or February 2023 with the Judge Crater segment to follow in March.