Strange Relics of the Man Who Shot LEE HARVEY OSWALD!!! | American Artifact Episode 54

The assassination of JFK has and will probably always be the stuff of mystery. Part of the reason that many questions will forever go unanswered is because of man named Jack Ruby, who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald as he was being transported by police. In this episode, we're taking a look at some of the artifacts of Jack Ruby on display at The Gettysburg Museum of History.
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[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@zz424]

Who cares about a bunch of worthless Jack Ruby crab

[@alisonhilll4317]

His name was Jacob Rubinstein why does history never mention that Kennedy was about to take back the federal reserve from international zionist bankers and wouldn't give israel nukes after he was murdered they got both and a patsy .

[@cyndiebill6631]

I saw him shoot Oswald on tv. It’s was crazy. I can remember my Dad saying “I can’t believe that guy just went up and just shot him.” I think the shock of it brought a lot of people to the realization that we weren’t living in the age of Camelot anymore. What we once had was gone. You and Eric doing an amazing job bringing all of this to us. Thank you!👍😊

[@BigLisaFan]

I remember that. History made on your TV.

[@gregorykayne6054]

I was nine. We had just walked in from church. Detective Leavelle, cuffed to Oswald, shouted "Jack! You son of a bitch!" Ruby was a well known eccentric in Dallas.

[@bobgrewe988]

Remember it well like it was yesterday. Watching it live and wow! I was only 7 and it is still vivid in my mind and will be til I die. From Massachusetts it 2as awful hard on us as my grandfather worked his campaign and we were all “seemed like a part of JFK’s family. We also knew someone from our little town who worked in his “press team” in his administration.

[@trinaroe5132]

I was eight and like the others watched it live and remember like it was yesterday.

[@jamesdoherty6558]

@@trinaroe5132 no blood , when he got shot, in the basement, as one reporter said- strange, makes some people think, it was a set-up, show for tv/general public

[@jeremydoober]

I could spend hours and days listening to Eric tell me about every single piece he has. Love that guys knowledge. It’s so interesting to me

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Much to see in that place.

[@chairlesnicol672]

​@@TheHistoryUnderground I'm surprised the illustrator never had those special white gloves on his hands! Lol

[@jeffe9842]

Every time you show an episode from the Gettysburg Museum of History, JD, I am more and more impressed and intrigued by it and by what Erik has done with all of the items he has collected.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

It really is amazing to see everything that he has collected there and displays at no charge to the public.

[@alanconnors8881]

Ruby complicating the investigation is grossly understated considering his connections and why he shot Oswald. I gave up trying to even slightly unravelling it all in my head years ago. Cool artifacts as always. Thanks Eric.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@colinsmith9208]

Nothing to unravel. Oswald shot Kennedy, acted alone. Three shots. Period. Stop. Ruby shot Oswald. Spur of the moment. Period. Stop.

[@Lisa-uf7wv]

Oswald didn’t have time to shoot Kennedy nor did he shoot Officer Tippet. Read the documents that have been released of initial eye witness that were released earlier this year and three years ago. Initial statements were later changed to fit the narrative the government wanted. I was surprised myself.

[@alanconnors8881]

@@RichardM333First time I've heard that. But, who really knows? (We know who really knows) I guess that's what I'm saying. I believe Ruby was involved some how. He was connected to people who would kill him if he didn't keep Oswald quiet. There are WAY to many scenarios and THAT could be intentional. Hopefully we get a deathbed confession. Time is running out. Why did they never remove the bullet from Gov Connally's hand? Who knows? Not me.

[@stddisclaimer8020]

@twitteriscancer5403 You never understood Oswald's pasty remark, which concerned *_only_* his being an easy person to accuse for having "lived in the Soviet Union." No proof at all that Ruby "was a mobster," and certainly not a 'patsy.' No one yet has claimed anything so absurd. Congrats.

[@cynthiacronin2794]

My two brothers and me saw Jack Ruby shot Oswald on live TV... Big old console black and white set. We could not believe what we just saw. It was surreal. Like a movie.. but this was real life.. Still remember how stunned we were. Just kids then, but we knew it was reality. *shoot** By the way I still have that TV in the basement. Does not work but I can't make myself get rid of it. My whole family watched some great TV back then. Only had one set for five people... but we did it. No fights over what to watch.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Wow!

[@matthew-jy5jp]

It's kind of like watching the Insurrection at our capital. And I would also compare it to 9/11. President Kennedy's death changed the world and because Lee Harvey Oswald was shot the way he was so many conspiracies of rose up from it. And those conspiracy theories about Oswald and Ruby are an Injustice to President Kennedy's death. And we should all remember President Kennedy's words " civility is not a sign of weakness and sincerity is always subject to proof "

[@jonathanperry8331]

Did you know that Jack Ruby managed a club owned by Joe trafficante who ran the mafia in Cuba and went broke because JFK cut off ties with them. There was one guy that was working for the FBI as an informant did they put in the cell with him and apparently he did confessed to putting a hit but it was hearsay and the prisoner refused to be wired so the prosecutors stopped investigating the case. One more thing Kennedy's dad paid Joe trafficante to help getting him elected in Chicago. When Kennedy became president and started war with the mob he felt slighted.

[@Chiller01]

Yes I saw that too. Maybe his actions were just spur of the moment but the complexities and mismanagement around Kennedy’s assassination just lend themselves to conspiracy theories. At least then we needed real events and unusual circumstances to spawn a conspiracy. Now you just need to tell people that evil pedophiles drink babies’ blood in the basement of a pizzeria and away we go.

[@effeojnedib7208]

No fighting over what to watch on TV, because there was channel's 4,5,8 and 11. lol

[@SoCal780]

The fact that’s the ACTUAL casing from the bullet that killed Oswald is amazing in itself. I also noticed what looked like morgue photos of Oswald lying on a slab, but nothing about them was mentioned. I’d be interested to hear about how they got those as well.

[@seerstone8982]

I recall the the owner of the 38 would fire bullet's through the revolver, and offer the casings for sell.

[@habanos2000]

@@seerstone8982 Ah, that's interesting! And very believable.

[@TheRagratus]

@@seerstone8982 BUT being that this one was received from the Dallas DA gives it cred.

[@tony6261]

Legally what LBJ did by releasing evidence was ensure that no criminal charges could be brought to the real assassins'

[@apointofinterest8574]

@@tony6261 The "real assassins"? No names, no identified weapons, no bullet or bullet fragments therefrom? No evidence after 59 years tells us what we knew all along; 'Twas Oswald-alone.

[@drmarkintexas-400]

Thank you for sharing My grandfather worked for the Cotton Belt Railroad. When in Dallas, if their schedule permitted, some of the crew would go to the Carousel Club. Jack loved trains, too. He was gracious to them and well liked and appreciated. 🇺🇲🤗🙏

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Interesting!

[@elizajayne2888]

Your grandfather knew judy garland too .

[@raytycker1656]

@@elizajayne2888 how did you know that?

[@garyrosson4818]

Ruby was a friend of my father. He got my dad a job in Chicago and that's why dad migrated from Texas to Illinois. I remember my parents shock when they found out Ruby shot Oswald.

[@galghaidhil]

Nearly 50 years ago, a good friend was married to Jim Lavelle’s daughter (the detective in the white Stetson, who’s handcuffed to Oswald in the famous photo) and I was fortunate enough to spend a nice afternoon / evening with Mr. Lavelle at a party his daughter and my friend were having. He was a truly delightful man who was cut from old school Texas lawman cloth. We talked about the shooting and he told me, with a laugh, that over the years he’d sold those handcuffs many times. Quite the kidder. I don’t know what happened to the actual pair, except that at that time Detective Lavelle said they were locked up in a very safe place.

[@Mrblindjj]

I met Jim several times. I was a Garland Police Officer for 27 years. Jim would eat at a restaurant in Garland named The GoldMine which we cops frequented. It was always good to see and talk to him and swap cop stories. Very nice man. RIP Jim.

[@mikeflanagan6521]

I guy I used to know had a Smith and Wesson model 10 revolver that was supposedly owned by Lavelle. Had a DPD property card showing it as his. No idea if it was legit or not. It all looked legit, but who knows.

[@darlyswynn5594]

Very cool!

[@Mrblindjj]

My neighbor for years was the Dallas Asst. D.A. who prosecuted Ruby. ( Bill Alexander.) He would tell me stories. He showed me a letter that Ruby wrote him. Ruby hated his lawyers and wanted Bill to quit the DA's office and be his defense attorney. Bill of couese did not quit. It was incredible to hold such a magnificent piece of history in my hands. Sadly, Bill died several years ago. He was a good man, a great lawyer and a good friend.

[@lappin6482]

amazing history so accessible, well done guys 👍

[@stargazer4625]

Good stuff. Great channel. I've learned more from this channel than I did in school.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@fredv7487]

Great video as always JD. Thanks for the info. Always amazing how much untold history is out there. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@karenziglar9306]

Thank you for sharing!!! I love this video! Great job!

[@ynotcougar]

Interesting Side Note "Butter Cup", Had a Sister Who also was a Dancer. Her Name WAS Butter Head. Every Thing Looked Good on Her Butter Head...........

[@sanctifiedandsaved5298]

I think Ruby in some ways is overlooked in understanding the Kennedy Assassination -fascinating figure - thanks for sharing these artifacts

[@skyliner6193]

Love your videos JD! keep it up!

[@SueProv]

Very interesting video. So many unanswered questions.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks. Definitely a lot more questions that answers.

[@flouisbailey]

Great work as always. More please.

[@BlueMoonShelly]

Wonderful and very interesting presentation!

[@chriss506]

Terrific video as always- Thank you. Anyone visiting Gettysburg with even a passing interest in history should visit The Gettysburg Museum of History. Such an amazing, eclectic collection of artifacts.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

100% agree.

[@gregkrueger331]

Theres an automotive museum near me (historic auto attractions), they have the ambulance that oswald was taken to the hospital after being shot. But with that, they have a BUNCH of Kennedy assassination relics. They have some of the coolest collections.

[@jimstand]

Where is the museum? I don't know where "near me" is.

[@gregkrueger331]

@@jimstand lol yeah I guess it would’ve helped to add that info. It’s called “Historic Auto Attractions” in Roscoe, IL. It really is a great place and they have some amazing artifacts and displays.

[@bd94s10]

Love this Channel. Big JFK fan and I read a lot about the assassination. I have a Lincoln Addict brand/podcast and I told a few people to checkout your Channel. Keep up the great work.

[@curtvona4891]

Great video, JD. The curator is a very good speaker. Very interesting.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Definitely an interesting and knowledgeable dude.

[@curtvona4891]

@@TheHistoryUnderground Indeed

[@benkrom2737]

I saw the shooting on TV, crazy times. I remember my dad talking about the sacrificial lamb. I asked him what he meant and he said Jack Ruby was dieing from cancer and how much time in jail could they give him and he'd get free care 🤔

[@jetpetty1613]

Interesting video! As per usual! 😊

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@terryeustice5399]

Some interesting artifacts from Jack Ruby. Thank you for sharing!

[@kathleendaugherty4218]

I was 10 years old when this was happening. I remember seeing this and my mother screaming that Oswald was shot and what we were seeing was real. It is amazing that all of the United States witnessed his murder.

[@davidburns8129]

I was also 10 yrs old home from school sick watching TV when Kennedy was shot at a friend's when Ruby shot Kennedy saw that live the adults couldn't believe what they were seeing

[@budholloway9868]

I was 15 at the time. Still want to know what happened?

[@Jenjane55]

Another great video. Excellent channel.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@jetsons101]

That was a dark time in American history but, in my opinion, somewhat pails with what's going on in America today. Thanks to JD and Erik for another fine watch.....

[@josephciolino2865]

To echo your sentiments... what is happening today (the free-fall collapse of Western Civilization) began on that day in Dallas.

[@jetsons101]

@@josephciolino2865 I also think it started when the "Globalist" worked their way into our society and doing their best to take our freedoms and liberties.

[@josephciolino2865]

@@jetsons101 Precisely. And this is when that started. Remember Eisenhower's warning from his farewell address.

[@jameshayden3952]

Rogue CIA

[@jetsons101]

@@jameshayden3952 Rouge CIA, FBI, democrats, fake news and hollywood.

[@Dellboy56]

Jack Ruby certainly complicated the story, so many questions were left unanswered! Fascinating, thanks 👍

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

A shame that Oswald didn't go to trial.

[@Dellboy56]

@@TheHistoryUnderground Yes, a shame he didn't face trial, that's one of the many unanswered questions: Was he guilty?!

[@elizajayne2888]

Ruby is like chapter 3 ..

[@steveoconnor7069]

A rumor that I've read somewhere, can't remember exactly, is that Ruby knew he had terminal cancer when he killed Oswald and the mob put him up to the shooting. (far-fetched I know) I was 6 years old the day of JFK's assassination and going to Catholic grade school. The nuns who were our teachers had the sense to know this was history in the making and had everyone packed into a single classroom with a tv and we watched the coverage after the initial shooting. The sight of the Sisters crying scared me because in my 6 year old mind these ladies had a direct pipeline to Jesus.

[@astaboy]

Great presentation. The JFK assassination and the stories that surround it has held my fascination since I was a kid. And yes-though I was only 5 years old at the time-I remember where I was and what I was doing the moment my mom told me what had happened.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Pretty wild story with more questions than answers.

[@mcvet57103]

My exact thoughts. I was 7 when it happened, and remember them sending us home from school.

[@suzannemckenzie2873]

Me too. I was nine. We were sent home early and when I got home my mom was crying. The first time I’d ever seen her cry. She told me what had happened. Such a sad time

[@stephencope7178]

I was 13 and had cycled with my dad to see his folks. It came on the t.v. here as a 'newsflash' at around 7.00 p.m. our time in the u.k. it has always interested me, but I don't think that we'll ever find out exactly what happened. 🤔

[@donnaoglesby1278]

I remember watching the assassination on television in 1964. I was home sick form school, and was in the rec room of the home I was raised in, and the news came on and showed it all. I was only 7 at the time.

[@barrywalker8790]

That was an amazing look at some of the museum artifacts on one aspect of the JFK assassination to anyone interested in history this place is an Aladdin's cave the thing about this channel is you can always learn something new, like the fact that all the items connected to the case have been scattered to the wind, in the UK we have the Black Museum at Scotland Yard full of things to do with crime but never know a murder weapon to be returned the next of kin, that's different keep up the good work guy's 👍👍

[@wesmcgee1648]

I was 5 that year. As soon as the news broke about JFK, my mom sat me down in front of the tv and said I was going to watch history. I watched it all. Saw Ruby shoot Oswald live. Watched the president's funeral live that Monday.

[@sandrasanders706]

Same here. I was told to never forget it..and I havent...

[@timmckeown1313]

Me too. I will never forget the beating of the drums and the clip-clop of the hooves of the riderless horse. Seared into my memory.

[@provost5752]

I'm hoping to make it up to Gettysburg next year and I plan on visiting this museum thanks to this channel. I know its free but I'm leaving this guy a nice tip. He obviously has worked hard on this place.

[@helenabiesma5560]

so interesting - love it - learned more about it - thanks

[@camdodge9891]

Wow great video keep it up JD and I could listen to Eric all day and love your videos JD

[@zacheryrobertson9811]

You make some amazing videos

[@NOC1TIME]

Been to Gettysburg several times over the years. As a living historian. Never knew these items were housed here. I am also a student of post WWll. Government and intelligence. Been to Dallas several times. Thanks guys. Will look you up next time around.

[@barrysmith3190]

Great presentation! Amazing artifacts. November 22, 1963 - the day America died.

[@darlyswynn5594]

Again, just WOW! I must go to Gettysburg…that Museum seems amazing! I am a huge, HUGE, history buff, and have always been fascinated with the following, in this order…JFK’s assasination, and subsequent killing of Oswald, Nazi Germany, and The Civil War. I believe that photo showing Oswald getting shot, is the one that the photographer won the Pulitzer Prize for, just happening to click that day in the Dallas police basement. I had never heard that Johnson signed an order allowing all of the Warren Commission’s exhibits to be returned back to family!!! Scattering the evidence in the wind! WOW!!! It is no wonder conspiracy theories abound!!! Another great video!

[@JW-sy2yt]

saw a glimpse of the Oswald autopsy photos in the shot with the Ruby drawing.

[@Wreckdiver59]

That bullet casing 🤯 The extent of the collection there is amazing.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Pretty wild.

[@AmericanPatriot-bp7cu]

Great topic.

[@KairuDeLarge]

Towards the end of the video when Erik is talking about the geometric drawings, there are some photos on the left. Are those post mortem photos of Oswald? I've never seen those before, if so.

[@joannamcpeak7531]

I wish that I lived close to this museum. So filled with interesting items.

[@bobschenkel7921]

As has been said, guns don't kill people, bullets kill people. So, for you to have the shell casing of the fatal bullet in this historic murder is quite amazing. I think it is even more important than the gun, because this item did the actual damage to Mr. Oswald. I was five years old when this happened, and I watched the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald live on TV, along with a large percentage of the US population. Like you, I wish Oswald had stood trial, so we could get the real answers to ALL the questions about this tragedy. Keep on keeping on my man.

[@stevenmcghee6649]

That's possibly why 'they' couldn't let LHO live long enough to stand trial

[@sonofhawaii4227]

I’ve been in a JFK assassination rabbit hole lately. I’m so excited now that my favorite KZbin guy is down here with me! Another great video brother! Aloha 🤙🏼

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@lesterdiamond6190]

watch the fifty reasons for fifty years series, and also look into the two oswalds.

[@Kae6502]

Wow. Fascinating!

[@MrEaglesfan40]

Great video

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@tuner1972]

It would have been nice to have had the closure of trial

[@joemabry9643]

Pretty amazing indeed. Thank you.

[@mkii1964]

Some incredible things for sure! The shell casing and the blood stained leather seat material, wow!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Pretty wild.

[@thatwaseasy4065]

The real truth of that episode in time would make you question everything you think you know

[@frankpesco7723]

What about the photo taken in the early 1950's of Prescott Bush putting a hat on a young Richard Nixon with Jack Rubenstein standing next to Nixon. A picture is worth a thousand words!

[@rudymontana4515]

More like a million words. LBJ sent Ruby to Bush as a favor to work for Nixon.

[@frankpesco7723]

@@rudymontana4515 Copy that!

[@frankpesco7723]

@@rudymontana4515 In what way did he work for Nixon.

[@frankpesco7723]

Nixon just got out of the Navy where he was a lawyer, he worked on operation paperclip bringing in Nazi's to the U.S., Ruby was connected to Israel and Mossad. Strange bedfellows indeed.

[@jefferyfowler7860]

Great video JD. Very dark time in our history.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Very much so.

[@elizajayne2888]

Maybe you shouldn’t allow media’s to rule you ..

[@benitagrattan193]

@@elizajayne2888 what does this even mean?

[@jefferyfowler7860]

@@elizajayne2888 I don't know what your problem is with me but I'll make very clear I'm not ruled by anyone.

[@jefferyfowler7860]

@@elizajayne2888 I feel losing our president was a very dark time in our history. JD works hard to make these video's and I feel my comment was respectful.

[@TheRagratus]

I'm thinking the pictures to the lower left on the display case may cause some issues on KZbin JD.

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Excellent video very interesting I was so young when Kennedy was killed. I was 5 in kindergarten. I only have tiny fragments of memories. Maybe that's why the entire assassination story fascinates me.

[@georgeadcock2347]

I know the man who owned the Jack Ruby revolver for a number of years but he sold it. When Oswald was shot it clipped his superior mesenteric artery off his aorta. One would hemorrhage to death very quickly with that injury. I'm a vascular surgeon and that can be difficult to quickly control the bleeding and then repair the injury...

[@wizardofahhhs759]

Jack Ruby used a COLT Cobra, an expensive pistol in it's day and highly collectible today.

[@tieroneactual2228]

This brings to mind the first “Sniper” movie with Tom Berringer. After his character was captured by the rouge forces, the guy that was trying to interrogate him asked him what his name was, & Berringer replied “ Lee Harvey Oswald.” Originally the script was for him to have answered “ James Earl Ray”, but they ended up changing it because that would’ve caused some folks to be upset big time.

[@randyharris3175]

The pistol that Ruby used to shoot Oswald was actually bought for Ruby by a polce officer so he could save money on the taxes.

[@mr.tall-man1573]

And I see reading up on it that it was sold by his brother to pay Jack's taxes. Ironic!

[@kathrynleaser5093]

Respectfully I gently correct that the firearm is called a revolver . Numerous differences in said firearm that are important to any scholar studying this subject.

[@randyharris3175]

@@kathrynleaser5093 Pistol. Revolver you get the point. It damn sure wasn't an automatic.

[@kathrynleaser5093]

If you sir are damn sure it wasn't an automatic then why reference it as a pistol.?

[@randyharris3175]

@@kathrynleaser5093 Because any idiot knows it was a revolver don't ever test my knowlege on this case (NOVICE)

[@darkoflight4938]

Oh, how interesting that President Johnson signed the order to Warren commission to return stuff to their rightful owners! I learn new stuff all the time watching your videos, great job sir!!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Yeah, I found that interesting as well.

[@steveoconnor7069]

@@TheHistoryUnderground Almost as if one wanted all the evidence to be lost to time? Maybe, who knows?

[@ericbrumley9026]

He might want to check his facts on that. I've found information that contradicts what he says. LBJ nor the Warren Commission would have the authority to release evidence like that. I would think either the Secret Service, FBI or DOJ would have to do that. "After Ruby died his lawyer, Jules Mayer, and his brother Earl Ruby began a 24-year legal battle over ownership of the weapon. Mayer put it in a white cloth bag and stashed it in a $20-a-year safe deposit box in a branch of the Texas Commerce Bank in Dallas. He would occasionally show it off to reporters and others. It still wore the evidence tag, along with a second tag from a court reporter naming it “Stx 6” - “State’s Exhibit No. 6.” Finally, in August 1991, a Texas judge ruled the Ruby family was the rightful owner. Earl Ruby, owner of a Detroit coin-operated laundry, promptly sent it to the auction house. He owed $70,000 in lawyers’ fees. He was also in debt to the Internal Revenue Service for $86,000." lasvegassun.com/news/2008/mar/11/jack-ruby-las-vegas-guns-trajectory/ apnews.com/article/c5bc4667fa920d169cd246a913701305

[@ann1260]

LBJ was not a good man. I’m reading a book right now “We were Soldiers once ... and Young” about the Vietnam War - LBJ (in 1965, where the book begins) sent our boys over there to die. It outrages me to my core and I was not even 5 years old then!

[@ericbrumley9026]

@@ann1260 LBJ is high on my list of disliked politicians of all time. He was a perverted racist. There are stories from his inner circle of his infidelities as well as him purposefully walking around AF1 naked in front of staffers. He is also reported to have stated that his Great Society legislation would "have N*****rs voting democrat for generations". He had very few redeeming qualities as a politician or as a man.

[@davidhorn851]

Those Oswald autopsy photos just sitting there distracting me.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Ha!

[@1psychofan]

Very interesting

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

I thought so too. He was kind of a sleazy dude.

[@1psychofan]

@@TheHistoryUnderground indeed!!! But it’s still history, we can learn from it. Interesting about his art~I didn’t know that. My mom has always called him a “playboy”…she’s not far off it seems

[@gordonhaire9206]

I heard it live on radio in the galley of the tow boat Collette Malloy on the Intracoastal Waterway near Galveston Island. I was hired as a deckhand and relief cook Nov. 22 over the telephone about 2 hours after the assassination.

[@phil6506]

Oswald is repeatedly referred to as the assassin. Well thanks to Jack Ruby we will never know will we? Oswald had to be stopped from getting to trial or the truth might have got out, and there were high profile people who would have been implicated. Not the least Johnson.

[@mcvet57103]

Who's photos are those next to Jack Ruby's drawing towards the end (10:23) of this video? Are they death photos of Oswald?

[@Le_Mouton_Noir]

Jack Ruby sound like an Italian Mafiosi, Jacob Rubinstein change everything 🤣

[@emsleywyatt3400]

I met Ruby's brother once, he used to man a booth at a local flea market.

[@ldg2655]

Jack’s brother certainly seems to have had no trouble capitalizing financially on his brother’s infamy and subsequent legal repercussions..

[@ann1260]

From the many books I’ve read about Oswald’s military records, he was a terrible shot with a Capital T - like a cross-eyed, blindfolded man. Maybe he just had a glitch that day and had a crack shot moment, but I find it unlikely.

[@johncadogan9450]

Jack Ruby was a fall guy for the FBI. Lee Harvey Oswald did not die from the bullit that Ruby shot at him, he was murdered after the shot to make sure he did not talk.Ruby's family were very well taken care of after his death of known cancer. What L.B.J wanted L.B.J got.

[@phantomtitan9792]

Vary interesting

[@lavettamoff7883]

I was12 at the time,but I remember seeing this on TV at the time with my family.

[@ldg1030]

Jack Ruby is buried 85 feet away my dad at Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge, IL

[@philthefriendlyfrog]

I think if there was an oswald trial it would of been a circus and we never would of heard the truth anyways

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Too bad that we'll never know.

[@meetontheledge1380]

Ruby's real name was Rubenstein. ''He shortened it for whatever reason''.

[@RothBridge]

Can't believe that is the shell casing of the shot that killed Oswald... 😳

[@71jolanc]

I was just watching a video about the assassination and one of the speakers said that the gun that Ruby shot Oswald with was actually sold to him by a Dallas police officer 6 months or so before the murder. That was the first time I had heard that information so I'm not sure if it is true or not.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Interesting. Never heard that.

[@davidschumaker8107]

I watched a video last night where they were interviewing some old Dallas police officers. One of them made that exact comment and it kind of seemed like he had just let the cat out of the bag! Possibly the same video that you had watched!

[@playbluesman1]

Good content, it’s time to release the entire Warren Report, so we can all know what the FBI has on file.

[@jfussell51]

that shell would be so cool to have

[@jeanward1198]

I remember watching the shooting of Oswald on live TV. Shocking for a 15 year old girl.

[@thEannoyingE]

You should try and get Oswald’s revolver.

[@michaeldouglas1243]

I would love to read all those classified files and maybe learn the truth to this assassination

[@gordonhaire9206]

That's one of LeRoy Neiman's Playboy Femlins on Ruby's business card.

[@daviddowns7552]

i read in book. high treason ruby was on 30 capsules of dexedrine before the oswalt killing.

[@Unknown17]

Who was the greater villain, Oswald or Ruby? There's no telling what could have been discovered about the assassination had Oswald not been shot. But once Ruby silenced him, we all knew what a blow this was to the investigation.

[@historyiwitness5915]

Doubtful the Ruby gun was ever offered to them. The gun was auctioned at Caesar's Palace and didn't sell. We had the top offer at $750k (on behalf of a major museum) and the owner didn't budge, even after the sale. But he offered it to a roadside attraction?

[@portugal5698]

Lmfaoo Ruby was Carlos Marcello and Santo Trafficante’s bagman, tasked w/ housekeeping for the hit-team and then making sure Oswald never made it out of Dealey alive. When Oswald’s intelligence skills got him out of there immediately, away from Ruby and Roscoe White, Ruby had no choice but to do the dirty deed on live tv, once Oswald was captured already.

[@steveherron9978]

Ruby shooting Oswald might have been the birth of the 20th-century conspiracy movement.

[@DavyOneness]

Looked like MK-Ultra LSD art if you ask me, he also fits the Sabbataen/Frankist cult

[@pigybak]

I want to know what Erik’s theory is on the assassination.

[@catherinekersey]

Makes me want to know more about Jack Ruby!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Me too!

[@allandavis8201]

Personally I don’t think LHO assassinated JFK, I think Jack Rubinstein shot LHO to silence him for some unknown reasons, I don’t know who really assassinated JFK but, like millions of others would like to know. Another excellent episode JD and Erik, thanks for sharing it with us all. A truly fascinating collection of artefacts that are linked to probably the most historic acts of assassination’s the world has ever seen. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸🇺🇦

[@2pugman]

They had to silence LHO, forever. BTW: The last shot came from the front !

[@allandavis8201]

@@2pugman I have seen a few documentaries about the shooting and in particular the theory that the last shot came from the front, and in my opinion it did, just the way JFKs head snapped backwards. I agree that LHO had to be silenced, he might have been silenced just because he might have been proven to be innocent of any wrongdoing (I doubt it) but more likely is that he knew to much about the real conspiracists, but again I don’t think we will ever know the truth, maybe Ruby did just act on impulse but I don’t buy that, and I can’t think of an alternative reason except for him being paid to do it, but that doesn’t really add up either, how would he have been able to spend the money, there are so many variables that it is a complete mind boggling event.

[@beachbum6741]

@@allandavis8201 back and to the left back and to the left

[@allandavis8201]

@@beachbum6741 sorry, I am not sure what you mean, please explain, thanks.

[@stddisclaimer8020]

@@allandavis8201 Anyone who views the Z-film *_frame by frame_* can see that between frame nos. 312 -313, the president's head snaps initially *_forward_* (2-3 inches) at the moment the fatal bullet made impact-just before it moves backward, in a neuro-muscular spasm. Thus, the initial movement forward is clear evidence (among much other evidence) of a shot from behind..

[@anitatucker8812]

Thanks J.D. Eric mentioned people were glad Rubye killed Oswald. I can remember a lot of people were heartbroken and glad at the fact he killed Oswald. He was viewed by some as a hero.

[@Tuscarora21]

It's very interesting that the person who talked to Ruby in prison after shooting Oswald was the head of MK ultra

[@benitagrattan193]

JD could you give your personal opinion on Jack? Meaning do you think he was paid to shut Oswald up...

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Hard to say.