Interview · moment 15 of 20
George de Mohrenschildt and Bill O'Reilly's Fabrication
from Slumbering Herds of Cattle · #12
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3 minGuest
Talbot explains Oswald's CIA-linked babysitter George de Mohrenschildt, his mysterious death right as he began recanting his testimony against Oswald, and calls out Bill O'Reilly for fabricating in his book that he was on de Mohrenschildt's doorstep when he died.
- 46:38Tim describes George de Mohrenschildt as the CIA's babysitter for Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas—a Russian émigré who befriended the impoverished Marine.
- 47:31De Mohrenschildt later realized he was used by the CIA to set up Oswald, and testified before the Warren Commission that Oswald was broke and envious of Kennedy's wealth.
- 48:14De Mohrenschildt later recanted his motive theory, saying he'd told Oswald positive things about Kennedy and came to believe Oswald was a patsy.
- 48:40As de Mohrenschildt began writing his memoir absolving Oswald, he was found dead in his home from a gunshot wound.
- 49:14Bill O'Reilly fabricated being on de Mohrenschildt's doorstep hearing the shotgun blast in his book Killing Kennedy, when he was actually in Texas elsewhere at the time.
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