J.F.K. Conspiracy Theorist Betting $25,000

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by Kirk Hawkins, Photojournalist Terrance Walker

Story Created: Nov 21, 2012 at 10:12 PM EDT

Story Updated: Nov 21, 2012 at 11:34 PM EDT

Charlotte, N.C.--"Kennedy is Assassinated" read the Charlotte Observer headline, the day after the President's death. Just as focus turned to the "Man Accused in Gun Death," Lee Harvey Oswald.
"He was dead as soon as Kennedy was dead. It was just a question of when, how and who was going to do it," said Asheville Resident Barry Krusch.

We talked to Barry Krusch this afternoon via Skype. Krusch is the Asheville based author of "Impossible: The Case Against Lee Harvey Oswald." Krusch said if Oswald faced trial, he wouldn't have been found guilty. Krusch is offering 25-thousand-dollars to anyone he says can prove him wrong that he omitted evidence. "No one has come forward at all. I don't think anyone believes
Lee Harvey Oswald would have been found guilty," said Krusch.

A gunman fired on Kennedy's motorcade on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. The Warren Commission that investigated the President's death concluded that Oswald fired at Kennedy's motorcade and acted alone. But, Krusch believes key evidence was manufactured.

"When the President of the United States is assassinated, this is big. If the government is not going to investigate this crime honestly, then who is going to do it and can we really rely on that government? I think the answer is pretty clear we can't" Krusch said.

Krusch said there's an interesting North Carolina connection to the investigation. He said Oswald tried to make a phone call from jail to a man named John Hurt in Raleigh. Krusch said it addes to speculation that Oswald was associated with some sort of intelligence operation.

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