Episode 12 Zapruder Part 4 Published Apr 14, 2021

Episode 12 Zapruder Part 4 continues the story of the Zapruder film,  and how it evolved as a  central  piece of evidence and a controlling element  of the investigation.  A controlling element from the standpoint of attempting  to assess the problems with so much of the corroborating forensic and circumstantial evidence that were part of the assassination story from the very beginning.  As we have said in prior episodes, there was no eyewitness, or eyewitnesses,  that actually saw anyone pull the trigger that day in Dallas.  As a result, this case evolved very quickly into an analysis of the forensics and circumstances.  The  Zapruder film was the only film that captured the actual assassination itself, and it’s cinematic and photographic evidence becomes central to tying together much of the other ballistics information.

Episode 12 tells the amazing story of Abraham Zapruder’s  sale of the film to Life magazine and the  early stages of  Life’s ownership of the film including the publication of the iconic November 29, 1963  edition of Life.  That week, the magazine  included the first images that the world would see of the  assassination shooting sequence in a way that could only be depicted by the Zapruder film.    Complex cases without  an eyewitness that can actually identify the shooter, make the forensic and circumstantial evidence that much more important.  Ironically, problems abound with much of the evidence in this case  and the Zapruder film puts much of the evidence in the original story told by the authorities in doubt. Evidence that is complex, incomplete and sometimes conflicting, and evidence  that audiences find fascinating and perplexing  when they hear the details.