Disturbing History - DH Ep:24 The Inheritance: JFK Assassination Truth

Episode Date: July 11, 2025

On this episode of Disturbing History, we dive deep into one of the most extraordinary and suppressed stories connected to the JFK assassination that you've probably never heard of. While millions of ...Americans can recite the basic facts of November 22, 1963, virtually none know the name Christopher Fulton or the incredible price he paid for possessing physical evidence that could have rewritten history.Christopher Fulton was a successful construction magnate living the Canadian dream when he acquired what seemed like a simple piece of Kennedy memorabilia—a gold Cartier watch that had belonged to President Kennedy. What he didn't know was that this timepiece had been torn from JFK's bloodied wrist at Parkland Hospital and contained microscopic traces of mercury that would serve as smoking-gun evidence of the real assassination plot. This wasn't just any vintage watch; it was the key to unlocking one of the most explosive coverups in American history. Through a complex chain of custody involving Kennedy's personal secretary Evelyn Lincoln and collector Robert L. White, Fulton found himself in possession of not just the watch, but secret Oval Office recordings, documents, and other physical evidence that Bobby Kennedy had deliberately kept from falling into government hands after his brother's murder. The materials painted a picture of conspiracy that reached the highest levels of government and revealed Kennedy's awareness of plots against his life in the days leading up to Dallas.When Fulton's research led to a secret meeting with JFK Jr., who had plans to acquire the evidence and finally expose his father's killers, the intelligence community struck back with devastating force. Fulton was labeled a threat to national security, placed on the FBI's most wanted list, and imprisoned for nearly a decade on sealed federal charges. His multimillion-dollar business empire was systematically dismantled, his family was destroyed, and his very existence was nearly erased from the historical record. We explore how the 1998 Guernsey's auction of Kennedy memorabilia became a battleground between the Kennedy family, federal authorities, and collectors, revealing the government's willingness to use legal pressure to reclaim assassination evidence. We examine the broader implications of Fulton's story and how it demonstrates that the Kennedy assassination conspiracy didn't end in Dallas in 1963, but continues to operate today, adapting its methods of suppression for each new generation.This episode reveals the chilling efficiency of a system designed to make inconvenient witnesses disappear from public consciousness while maintaining the illusion of open debate about the assassination.We ask the disturbing question: if they were willing to destroy Christopher Fulton so completely, how many other voices have been silenced? How many potential witnesses have been eliminated, discredited, or simply erased from history? While the sanitized version of the Kennedy assassination remains acceptable public discourse, the stories of those who got too close to the real truth have been systematically suppressed.Christopher Fulton's survival and willingness to tell his story represents a rare crack in the machine of institutional silence, offering us a glimpse into the true cost of challenging power in America. This is the story they never wanted you to know existed, and exactly why we do this show—because sometimes those who truly disturb history come closest to the truth.

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Starting point is 00:00:01 Some stories were never meant to be told. Others were buried on purpose. This podcast digs them all up. Disturbing history peels back the layers of the past to uncover the strange, the sinister, and the stories that were never supposed to survive. From shadowy presidential secrets to government experiments that sound more like fiction than fact,
Starting point is 00:00:23 this is history they hoped you'd forget. I'm Brian, investigator, author, and your guide through the dark corner. of our collective memory. Each week I'll narrate some of the most chilling and little-known tales from history that will make you question everything you thought you knew. And here's the twist.
Starting point is 00:00:42 Sometimes the history is disturbing to us. And sometimes, we have to disturb history itself, just to get to the truth. If you like your facts with the side of fear, if you're not afraid to pull at threads, others leave alone. You're in the right place. History isn't just written by the victors.
Starting point is 00:01:00 victors. Sometimes it's rewritten by the disturbed. The Gold Cartier watch sat innocuously in Christopher Fulton's hands, its weight deceptively modest for an object that would soon upend his entire existence. It was 1999, and the successful 34-year-old construction magnate had no idea that this seemingly simple purchase from an estate sale would transform him from a prosperous businessman living the Canadian dream into a federal prisoner hunted by the most powerful intelligence apparatus in the world. The watch had belonged to President John F. Kennedy. More specifically, it was the very timepiece torn from JFK's bloodied wrist at Parkland Hospital on November 22, 1963, a piece of evidence that should have been in government custody, but had instead traveled through a shadowy chain of custody
Starting point is 00:02:00 for over three decades. What Christopher didn't yet comprehend, was that this wasn't just any vintage timepiece. It was a key that would unlock one of the most explosive cover-ups in American history, and possessing it would make him enemy number one to forces that had kept Kennedy's true killers hidden for generations. As he held the watch, Christopher felt its peculiar weight, unaware that microscopic traces of mercury embedded in its surface, would later serve as smoking gun evidence of the real assassination plot. He couldn't have imagined that within much,
Starting point is 00:02:35 he would be sitting across from JFK Jr. himself, discussing plans to finally expose his father's killers. Nor could he have foreseen that his refusal to surrender this evidence would result in nearly a decade of imprisonment, torture, and a systematic government campaign to destroy every aspect of his life. Ever heard of Christopher Fulton? Probably not. And that's exactly how the most powerful forces in America want it. Christopher Fulton spent nearly a decade in federal prison. He lost his multi-million dollar construction empire, watched family members die while he was locked away on sealed federal charges, and saw his entire life systematically destroyed by government agencies that labeled him a threat to national security. His crime? He got caught up in a real-life
Starting point is 00:03:24 spy movie that surrounds the missing evidence from the JFK assassination, and those responsible for keeping it buried. While millions of Americans can recite the basic facts of November 20, 22nd, 1963. The shots in Dallas, the Zapruder film, the Warren Commission. Virtually none have heard of the man who nearly paid the ultimate price for simply having the physical evidence that could have rewritten history. This isn't the sanitized Kennedy assassination story you've been allowed to discuss for 60 years. This is the story they never wanted you to know existed. This is the story of what happens when an ordinary citizen stumbles upon extraordinary truth and what the guardians of that truth are willing to do to keep it buried forever.
Starting point is 00:04:09 The story begins not with Christopher Fulton, but with the devoted secretary's promise made in the aftermath of America's darkest hour. Evelyn Lincoln had served as President Kennedy's personal secretary, privy to the most classified conversations and trusted with the president's most sensitive affairs. When the shots rang out in Dele Plaza, she found herself the keeper of secrets that could reshape the understanding of American history. In the chaotic hours following the assassination, as Lyndon Johnson moved swiftly to consolidate power and the Warren Commission prepared to craft its official narrative,
Starting point is 00:04:45 Robert F. Kennedy made a fateful decision. The slain president's brother, serving as Attorney General, quietly gathered key pieces of physical evidence from the assassination, evidence that told a very different story than what the government would soon present to the American people. Bobby Kennedy understood the dangerous truth. His brother had been killed not by a lone communist sympathizer, but by a coordinated conspiracy involving elements of the very government John had led.
Starting point is 00:05:14 The evidence in Bobby's possession could expose this conspiracy, but it could also trigger a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, if released prematurely. The Cold War hung in a delicate balance, and the wrong revelation at the wrong time could spell doom for civilization itself. In 1965, Robert Kennedy made a clandestine arrangement with Evelyn Lincoln. As Lincoln would later document in a letter that would surface decades later, following President Kennedy's assassination,
Starting point is 00:05:43 the citizens of our great country were left deserving information, which they could not receive. In 1965, I took careful instruction from Robert Kennedy in regards to gathered and non-relinquished evidence in his custody in relation to the assassination of President Kennedy. As instructed, I can't. kept Robert Kennedy's intention secret to ensure the safety of the remaining Kennedy family. The arrangement was elegant in its simplicity. Lincoln would safeguard the most sensitive evidence,
Starting point is 00:06:13 keeping it secure until the time was right for disclosure. Among the items transferred to her safekeeping were JFK's secret Oval Office recordings, tapes that captured the president's private conversations in the days and weeks, leading up to his death. And most importantly, the gold Cardier watch that had been ripped from Kennedy's wrist as doctors desperately tried to save his life at Parkland Hospital. For nearly three decades, Lincoln faithfully guarded these secrets. She watched as the Warren Commission published its findings, as conspiracy theories proliferated, and as the truth remained buried beneath layers of official deception. She witnessed Bobby Kennedy's own assassination in 1968, eliminating the one person who could have authorized
Starting point is 00:06:57 the evidence's release. Still, she held fast to her promise, waiting for the right moment, the right person, to carry forward Bobby Kennedy's interrupted mission. That moment would come in the 1990s, as Lincoln aged and realized her time as Guardian was drawing to a close. But rather than turn the evidence over to government authorities, the very institutions she had been instructed to keep it from, She would set in motion a chain of events that would ultimately place this explosive material in the hands of an unsuspecting construction executive in Vancouver, Canada. Christopher Fulton's path to becoming the most wanted man in America began not with a simple inheritance, but through a complex web of auctions, legal battles, and clandestine transfers that stretched
Starting point is 00:07:44 from the 1990s into the new millennium. Born in 1965, just outside Washington, D.C., into a family with a family with a family with rich military history, Christopher had initially been on track for the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis before choosing a career in commercial construction. His discipline and natural leadership abilities had served him well in the cutthroat world of high-rise development, and by his early 30s, he had built a successful construction empire in Vancouver, British Columbia. The story of how Christopher came to possess the Kennedy assassination evidence begins with Robert L. White, a Catensville Maryland collector who had dedicated his life to assembling what would become the largest and most
Starting point is 00:08:27 comprehensive privately owned Kennedy Collection in existence. Robert L. White specialized in rare documents, historically significant items, and personal artifacts, devoting himself to the passionate assembly of what he called the Robert L. White Private Kennedy Collection, a truly unique and all-encompassing testimonial to JFK's personal and political history. Robert's lifetime course was set as a child's hobby, prompted by his father and a lassie television episode on collecting autographs. A youthful Robert White, already fascinated with history and autographs, decided to write to Evelyn Lincoln, John F. Kennedy's personal secretary, and requested a signature from the president. This initial contact with Lincoln would eventually evolve into a deeper
Starting point is 00:09:13 relationship that would prove crucial to preserving key assassination evidence. White's relationship with Evelyn Lincoln deepened over the years, as his sincerity and manner allowed him to seek out many of those who were part of the Kennedy administration and immerse himself in their stories. Many also sought Robert out because of his reputation, Kennedy dedication, and camaraderie which spread among insiders by word of mouth. In 1992, as Lincoln aged and realized her time as guardian of Bobby Kennedy's secrets, was drawing to a close. She bestowed upon white by way of gift, an important artifact worn by President Kennedy the day he was assassinated. But this important artifact, the Gold Cartier Watch,
Starting point is 00:09:58 was merely the most visible piece of a much larger collection of evidence that Lincoln had safeguarded for decades. By the mid-1990s, White found himself in possession of an extraordinary collection that included not just the watch, but also President Kennedy's secret oval office recordings, documents, and other physical evidence from the assassination. However, White was overwhelmed by the magnitude and danger of what he possessed. In March 1998, White made the fateful decision to consign a significant portion of his Kennedy
Starting point is 00:10:30 collection to Guernsey's auction house for public sale. An auction of artifacts and documents relating to the life and career of John F. Kennedy was scheduled by Guernsey's auction house for March 18th to 19th, 1998. The auction catalog revealed over 500 items covering all eras of Kennedy's life, but it was the provenance of many items that caught the attention of both the Kennedy family and federal authorities. When the auction catalog was released, staff from the National Archives and Records Administration began examining items offered in the auction against existing Kennedy Library holdings and holes in the library's collection. When it became
Starting point is 00:11:12 apparent that most of the items consigned by Mr. White to the auction had come to him from President Kennedy's secretary Evelyn Lincoln. The acting general counsel of the National Archives wrote to the President of Guernsey's on March 10th, requesting the return of materials which they had reason to believe belong to the United States. The situation became a legal and public relations nightmare when on March 15th, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. released a statement in which they questioned ownership of a number of the items in the auction, and also items which were in Mr. White's collection, but which had not been consigned to the auction. The auction had prompted fierce opposition from the Kennedys, who charged that Lincoln had
Starting point is 00:11:53 taken advantage of the family by saving numerous personal items without permission. This public attack on Lincoln's integrity would prove to be a source of great pain for White, who later said, I think it's terrible they had to characterize Mrs. Lincoln that way. I'll go to my grave defending that woman. Under intense pressure from both the Kennedy family and federal authorities, White was forced to negotiate settlements that would dramatically reduce what could be sold at auction. Discussions between Mr. White and his lawyers and National Archives lawyers and archivists and Department of Justice lawyers led to a settlement between the parties. The National Archives received for deposit in the Kennedy Library, the table President Kennedy used for signing documents in the Oval Office and 507 pages of original. documents. Additionally, White agreed to give Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg and John Kennedy, Jr.,
Starting point is 00:12:47 six other items from his vast collection of JFK artifacts that were not part of the auction, including a St. Christopher Medal that Kennedy is believed to have been carrying when he was shot, and a personal letter from Jacqueline Kennedy to Lincoln. However, the most significant items, including the Cartier watch that would eventually reach Christopher Fulton, were not part of these settlements. Kennedy attorney Nicole Seligman released a statement expressing dismay that items passed on by Lincoln to other collectors, including Kennedy's Cartier watch, were still set for auction. The auction itself proved to be a disappointment in many ways. Kennedy's 22-foot sloop was pulled from the auction after bidding topped off at $800,000, short of the $1 million
Starting point is 00:13:32 its consignor demanded. White's Tiffany desk calendar commemorating the Cuban Missile Crisis. a gift to Lincoln from the president, was also withdrawn after bidding fell short. However, some items did achieve remarkable prices, including the Hermes briefcase President Kennedy took to Dallas, which sold at Guernsey's auctions in 1998 for $700,000 plus commission. It was in the aftermath of this contentious 1998 auction that Christopher Fulton first encountered Robert White. And when White died of a heart attack at the age of 54, what remained of the collection was auctioned off separately, just what Robert Kennedy and Mrs. Lincoln didn't want. The tragedy of White's sudden death in 2003 meant that the careful preservation of the Kennedy
Starting point is 00:14:19 evidence that Lincoln and Bobby Kennedy had envisioned was now at risk. White's death created a crisis for the preservation of the remaining assassination evidence. The items that had not been surrendered to the government or the Kennedy family, including the crucial Cartier watch and the Secret Oval Office recordings, needed new protection. It was at this critical juncture that Christopher Fulton entered the picture. Through circumstances that Christopher describes in his memoir, he came into possession of the most sensitive items from the Lincoln Collection. White took a moment to find one box in particular, from which he unpacked a series of old dicta belts. President Kennedy made these recordings
Starting point is 00:15:02 in the Oval Office, he told Christopher. There are meetings, phone conversations, and dictations of his memoirs made in 62 and 63. Stay tuned for more disturbing history. We'll be back after these messages. Mrs. Lincoln set them aside so I inherited them. I haven't listened to them yet, but I've made one copy of them on cassettes. Some of the belts stretched and broke when I copied them. I don't think I can get all of the information off them a second time.
Starting point is 00:15:33 With that, he handed Christopher six cassettes, telling him they are the only copies in existence. When Christopher first examined the items he had acquired, he was struck by their apparent authenticity and historical significance. The Cartier watch was clearly genuine, a beautiful piece of craftsmanship that bore the subtle signs of having lived through extraordinary circumstances. But it was the accompanying documentation and recordings that truly captured his attention. Christopher was eager to sit down and listen to the dicta belt recordings Robert had given him. White told him that they hadn't been. been listened to in 30 years. And even then, only Evelyn Lincoln and Robert Kennedy had been privy to their content. Christopher, despite his business acumen, was not a conspiracy theorist
Starting point is 00:16:20 or a Kennedy assassination researcher. He was simply a successful businessman who found himself in possession of what appeared to be historically significant artifacts. His initial instinct was to approach the situation with the same methodical care he brought to his construction projects. He would research the items, verify their authenticity, and determine the most appropriate course of action. What he couldn't have known was that from the moment he took possession of Lincoln's inheritance, he had crossed an invisible line. The items in his possession weren't simply historical artifacts. They were active threats to a conspiracy that had successfully concealed itself for over three decades. The contentious 1998 auction had already demonstrated the government's willingness to use legal pressure
Starting point is 00:17:08 to reclaim Kennedy assassination evidence, and Christopher's possession of the most sensitive materials would soon make him a target for far more aggressive action. The forces behind the ongoing cover-up had been watching the Lincoln materials since White first tried to auction them, and they were about to take decisive action to ensure that the most damaging evidence
Starting point is 00:17:28 would never see the light of day. As Christopher began his research into the Lincoln materials, he made a discovery that would prove both startling and dangerous. The gold Cartier watch wasn't just a timepiece. It was a piece of evidence that contained microscopic traces of mercury embedded in its surface and internal mechanisms. This wasn't the result of normal wear or environmental exposure. The mercury traces were consistent with evidence that JFK had been shot with ammunition, that had been modified and loaded with mercury, for more accurate aiming.
Starting point is 00:18:02 The significance of this discovery cannot be overstated. Mercury-loaded bullets were not standard ammunition. They were specialized rounds that suggested a level of sophistication far beyond what a lone gunman like Lee Harvey Oswald would have possessed. The presence of mercury residue on Kennedy's personal effects provided physical proof that the assassination had involved professional-grade weapons and ammunition, fundamentally contradicting the Warren Commission's lone gunman theory. But the mercury traces told an even more sinister story,
Starting point is 00:18:35 Independent information that had been made public over a decade earlier indicated that President Kennedy was shot from the grassy knoll with a round that had been modified and loaded with mercury for more accurate aiming. The watch provided corroborating physical evidence for what researchers had long suspected. Kennedy had been killed by a professional assassin using specialized ammunition, not by the erratic shots of a disturbed individual. As Christopher delved deeper into the documentation that accompanied the watch, he began to understand why Bobby Kennedy had been so desperate to keep this evidence from
Starting point is 00:19:11 falling into the wrong hands. The materials painted a picture of a conspiracy that reached into the highest levels of government, involving not just the assassination itself, but an elaborate cover-up that had persisted for decades. The Secret Oval Office recordings were particularly revelatory. Christopher had possession of the closest physical evidence to President Kennedy's fatal headwounds and was the first person since Robert F. Kennedy to listen to JFK's secret Oval Office recordings. These recordings captured Kennedy's private conversations in the days and weeks, leading up to his death, including discussions about his plans to withdraw from Vietnam, his intention to break up the CIA,
Starting point is 00:19:53 and his growing conflicts with elements of the military industrial complex. Perhaps most explosive were the conversations that revealed Kennedy's awareness of plots against his life. The recording suggested that JFK knew he was in danger and had been taking precautions, but had been unable to prevent the conspiracy from ultimately succeeding. They also contained evidence of Kennedy's plans to replace Lyndon Johnson on the 1964 ticket, a decision that would have ended Johnson's political career and potentially exposed him to criminal prosecution for his various corrupt dealings. Christopher's research eventually led him to an encounter that would transform his understanding
Starting point is 00:20:32 of both the evidence he possessed and his own role in history. Through intermediaries who had learned of his possession of the Lincoln Materials, he was contacted by representatives of John F. Kennedy Jr. The president's son, now in his late 30s and establishing himself as a prominent magazine publisher and political figure, had long harbored suspicions about his father's death and had been quietly investigating the assassination for years. Christopher's secret promise to John F. Kennedy Jr., who had plans to acquire the evidence and expose the truth about JFK's death and their subsequent meeting, would prove to be a pivotal moment.
Starting point is 00:21:11 The meeting between Christopher and Kennedy Jr. was arranged with the utmost secrecy, taking place in a setting that would ensure privacy and security. Kennedy Jr. was immediately fascinated by the evidence Christopher had assembled. The combination of the physical artifacts, the documentary, evidence, and particularly the Oval Office recordings, provided a more complete picture of the assassination plot than any single researcher had previously possessed. Kennedy Jr. recognized that this material could finally provide the definitive proof, needed to expose his father's killers, and bring justice for a crime that had haunted the
Starting point is 00:21:47 nation for over three decades. The two men forged an alliance based on a shared commitment to truth and justice. Kennedy Jr. had the resources, connections, and public platform needed to ensure the evidence received proper attention, while Christopher had custody of the materials themselves. They developed a plan to carefully prepare the evidence for public release, ensuring that it would be presented in a way that maximized its impact while minimizing the risk of suppression or discrediting. Kennedy Jr. had plans to acquire the evidence and expose the truth about JFK's death, but he also understood the extreme dangers involved. The forces that had successfully sealed the truth for over 30 years, would not hesitate to eliminate anyone who threatened their
Starting point is 00:22:33 secret. Kennedy Jr. and Christopher both knew they were taking enormous personal risks, but they felt a moral obligation to the American people to reveal what really happened in Dallas. The plan they developed was methodical and comprehensive. They would first ensure the evidence was properly preserved and documented, creating multiple copies and securing them in various locations. They would then begin building a network of trusted journalists, researchers, and legal experts who could help verify the materials and prepare them for public disclosure. Finally, they would coordinate a simultaneous release through multiple channels, making it impossible for any single entity to suppress the information. But their plans would never come to fruition. The intelligence
Starting point is 00:23:19 agencies that had been monitoring Christopher since he first took possession of the Lincoln materials had also been tracking his communications and movements. The meeting with Kennedy Jr. triggered alarm bells at the highest levels of government, prompting immediate action to prevent the evidence from ever seeing the light of day. The response from the intelligence community was swift and devastating. Christopher Fulton was labeled a threat to U.S. national security, placed on the FBI's most wanted list, arrested, extradited, and interrogated without counsel. The charges brought against him were carefully crafted to avoid any mention of the Kennedy
Starting point is 00:23:56 assassination materials, instead focusing on trumped-up tax violations that provided a pretext for his detention and prosecution. Christopher was sent to federal prison for years under a sealed warrant and indictment. The use of sealed proceedings ensured that the real reasons for his prosecution would remain hidden from public view, while the focus on tax charges provided a cover story that would discourage media attention or public sympathy. The government's strategy was brutally effective by targeting Christopher on seemingly mundane financial charges. They avoided drawing attention to the explosive evidence he possessed, while simultaneously destroying
Starting point is 00:24:35 his credibility and his ability to publicize his findings. The sealed nature of the proceedings meant that Christopher couldn't even publicly defend himself without risking additional charges for violating court orders. But the government's action. went far beyond simple prosecution. Christopher was viciously prosecuted and federally incarcerated, facing brutal attacks while imprisoned, and being brought face to face with the nation's cruel penal system.
Starting point is 00:25:03 The conditions of his imprisonment were designed not just to punish, but to break him psychologically and physically, ensuring that he would either abandon his mission or be discredited as an unreliable witness. The systematic nature of the persecution extended to Christopher's family and associates. His business empire was dismantled through legal and regulatory attacks. His personal assets were frozen or confiscated, and those closest to him were threatened or intimidated. The message was clear. Anyone who came into contact with the Kennedy assassination
Starting point is 00:25:35 evidence would face total destruction. Christopher Fulton is the last survivor of the U.S. government's ongoing attempt to finalize the suppression of the unsecured evidence from JFK's The others who had been involved in the chain of custody, including Robert White and others who had helped transfer the materials, were either dead or had been successfully silenced through threats or prosecution. The timing of the government's action was particularly significant. Following Mrs. Lincoln's passing and the transfer of these materials to Mr. Fulton and his subsequent meeting with JFK Jr., who had plans to acquire the evidence and expose the truth about JFK's death, the U.S. government intervened and put Christopher Fulton right in the middle of the
Starting point is 00:26:20 Assassination Records Review Board's investigation under President Bill Clinton. The Assassination Records Review Board had been established in the early 1990s to oversee the release of classified documents related to the Kennedy assassination. However, the board's work was carefully controlled to ensure that truly damaging information remained classified. Christopher's possession of original physical evidence threatened to bypass this controlled disclosure process entirely, potentially exposing information that the board had been specifically tasked with keeping secret. Christopher's years in federal prison were a carefully orchestrated campaign
Starting point is 00:26:59 of psychological and physical torture, designed to break his will and force him to surrender the Kennedy assassination evidence. Christopher was sent to federal prison for years under a sealed warrant and indictment, spending over eight years of his life while being locked up surreptitiously in various federal penal facilities on trumped-up tax charges. The conditions Christopher faced in prison were deliberately harsh, going far beyond normal incarceration. He was frequently moved between facilities, preventing him from establishing relationships or support networks that might help him survive his ordeal. He was placed in solitary confinement for extended periods, subjected to harassment by guards and other inmates, and denied basic medical care and legal
Starting point is 00:27:45 representation. But the physical hardships were only part of the government's strategy. The psychological warfare was equally intense, designed to convince Christopher that resistance was futile, and that cooperation was his only path to survival. Prison officials made it clear that his treatment would improve dramatically if he simply agreed to turn over the Kennedy materials and cease his research into the assassination. Throughout his imprisonment, Christopher received indirect communications from government representatives, offering him various deals. If he would sign documents transferring ownership of the Lincoln materials to federal authorities and agree to a comprehensive non-disclosure agreement, his charges could be reduced or dismissed entirely. These offers were
Starting point is 00:28:30 always presented through intermediaries, fellow prisoners, lawyers, or prison officials, maintaining the government's plausible deniability while making the message unmistakably clear. Christopher's refusal to accept these deals resulted in increasingly harsh treatment. He was transferred to some of the most dangerous federal facilities in the country, where violence was endemic and survival required constant vigilance.
Starting point is 00:28:56 Christopher was fortunate to have survived this federal prison system, which seemed designed not to rehab inmates, but to break them. During his imprisonment, Christopher witnessed the full scope of the government's power to destroy individual lives while maintaining a facade of legal propriety. He saw how the federal justice system could be weaponized against political dissidents, how evidence could be manufactured or suppressed, and how the media could be manipulated to ignore or discredit inconvenient stories.
Starting point is 00:29:26 Perhaps most chillingly, Christopher learned that his case was not unique. He encountered other prisoners who had been targeted. targeted for political reasons, including individuals who had stumbled upon classified information, witnesses to government crimes, and researchers who had gotten too close to sensitive truths. The federal prison system, he realized, served as a repository for those who had become inconvenient to the national security state. During his imprisonment, Christopher had the opportunity to reflect on the full scope of what he had uncovered, and the forces arrayed against him. Stay tuned for more disturbing history. We'll be back after these messages.
Starting point is 00:30:03 The Kennedy assassination was not an isolated event, but rather a pivotal moment in a broader transformation of American government that continued to shape events decades later. The evidence Christopher possessed revealed that JFK and Robert Kennedy apparently intended to replace Lyndon Johnson as JFK's running mate in 1964, and had dirt on him that could have landed him in prison. Johnson was going to make sure that didn't happen. After the JFK assassination, Johnson set up the Warren Commission to cover up the truth about what happened. The evidence Christopher possessed revealed that Lyndon Johnson had been deeply involved in the assassination plot, motivated by his knowledge that the Kennedy brothers were planning to drop him from the 1964 ticket and potentially expose his corrupt dealings. Johnson's role in the conspiracy extended beyond mere knowledge or acquiescence.
Starting point is 00:31:01 He had been an active participant in planning. both the assassination and the subsequent cover-up. The Warren Commission, rather than being an independent investigation, had been carefully constructed to ensure that the truth would never emerge. Its members were selected specifically for their willingness to accept the predetermined conclusion of a lone gunman, and its investigation was limited in scope to avoid uncovering evidence that would implicate other conspirators. But the conspiracy extended far beyond Johnson and his immediate associates. Christopher's conversations with many people about the assassination,
Starting point is 00:31:37 including a prominent Soviet general in Moscow and a former Secret Service official, revealed that their accounts overlapped, including a focus on Johnson's role, both in the JFK and Robert Kennedy assassinations. The assassination had involved elements of the CIA, organized crime, anti-Castro-Cuban exiles, and corrupt businessmen who stood to benefit from Kennedy's death, and Johnson's ascension to power. The plot had been years in the making,
Starting point is 00:32:07 carefully coordinated to ensure that all participants had deniability while achieving their shared goal of eliminating a president who threatened their interests. The subsequent assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 had been carried out by the same network, motivated by Bobby's continued investigation into his brother's death and his potential to expose the conspiracy if he reached the presidency.
Starting point is 00:32:30 The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. just two months earlier had also been connected to this broader conspiracy, eliminating another leader who threatened the established order. Christopher's research and the information he gathered during his imprisonment revealed connections between the Kennedy assassination and later events that most Americans viewed as unrelated incidents, including largely hidden truths about the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, about the death of JFK Jr. about 9-11 and about America's deep state. The death of JFK Jr. in 1999, just months after his meeting with Christopher to discuss exposing the assassination evidence,
Starting point is 00:33:12 was not the accident it appeared to be. Kennedy Jr.'s airplane had been sabotaged by the same forces that had killed his father and uncle, eliminating the last Kennedy who had both the knowledge and the platform necessary to expose the truth. One of the most frustrating aspects of Christopher's ordeal was the systematic suppression of documentation related to his case. Though promised by President Donald Trump to be released, the files related to Mr. Fulton's experience remained sealed or missing. This suppression extended beyond the normal classification of sensitive materials to the complete erasure of records that might corroborate Christopher's account. The government's approach to Christopher's case demonstrated how effectively the national security, apparatus could make inconvenient individuals disappear from the official record.
Starting point is 00:34:02 Court documents were sealed, prison records were classified, and even basic biographical information about Christopher was scrubbed from public databases. To outside observers, it would appear that Christopher Fulton had simply vanished for nearly a decade, with no official explanation for his absence. This systematic erasure served multiple purposes. It prevented Christopher from proving his claims about his imprisonment and persecution, making it easier to dismiss his account as fantasy or delusion. It also protected the government officials who had orchestrated his prosecution from accountability,
Starting point is 00:34:38 since there would be no documentary evidence of their actions. Most importantly, it prevented researchers and journalists from corroborating Christopher's story and using it as a starting point for broader investigations. The suppression of Christopher's records was part of, of a broader pattern of concealment surrounding the Kennedy assassination. Despite the assassination records review boards mandate to release classified documents, the most secret material is still secret. The documents that have been released have been carefully curated to avoid exposing the most
Starting point is 00:35:10 damaging information, while the truly explosive materials remain locked away indefinitely. Philip Shinnon, the author of A Cruel and Shocking Act, said before the government's scheduled 2017 release of JFK documents. The question remains whether President Trump will open the library in full, every word in every document as the law requires. And my understanding is that he won't without infuriating people at the CIA and elsewhere, who are determined to keep at least some of the information secret, especially in documents created in the 1990s.
Starting point is 00:35:46 After the documents release, he said, the most secret material is still secret. The reference to documents created in the 1990s is particularly significant, as this period coincides with Christopher's acquisition of the Lincoln materials and his subsequent persecution. It suggests that the government created extensive documentation about the Christopher Fulton case and the threat he posed to the ongoing concealment of the assassination truth, but that these documents remain among the most classified materials in government possession. During his research and subsequent legal battles, Christopher found himself in contact with some of the most powerful figures in American politics.
Starting point is 00:36:27 Christopher's personal narrative shares insider information from his encounters with the Russian government, President Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, the Clinton White House, the U.S. Justice Department, the Secret Service, and the Kennedy family themselves. These encounters were not accidental meetings, but rather the result of Christopher's unique position, as the keeper of evidence that could reshape American history. Various political figures and government officials sought him out, some hoping to acquire the evidence for their own purposes, others trying to convince him to surrender it to authorities, and still others attempting to verify its authenticity for their own investigations.
Starting point is 00:37:08 Christopher's meeting with Ronald Reagan was particularly significant, as the former president had his own suspicions about the Kennedy assassination and the forces behind it. Reagan, who had survived his own assassination attempt in 1981, understood the reality of powerful conspiracies within the American political system. His conversation with Christopher provided additional confirmation of the authenticity of the Lincoln materials and the danger they posed to those seeking to keep the truth hidden. The encounters with representatives of the Clinton White House
Starting point is 00:37:40 occurred during the height of Christopher's legal troubles, as the administration sought to contain the damage from his possession, of the assassination evidence. These meetings revealed the extent to which the cover-up had become institutionalized, transcending party lines and individual administrations. The Clinton team made it clear that protecting the Kennedy assassination secret was considered a matter of national security that superseded normal legal and constitutional protections. Christopher's interactions with Donald Trump, both before and after Trump's presidency,
Starting point is 00:38:13 demonstrated that even figures who positioned themselves, who positioned themselves as outsiders to the Washington establishment, were constrained by the same forces that had suppressed the Kennedy assassination truth for decades. Despite campaign promises to release classified JFK documents, Trump ultimately bowed to pressure from intelligence agencies and maintained the essential elements of the cover-up. Perhaps most poignant were Christopher's continued contacts with members of the Kennedy family. These interactions revealed the complex dynamics within America's
Starting point is 00:38:45 most famous political dynasty, where some members desperately wanted the truth exposed, while others feared the consequences of revelation. The family had been traumatized, not just by the assassinations themselves, but by decades of living under the implicit threat that speaking out could result in further violence. Christopher's ordeal exacted a devastating personal toll that extended far beyond his years of imprisonment. The tragedies in his life extend to the very end of his story, as the government's campaign of persecution destroyed virtually every aspect of his existence outside of prison walls. His construction business, built over years of hard work and careful planning, was systematically dismantled through regulatory attacks, legal challenges,
Starting point is 00:39:32 and financial pressure. Contracts were canceled, permits were revoked, and business partners were intimidated into severing their relationships with Christopher's company. Within months of his arrest, a multi-million dollar enterprise had been reduced to bankruptcy. The destruction extended to his personal relationships and family life. The stress and uncertainty of his legal troubles, combined with the constant threat of violence and intimidation, placed enormous strain on his marriage and family relationships. Friends and relatives were pressured to distance themselves from Christopher, and some received direct threats warning them against providing support or assistance. Perhaps most tragically, Christopher lost several family members during his imprisonment,
Starting point is 00:40:17 including his mother and grandparents. The stress of his persecution and the family's inability to understand or help him through his ordeal contributed to their declining health and early deaths. Christopher was denied permission to attend their funerals, adding emotional devastation to his already overwhelming physical and psychological suffering. The government's strategy of total destruction served most, multiple purposes beyond simple punishment. By eliminating Christopher's financial resources,
Starting point is 00:40:47 they made it impossible for him to mount an effective legal defense or to publicize his story through paid media. By isolating him from family and friends, they deprived him of the emotional support necessary to survive his ordeal. By destroying his business reputation, they ensured that even if he survived imprisonment, he would have difficulty rebuilding his life or achieving a platform from which to tell his story.
Starting point is 00:41:11 This comprehensive approach to destroying Christopher's life served as a warning to others who might be tempted to challenge the government's official narratives. The message was clear. No matter how compelling your evidence or how noble your motivations, the state possessed the power to utterly destroy anyone who threatened its most sensitive secrets. Despite nearly a decade of imprisonment and persecution, Christopher Fulton survived his ordeal with his commitment to truth intact. Christopher Fulton is the last survivor of the U.S. government's ongoing attempt to finalize the suppression of the unsecured evidence from JFK's assassination. His survival represents not just personal resilience, but a failure of the government's campaign to permanently silence all witnesses to the Kennedy assassination conspiracy. Upon his release from prison, Christopher faced the challenge of rebuilding his life while continuing his mission to expose the truth about President Kennedy's death. The government had succeeded in destroying his business empire and devastating his personal relationships.
Starting point is 00:42:14 But they had not broken his spirit or his determination to honor his commitments to Evelyn Lincoln, Bobby Kennedy, and JFK Jr., Christopher's decision to write and publish his account of these events, represents an act of extraordinary courage. I owe it to President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Evelyn Lincoln, and the American people to share my story. He understood that going public with his story would expose him to renewed government persecution and potentially put his life at risk,
Starting point is 00:42:46 but he felt a moral obligation to ensure that the truth would finally emerge. The book that resulted from his efforts, The Inheritance Poisoned Fruit of JFK's assassination, co-authored with his wife Michelle, represents more than just a memoir of his personal ordeal. It serves as a comprehensive ex-executive, of how the American government has systematically suppressed the truth about the Kennedy assassination for over half a century, using increasingly sophisticated methods to silence witnesses
Starting point is 00:43:17 and destroy evidence. Dick Russell, author of 13 books, one considered a classic on the JFK assassination, and others written with Robert Kennedy Jr., said Christopher's account is the single most compelling piece of evidence that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone, that someone else fired the fatal shot from the front, that a conspiracy existed, indeed that a coup d'etat may have taken place in Dallas. Christopher's story provides a unique perspective on the Kennedy assassination, because it bridges the gap between the original conspiracy and its ongoing cover-up. While most assassination researchers focus on events that occurred in 1963, Christopher's experience demonstrates how the conspiracy has continued to operate for decades, adapting to
Starting point is 00:44:05 new threats and using increasingly sophisticated methods to maintain its secrets. As Christopher Fulton continues to tell his story and share the evidence he preserved at such great personal cost, the forces that sought to silence him continue their efforts to suppress the truth about President Kennedy's assassination. The Gold Cartier watch with its microscopic traces of mercury remains a silent witness to one of the most significant crimes in American history. Its testimony preserved despite decades of attempts to destroy it. The broader implications of Christopher's story extend far beyond the events of November 22nd, 1963. His experience reveals how the American government has developed increasingly sophisticated methods for suppressing
Starting point is 00:44:50 inconvenient truths and silencing potential witnesses. The techniques used against him, sealed prosecutions, psychological torture, systematic destruction of personal relations, relationships and financial resources, represent a playbook that continues to be used against others who threaten powerful interests. Stay tuned for more disturbing history. We'll be back after these messages. The Kennedy assassination marked a turning point in American history, representing not just the death of a president, but the triumph of forces that were willing to use any means necessary
Starting point is 00:45:28 to maintain their power. Christopher Fulton's story demonstrates that these same forces remain active today. willing to destroy individual lives to protect their most sensitive secrets. Yet Christopher's survival and his willingness to speak out also represent hope that the truth can ultimately prevail. Despite the government's best efforts to silence him, he has preserved crucial evidence and testimony that adds significantly to our understanding of what really happened in Dallas and why it has been covered up for so long.
Starting point is 00:46:00 The fight for truth about the Kennedy assassination continues, with Christopher Fulton's serving as a living bridge between the original conspiracy and the ongoing cover-up. His story reminds us that the price of truth is often devastating for those brave enough to seek it, but that the cost of continued concealment may be even higher for our democracy and our nation. As new generations of Americans learn about Christopher's ordeal and the evidence he preserved, the pressure for full disclosure of the Kennedy assassination truth will only continue to grow. The gold Cartier watch that started this extraordinary journey continues to tick, counting down the moments until the secrets it holds can no longer be contained by those who fear their exposure.
Starting point is 00:46:46 The inheritance that Evelyn Lincoln bequeathed to history, preserved through the courage of Robert White, protected by the sacrifice of Christopher Fulton, and honored by the memory of JFK Jr., remains a testament to the power of truth to survive even the most determined efforts to destroy it. In the end, that may be John F. Kennedy's most enduring legacy. The proof that no conspiracy, no matter how powerful or well-concealed, can permanently suppress the truth when there are individuals willing to pay any price to preserve it. Here's what should terrify every thinking American. While the Kennedy assassination has been debated,
Starting point is 00:47:24 discussed and dissected in countless books, documentaries, and academic papers for over 60 years, the stories of those who got too close to the real truth have been systematically erased from our collective memory. We know the names of the famous researchers, the Mark Lanes, the Jim Garrisons, the Oliver Stones. But what about the Christopher Fultons? What about the ordinary citizens who stumbled upon extraordinary evidence and paid an
Starting point is 00:47:51 extraordinary price for their discoveries? Think about it. If they were willing to destroy Christopher Fulton so completely that most Americans have never heard his name. How many others have been silenced? How many Robert whites have died sudden, convenient deaths? How many potential witnesses have been imprisoned on fabricated charges, discredited through character assassination, or simply disappeared entirely from the historical record? The very fact that Christopher Fulton's story sounds almost too incredible to believe is itself evidence of how effectively the suppression machine operates. When someone tells you they were
Starting point is 00:48:29 imprisoned for nearly a decade for possessing JFK's assassination evidence, when they claim to have met with JFK Jr. about exposing the truth, when they describe a systematic campaign to destroy their life, your first instinct is skepticism, and that's exactly how the system is designed to work. The assassination itself has become acceptable public discourse, precisely because it's been relegated to the realm of conspiracy theory, a term that was weaponized by the CIA in the 1960s to discredit anyone who questioned official narratives. We can debate endlessly about grassy knoll shooters and magic bullets because that debate serves to contain and neutralize genuine inquiry. But the moment someone emerges with actual physical evidence, with recordings, with documents that could definitively
Starting point is 00:49:19 prove the conspiracy, they don't become famous researchers. They become targets for elimination. Consider the chilling efficiency of it all. Christopher Fulton spent nearly a decade in federal prison, lost his business empire, watched family members die while he was locked away, and emerged to find that his story had been almost completely scrubbed from public awareness. No major media coverage, no documentary films, no books on bestseller lists. Just silence. Professional institutional silence that speaks louder than any government denial.
Starting point is 00:49:54 How many others are. out there. How many have been broken by the machine and chose silence over continued persecution? How many have taken their secrets to the grave, rather than face what Christopher Fulton endured? The very invisibility of these stories is perhaps the most damning evidence of all. Proof that the conspiracy didn't end in Dallas in 1963, but continues to this day, adapting and evolving its methods of suppression for each new generation. The sanitized version of the Kennedy assassination that we're allowed to discuss in polite society, the version that focuses on ballistics and timelines and whether there was a second shooter,
Starting point is 00:50:33 is a carefully managed pressure release valve. It allows us to feel like we're questioning authority while ensuring we never actually threaten the real power structures that killed Kennedy and have ruled America ever since. But every once in a while, someone like Christopher Fulton slips through the cracks. someone survives the machine's attempt to destroy them completely. Someone finds the courage to tell their story, despite knowing that most people won't believe it, that the media will ignore it,
Starting point is 00:51:01 that the forces that tried to silence them once, will surely try again. These are the voices that matter most, not because their stories are convenient or comfortable, but because they've paid the ultimate price for the privilege of speaking truth to power. They are the canaries in the coal mine of America, democracy, warning us that the price of our complacency may be higher than we're willing to admit.
Starting point is 00:51:26 The question we must ask ourselves is this. In a nation where someone can be systematically destroyed for having evidence of presidential assassination, what other truths are being suppressed, what other inconvenient witnesses are being silenced, what other chapters of our history are being erased before we even know they existed. This is why I do this show, because sometimes it's those of us who truly disturb history, who refuse to accept the comfortable lies, who dare to amplify the voices that power once silenced, that come closest to the truth.
Starting point is 00:52:01 In a world of manufactured consent and institutional amnesia, the greatest act of rebellion may simply be remembering what we're supposed to forget.

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