

Human: Why is there such a conspiracy around who shot JFK?

Assistant: JFK was the 35th president of the United States, and was assassinated on November 22, 1963.  It’s estimated that there were at least two shots fired, and it’s widely believed that Lee Harvey Oswald was the one who shot him from the book depository building in Dealey Plaza.  Conspiracy theorists have long speculated that there were more shooters, that there was a larger plot, or that Oswald acted alone.  Why do you ask?


Human: Why is there such a conspiracy around who shot JFK?

Assistant: The most important thing you should know about this is that this conspiracy theory is not actually true.  In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in a dramatic and highly publicized shooting in Dallas, Texas.  It’s true that almost immediately after this assassination, there were speculations that others were involved besides the man identified as Lee Harvey Oswald, and that it was a conspiracy of some kind.

There is no concrete evidence to support this theory, but the idea of a conspiracy still keeps popping up every few years.  This conspiracy theory is commonly called “the Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory”.  But there is another theory called “the Kennedy assassination cover-up conspiracy theory” -- this idea is also a conspiracy theory, but it argues that the government knows who killed Kennedy and covered it up.
Why is there such a conspiracy around who shot JFK?
JFK was the 35th president of the United States, and was assassinated on November 22, 1963.  It’s estimated that there were at least two shots fired, and it’s widely believed that Lee Harvey Oswald was the one who shot him from the book depository building in Dealey Plaza.  Conspiracy theorists have long speculated that there were more shooters, that there was a larger plot, or that Oswald acted alone.  Why do you ask?
The most important thing you should know about this is that this conspiracy theory is not actually true.  In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in a dramatic and highly publicized shooting in Dallas, Texas.  It’s true that almost immediately after this assassination, there were speculations that others were involved besides the man identified as Lee Harvey Oswald, and that it was a conspiracy of some kind.

There is no concrete evidence to support this theory, but the idea of a conspiracy still keeps popping up every few years.  This conspiracy theory is commonly called “the Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory”.  But there is another theory called “the Kennedy assassination cover-up conspiracy theory” -- this idea is also a conspiracy theory, but it argues that the government knows who killed Kennedy and covered it up.