Josiah Thompson

Josiah "Tink" Thompson is an American writer, professional private investigator, and former philosophy professor. He wrote Six Seconds in Dallas ; A Micro-Study of the Kennedy Assassination (ISBN 0394445716). He also wrote a biography of the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard (ISBN 057501718X) (ISBN 0394470923) in 1974, and a well-received book about his own, post-academic life as a private detective, Gumshoe: Reflections in a Private Eye (ISBN 0316841757) in 1988.

Thompson is originally from East Liverpool, Ohio.[1] As of November 2013, he lived in Bolinas, California.[2]

Thompson has participated with Errol Morris in films about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.[3][4][5]

Thompson graduated from Yale University in 1957. He entered the Navy, serving in Underwater Demolition Team 21. Then he returned to Yale for his M.A. in 1962 and Ph.D. in 1964. After receiving his doctorate, he taught at Yale as Instructor of Philosophy and then moved on to teach at Haverford College, where he remained until 1976, resigning to begin a career as a private detective. In 1967 he published The Lonely Labyrinth (ASIN B0006BQ5G6), a study of Kierkegaard's thought, and in 1972, Kierkegaard: A Collection of Critical Essays (ISBN 0385019785).

Six Seconds in Dallas

In Six Seconds in Dallas, Thompson argued that there was a conspiracy to assassinate Kennedy.[6] Thompson claimed in the book that three men fired four shots at Kennedy in Dealey Plaza: the first shot was fired from the Texas School Book Depository and struck Kennedy in the back; the second shot was fired from the Dallas County Records building and struck Governor John Connally; the third and fourth shots were fired from the Texas School Book Depository and the "grassy knoll" and almost simultaneously struck Kennedy in the head.[6]

In November 1967, prior to the publication of the book, Thompson stated that the Dal-Tex Building may have been the location of the second shot.[7] He said that a young man was arrested within minutes after the shooting in that building, taken in for questioning by police, then disappeared in the confusion.[7]

In 1991, Bob Hoover of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote that Six Seconds in Dallas "remains one of the most plausible explanations for the line of fire in Dealey Plaza."[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hoover, Bob (December 28, 1991). "Turning the page on JFK". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). p. 16. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ Noyes, Dan (November 13, 2013). "JFK researcher: "Oswald did not fire fatal shot"". ABC7News.com (San Francisco). Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ New York Times - November 22nd, 1963
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ OpenCulture.COM
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kleiner, Dick (February 1, 1968). "3 Fired at Kennedy". The Times-News (Hendersonville, North Carolina). NEA. p. 3. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Winship, Frederick M. (November 17, 1967). "Study Of Assassination Claims Conspiracy By Trio". The Bryan Times (Bryan, Ohio). UPI. p. 1-2. Retrieved April 11, 2015.

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