Getting inside Oswalds mind - his library books

[John Tonkovich]

It was a very popular show. And a type of show that LHO would most likely have enjoyed.

In Gus Russo's 1998 book "Live By The Sword", Russo quotes Lee's brother, Robert Oswald, as having said the following:

"As an adult, his [LHO's] favorite show became 'The Fugitive,' a television series about a man always on the run because he was wrongly accused of murdering his wife."


Oswald's landlady, Gladys Johnson, said ---

"He [Oswald] would come in and watch television maybe 30, 40 minutes at a time and never speak to a man."

JOE BALL -- "He would watch television sometimes?"

Mrs. JOHNSON -- "Yes, sir; watch television, with the other men renters."

"30 , 40 minutes at a time."
Like many fine Quinn Martin productions, "The Fugitive" was a.. one hour show.
So good, it only required partial viewing?
Only 30 to 40 minutes of a one hour episode?
At most, 7 episodes viewed?

Ok. I'm convinced.
Another well researched conclusion.

[Charles Collins]

"30 , 40 minutes at a time."
Like many fine Quinn Martin productions, "The Fugitive" was a.. one hour show.
So good, it only required partial viewing?
Only 30 to 40 minutes of a one hour episode?
At most, 7 episodes viewed?

Ok. I'm convinced.
Another well researched conclusion.

Maybe we need to get her stopwatch checked for accuracy.   But somehow I am convinced that nothing whatsoever will ever convince you of anything at all....

[John Tonkovich]

Maybe we need to get her stopwatch checked for accuracy.   But somehow I am convinced that nothing whatsoever will ever convince you of anything at all....

I am convinced that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
So there's one thing, i.e. , anything.

He was a fan of " The Fugitive ".
Which premiered on..Sept 17th, 1963.
When did Lee Oswald speak to his brother about this "fandom"?
Is there any record of the brothers even speaking between Septb17th and Nov 21st? Please provide a link. Citations. Thx.
Otherwise, this is just Robert Oswald being a fabulist.

[Charles Collins]

I am convinced that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
So there's one thing, i.e. , anything.

He was a fan of " The Fugitive ".
Which premiered on..Sept 17th, 1963.
When did Lee Oswald speak to his brother about this "fandom"?
Is there any record of the brothers even speaking between Septb17th and Nov 21st? Please provide a link. Citations. Thx.
Otherwise, this is just Robert Oswald being a fabulist.

Why do you think that it is necessary for LHO to speak of this directly to his brother? The most probable likelihood is that Marina told Robert. LHO did watch TV with Marina at Ruth Paine’s house on the weekends. And it would be likely that they spoke with each other about one of the most popular shows that came on during the week (The Fugitive). LHO would have liked telling Marina that Kimble was accused of murdering his wife. If only to make her wonder if LHO was capable of murdering her. He reportedly beat her and threatened to send her back to Russia. I can see him grinning devilishly as he tells her about Kimble’s alledged crime.

[John Tonkovich]

Why do you think that it is necessary for LHO to speak of this directly to his brother? The most probable likelihood is that Marina told Robert. LHO did watch TV with Marina at Ruth Paine’s house on the weekends. And it would be likely that they spoke with each other about one of the most popular shows that came on during the week (The Fugitive). LHO would have liked telling Marina that Kimble was accused of murdering his wife. If only to make her wonder if LHO was capable of murdering her. He reportedly beat her and threatened to send her back to Russia. I can see him grinning devilishly as he tells her about Kimble’s alledged crime.

What color is the sky in your world of speculation?
What of the above can you actually prove?

[Charles Collins]

What color is the sky in your world of speculation?
What of the above can you actually prove?

This thread is supposed to be about getting inside the head of LHO. Any such endeavor is going to be full of speculation. I demonstrating that your apparent logic (that LHO directly telling his brother that The Fugitive was one of his favorite shows was necessary) is false. And that there are other ways that Robert could have learned this.

Demanding proof of everything that you don’t agree with is simply not applicable to this thread. If you don’t want to entertain the notion that some speculation might be correct, then you might want to disregard this thread.

[Gerry Down]

Oswald had no library books at either of his residences (North Beckley or Irving) when he is alleged to have assassinated JFK. Considering he was such an avid reader, isn't this unusual and evidence he was perhaps planning something and so he knew he would not be able to return those books?

The only outstanding book he had was a book (The Shark And The Sardines) which he was supposed to have returned by Nov 13th but never did. Crucially, he had no book due on say Nov 23rd, Nov 24th, Nov 25th, Nov 26, Nov 27th etc.

Is this circumstantial evidence that Oswald perhaps afterall was up to something in mid to late November whereby he knew he would not be able to return any books should he take them out. Perhaps even planning to assassinate JFK?