Getting inside Oswalds mind - his library books

[Charles Collins]

Interesting that both LHO and JFK were readers of Ian Fleming.  Entertaining books, for sure, but also fantasies.  JFK might have imagined himself as Bond and maybe LHO dreamed he could be.  Maybe LHO thought he had a 'license to kill'.

Even though it was a new show in it’s first season, “The Fugitive” was reportedly a show that LHO watched and liked. And I find it intriguing that LHO wore a jacket similar to the one that the fugitive wore often on the show. The fugitive also packed a revolver if I remember correctly. I believe that LHO’s grasp on reality was fleeting at times.

[Gerry Down]

Here is a list of the books Oswald took out in New Orleans in the summer of 1963:

https://historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh25/pdf/WH25_CE_2650.pdf

Has anyone ever thought, as I do, that Oswald was just skimming through these books and not really reading them at all?

I don't see how he could have read all of them.

[Richard Smith]

Here is a list of the books Oswald took out in New Orleans in the summer of 1963:

https://historymatters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh25/pdf/WH25_CE_2650.pdf

Has anyone ever thought, as I do, that Oswald was just skimming through these books and not really reading them at all?

I don't see how he could have read all of them.

Entertainment options would have been limited at that time for someone of Oswald's limited means.  He had a lot of spare time.  I recall he didn't even own a TV at times.  So my guess is that he was an avid reader.  Oswald's fanaticism would have fed into his interest in reading political and historical books and newspapers.

[Louis Earl]

Maybe LHO was fascinated by Richard Kimble's ability to evade arrest.

[Charles Collins]

Maybe LHO was fascinated by Richard Kimble's ability to evade arrest.

The best I remember, Kimble was typically walking and getting rides from various good samaritans, hopping on buses and trains, etc.. LHO could relate to that stuff. Plus he was likely entertained by Kimble’s outsmarting the cops. Yes, I agree with your thoughts.

[John Tonkovich]

Well, it aired Tuesday nights. The Fugitive, that is.
So, from Sep 17, 1963, to Nov 19, 1963, where was Oswald on Tuesdays, TV tuned in and ready to go?
Judges: let's check the Timeline!
I'll start, and then whoever brought up this whole Fugitive fan , uh, " theory" - a well grounded in fact theory, I am sure - can finish its " proof".
September 17 to October 1:  New Orleans, no tv ownership mentioned???
On buses to and from Mexico city, and in Mexico city. TV viewing: unlikely.
3 episodes.  Likely number viewed: 0  Fight me! 
Moving on, I'll just mention:
Oct 8 to Nov 19 ( that's only 7 possible episodes to be a fan, or follower of whatever)
So Dallas. Where does he watch?
At Paine's? Not often on a Tuesday, yes? Usually on weekends.
YMCA? TVs in the rooms?  Wheres the witnesses?
Rooming house #1? Other tenants. Many TVs? Really, at $8 a week? Or month
Rooming house #2? See above

Please. Prove wrong my rejection of the famous Fugitive fan theory. Thx.

[Charles Collins]

Well, it aired Tuesday nights. The Fugitive, that is.
So, from Sep 17, 1963, to Nov 19, 1963, where was Oswald on Tuesdays, TV tuned in and ready to go?
Judges: let's check the Timeline!
I'll start, and then whoever brought up this whole Fugitive fan , uh, " theory" - a well grounded in fact theory, I am sure - can finish its " proof".
September 17 to October 1:  New Orleans, no tv ownership mentioned???
On buses to and from Mexico city, and in Mexico city. TV viewing: unlikely.
3 episodes.  Likely number viewed: 0  Fight me! 
Moving on, I'll just mention:
Oct 8 to Nov 19 ( that's only 7 possible episodes to be a fan, or follower of whatever)
So Dallas. Where does he watch?
At Paine's? Not often on a Tuesday, yes? Usually on weekends.
YMCA? TVs in the rooms?  Wheres the witnesses?
Rooming house #1? Other tenants. Many TVs? Really, at $8 a week? Or month
Rooming house #2? See above

Please. Prove wrong my rejection of the famous Fugitive fan theory. Thx.

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."