On the Trail of Delusion, Episode 32, The Single-Bullet Theory Panel Discussion

[Benjamin Cole]

JM-

Thanks for your collegial comments (it is pleasant to have a conversation about the JFKA, rather than catcalling).

You are correct; FBI lab guys did cut some cloth from hole in the rear of JBC's shirt to test for metallics. If I recall correctly, this happened again during the HSCA. So the original hole was actually smaller, and even more-indicative, of a non-tumbling bullet.

Dr. Shaw would also say he thought the bullet hole in JBC's back was a puncture type wound, but delivered at a downward angle, leaving an "ovoid" wound shape. That original shape was nearly obliterated by "debriding the wound" when they cut away dead tissue. 

This "debriding" left the larger wound scar, which some incorrectly assumed was the result of a tumbling bullet.

But hey, just IMHO.

At bottom, I have reasonable doubts about nearly every explanation of the wounds received 11.22 by JBC and JFK. Including my own favored scenario.

[John Corbett]

TG-

We have belabored this point a few times.

I match Gov. JBC's testimony to the Z-film.

But even without JBC's testimony (and that of his wife), to my layman's eye, JBC is shot at ~z-295 and is indeed a bit pushed forward by the blow---which took out four inches of rub, and thus was meeting resistance as it passed through his body. (It is true, sometimes bullets will pass through a body, while the body remains relatively still, if only soft flesh or organs are struck).

JBC appears entirely uninjured right up ~Z-295.

I could on---JBC's surgeon said his opinion was that a separate bullet had struck JBC from the one that passed through JFK. Dr. Shaw had worked on 700 wartime gunshot victims.

Caveat emptor, and draw you own conclusions.

Can I ask a question. When was the last time you had your eyes checked. You might want to schedule a visit to the optometrist if you don't see evidence that JBC was hit until Z295.

As for Shaw, how the hell would he know whether the bullet that hit JBC had first hit JFK. He only treated JFK.