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You're listening to episode 233 of Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World.

We will look at mysteries from the twin perspectives of faith and reason.

In this episode, we're talking about what may be Lee Harvey Oswald's mysterious,

unknown, first assassination. I'm Dom Betanelli and join me today as Jimmy Aiken.

Hey Jimmy, howdy Dom.

Lee Harvey Oswald was blamed for the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

The Warren Commission concluded that he acted alone and was the lone gunman.

That's a conclusion that's been controversial ever since.

What few people know is that, regardless of what happened with President Kennedy,

Oswald may have made an earlier assassination attempt on another prominent figure in public life.

So who was this figure? Did Oswald really try to kill him?

And why would he have done so?

That's what we'll be talking about on this episode of Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world.

So on Friday, November 22nd, 1963, shots rang out in Deely Plaza in Dallas, Texas.

President John F. Kennedy and his glamorous wife Jacqueline were passing by in a motorcade,

and the president was struck and fatally injured.

In the aftermath, a man named Lee Harvey Oswald was captured.

But before he could be brought to trial, he himself was assassinated live on television by a man named Jack Ruby.

The new president, Lyndon B. Johnson, convened a special commission who investigate the incident,

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