The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy

Those Conspiracy Guys

Gordon Rochford

True Crime, Comedy, History

4.4 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2016

⏱️ 290 minutes

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DEEP DIVE - On this episode we discuss the somewhat overshadowed assassination of Bobby Kennedy. Younger brother to the infamous JFK, former Attourney General and at the time of his death, highly probable candidate for the next President of the United States. Hewas gunned down, under suspicious circumstances on June 6th, 1968 in the Ambassador Hotel at the hands of purported mind controlvictim Sirhan Sirhan. Bobby Kennedy was on the fast track to the White House, withalliances with civil rights leaders and the vehement support oftheir followers, a very public and heart warming affinity to thelower classes in America, and a very vocal distaste for theestablishment that had poisoned the America the Kennedy brothershad in mind at the start of the 60s. All of these and his campaign promises to end war and make the unjust pay for their deeds, madehim a prime target for assassination. With a vast back catalog of enemies from his time on the Senate Committee for Investigations, confronting mob bosses and unionleaders, to his time as Attourney General where he sought to bringthe untouchable forces of eveil in the US to justice; Bobby made many enemies. Some of which he brought into his relationship with JFK and the guilt that racked him after Jack was shot, changed himfrom a fighter to a leader. We talk about all this and mind control and hypnosis, the CIA and Castro, about what happened in thekictchen of the AMbassador and who could have made the plot to killthe almost surely future president, and about his relationshipswith powerful men and the reasons they had to have him dead. ________________________This podcast is supported by the generous donations of the wonderful folks over at Patreon. If you want to support the show and get exclusive content, ad-free episodes, access to live chats and private social media like Instagram and Discord and a whole load of other stuff click here http://bit.ly/TCG-PatreonIf you want to follow TCG on social platforms including the Discord, watch video versions of the livestream podcast and documentaries; or even join in on live chats about current events; buy TCG merch; get notifications of and buy tickets to upcoming live stage shows or to just support the show on Patreon; all the links, info and instructions you can find by clicking this link http://www.linktr.ee/thoseconspiracyguys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This time on those conspiracy guys, we find ourselves once more on the trail of the man who
0:08.7	killed Kennedy.
0:09.7	But this time, it's the suspicious story of the monstrous murder of Robert Francis Kennedy.
0:16.8	The one-time attorney general, New York State Senator, a presidential candidate hopeful
0:22.2	whose dead heralded the end of a youthful movement that looked set to sweep across American
0:27.0	society throughout the 1960s.
0:32.3	After the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and civil rights movement leader
0:36.4	Dr. Martin Luther King, the weight of their incredible legacies have changed, shifted to
0:40.3	Bobby Kennedy.
0:42.0	Seen as the representative of the poor, marginalized, and downtrodden, his campaign for the democratic
0:47.1	nomination for the upcoming presidential elections looked set to galvanize a unifying
0:51.8	figurehead for a movement of political, societal, and judicial reform.
0:59.1	Born into the privileged position of wealth and power that the Kennedy name provided,
1:02.8	Bobby spent his early life overshadowed by his more illustrious and decorated elders.
1:07.1	But his spirit would seem for his reputation and professional legacy that drew admirers
1:11.0	from every direction, and the perceived public persona of a man with an incirculable nature
1:16.0	and inexhaustible human empathy.
1:20.4	Throughout his life and career, he positioned himself against public, private, and political
1:25.2	corruption.
1:26.2	He was at times a dogged lawyer, guerrilla journalist, ruthless investigator, true campaign
1:31.7	manager, skilled negotiator, tireless attorney general, charming diplomat, bereaved brother,
1:38.0	beloved senator, and a beacon of a new society.
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