Chapter Two - The Kennedy Curse

01/15/20 • 32 min

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While the Kennedy’s exuded glamor, sophistication and power, they were not without their curses. Over the years, the family was beset with 16 tragedies and five plane crashes, including the death of JFK’s favored older brother Joe, all detailed here. Not only was JFK assassinated but five years later his younger brother, U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy would die at the hand of a lone crazed Muslim gunman. Coincidence? Was history repeating itself?

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No image tore at the hearts of the world than that of little John-John standing alone, saluting his father’s coffin as it was paraded through Washington, D.C. A year-long investigation into his murder lead the Warren Report to conclude that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone crazed gunman. Skepticism reigned from the start. As a child, John-Boy had his Training Wheels, he was learning the Kennedy way from birth. But as John Jr. grew into an adult, he would firmly believe that there were two shooters that day in Dallas, not one.

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Chapter Three - John-boy’s Path (The Good Years)

The young prince of Camelot was gone and America’s icon had faded to black. Here we track his life’s path... his many affairs with Ivy League beauties and dazzling celebrities such as Madonna, Sarah Jessica Parker and Daryl Hannah. Was he following in the philandering footsteps of his father and uncles with their womanizing? John desperately needed to invent himself, finally he found his voice when he started his political magazine, George, attracting top politicians and Hollywood celebrities to his inner circle.

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