People exchanging totally paranoid ideas about the government existed way before the internet.
John F. Kennedy was assassinated over the Federal Reserve.
The Theory: A shadow government of politicians who backed the Federal Reserve had the president assassinated because he wanted to regulate the economy and take away their power.
How likely is it? This theory is a total gateway into conversations about the Illuminati, so let's just say it's not a rabbit hole worth going down.
Baseball player Joe DiMaggio did it.
The theory: The idea is that DiMaggio was upset over the alleged affairs between his wife Marilyn Monroe and both John and Robert Kennedy. So he decided to use Lee Harvey Oswald as a patsy and get revenge for the deaths of Marilyn Monroe.
How likely is it? No way.
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The "three tramps" theory.
The Theory: Three men were arrested after being found in a boxcar near the site of Kennedy's assassination. Conspiracy theorists believed that they were too clean-shaven to be actual homeless men. Some believe that two of these men were E. Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis (of Watergate scandal fame) in disguise.
How likely is it? The real identities of the three men have since been confirmed through arrest records. They were actual homeless men who had showered and shaved at a shelter the night before.
The driver did it.
The Theory: Another popular theory is that the driver of JFK's motorcade, Bill Greer, double braked the vehicle after the first shot as a distraction to pull out a pistol and shoot the president. Or that he slowed down long enough to allow another shooter to land the second fatal shot.
How likely is it? Greer has been widely criticized for his actions, but most experts agree that the fatal pause was out of shock and most likely nothing malicious.
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