Hear No Evil: Social Constructivism and the Forensic Evidence in the Kennedy Assassination

Foreword, by Jim Lesar  xi 
List of Tables  XXV 
Introduction 
Sociopathy?  2 
The Grassy Knoll  3 
A Prostitution of Science  7 
The  Ear-Shot  Experiment  8 
The  Daubert  Decision  10 
Acknowledgements  14 
Chapter  1.  The  Crime  Scene  15 
The Burgundy Plaid Shirt  20 
The Brown Paper Wrapper  24 
The Shooter's Blind  33 
The Gun-Rest  36 
The  Chicken Bones  47 
The  APB  55 
Chapter 2.  Fingerprint Evidence  67 
The Right  of Access  71 
The Prodigal Print  76 
Uncle Rusty's  Stash  80 
The  Print  on the  Foregrip  85 
Chapter 3.  Gunshot Residues  95 
The Streaming Blue  Flecks  97 
Primer  Elements on the Paraffin Casts  99 
GSR Forensics  105 
Oswald Red-Handed  108 
Chapter 4.  The Murder Weapon  117 
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The Mannlicher-Mauser Mixup  119 
The  Dented Cartridge  126 
The  Deadly Accurate Rifle  135 
Aberdeen Proving Grounds Tests  138
Blakey's  Problem  141 
The  Spectrographic  Data  143 
Chapter 5.  Photogrammetry  157 
Negative  Evidence  159 
Hunter of  Fascists  166 
Window  Boxes  171 
Badgeman,  Black  Dog Man,  and the 
Classic Gunman  180 
Chapter 6.  The Zap ruder  Film  193 
The  Wounding Sequence  194 
Episodic Blurs  201 
The  Flight Time Factor  211 
Chapter 7.  The Autopsy Part 1:  The Throat Wound  221 
The Throat  Exposed  226 
Shot in the  Back  235 
Chapter 8.  The  Autopsy  Part II:  The Head Wound  247 
The  Incredible Shrinking Wound  248 
Holiest of Holies  263 
The Cocktail  Party  270 
The Radiopaque Lump  277 
Chapter 9.  Terminal Ballistics  297 
The  Governor  Delayed  300 
Bullet  Deformation Velocity  305 
Bullet Wipe  311 
Thorburn's  Position  315 
"My God,  I'm  Hit"  322 
Chapter  10.  The Rearward Head  Snap  333 
Forward with Considerable  Force  334 
The  President  Over-Thrown  338 
Death Throes  340 
The  Kronlein  Schuss  346 
The  Jet  Recoil  Effect  351
Lattimer's  Stepladder  362 
Wound  Splatter  365 
Chapter 11.  The Magic  Bullet  375 
The  Curbstone &  The Bystander  379 
The  Stretcher  of Truth  392 
"A Missle  Removed"  400 
Chapter 12.  Bullet Trajectory  421 
Rocket  Science  422 
Trajectory of the  Head  Shot  426 
Trajectory  of the Neck  Wound  437 
A  Singular Trajectory Analysis  443 
Chapter 13.  Comparative Bullet Lead Analysis  451 
Fragmentary Evidence  456 
Bullet Metallurgy  462 
Trace  Elements in Carcano Bullets  466 
Guinn vs The  FBI  476 
Revelations from the NAA  Data  482 
Chapter 14.  The  Tippit Case  491 
The  Shell Game  494 
Button- Button- Who's got  the Button?  500 
The  Hangman's  Favorite Ballistics  Expert  503 
Round  and  Round  508 
Oswald's Many Billfolds  512 
The  Rosetta  Stone  516 
The  Station Wagon  522 
The Mexican  Restaurant  525 
Chapter 15.  Lie  Detection  537 
The  Defective  Polygraph  542 
Chapter 16.  Ballistic  Acoustics  559 
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Bell Laboratory's Spectrographs  560 
The  Stuck Microphone  563 
Suspect  Impulses  569
Dealey  Plaza Test  Shots  576 
Order in  the  Data  582 
Blakey's Other  Problem  584 
The Weiss-Aschkenasy  Sonar Model  593 
Shock Wave  Precedence  596 
Chapter  17.  The Acoustics  Challenged  613 
The  FBI  Signal Analysis  614 
NRC  Panel on Ballistic Acoustics  618 
Statisticulation  625 
The  Double Decker  633 
Evidence  Squelched  642 
Clear  as  a Bell  643 
The  Fifteen  Minute Gap  644 
The NRC Redux  654 
Chapter  18.  The Acoustics  in Prime Time  667 
The Bike with  the Mike  668 
Sensimetrics  685 
Chapter  19.  Reconstruction  691 
Synchronization  698 
Backfire  702 
The  First Shot  706 
The  Second  Shot  709 
The  Third Shot  712 
The  Fourth  Shot  713 
The  Fifth  Shot  717 
Epilogue  727 
Bibliography  739 
Index  751