The Poison Patriarch

How the Betrayals of Joseph P. Kennedy Caused the Assassination of JFK

By: Mark Shaw

Narrated by: Pat Kiernan

Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

Focusing for the first time on why attorney general Robert F. Kennedy wasn’t killed in 1963 instead of on why President John F. Kennedy was, Mark Shaw offers a stunning and provocative assassination theory that leads directly to the family patriarch, Joseph P. Kennedy. Mining fresh information and more than 40 new interviews, Shaw weaves a spellbinding narrative involving Mafia don Carlos Marcello; Jack Ruby (Lee Harvey Oswald’s killer); Ruby’s attorney, Melvin Belli; and, ultimately, the Kennedy brothers and their father.

Shaw addresses these tantalizing questions: Why, shortly after his brother’s death, did a grief-stricken RFK tell a colleague, "I thought they would get one of us...I thought it would be me"? Why was Belli, an attorney with almost no defense experience (but proven ties to the Mafia), chosen as Jack Ruby’s attorney? How does Belli’s Mafia connection call into question his legal strategy, which ultimately led to the Ruby’s first-degree murder conviction and death sentence? What was Joseph Kennedy’s relationship to organized crime? And how was his insistence that JFK appoint RFK as attorney general tantamount to signing the president’s death warrant?

For 50 years, Shaw maintains, researchers investigating the president’s murder in Dallas have been looking at the wrong motives and actors. The Poison Patriarch offers a shocking reassessment - one that is sure to alter the course of future assassination debates.

©2013 Mark Shaw (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Well reasearched and written.

Mark Shaw's book takes us to a logical conclusion. Unfortunately it has taken half a century of details and facts coming to the surface for the public to get the bigger picture.

A little hard to follow

Struggled a little to finish it only because there is so much information said. But did grasp the jist and enjoyed it thoroughly.

Must read

Another great book and read by Mark Shaw highly recommend keep an open mind and listen

JFK

this book looks at the factors and players who wanted JFK dead.
some of the players who should be looked at are Papa Joe, RFK, Hoffa, organized crime, CIA, and Cuba.

Interesting

I thought there would be more about Joseph Kennedy. It was but conjecture since we had no hard evidence.

Great read on the Kennedys

Very good read and easily to understand about the Kennedys and I’ve always agree with story the book reveals. A must read for those who like to read about the Kennedys.

Lots of Hype

Good story. Good theory. But, logic dictates that the "Mob" could NOT have done it without help from people much higher ranked than street cops. Also. approaching LBJ and telling him of a conspiracy is naive. To say the least.

Finally, 18 chapters of a tease, is b.s., especially since the writer simply regurgitated the same message with nothing new at the end.

Blaming Joe Kennedy for getting JFK and RFK is right. He managed to screw the pooch and got his family tree cut ✂️ down.

Amazing information. Well researched.

This is a must read for anyone interested in the JFK assassination. The amount of research, including interviews and obviously a ton of reading,, that went into this book is impressive and lends great credibility to the work. Although there is a small amount of repetition here and there, I personally did not mind hearing some information more than once because it helped me remember the names of the many characters starring in this book. Considering the scope of what is undertaken in these pages—I.e. the unraveling of what has mystified so many for so long—I truly thank Mark Shaw for taking the time to put it all together for us. And I thought the narration was excellent as well. This is an important book.

Decent Overall

Interesting book with a lot of good opinions. Slightly repetitive throughout though. Well narrated but he repeats himself a lot.

Double take

I loved this so much and treasured the many facts that I read it twice. In the end, the first time through, I just wanted more, so after a couple of days, I read it again.
All the details struck better the second time.
this is for sure the smoking gun for why JFK was assassinated. Thank You Mark Shaw.