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Bombshell Tapes May Reveal New Marilyn Monroe Mystery

By Chris EptingApr 26th 2011 – 8:38AM
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Did Marilyn Monroe take a mystery trip aboard Frank Sinatra's private jet the very weekend she died? A trip during which she spent an intense night at the singer's retreat with mobster Sam Giancana? That's one of the suggestions made on the recently disclosed tapes featuring a close confidante of Monroe's -- who was also...

Agent Was 'Chillingly Close' to Shooting LBJ

By Carl FranzenOct 20th 2010 – 11:23AM
AP

AP

(Oct. 20) -- In a striking admission sure to stoke the imaginations of conspiracy theorists everywhere, a former Secret Service agent reveals how he came "chillingly close" to shooting President Lyndon B. Johnson right outside his home just hours after John F. Kennedy was assassinated. So reads "The Kennedy Detail: JFK's...

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Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969), a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States (1961–1963).

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