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Jim Marrs, Texas-based conspiracy theorist and author, dies at 73
Houston Chronicle ^ | August 3, 2017 | Craig Hlavaty

Posted on 08/03/2017 8:06:41 AM PDT by logician2u

Jim Marrs, Texas-based conspiracy theorist and author, dies at 73

By Craig Hlavaty, Chron.com / Houston Chronicle Published 8:27 am, Thursday, August 3, 2017

Jim Marrs, best-known for his work researching the various theories surrounding the JFK assassination and UFOs and a guest on many talk shows, died this week at the age of 73.

According to his official Facebook page he died of a heart attack on Wednesday. He had recently been put on dialysis.

The Fort Worth-native was a mainstay on late-night radio show "Coast to Coast AM" and the "Alex Jones' Infowars" program.

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Most of the Wrongicle's readers won't know who Jim Marrs was.

I would hope that a larger percentage of FReepers do.

At any rate, his passing deserves a mention here, and one without the snarkiness most lefty news sources will no doubt attach to it.

My heartfelt condolences to Jim Marrs' family and friends. May he rest in peace.

1 posted on 08/03/2017 8:06:41 AM PDT by logician2u
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To: logician2u

Read Rule by Secrecy about 15 years ago, excellent book.

RIP.


2 posted on 08/03/2017 8:09:45 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: logician2u

He never got to see the official release of the JFK files that are supposed to be released this October....

hopefully he can see them now...


3 posted on 08/03/2017 8:10:18 AM PDT by GraceG ("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, than it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
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To: logician2u

The way the JFK assassination was covered over was a model for cover-ups of other kinds in the decades since. Once you’ve seen how that one worked, you recognize the methods when you see them again. And vice versa.


4 posted on 08/03/2017 8:10:20 AM PDT by marron
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To: logician2u

Are we sure it was natural causes?.......................


5 posted on 08/03/2017 8:10:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: logician2u

I know this guy. Mostly from shows on the history channel and Discovery Channel.

His tin foil hat is not big and unwieldy. He makes some good points.......Cromulent if you will.

RIP Jim.


6 posted on 08/03/2017 8:11:43 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: logician2u

Maybe it was a heart attack. Maybe in only looked like a heart attack.


7 posted on 08/03/2017 8:16:40 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: logician2u

Yeh, and also the name Tex Mars comes to mind...related????...some of this stuff gets a bit foggy after 20+ years or so...

Dick G
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8 posted on 08/03/2017 8:19:12 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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9 posted on 08/03/2017 8:21:14 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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I actually read that book once upon a time.


10 posted on 08/03/2017 8:22:15 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: logician2u

He seemed to enjoy creating conspiracy stories out of whole cloth. I listened to some of his ideas - there are a lot of YouTube videos of him. He certainly was enthusiastic.

I think most of his ideas were near-misses with just enough facts to make it sound plausible. He might even have hit a bullseye once or twice.


11 posted on 08/03/2017 8:22:21 AM PDT by captain_dave
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RIP Mr.Marrs. Thanks for the movie JFK based on your book Crossfire.
It was a pleasure talking to you on the phone about my book. I’m sure you’re talking to Oswald and Kennedy right now.


12 posted on 08/03/2017 8:24:35 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: logician2u

Jim Marrs was getting close to cracking to JFK assassination and he was silenced by the great-great step Grand Nephew twice removed of Jack Ruby.


13 posted on 08/03/2017 8:25:15 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Marrs
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Texe Marrs listed on the JM wikipedia page; but apparently no relation and lsted because of the similar name...???


14 posted on 08/03/2017 8:25:16 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: logician2u
This is the one of his that I remember best ...


15 posted on 08/03/2017 8:25:25 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Ex Scientia Tridens)
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To: gunnyg

bill cooper (Behold A Pale Horse...entire book online) prolly the master CT!
He’s not around anymore...lotas info/yutubes online...


16 posted on 08/03/2017 8:28:03 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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To: logician2u

Jim Marrs actually had a course at University of Texas Arlington on the Kennedy Assassination—an amazing guy.

Any of his many books are worth the read.

For those who don’t know him. Jim’s analysis of the JFK assassination was based on painstaking on the ground interviews of witnesses (what actual reporters used to do—today a forgotten art form).

His UFO and other conspiracy books are great introductions to the subject for those with open minds.


17 posted on 08/03/2017 8:31:40 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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Ah, dang, the CIA and the greys got to him.
18 posted on 08/03/2017 8:42:11 AM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Long time kidney failure with home dialysis.

I'll miss him on late talk radio.

19 posted on 08/03/2017 9:08:55 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: gunnyg

You mention Tex Marrs, and it interested me, too. Two guys, I guess, last name Marrs, from Texas, one named Jim and the other named Texe, one from Ft Worth, the other from Austin. Both conspiracy theorists, Jim theorizes about political violence and chicanery, Texe theorizes about spiritual conspiracies. Both age 73. Weird.


20 posted on 08/03/2017 9:26:25 AM PDT by Migraine (Diversity is great- -- until it happens to YOU.)
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