Richard Nixon: Proxy Serial Killer?

researched and written by Dark Cliche

A series of political assassinations occurred between 1963 and 1972 (Newshour,1998,ray_4-23.htm) Each of them is filled with many unexplained occurrences and circumstances. While many people do not realize the connection between them, there is in fact a relatively clear trail, which seems to point toward one man. In order to understand the circumstances and motivations surrounding each killer, one would have to believe in a very large number of coincidences (including bullets which change trajectory in mid-air for no apparent reason) (Pease,1998,pr398-rfk.htm) or accept the possibility that former President Richard M. Nixon may have been a proxy serial killer.

Serial murder is very rare, and it can be recognized by certain characteristics which are not found in other types of murders. Perhaps "the most distinguishing factor is the presence of multiple victims", (Goldman,1999,SerialKillers.net) who may initially appear unrelated. "A serial killer will continuously kill, and not stop until s/he is made to stop". (Goldman,1999,SerialKillers.net) Between killings, "there is a sort of `cooling off period'," (Goldman,1999,SerialKillers.net) and then the cycle repeats itself, until the serial killer is forced to stop. This is not to be confused with spree killing, which consists of multiple victims killed in the same incident, usually for revenge or just for the killer's own amusement.

There are many different motivations for a serial killer. One of these is the "missionary-oriented motive type", often identified by the killer's lack of externally visible psychosis. The otherwise relatively normal killer is driven by a need to cleanse or eliminate what s/he considers to be immoral or not worthy of existence. These killings generally follow a certain event that triggers the killer to kill. (Goldman,1999,SerialKillers.net) The killers usually work alone or in pairs, but in very rare instances, the killer is what's called a "proxy killer". This means that the serial killer is getting other people (referred to as disciple killers) to carry out the act of murder, although the actual need to kill is his/her own, (the most well-known case of this type was that of Charles Manson and his followers). Disciple killers only kill when they are under the influence of another person, who is usually the missionary-oriented type of serial killer. (Kelleher,1998,mmrpage,html)

When investigators look into serial murders, they usually turn to three key methods: Victimology, methodology, and profiling. By combining these three methods, they are able to use the patterns found in the victims and the ways they were killed to arrive at a personality profile of their killer. Once it has been established that the murders were indeed part of a series, they take a closer look at who the victims were and what they had in common. Then, they look at the ways each of them were killed. These factors help to figure out a possible set of trigger events for the killer, which allows profilers to get some idea of the killer's psyche. When they figure out when, how, and why the killer kills, they can narrow their search to people who fit the psychological profile of the killer, as well as using it to eliminate or retain suspects. (Goldman,1999,SerialKillers.net)

By applying the above three methods to these political assassinations, it becomes apparent that there may be a possible serial pattern. Between 1963 and 1972, the following political figures were assassinated: John F. Kennedy, at Dealy Plaza on November 22, 1963; Lee Harvey Oswald, Kennedy's alleged killer, shortly thereafter; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968; Robert F. Kennedy, in California on June 5, 1968; and an unsuccessful attempt at George Wallace on May 15, 1972. In each case, there were several similarities. They all involved the presence of people who were, at the time, either present or former CIA, FBI, or State Department agents, at the scene of each crime. Each murder took place at a time when the victims had either their strongest influence over the public, or were in a position to sway the direction of the Presidential Election in the US. All of the victims were normally protected by security personnel from one of the previously mentioned agencies, but were at the last minute subject to a change in security procedures which allowed the assassination ( or attempt ) to take place. All of the accused assassins were people who had some sort of small tie to the government or its agencies, and they each claimed (up until the day they died) that they were either framed or were only acting as a "patsy" for a larger group or individual. All of the cases' published and generally accepted facts do not add up, and seem to point directly away from the accused assassins and towards a larger conspiracy. Additionally, all of the facts seem to lead to the idea that former President Richard M. Nixon may have been a proxy serial killer.

The first of the killings was that of John F. Kennedy. Lee Harvey Oswald is generally known as the killer of John F. Kennedy, but there is still some question as to this fact and his motives. The Warren Commission report referred to him as an "emotionally disturbed lone gunman". However, the House Select Committee on Assassinations say that he was only one of two gunmen. Oswald himself claimed, when he was arrested in 1963, that he was taking the fall for the "real assassins". (FrontLine,1993,oswald%20)

Oswald was not apprehended at the scene of the crime. Just after the murder, in a relatively quiet residential area a short distance from the assassination, a police officer named Tippit was killed. A wallet found at the scene of the crime contained two ID cards; one for "Lee Oswald", and one for "A.J. Hidell", both with the same picture. Oswald was arrested for Tippit's murder, and during the arrest an officer reportedly said, "Kill the president, will ya?". (Bochnan,1996,hosty.tx}

Robert Bouck, the secret service agent who oversaw research on Oswald for the Warren Commission hearings, testified that between the CIA, FBI, Naval Intelligence, and the State Department, there are 18 pieces of information regarding Oswald. (Bochnan,1996,hosty.tx} Oswald had been watching over Cuban Exiles, and General Walker's Group, but there is no documentation on who, if anyone, sent him to do so. He had meetings with four FBI/CIA agents, all within a few months prior to the Kennedy assassination. The last of these meetings, just one month before the assassination, was with Jack Quigley in New Orleans. His overall records were inconsistent, and showed definite evidence of FBI/CIA involvement, but it is not clear to what extent.

When the New Orleans District Attorney began investigation into Oswald and the Kennedy Assassination, he began to notice CIA and FBI affiliates emerging repeatedly. This happened enough that he came to the conclusion that the CIA or the FBI must have had some sort of direct involvement in the assassination of Kennedy. There are many other facts which support that idea, and indicated that some sort of government conspiracy had taken place. Kennedy's Secret Servicemen were not in the car with him or running alongside as is considered normal. For some reason they were in the car behind him. (Realhistoryarchives.com/origwit.htm) The current chair of the Senate Intelligence oversight committee, Arlen Specter, says that Kennedy's death was a result of a single shot from a sixth story window. He says the bullet penetrated Kennedy's back and exited through his neck, which caused it to turn around and cause seven more wounds in Kennedy, and the passenger seated directly in front of him. (Realhistoryarchives.com/basicev.htm)

One eye-witness to the JFK assassination states that he saw a man carrying a rifle case walking toward Dealey Plaza just before the assassination. The man was dressed in a grey suit, and had a blond crew cut. (Realhistoryarchives.com/origwit.htm) It is known that among the crowd were three men: David Lemar Christ, who was the head of the CIA Technical Services Division; CIA official Howard Hunt; and CIA contract agent, Frank Sturgis. All of them were disguised as tramps and hidden among the other bystanders. All of them would later be linked to Nixon as some of the people directly involved with the Watergate scandal. (www.weberman.com) This makes a connection between the killing and Nixon, though it does not explain Nixon's possible motivations for having Kennedy killed. (Krassner,1997,krassner.htm)

Oswald was assassinated, soon after the assassination of JFK, by a low-level mobster and known FBI informant named Jack Ruby. (Bochnan,1996,hosty.tx}

Nixon was obsessed with winning at all costs, and ran dirty campaigns (with the help of his sidekick H. R. Halderman) to ensure his success. (pbs.org,1998,nixscript.htm) His first clean campaign was run in 1960 against JFK. Nixon had worked with him in the Senate, and thought him to be a fair and worthy opponent, and also one that he could easily defeat because of Kennedy's youth and inexperience. But Kennedy used the same offensive campaign tactics that Nixon had used in the past. He called Nixon a crook and a generally dishonest man. Between Kennedy's own crookedness and his camera-friendliness, he managed to defeat Nixon in 1960.

Nixon was relatively calm about his loss, but he became much angrier when he then lost the state election for governor in 1962. He later became even angrier when the media kept making him subject to ridicule, as occurred on the Jack Paar Show, the New York Times, and even TIME magazine. (pbs.org,1998,nixscript.htm) Nixon was sure that both John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert F. Kennedy had plotted against him, and persuaded the vote for governor in a negative way behind the scenes. Nixon knew he was not likely to receive any more support had he ran in 1964. Nixon had a hatred and distrust of the Kennedy's, coupled with an obsessive desire to win.

Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, one year after Nixon's loss of the state election, and one year before the next Presidential election. This establishes Nixon's motive.

Nixon realized that Johnson would be unbeatable in 1964, but he was determined to win in the 1968 election, and carefully observed his possible opposition. By the end of 1964, Alabama governor George Wallace had achieved a national following, and was a likely candidate for the presidency in 1968. Johnson was elected easily in 1964, and was likely to run again in 1968. Both of them were very strong threats to Nixon, and both were heavily set back by one unexplained incident on March 7, 1965 during a peaceful march organized by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in Selma, Alabama.

Violence broke out into what would later be referred to as "Bloody Sunday" by the media and historians. Wallace had no intention of bringing about violence, and he told his police chief to be especially non-violent with the protesters because of the television cameras. However, for some reason the chief allegedly lost control of himself and started a police riot in full view of television cameras. (pbs.org,2000,transcript1.htm) The public lost much of their confidence in Johnson and Wallace because of this event. Given the similar types of incidents that would later be connected to Nixon, it would not be unwarranted to consider that the sudden riot may have been arranged by Nixon or his right-hand man, H.R. Halderman. (Larner,1996,buchananmemo.htm) Regardless of whether or not he was the cause of it, the riot helped Nixon to discredit his opponents and got him one step closer to victory. This left him with one less problem regarding the 1968 election.

However, this still left him with other obstacles. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was powerful and rational, and he had many followers. His peaceful teachings instilled hope and confidence in much of the black population, but at the same time led to greater fear and subsequent hatred among the white population. This was a mixture that would lead to a generally stirred populous, which would be a problem for electoral candidates. They could be almost instantly pushed ahead or behind, based on the agenda of a Civil Rights (or Anti-Civil Rights) group. The killing of King solved that problem.

James Earl Ray was blamed for the killing, but, as with the JFK killing, there may be more to the story. When Ray allegedly shot King, he was a drifter and escaped felon. He was not captured until two months later in London, England. Prior the shooting, Ray was not very successful in his attempts at anything criminal. He was arrested for nearly everything he tried, and was generally not overly bright. Working alone, Ray would not have had access to the technology required to create the documentation and credentials needed to bypass international security and escape overseas. He would have needed connections to a higher office of some sort, or at least a more accomplished criminal. When he was arrested, he pled guilty to avoid receiving the death penalty, and was given a sentence of 99 years in jail. Three days later, he recanted; no longer accepting full blame for the killing. Years later, when he was suffering from liver disease and guaranteed to die early, he offered to tell the full story of what happened for the court. He was denied this opportunity and died one year later. Apparently the government preferred to keep Ray in silence, for one reason or another. (Newshour,1998,ray_4-23a.htm)

The FBI had kept tabs on King, and tape recorded things he said and did, and made attempts to expose him as a communist. Army Intelligence was reportedly in the area on the day King was shot. The FBI removed King's protection in Memphis (where he was killed) and after the assassination they took the case out of the hands of the local police. (Newshour,1998,ray_4-23.htm) If someone in the government was controlling James Earl Ray, and using him to erase King without leaving government tracks, then it would have been easy for Ray to obtain the papers he used to flee the country and assume a new identity. Using the homeless escaped felon to eliminate King would have solved the problems of anyone who, like Nixon, was planning to run for President within the next few years. King's assassination was carried out much the same way as Kennedy's: a gunman who claimed to be a pawn, shooting at a political figure whose security had just been removed by the FBI. Nixon's motive was there, as well as the methodological pattern of the killing.

Exactly three months later, as he "was just beginning to emerge as the Democratic front runner for the presidency in 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullet." (pbs.org,1998,nixscript.htm) Sirhan Sirhan is generally accepted as his killer, but just like King and John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy's assassination was filled with signs of scandal and conspiracy. He would have been a strong opponent for Nixon. However, as he was exiting the stage after a public appearance, there was some confusion, and then death.

The initial plan was for Kennedy to be escorted off to the right side of the stage. There was a sudden and unexplained change in their path and Kennedy was instead escorted by his acting bodyguard, Bill Barry (ex-FBI), in another direction downstairs toward the pantry. Barry suddenly fell behind Senator Kennedy as he was entering the pantry. This is when the murder took place. (Pease,1998,pr398-rfk.htm)

According to Professor Melanson, Sirhan "fired from approximately one to six feet away from Kennedy", (Nellon,1994,melanson.htm) in the front. The bullets that killed him, however, entered "from behind at a sharp upward angle, and were fired at point blank range". "Sirhan's bullets could not have killed Kennedy." (Nellon,1994,melanson.htm) However, five other people were injured in the shooting, one of which suffered wounds from two separate shots, and there were two bullets found lodged in the wooden door frame behind Kennedy.

Assuming that these bullets had passed through at least one human target, that makes a total of ten bullets (4 in Kennedy, two in the door frame, two in one other man, and 1 in each of the other 4 people in the room),and 12 if the two in the door frame did not hit anyone. Sirhan's gun could only hold 7 bullets, and his clip was empty when he was arrested. (Nellon,1994,melanson.htm) There had to be at least one other shooter who was not identified or apprehended. (Pease,1998,pr398-rfk.htm) Joseph Klein recalls seeing a man in a suit go by, unstopped, while Sirhan was being apprehended, "My God, he had a gun and we let him go by.", he said to the LAPD at the time. (Pease,1998,pr398-rfk.htm) That suited mystery man is the key to the rest of the details of this assassination. Whoever contracted the killing must have had a strong motivation, as well as a way past or into the security teams. Again, it points in the direction of someone in the government, quite possibly Nixon. Nixon was threatened by Kennedy's success, considered him unworthy of the presidency, and was obsessed with winning, and extremely paranoid about losing. The motivation was definitely there, and so was the methodological pattern. The similarities between Robert Kennedy's assassination and those of JFK and King is almost undeniable.

The next victim would be George Wallace. With Robert F. Kennedy dead, and Wallace already somewhat discredited, the Democrats were left with the relatively unpopular former vice-president Hubert Humphrey as their only logical remaining candidate, but George Wallace had turned not to be so easily dismissed. Although Nixon won in the 1968 election and became president of the United States, George Wallace had run as a successful third party candidate and nearly deadlocked the election. (pbs.org,2000,pande01.htm)

Nixon was furious and attempted to sabotage Wallace's run for governor of Alabama in order to prevent Wallace from being a third party candidate again in 1972, but Wallace won in spite of Nixon's efforts. Nixon then used the IRS to put pressure on Wallace, and Wallace finally announced ( shortly after a meeting with Nixon ) that he would not be a third party candidate in the 1972 election, at which point the IRS investigation was withdrawn. (pbs.org,2000,transcript1.htm)

Although Wallace kept his promise not to run as a third party candidate, he surprised Nixon by becoming the Democratic candidate instead. This may have triggered the assassination attempt on his life in May of 1972. While the assassination was unsuccessful, it managed to cripple him for life, effectively driving him from politics. Within minutes after the shooting, H.R. Halderman and some of his associates were on the way to the accused assassin's apartment, in which they intended to plant materials to make it look as though the assassin was a tool of the only remaining Democratic candidate, McGovern. (pbs.org,2000,pande01.htm) This would have left Nixon with little or no competition, but they allegedly were delayed in traffic and unable to plant the materials.

From "The Politics of Rage, by Dan Carter, (American Experience series): "Richard Nixon now feared that Wallace would not keep his promise and become a third party candidate. Polls suggested that virtually all of Wallace’s votes would come from Nixon’s potential supporters. If Wallace stood, Nixon faced the prospect of being defeated by McGovern.

On 15th May, 1972, Arthur Bremer tried to assassinate Wallace. at a presidential campaign rally in Laurel, Maryland. Wallace was hit four times. Three other people, Alabama State Trooper Captain E. C. Dothard, Dora Thompson, a Wallace campaign volunteer, and Nick Zarvos, a Secret Service agent, were also wounded in the attack.

Mark Felt of the Federal Bureau of Investigation immediately took charge of the case. According to the historian Dan T. Carter (The Politics of Rage), Felt had a trusted contact in the White House: Charles Colson. Felt gave Colson the news. Within 90 minutes of the shooting Richard Nixon and Colson are recorded discussing the case. Nixon told Colson that he was concerned that Bremer “might have ties to the Republican Party or, even worse, the President’s re-election committee”. Nixon also asked Colson to find a way of blaming George McGovern for the shooting.

Over the next few hours, Colson and Felt talk six times on the telephone. Felt gave Colson the address of Bremer's home. Colson now phoned E. Howard Hunt and asked him to break-in to Bremer's apartment to discover if he had any documents that linked him to Nixon or George McGovern. According to Hunt's autobiography, Undercover, he disliked this idea but made preparations for the trip. He claimed that later that night Colson calls off the operation.

At 5:00 p.m. Thomas Farrow, head of the Baltimore FBI, passed details of Bremer’s address to the FBI office in Milwaukee. Soon afterwards two FBI agents arrived at Bremer’s apartment block and begin interviewing neighbours. However, they do not have a search warrant and do not go into Bremer’s apartment.

At around the same time, James Rowley, head of the Secret Service, ordered one of his Milwaukee agents to break into Bremer’s apartment. It has never been revealed why Rowley took this action. It is while this agent is searching the apartment that the FBI discover what is happening. According to John Ehrlichman, the FBI was so angry when they discovered the Secret Service in the apartment that they nearly opened fire on them.

The Secret Service took away documents from Bremer’s apartment. It is not known if they planted anything before they left. Anyway, the FBI discovered material published by the Black Panther Party and the American Civil Liberties Union in the apartment. Both sets of agents now left Bremer’s apartment unsealed. Over the next 80 minutes several reporters enter the apartment and take away documents.

Charles Colson also phoned journalists at the Washington Post and Detroit News with the news that evidence had been found that Bremer is a left-winger and was connected to the campaign of George McGovern. The reporters were also told that Bremer is a “dues-paying member of the Young Democrats of Milwaukee”. The next day Bob Woodward (Washington Post) and Gerald terHost (Detroit News) publish this story.

The following day that the FBI discovered Bremer’s 137-page written diary in his blue Rambler car. The opening sentence was: "Now I start my diary of my personal plot to kill by pistol either Richard Nixon or George Wallace." Nixon was initially suspected of being behind the assassination but the diary gets him off the hook. The diary was eventually published as a book, An Assassin's Diary (1973).

Wallace survived the assassination attempt. He gradually developed the view that one Nixon’s aides ordered the assassination. To gain revenge he announces he is to become a third party candidate. However, Wallace’s health has been severely damaged and reluctantly he had to pull out of the race.

In May, 1974, Martha Mitchell visited Wallace in Montgomery. She told him that her husband, John N. Mitchell, had confessed that Charles Colson had a meeting with Arthur Bremer four days before the assassination attempt.

Wallace ordered his own investigation into Bremer. He told friends that he was convinced that Nixon’s aides had arranged the assassination. Wallace gave an interview to Jack Nelson of the Los Angeles Times. Wallace told Nelson that the man seen talking to Bremer on the Lake Michigan Ferry looked very much like G. Gordon Liddy."

As with the previously accused assassins, Arthur Bremer, charged with the shooting of Wallace, appeared to be an incompetent with possible links to the FBI or the CIA, and as with the previous assassinations, there was a sudden change in the security procedures, with Wallace's bodyguards falling behind as he entered the crowd to shake hands. The assassination attempt had occurred on the eve of his greatest political victory, and at the time he posed the greatest threat to Nixon's presidency. (pbs.org,2000,pande01.htm)

Nixon won the 1972 election, but withdrew from the presidency following the Watergate scandal, during which some of his actions and methods, as well as those of some of his followers, became public. (pbs.org,1998,nixscript.htm) Although he is dead, attorneys for his estate are still blocking legal attempts to gain access to his personal political records. (Larner,1996,buchananmemo.htm) There have not been any political assassinations since Nixon left office.

After examining the assassinations that occurred between 1963 and 1972, it becomes obvious that there is some sort of connection. All of the assassinations fit into a distinct serial pattern. As soon as the victim is put in a position to endanger Richard Nixon's chance at the Presidency, they are almost immediately either discredited and/or destroyed. The connection to Nixon is debatable, but there is definitely evidence that supports the idea. Unless one believes in an astounding amount of coincidence, it is impossible to deny the possibility that Richard M. Nixon may have been a serial murderer. It becomes even more plausible when you consider the people who surrounded him, performing "dirty tricks" on his behalf and presumably under his orders, since 1956, and the likelihood of a set of Murder By Proxy serrial killings.

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