"Skeletons in the Closet: Family Secrets" unearths the hidden history of my great-uncle, Guy Banister—a former FBI agent and WWII spy under the infamous J. Edgar Hoover, with ties to legendary names like Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, and Eddie Bentz. But his own legacy would take a darker turn when he became entangled in one of the most controversial conspiracies of the 20th century: the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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"Skeletons in the Closet: Family Secrets" unearths the hidden history of my great-uncle, Guy Banister—a former FBI agent and WWII spy under the infamous J. Edgar Hoover, with ties to legendary names like Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger, and Eddie Bentz. But his own legacy would take a darker turn when he became entangled in one of the most controversial conspiracies of the 20th century: the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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Sources:
Welcome Mr. Kennedy | Newspaper Article/Clipping | Wisconsin Historical Society
Robert Vitt's Source list at dapperjackalopemedia.com.
Show Notes:
I will be a speaker at the upcoming JFK Lancer Conference. The conference will be held in Dallas, TX on November 21-23rd, 2025 at the Fairmont Dallas, a hotel in downtown Dallas.
Tickets are available at assassinationconference.com, and options include in-person (starting at $149.99) and virtual tickets (starting at 75.99)
The kind folks who put on the conference have given a coupon code for Skeletons in the Closet listeners for the Conference. If you decide this opportunity is too cool to miss, enter the discount code “Skeletons10” when you pay for your tickets. It give you a 10% discount, and works with all caps, all lowercase, or with the first letter capitalized.
*Huge thank you to co-creator Robert Vitt!
*Podcast cover by Robert Vitt.
*Music provided by SlipStream.
*Audio mixing and recording by Aaron Morgenstern.
*Research assistance from our local library. Go check out a library in your area! Librarians! They drink coffee and know things!
*Thank you so much to my Banister family. We couldn’t have done this without you.
Check out our new website and upcoming merch store at www.dapperjackalopemedia.com!
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