/internal/media/dispatcher/73763/fullDr. John M. Dempsey Oral History12/06/2002Duration: 80 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2002.001.00450Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. John Mark Dempsey -- The nephew of the late Max Causey, jury foreman of the 1964 Jack Ruby trial, Dr. Dempsey is the editor of the 2000 book, The Jack Ruby Trial Revisited. He has also written an academic article on the diary of another Ruby trial juror, J. Waymon Rose.Oral Histories6433921512Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with Dr. John Mark Dempsey. An associate professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Dempsey is the author of The Jack Ruby Trial Revisited (2000), based on the diary written by his late uncle, jury foreman Max Causey. Dempsey later co-wrote Eddie Barker's Notebook (2006), the memoir of longtime KRLD-TV news director Eddie Barker.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on December 6, 2002 by Stephen Fagin and Arlinda Abbott. The interview is one hour and twenty minutes long.Jack Ruby trialOral historiesRose, J. WaymonCausey, MaxBelli, MelvinBrown, Judge Joe B.Dempsey, John MarkDallasAuthors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)Jack Ruby (OHC)In addition to this 2002 oral history, Dr. Dempsey returned to the Museum for a follow-up interview in 2014. At that time, he donated to the Museum audio cassette interviews that he conducted in the late 1990s with four Ruby trial jurors. Sadly, as of 2023, Robert Flechtner is the last known surviving juror from that 1964 trial. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator