/internal/media/dispatcher/76052/fullPaul Bentley Living History Program05/16/2008Duration: 30 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2008.001.00340Videotaped Living History public program with Paul Bentley. Chief polygraph examiner with the Dallas Police Department in 1963, Bentley participated in the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theatre.
Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 16, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The program is thirty minutes long.Oral Histories725850E-100E-1026448Oral history0E-10Videotaped Living History public program with Paul Bentley. Chief polygraph examiner with the Dallas Police Department in 1963, Bentley participated in the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas Theatre.
Program conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on May 16, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The program is thirty minutes long.InvestigationsEvidenceArrestPolicePolygraphOral historiesKennedy, John F.Oswald, Lee HarveyMcDonald, M. N. "Nick"Bentley, PaulFagin, StephenTexas TheatreDallas Police DepartmentDallasDallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Law Enforcement (OHC)Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)Paul Bentley was a longtime friend of The Sixth Floor Museum, and it was my honor to know him in the final years of his life. Prior to my joining the staff, Bentley recorded an oral history with the Museum in 1994, which may be viewed here: Paul Bentley Oral History – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. Some thirteen years later, I invited Paul to return to the Museum for a 2007 panel discussion about the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald as well as a solo gallery talk, which may be viewed here: "A Voice from History: Paul Bentley" Program – Works – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. In January 2008, I had the pleasure of recording my own one-on-one oral history with Paul at his home in Dallas. A few months later, he participated in this recording, one of the Museum's earliest Living History public programs. Sadly, Paul passed away a little more than two months after this event was recorded. - Stephen Fagin, Curator Paul Bentley passed away on July 21, 2008, at the age of 87, a little more than two months after this public program was recorded. - Stephen Fagin, Curator