Dr. Cyril Wecht Oral History

Object number2016.001.0128

Date11/19/2016

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Cyril Wecht

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

DimensionsDuration: 82 Minutes

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Oral History Collection

DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Dr. Cyril Wecht. A well-known forensic pathologist, consultant and author, Wecht has researched the Kennedy assassination since 1965. He served on the forensic pathology panel for the House Select Committee on Assassinations in the 1970s and was a technical consultant on Oliver Stone's JFK (1991). Wecht remains an outspoken critic of the Warren Commission investigation. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 19, 2016 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour and twenty-two minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

A few months after recording this oral history, Dr. Wecht returned to the Museum for a public program entitled, "A Case for Conspiracy." It may be viewed in full on the Museum's YouTube channel: A Case for Conspiracy with Dr. Cyril H. Wecht - YouTube. As of Fall 2022, this public program remains the second most-viewed video on the Museum's YouTube channel with more than 1.5 million views. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator