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RADIO INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY

WHAT: COURT TV PREMIERED “THE JFK ASSASSINATION: INVESTIGATION REOPENED, EXAMINING ALLEGED AUDIO EVIDENCE OF A SECOND SHOOTER

Forensic Files Special Used Digital Audio Forensic Technology to Show that "Gunshot" Sounds on Police Tape Took Place After the Assassination

WHO: Paul Dowling, executive producer of "Forensic Files."
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DETAILS: Court TV’s signature series Forensic Files took a fascinating new look at the forensics behind the Kennedy assassination investigation, including a controversial piece of evidence that may hold clues to whether there was just one gunmen – or more. The JFK Assassination: Investigation Reopened premiered on Wednesday, November 19th at 9:00 PM ET/PT on Court TV. The one-hour special aired three days before the 40th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s killing.

Court TV worked exclusively with Boston-based forensic acoustic expert Bob Berkovitz, who conducted a state of the art digital audio analysis of the Dallas police audio recording that has long been thought to contain the sounds of the gunshots that killed the President. The special documents Berkovitz’s detailed testing, including the surprising results which shed new light on this 40-year-old mystery and provided a new forensic perspective. In the end, Berkovitz concluded that this recording does not, in fact, include the sounds of assassination, and that in fact was probably recorded 61.5 seconds after the fateful bullets were fired.

Paul Dowling talked about the specifics of this special as well as the impact television has had on this controversial case and why it continues to fascinate the public 40 years later.