Category: Political Dynasties

• The LBJ Plot

  A theory asserting that Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson orchestrated or facilitated the assassination of John F. Kennedy to preserve his political survival, avoid being dropped from the 1964 ticket, and stop corruption scandals from reaching him. The theory usually links Johnson to Texas political fixers, oil interests, and operatives who could shape both the killing and the post-assassination transfer of power.

• The Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedys

  A mid-century rumor tradition later absorbed into assassination literature, claiming that Marilyn Monroe was more than a celebrity companion to political elites and instead functioned as a covert intermediary or secret agent tied to a hidden power structure. In this telling, her proximity to the Kennedys, intelligence gossip, and her death in 1962 combined into a single narrative about sexual access, state secrets, and off-the-books political management.