The Kennedy Assassination: Inside the Book Depository 

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More than anything else, the assassination is an amazing case study into how wildly unreliable witness statements are

Can I just quickly shout out how good that creepy little musical sting is during the chapter titles? Man I love that.

The quality of this documentary is what SHOULD be shown on the History Channel these days.

Can we just appreciate the amount of research and editing and the hours of finding the good music, the good 3d renders and all those photos, the masterclass of a story and the transitions between events and the easy visualisation, Honestly the Documentary is a work of art.

This channel is the perfect example of the phrase “Good things come to those who wait”

How is this free? This dude goes dark for over a year and then comes back with a full length documentary of insane quality. This is really one of the best channels on RU-vid.

40:56 “Why didn't you go up to the sixth floor?” I don't think so he would have liked to greet a damn assassin with a rifle lmao

Amos Euins focusing on that bald spot like he owed it money bro

The Russians thinking the Cubans did it, the Cubans thinking the CIA did it, the CIA thinking maybe they did do it but if they didn’t it was probably the Russians who did it. Oswald can’t believe he’s not getting the credit for this.

Man, shoutout to the voice actors. It's nothing that seems super exciting but just the fact that this video takes the extra step on the details goes to show how high-quality the production is.

51:56 "i mean i wouldnt blame you if you don't theres like 100 different names to keep track of" LMAO💀

Not enough blame is put on the ineptitude of the Dallas police. The sniper's nest, the suspect's line up, the interview of Oswald. No tape recorder, no notes. The Tippit crime scene debacle. Letting Ruby close enough to shoot Oswald point blank. I could go on.

I cannot imagine the amount of documents and records someone had to go through for this video. It might be the most impressive documentary I've ever seen.

This shows why eye witness testimony is actually fairly useless yet people get sent to prison on similar testimony all the time. We are all fairly useless at noticing at what is going on around us

This might be a dumb thing to point out, but I think I finally figured out where the sound for your intro comes from. I was watching Star Trek Deep Space 9 a while back and heard Captain Sisko say "Just let me know" and I knew almost immediately that I'd heard it in your videos. Pretty neat I think, Great Show, think I prefer it over TNG, which itself isn't bad.

They really asked the man running away from the shots l“Why didn’t you run up to the 6th floor” he was polite for only saying “maybe we were frightened” that was a dumb question, like anyone would instinctually run towards the gunshots that you witnessed just hit the president, yea let me run to armed assassin sounds like a smart idea.

This whole thing seems like an excellent case study into why eye witness testimony is not weighed as heavily anymore in court. People misremember, wrongly perceive, or unintentionally imagine things without realizing it all the time.

My uncle was a homicide detective. Once, he told me about a case he worked that really frustrated him. Two guys had shot each other at a house party. One of them died while the other was badly injured, but lived. There was literally dozens of witnesses to it (they'd apparently got in quite a screaming match first, drawing everyone's attention). He interviewed all of them to find out what exactly happened (depending on how the confrontation went, the guy who lived could be brought to trial for murder or get a lower charge if it was in self defense). Everybody remembered it differently, even when he eliminated the testimony of the victim's friends and those that were too intoxicated to really be trustworthy. There were five people there that hadn't drank or smoked anything, didn't know the guys, and were close enough that they heard/saw the entire argument. They each had a different memory of how it happened. Not even a little different. Vastly different. When told about the other people's recollections, none of them changed their story. They were all confidant that it happened exactly how they remembered it. Human recollection is incredibly finicky and unreliable, especially in stressful moments. It's why so many prisoners were exonerated when DNA began being used. We;re just not designed to perfectly pay attention to every detail, we're lucky if we even remember the broad strokes. Even worse, when pressured to remember more, sometimes our brains will fabricate details that are completely wrong. We should all feel blessed to live in a society where we can pull out our phones and have perfect documentation of how things happen. We think police brutality is bad now, imagine what it used to be like when they had literally no oversight and everybody was taught to trust their word over anyone else's. Terrifying! Edit: Answering some questions. I sadly don't know how the case was concluded. I was told this back in the early 2000s, not sure exactly when (I was fairly young) and my uncle has since passed away so I can't ask him. It was in California though if anyone wants to try and track it down themselves. Also I didn't mean to come across as police being bad there at the end. I'm more of the opinion that there are a few really bad apples that ruin the bunch. The thing is, now we actually have methods to catch those bad apples, while before video cameras became prevalent it was always the accused criminals word against the police officers. Pretty much everyone would believe the cop before some random person, which they should since most criminals lie about their crimes (DUH). The idea of there being corrupt or even criminal police wasn't really a common thought until more recent times (among the majority of the population at least). I could be wrong about that, but when I talk with my parents and grandparents, the current anti police mentality of the younger generation is very foreign to them. P.S. i'm not a robot writing this, LOL. I know you're only supposed to use one space between sentences in academic papers, but I always found it easier to read when there was multiple. Sorry if it annoys the more academically inclined.

shout out to the voice actors in this! they did a fantastic job! i cannot get over the subtle sympathy put into the "then what happened" at 1:10:45 just *chefs kiss*

The graphical representation of Dealy and the Depository are TOP NOTCH. Best I've seen.

Ahhhhh yes. As someone who grew up in and still lives in Dallas, this has been the Lemmino video I've been looking forward to the most!

I like on how Lemmino went from being a typical Top 10 RU-vid channel, to literally producing both music and free Netflix tier high quality crime documentaries on RU-vid. You're a legend bro.

Imagine watching top 10 videos for a year and years later you come back to his channel to just see an entire assassination documentary.

This channel is also the perfect example of ‘quality > quantity’, in case that wasn’t apparent before

This is perhaps the only channel on youtube where I actually do not mind waiting almost two years for a single video. The quality of Lemmino's content is second to none.

The thing about Oswald is that he was seemingly the real example of someone who no one notices. He was such a loner to all of his coworkers and no one noticed him until afterwards, when he was said to be the assassin, that his coworkers started looking for him in their memories.

Your voice, the slick animation, well researched subjects…it’s masterfully executed. Outstanding work.

I just finished watching and I am extremely impressed with your documentary. I have watched many clips of this historical event and none have been as impressive and thorough as your video. Great job and keep up the good work.

"Yeah my husband is full of shit all the time" is a hilarious turn

If you’ve ever tried looking at a building’s windows or tried locating whether the noise you hear in your flat is coming from above, below or next door, you know that none of the witness accounts mean much. It’s just too hard to tell such things, especially when you’re not expecting something to happen.

you have been my favorite youtuber since forever. always fell in love with the graphics of your videos.

You know it’s a good day when LEMMINO uploads and it’s more than an hour and a half.

21:06 The “reoccurring dreams” part is a fantastically eerie addition. The way the interviewer is taken aback by such an odd and personal question…it doesn’t necessarily add much to the case, but it goes a long way to show the impact this event had on the people who witnessed it

The key piece of evidence for me indicating there was no conspiracy was that LHO got the job at the book depository through a neighbor, ie., he wasn't "placed" there by an agency. Bottom line, it was a horrible coincidence this nut-bar had a job in a building that happened to be on JFK's motorcade route.

Very good video. I have been making some of these points for years however your video filled in all the blank spot. Great info and video. Well done!

It would be incredible if you covered the Zodiac investigation. Not the murders, but the press and police investigation because there are some extremely wild things in there.

Been hoping for this being covered for ages, thank you as ever for the quality content

Its a glorious day when Lemmino actually uploads! Your videos are truly a blessing, you are truly the best video editor I have ever seen.

Seriously quality shit right here. Possibly the best objective breakdown of events that I've seen in 32 years of viewing films and shows about the assassination.

This channel has become RU-vid's best example of quality over quantity. Amazing work.

The fact Lemmino makes everything from the graphics to the music is some serious dedication to his craft, I hope to become as skilled as such in the future, amazing video right here

Your videos are above and beyond another level. The attention to detail, the historical facts, the storytelling is next to none! You should be nominated for an award - even I don’t watch any of them - your work has to be recognized. You’ve set an incredibly high bar and I don’t believe anyone can come close! Kudos!!!

Excellent! Really just focuses on bare facts and then cross references them to let you know all the angles. Very well done.

The voice acting in this is very good. You did a great job casting the right people for the right roles.

Man modeled the whole building, cut it, and kept showing the floors with meticulous detail, goes over it with amazing animation, and shows a documentary far more detailed than any documentary can do. This man cooked his video to perfection and the video tastes so good. I'd easily find myself watching it again.

Lemmino is literally perfect production, i love every seconds of it

This is an amazing dissection of the events surrounding the Schoolbook Depository. Amazing graphics and layouts.

lemmino's documentaries are getting longer and longer which is amazing, makes a year worth waiting

So much of this can be explained by the fact that human memory sucks. For example, the sheer number of people who are falsely imprisoned due to incorrect witness testimony is actually frightening. The human memory is staggeringly unreliable and is prone to exaggeration and falsification, not to mention susceptible to suggestion.

Your stuff is superb, LEMMiNO. Please do more.

The number of times i have come back to watch this video is too high. You are an absolute legend, Lemmino. ❤️❤️❤️

The whole paper bag thing is hilarious, imagine asking workers whose job is to handle paper wrapped packages all day to remember the dimensions of one specific package that wasn't even part of their job.

He’s finally back from the dead with another incredible video, I’m so goddamn happy.

A wonderful piece of work, top quality

Oh my god the visuals are SO HELPFUL❤️

I find it absolutely Insane that I started watching Lemmino for His rage comics and now he is out here creating literal masterpieces of entertainment.

I love the modern RU-vid take on documentaries. No dramatic music, no weird nonsense interviews with "experts", no b-side camera shots. Just plain information.

the intro and background always gets me invested into these videos. keep it up man!

This is great work. Thanks for the effort!

It should be noted that someone's testimony being consistent doesn't necessarily make them any more reliable than a more inconsistent person. They can be consistently wrong.

Something I absolutely love, that you also did an exceptional job with in the Jack the Ripper video, is your use of visuals to build maps and timelines to give context that's easy to follow.

This was awesome man. Thank you so much!

god, you are fantastic. as always. and music, oh my god i got whole body chills at the start of your ending segment (1:27:40)! what fantastic composition!

My biggest takeaway from this fantastic documentary is that people REALLY didn't like Arnold Rowland. He took more strays than Kennedy did in this film!

These videos are so bittersweet. So good, but a gentle reminder we will be waiting another year for him to drop a new masterpiece. Truly one of your best works.

enormously good video! the research and animations are stunningly good! wow!

This is stunning, sane work.

Animating this whole building + roads around it, being able show the different floors as well as the people and boxes in there... the voice actors... the clean chapter design... all these little details. You're crazy for putting this high quality content out here for free. Thanks man, you're awesome!

After a stressful event like a shooting, it's rare for people to give an accurate recounting of events. Some people who have fired in self defense remember firing 2 shots when they actually fired 10, things like that.

This documentary was amazing! Please keep making more videos on the kennedy assassination!!

Great documentary. Nicely done!

I cannot comprehend how this is on youtube of all places, and not on netflix or a streaming service. MASSIVE respect to you and the effort you put in.

I mean isn't this a perfect demonstration why witness testimony should never be considered as direct evidence. It is one of the least reliable forms of evidence. You cannot rely on human memory even if they're not trying to fabricate a story. But my god what a masterclass by Lemmino. I've seen documentaries with actual budgets that don't even come close to this level.

This documentary is the best source on JFK assassination I have known off so far. Congratulations to the creator.

God this video is so good. One of my favs from lemmino

This video made me think how cool a detective game would be where you try to solve an old mystery based on unreliable eyewitness testimonies and you have to piece together the true story of what happened

This is, arguably, better than television, and half of the modern high production documentaries. Great job

This is phenomenally well made.

I just randomly remembered about the fact that I love this channel for a few videos I watched 1 or 2 years ago and I decided to come back and check if there were any new videos. I'm so happy I found this jewel of a documentary. Amazing work, I think I'll keep coming back, it doesn't matter if the next video comes out when I'm 60. Such an amazing documentary 🩷

Patiently waiting for the next masterpiece of a video

My guy went from making top 10 videos to being one of the very best documentary channels on the entire internet. Absolutely outstanding video man, you're a damn legend. Seeing you grow as a creator has been my great pleasure. Keep up the fantastic work, and thank you for the entertainment.

I love the 3d animations. That type of thing makes it SO easy to visualize the setting and scenario. Better editing than mainstream documentaries. Please do more like that, love it.

The soundtrack sounds criminally masterpiece!

Great video. I enjoyed every minute

Its a good day when Lemino uploads

I've watched several professionally made for TV documentaries about the Kennedy Assassination, and none of them have been as good as this right here. No bias, no conspiracy chasing, no smoke, just the accounts of that moment. I love this. Please keep doing what you're doing.

Man I cant believe I first found your channel 11 years ago back when you were doing top 10’s I was 10 now I’m turning 21 time flies.

This and Munger's video are great.

This is kind of scary. Think there are thousands of people that have been sent to prison over the years based solely on witness statements and look how wildly inconsistent all these witnesses statements are in this case.

In Oswald's defense(?), the number of times I have been at work, walked through or been in a room, had someone say "oh when did you get here" and dont believe that I have walked past them multiple times is amazing. some people are just really good at being ghosts.

This video is an incredible piece of work, I’m sure it wasn’t his main motivation for creating it, but whatever he’s earned from it isn’t enough. It must have taken a considerable amount of time to do the research and translate all the information into clear commentary that aligned with all the graphics and animations. Seriously impressive

I honestly can not belive that such a person would comit a crime so harsh as this. Still, there are much worse cases just like this and following the recent shooting of Civilians in Prague, I can see that this video is absolutely perfect in so many ways, great video!

God, how Lemmino does transitions and effects are so fantastic. The transition sound between each chapter gives me goosebumps and shivers each time.

I’ve seen dozens of JFK docs and somehow, this felt completely fresh. You’re a great storyteller and the use of scope (pun not intended) was perfect.

Excellent presentation. Factual and reliable.

sitting here working looking down on dealey plaze and over at the book depository mapping it all in my head to the video has been a great experience

The worst part about watching LEMMiNO videos is that you can't watch anything that can match this level of quality after!

I love how seemingly honest these interviewees are. The wife straight up calls out her husband for being kind of a bullshitter who makes up stories to make himself sound smarter.

Great video! Love how you have put all this together! Well done! 👍👍