5. 80% Of Americans Suspect A Conspiracy Theory
Much has been said and written in the 50 years following JFK's assassination - with many experts pointing to a covert conspiracy theory behind the president's death. Polls conducted between the years 1966 and 2003 found that
80% of Americans suspected a secret plot to kill the President or a cover-up of some description. Even today rumours that the CIA or some other shadowy government agency orchestrated the assassination endure, and that Lee Harvey Oswald was, as he claimed at the time, a patsy. A 2004 poll
taken out by Fox News found that 66% of Americans thought there had been a conspiracy while a further 74% thought there had been a cover-up. Oswald denied shooting the president and never stood trial, after being shot dead himself by Jack Ruby.