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James Shelby Downard

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James Shelby Downard
Born 13 March 1913(1913-03-13)
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Died 16 March 1998 (85)
Nationality American

James Shelby Downard, Jr. (March 13, 1913 - March 16, 1998) was an American conspiracy theorist, particularly notable for his assertion that the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy was a Masonic ritual sacrifice, the "Killing of the King." [Alternately, Downard may not have existed at all, and is simply a pseudonym used by authors working at Feral House Publishing.]

Selected Bibliography

  • Downard, James Shelby; Hoffman II, Michael A. (1987), "King Kill/33°: Masonic Symbolism in the Assassination of John F. Kennedy", in Parfrey, Adam, Apocalypse Culture, Portland, OR: Feral House 
  • Downard, James Shelby (1993), "Sorcery, Sex, Assassination, and the Science of Symbolism", in Keith, Jim, Secret and Suppressed: Banned Ideas and Hidden History, Venice, CA: Feral House 
  • Downard, James Shelby (2006), Freeland, Elena, ed., The Carnivals of Life and Death: My Profane Youth: 1913-1935, Los Angeles, CA: Feral House