Living History with Elmer Boyd
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- The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza presented an interview with Elmer Boyd, a Dallas police homicide detective who conducted crime scene investigations at the Texas School Book Depository following the assassination. He also escorted Lee Harvey Oswald at Police Headquarters on the afternoon and evening of November 22, 1963. Moderator was Museum Associate Curator Stephen Fagin.
This presentation took place at the Museum on March 7, 2015 as part of the 2015 Living History Series. To see related films, photos, documents and oral histories from The Sixth Floor Museum's collection, visit our online collections database (emuseum.jfk.org). Or make a research appointment to explore the books, DVDs and other materials available in the Museum's Reading Room (www.jfk.org/go/reading-room).
Love these! Always excellent questions. Does a great job keeping interviews on track.
I retired from Police Department as a homicide detective after 35yrs in my city in NJ. I was 4 yrs in the military from 79 to1983 and a join police dept in September 1983 to September 2018. My wife died in February 2015 after 35 yrs of marriage she had cancer. I enjoyed my job to the fullest. Seen a lot of things.
Sir respectfully you have and interesting bio in law enforcement and thanks for your military service.
Your point being what exactly??
@@josenavas9968 just freedom of speech either verbally or written.
@@michaeldavis2021 The very best to you sir!
@@josenavas9968What a disrespectful thing to write to this gentleman, especially patronizing with the false compliments you began with.
What’s your point of such a question except to prove your reading comprehension skills are elementary??
Elmer Boyd is a very soft-spoken man. The sound was fine to me. I didn't have any problem understanding him at all.
Could hear him fine. Stephen Fagin always does a great job with his interviews, comprehensive, informative and interesting.
It’s called job security. Lee acted alone, end of story. Must keep the revenue stream high for the museum.
Detective Studebaker from the dallas crime lab said he only had two months training for fingerprints and photography and when asked by the Warren Commission what formal training he had he said he learnt on the job, he had been with the crime lab since January 1962.
What a nice man
Enjoyed the video, the sound was good for me!! Really like Mr. Boyd.
Could someone give a synopsis of what Mr. Boyd said about the Mary Bedsloe- October 63 report? Had a difficult time understanding -especially about when the Washington men visited. Was the report fraudulent?
Interesting that he sat in with Secret Service planning for the visit. I'm sorry that then assistant curator, later the curator, didn't ask him whether the Secret Service asked about possible sniper posts along the parade route. I imagine most of the Secret Service must've been WWII veterans and well aware of the power and accuracy of combat rifles. More innocent times, I guess.
They didnt do that then no has no imminent threats the agents in the car were taught to look at the windows ofcourse this was a special situation hundreds of people in those windows.
Right when Boyd says Curry told him at Parkland to go back to the TSBD "because we think that's where the shots came from" (?!so soon!?) the interviewer deflects the interview to irrelevancies, a constant problem with this guy.
Not so soon they had interviewed Brennan and Euins by then
I think he does a damn good job myself.
@@randyharris3175
OF COURSE YOU DO!!! 🤡🤡🤡
@@randyharris3175 Soon enough to be like you...full of crap! 🤡
@adrian KLANenger - the democrat kkk supported ted kennedy after the murder @ CHAPPAQUIDDICK : " OF COURSE YA DO "
Fascinating - especially ref the lack of recording devices to tape interviews.....I was under the impression the DPD did have tape machines, but they elected not to use on for Oswald.
Sound quality is pretty awful yes and I had difficulty understanding some of what Elmer is saying, but then I am English...!
Yeah, it is a different language for many of those down home Texans, which Mr. Boyd is one of.
Very Interesting the Night before SS,FBI AND Head of Dallas Homicide Division was called to a meeting and told they( Dallas Homicide Division) was not needed on the parade route for security. I never heard that before
Maybe they didnt want cops all over the place thinking that a show of force would give the impression of a hostile environment.
They didn’t want a real investigation happening.
@@jerrymarshall2095 are you completely dense,,? Col Fletcher Prouty was sent to Antartica before and he said there would be 100s from Ft Sam Houston there that were told to stand down. Please use some critical thinking skills.
@@jerrymarshall2095 Oh, bull!
Maybe, you're full of sh*t, too!
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@jenniferwise8515 Jen I was studying this stuff b4 you were born,I don't jump on every b.s. wagon that rolls by.I don't who did the deed an neither do you.
The sound quality is hard to listen to.
Thanks for this unfortunately I couldn’t understand what Mr Boyd was saying a lot of the time.
This would be a great and important interview if only I could better understand what this guy is saying.
some sound comments, volume ok just comprehension lacking, almost needs caption
No he doesn't. Hes worse than a Warren Commission lawyer. He loves the lie
@ligaya barKLUX - ya left out any facts, evidence or examples
Sound quality is horrible.
Funny he never said if Oswald passed the paraffin test. I know they said they got no sign of gun powder on the check but got a reading on the hands, which most said would prove positive from the ink they used.
2jimbo16720: Parrifin tests are inadmissible in court due to their notorious unreliability. The test proves nothing either way.
@@stddisclaimer8020 Their best used to maybe coax a confession.
@@stddisclaimer8020 Oh yeah???? So why USING THEM THEN?
@@easyabc1404 Like the polygraph test, the paraffin test’s chief usefulness is as an investigative tool, for example, to intimidate naive suspects into confessing. Due to its notorious unreliability, it cannot be admitted as direct evidence in a U.S. court.
@@stddisclaimer8020 Yeah, yeah, yeah. They did a parrafine test on Oswald and it turned to be negative. And Oswald was ''presumed'' to have shot THREE times on the sixth floor and FOUR shots at Tippit 40 minutes later! That leaves gun powder on you SEVEN SHOTS in 40 minutes!
Oswald did not take a 5 hours shower to get rid of that supposed gun powder! He was tested NEGATIVE, let him go... That is the purpose of a parrafine and polygraph test isn't it? To clear or retain the suspect!!!
Hosty was shipped off to Kansas City.
Even Detective Boyd Said if they SS and FBI would have left Oswald alone in the interrogation room we would have got more information and by Taken the body to Washington,Dc was Not right
I bet,the cops back then were respected and given latitude in their interrogations,now days every leftist cop hater comes crawling from under a turd to hammer the cops.
Mr Boyd needs to read the book "Best Evidence". Then he would see exactly how badly the autopsy was performed at Bethesda. In fact a very much altered autopsy. If Mr. Boyd would read that book, perhaps he would change his mind about more than one shooter.
Just caught the Q&A at the end. Did I hear right that there was a police report that said Oswald and Ruby were involved in an altercation before the shooting?
Thought. I wonder if his wife set out his suit like Leaville's did. I like his shirt and that's what made me think of that.
Ruby wasnt a big gangster like they made him out to be classic.
Really? What was he, Randy?
@adrian messinLYNCH - not a ROBERT KKK BYRD democlan
Too much base on sound
You have done enough of these, any chance you could improve the audio? Can’t understand but every 3rd word he is mumbling. Maybe should have got him miked up 20 years ago.
Increase the volume.
Some officers told stories who we knew that were not true I want mention no names .I'll do it for you Mr Boyd Roger Craig.
Lol! Sure thing, RANDY.
@@TheListOf Its a fact Craig made stories up.He had a manuscript for a book that was never published .Why you think he was fired from the DPD?
@@randyharris3175 He did NOT "make stories up". His manuscript has been published. Where the hell have you been?
@@TheListOf Maybe so Oswald got in a station wagon was not made up? Where the hell you been surely not studying the evidence. Saw 765 Mauser on the barrel of the gun made up.said Oswald said dint Drag Ruth Paine into this msde up Fritz saod didn't happen.
@@randyharris3175 Maybe you should update your sources and clear the cobwebs from your eyes.
There's much new information since 1964.
Why didn't you know that a book on Roger Craig has been published along with BOTH manuscripts he wrote???
It is so neat see these real life witnesses from that tragic day. A very wonderful man. However, he is totally full of BS when he says there were no recorders in those days. There were recorders and I bet they had some in the Dallas police dept., in November of 1963. They probably were under orders not to record Oswald. They did not want to take a chance that Oswald might say something that would upset the applecart.
You mean the rotten apples in the apple cart. They want us to think James Bond is the only one with a recorder. Dallas had recording equipment. They had a recording room. They had recordings of police trans. There were newsmen all around with recording equipment. They didnt want a recording, and said not enough room for a stenographer. Bulls#t.
Fritz did pick up the shells. Originally two spent, one not. The third spent shell was added as part of Dallas police evidence planting
@ligaya zero - the mastermnd was DOINK THE CLOWN
@@wallacebell4311he had them in his pocket and put them on the floor for the photographer.
Officer Mumbles
Ive always wondered if the Dallas police dept was somehow involved with this whole fiasco. Why was Ruby so easily allowed in the basement? Why was Oswald denied counsel when charged? Questions still remained.
@Jam Man: Yes, the DPD was certainly "involved," as they solved the crime the very same day.
Yeah that makes a lot of sense hell lets just add the Dallas police along with who the hell ever, that is just ridiculous and totally stupid. There was no maranda law then.
Great interview but the 6th floor museum is just the biggest promoter of the loan gunman theory. Put Robert Groden on your show!
I wonder if he, like so many of his Dallas police colleagues, was in the KKK.
@ d w - are ya short one ? Thanks for showing the ' caring ' side of your LBJ democrat ku klux klan " segregation now, segregation forever "
This man mumbled so badly I missed 50% of what he said.
There's a new thing called a "volume" button you should try.
Yeah, it was a real pleasure alright. Worst interview ever. Also notice that you never have anyone interviewed that has a conflicting opinion that maybe old Lee did NOT act alone. I guess that would detract from the 6th Floor revenue stream. FMTT!