Author: Carter McLellan - Date: January 27, 2026 CONTENT Early Life 1903-1930 Law Practice 1931-1950Parapolitical Activities 1950-1965The "Strange Death" May 31, 1965Notes Early Life 1903-1930 The principle figure in this article, Maurice Brooks Gatlin, Sr., was born on January 12, 1903, in Century, Escambia County, Florida, USA.1 His father was John Marshall Gatlin (1864-1927).2 Gatlin, … Continue reading Maurice Brooks Gatlin: The “Strange Death” and Parapolitical ties of a Banister-linked attorney
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The 1972 Plane Disappearance of Hale Boggs and Nick Begich
Author: Carter McLellan - Date: January 19, 2026 CONTENTS The Life of Hale BoggsEarly Years 1914-1940Early Political Career 1941-1961Latter Political Career 1962-1972The Life of Nick BegichThe 1972 Plane Disappearance A Timeline of EventsThe Jerry Max Pasley AllegationThe Bonanno Link to the JFK assassinationNotes The Life of Hale Boggs Early Years 1914-1940 On February 15, 1914, … Continue reading The 1972 Plane Disappearance of Hale Boggs and Nick Begich
DeLesseps Morrison and Hugh Ward 1964 Plane Crash: Links to Clay Shaw, Guy Banister and David Ferrie
Author: Carter McLellan - Date: January 12, 2026 Contents IntroThe story of Chep MorrisonEarly Life 1912-1932Military and Public Service 1933-1946Mayor of New Orleans 1946-1961Kennedy Administration Years 1961-1963The Plane Crash in Mexico May 22, 1964Hugh F. Ward, Banister-Ferrie-Shaw tiesNotes Intro Not a whole lot of information is easily available regarding Hugh F. Ward, a private investigator … Continue reading DeLesseps Morrison and Hugh Ward 1964 Plane Crash: Links to Clay Shaw, Guy Banister and David Ferrie
The Unsolved Murder of Dr. Mary S. Sherman
Author: Carter L. McLellan - Date: November 23, 2025 Content Intro A bio in brief The JFK assassination The Strange death of Dr. Mary Sherman Notes Intro What follows is a brief overview of the 1964 death of Dr. Mary Sherman, including a short biography. This case has several books already and could be much … Continue reading The Unsolved Murder of Dr. Mary S. Sherman
Guy Banister: The Heart of Oswald-linked Anti-Castro Activity in New Orleans
Guy Banister, like Oswald, Ruby and Ferrie, were linked to a series of "strange deaths." One of those was Nicholas Chetta, the coroner who handled many of these cases and who died in the middle of the Garrison trial, which he had helped manipulate. Several people who worked for Banister, Hugh F. Ward, John Sullivan, Maurice Brooks Gatlin, David Ferrie, all ended up dead under suspicious circumstances. The intimidation of Jack Martin should also be considered strange.
Nicholas J. Chetta and the Delaunes: Three deaths linked to the JFK assassination
How may the deaths of three family members in the span of less than three years be suspicious? They all worked at the New Orleans Coroner’s office which handled a number of strange cases. One had even aided in Jim Garrison’s trial. Among the three is included an unsolved 1969 murder.
David Ferrie: The strange death of an Oswald-linked JFK assassination suspect
It was in this period that Ferrie apparently came into direct contact with Lee Harvey Oswald. On July 27, 1955, Oswald joined the CAP squadron at Moisant Airport.
George Piazza II: Ferrie-Shaw linked lawyer dies in plane crash
George Piazza undoubtedly had some interesting connections to the JFK assassination. He worked for Jim Garrison briefly, was close to a represented James Lewallen in the Garrison probe, and may have knew David Ferrie through the Civil Air Patrol. Lewallen at least knew Ferrie and Clay Shaw, and Piazza also knew Dante Merochini, who was linked to the Reilly Coffee Company where Oswald had worked.
Clay Shaw: New Orleans man of intrigue
Author: Carter McLellan - Date: May 2, 2025 Contents Youth, 1913-1931 Early Career, 1932-1941 WWII in the Army, 1941-1946 Man of Intrigue, 1946-1965 The Death of Clay Shaw, 1966-1974 Supranational ties review Death of Shaw, suspicious? Notes Youth, 1913-1931 Clay LaVergne Shaw was born on March 17, 1913, in Kentwood, Louisiana, USA, to Alice Rebecca … Continue reading Clay Shaw: New Orleans man of intrigue
Permindex: World trade network linked to Cercle complex
Permindex was deeply connected to P2 through its CMC branch in Rome. EIM also had close ties to P2 through its connection to PIO. It is also interesting to note that the primary shareholder of Permindex, Louis Mortimor Bloomfield, and the owner of EIM through Unibra, Michel Relecom, were both members of the 1001 Club. Relecom, was a member of the Cercle des Nations, alongside Felix Przedborski of the Nebula, which Roy Cohn was connected to.