Thirty-seven years have now elapsed since President Kennedy’s assassination, and despite the passage of time, the painful memory of that event still occupies a special place in the national consciousness. An endless stream of books about the assassination has certainly figured importantly in keeping that memory fresh. To help the conspiracy-challenged, there are even such books as Who Shot JFK?: A Guide to the Major Conspiracy Theories. Why do conspiracy theories have such widespread appeal?
Thomas Blass (Sat,) studied this question.