The Assassination of RFK

Dirty John by L.A. Times Studios

May 19, 202600:37:32Society & Culture

On today’s episode, we discuss one of the pivotal events of the 1960s: the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, a promising presidential candidate at the time of his murder. Though the gunman was caught at the scene, conf...

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