Creative Speculation

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Frazier asked why Oswald was going back to Irving, and Oswald told him it was to pick up some curtain rods.

As you can see from this photograph taken from LIFE photographer Allen Grant on the afternoon of November 22, 1963, Oswald's room already had curtain rods and curtains.



That's Erlene Roberts, Oswald's landlady, in the picture. She testified that Oswald never discussed getting curtain rods with her.

Ruth Paine did have two sets of curtain rods in her Irving home garage. Both were there after Oswald left.

Marina testified that Lee never said anything about getting curtain rods to her.

No curtain rods were found at the depository. After the assassination, Oswald first boarded a bus. Witnesses on that bus say he was not carrying curtain rods or a package that could have been curtain rods. After this, Oswald took a cab to his house. The cab driver testified he was not carrying curtain rods or a package that could have been curtain rods. When Oswald entered the house, Earlene Roberts was there in the front room. She testified he was not carrying curtain rods or a package that could have been curtain rods.

Bugliosi finally points out the implausibility of Oswald's curtain rod story. What made these curtain rods so incredibly important that Oswald had to get them on a Thursday evening? He would be in Irving the next day, by his long-standing, unbroken custom. Why Thursday and not Friday?