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A collection of articles related to presidential assassinations.
The following article on Edward Patterson is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. One of the most dangerous “repeat threateners” of President Ronald Reagan was Edward Patterson, a thirty-eight-year-old drifter who…
The following article on John Hinckley Jr. is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Arguably the most dangerous threat President Carter faced came from the man who would eventually set his…
The following article on Ervil LeBaron is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In summer 1978 the Secret Service joined in the hunt for one of the most dangerous men ever to threaten…
The following article on the Sam Melville–Jonathan Jackson Unit is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The Secret Service investigated at least two domestic political groups considered to be threats to President Jimmy…
The following article on Raymond Lee Harvey is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter addressed a Hispanic crowd in Los Angeles’s Civic Center Mall celebrating Cinco…
The following article on Andrew Topping is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In the fall of 1972 the Secret Service investigated an “assassin-for-hire” case in New York City. Andrew B.…
The following article on Arthur Bremer is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In early 1972 President Richard Nixon was stalked by his would-be assassin Arthur Bremer. Bremer wanted to do “something…
The following article on Squeaky Fromme is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In March 1976, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, a “disciple” of hippie leader Charles Manson, left her apartment in Sacramento concealing…
The following article on Gerald Ford assassination attempts is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. There were many Gerald Ford assassination attempts during his short presidency. Here are some of the "highlights."…
The following article on Sara Jane Moore is an excerpt from Mel Ayton's Hunting the President: Threats, Plots, and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Sara Jane Moore was a deranged forty-five-year-old West Virginian who had five broken marriages behind her and four…
