"Ruthless killers and murderers for hire: they are here, there, and everywhere. They lurk in the shadows, ready to pounce. They terminate on command. And, in the process, they change the course of the world. They are among the world's most cold-hearted, deadly, and emotionless figures. They are assassins, and they have a long history of grievous deeds. From the cunning, calculating, government-trained warriors to the psychopathic, homegrown freelancers, you can find them all in Assassinations: The Plots, Politics, and Powers behind History-changing Murders. Exposed are the hidden agendas as well as the open warfare. The cynical preparations and devastating aftermaths are laid bare. You will quickly find yourself immersed in a world that is filled with killings made to seem like suicides, murders that were designed to look like heart attacks or overdoses, and accidents that, in reality, were carefully orchestrated deaths"--

Nick Redfern works full time as an author, lecturer, and journalist. He writes about a wide range of unsolved mysteries, including UFOs, alien encounters, government conspiracies, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster. His many books include Visible Ink Press' The Bigfoot Book: The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti, and Cryptid Primates; Area 51: The Revealing Truth of UFOs, Secret Aircraft, Cover-Ups & Conspiracies; The Alien Book: A Guide to Extraterrestrial Beings on Earth; Secret History: Conspiracies from Ancient Aliens to the New World Order; Cover-Ups & Secrets: The Complete Guide to Government Conspiracies, Manipulations & Deceptions; Control: MKUltra, Chemtrails and the Conspiracy to Suppress the Masses; Secret Societies: The Complete Guide to Histories, Rites, and Rituals; and The Monster Book: Creatures, Beasts, and Fiends of Nature. He has appeared on numerous television shows, including History Channel's Monster Quest and UFO Hunters; VH1's Legend Hunters; National Geographic Channel's The Truth about UFOs and Paranatural; the BBC's Out of this World; MSNBC's Countdown; and SyFy Channel's Proof Positive. Nick lives just a few miles from Dallas, Texas' infamous Grassy Knoll.

About the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction

1: President Lincoln taken out
2: Jack the Ripper or Jack the assassin?
3: Did he jump or was he pushed?
4: Assassination and Silencing
5: The journalist who had to die
6: Wiping out UFO researchers
7: Strange deaths in the Roswell conspiracy
8: Plans to kill Castro
9: The mysterious end of Marilyn Monroe
10: Death in Dealey Plaza
11: The enigmatic Lee Harvey Oswald
12: A president shot for his knowledge of aliens
13: Martin Luther King Jr. and a deadly bullet
14: Terminating Robert Kennedy
15: Killing a rock star
16: Almost assassinating President Ronald Reagan
17: Death on the Space Shuttle
18: The CIA's "how to kill a man" file
19: Sinister sacrifices
20: The world mourns the disturbing death of a princess
21: The man whose hands were mysteriously missing
22: "Drowned" in a canoe
23: Killing in the name of the Slenderman
24: A news reporter is no more
25: Scientists suspiciously drop like flies
26: Murdered by the New World Order
27: The Mothman "death curse"
28: Making an assassination look like an accident
29: Conclusion

Further Reading
Index