Jesse Ventura's 6 favorite books about conspiracies

The ex-wrestler who once governed Minnesota has a soft spot for books that claim to uncover hidden truths

Jesse Ventura, the wrestler who became a politician who then became a TV host, loves books that shed light on complex conspiracies.

JFK and the Unspeakable by James W. Douglass (Touchstone, $17). The best recent book about the murder of John F. Kennedy, which connects a great many dots we didn’t know about — including the fact that JFK and Nikita Khrushchev were communicating via back channels, including through Pope John XXIII, about ending the Cold War within five years.

Me & Lee by Judyth Vary Baker (Trine Day, $25). It was stunning to learn that Lee Harvey Oswald had a mistress. Her book shows beyond any doubt that he was clearly a government agent — because when Oswald was away on a mission in early 1963, Baker punched his time card at work every day!

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