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Garry Rodgers
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Garry Rodgers writes Dying Words, a personal blog at dyingwords.net about history and writing. Since 2017, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked posts concern the JFK assassination. One commenter uses the Zapruder film and a second video to argue the single-bullet path, and the comment does not discuss the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
DyingWords.net is the web home for Garry Rodgers, retired homicide detective and coroner - now international bestselling crime writer, deadly blogger & film content producer.
What Hacker News says?
The front right of his head exploded, which pushed the head backwards. It's all on the zapruder film, very clearly. The front of his head explodes. There is actually a second video from across the plaza where you can see the exact same spray pattern as in the zapruder film. There's no "magic bullet," when you line Kennedy and Connally up correctly. The path is a straight line and the bullet never hit any bone until…
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