C.A.A. Savastano is an author whose research focuses on intelligence, politics, and human behavior that has studied thousands of related official documents and consulted for experts in varying fields. He has presented research at national conferences and offered analysis for universities while making regular appearances in the media. Multiple groups have accepted his evidentiary findings that include academic non-profit foundations and research organizations.
APPEARANCES
The McCuistion Program: Panel Guest Topic: New JFK documents and the Warren Commission
The McCuistion Program: Panel Guest Topic: CIA and FBI Cover-ups and Lee Harvey Oswald
2016 JFK Lancer NID Conference: Speaker Topic: Myths and Legends in the JFK Case
2017 JFK Lancer NID Conference: Speaker Topic: Myths and Misses in the JFK Case
2018 JFK Lancer NID Conference: Speaker Topic: Other Suspects in the RFK Case
2022 JFK Lancer NID Conference: Speaker Topic: Infamous yet Unproven Suspects & a viable but Largely Unknown One
2023 JFK Lancer NID Conference: Speaker Topic: Official Destruction & Alteration of the JFK Evidence
2024 JFK Lancer NID Conference: Speaker Topic: The Modern Age of Political Rage
EDUCATIONAL LECTURES
2019, History 306, University of Alabama: Speaker Topic: JFK Assassination, Why?
2020, History 306, University of Alabama: Speaker Topic: JFK Assassination, Why?
AWARDS
2018 JFK Lancer New Frontier Legacy Award
Presented for continuing research on intelligence sources, official errors, and by using legal evidence to provide greater clarity within a matter of enduring historical importance.
2020 Mary Ferrell Foundation Legacy Award
Awarded in recognition of presenting historical evidence and commentary that contributed to the public knowledge of historical events via media presentations.
The Lone Gunman Podcast, November 20, 2024, Rob Clark, Joe Borelli, and C.A.A. Savastano
Topics: The show regards several JFK related claims and why evidence later dispelled many in the course of time. Notable similarities between historical and modern public reactions to political violence which include the proliferation of myths and emergence of some reasonable questions are discussed. The show further delves into modern cycles of violence featured in Savastano’s 2024 JFK Lancer presentation.
The Lone Gunman Podcast, July 19, 2024, Joe Borelli, Rob Clark, and C.A.A. Savastano
Topics: C.A.A. Savastano returns to the The Lone Gunman Podcast with Rob Clark and Joe Borelli. They briefly discuss recent historical intelligence findings leading to the United States Information Agency and Marina Oswald. Most of the show covers the numerous details and some myths regarding the Trump assassination attempt.
The Lone Gunman Podcast, February 23, 2023, C.A.A. Savastano, Rob Clark, and Joe Borelli
Topics: Researchers Joe Borelli, Rob Clark, and Carmine Savastano gather to discuss evidence and updates within the Kennedy assassination case. Among the subjects of note is the confirmed expansive destruction of evidence by the US Department of Defense targeting only files related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. This effort verifiably continued nearly a decade after multiple official investigations were attempting to preserve the historical record.
The Ochelli Effect, February 15, 2024, JFK Myths Series 17, Joe Borelli, Mike Swanson, and C.A.A. Savastano
Topics: This episode marks the return of the JFK Myths Series after nearly five years with researcher Joe Borelli, historian Mike Swanson, author C.A.A. Savastano, and is hosted by Chuck Ochelli. Among the this installment’s several topics are questionable documents, past myths being revived, and deconstructing the purported claims of Rob Reinier’s “Who Shot JFK?” podcast series.
The Ochelli Effect, February 1, 2024, Mike Swanson and C.A.A. Savastano
Topics: Join Mike Swanson, Carmine Savastano, and Chuck Ochelli to discuss updates regarding the US Department of Defense’s increasing prior destruction of evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Additionally, they discuss current events and one largely uncovered media story regarding the arrest of two potential assassins hired by a Ministry of Intelligence and Security asset to assassinate Iranian dissidents within America.
The Ochelli Effect, January 11, 2024, C.A.A. Savastano and Mike Swanson
Topics: Authors Mike Swanson and Carmine Savastano return to the Ochelli Effect to offer new analysis regarding past claims of forensic and documentary alterations. Further updates and forthcoming evidence concerning the Department of Defense indicates an even greater amount of documents was eventually destroyed than prior believed.
The Ochelli Effect, October 19, 2023, Mike Swanson and Carmine Savastano
Topics: Mike Swanson and Chuck Ochelli are joined by C.A.A. Savastano to provide historical analysis of defector intelligence history, the claims of Kennedy Secret Service detail member Paul Landis, and discovered evidence from the latest National Archives collections.
The Ochelli Effect, November 17, 2022, Lancer Down 59 Years Ago
Topic: The Ochelli Effect presents historian Mike Swanson and author C.A.A Savastano and features discussions regarding Savastano’s presentation at the 2022 JFK Lancer Conference and related historical matters. During the second hour historian Larry Hancock and Chuck Ochelli discuss his presentation for JFK Lancer this year as well.
JFK Assassination Myths (2015-2020)
This series offers more than a dozen episodes of the JFK Assassination Myths collection hosted by researcher Chuck Ochelli. It features a rotating panel comprised of historians, educators, authors, forensic and photographic experts, researchers, and public advocates. Regular panelists include Larry Hancock, Rob Clark, Steve Roe, and C.A.A. Savastano with special appearances by Alan Dale, Sherry Fiester, Fred James, and Joan Mellen. Each part of the series delves into claims and myths that have muddied the historical waters of the Kennedy assassination case for decades. The series attempts to clarify verifiable evidence from other material often used by some who have made repeated definitive claims lacking the necessary proof to support them. Panelists offer analysis, evidentiary standards, and methods of research to explain the seemingly endless claims which have endured without proof.
The Wall Street Window Podcast, January 16, 2020, Why Status can drive people to Violence
Topic: C.A.A. Savastano returns to the WSW podcast to discuss the roles that status plays in human interactions and how varying strategies to acquire it can lead to violent conflicts.
The Wall Street Window Podcast, January 22, 2020, JFK Assassination and the Mexico City Mystery Man
Topics: Your host Mike Swanson and his guest author C.A.A. Savastano discuss research, additional facts, and the possibility that a KGB agent played a larger role in the history of the JFK case than formerly appreciated.
The Wall Street Window Podcast, February 5, 2020, Human Time Bomb: The Violence Within Our Nature
Topic: C.A.A. Savastano returns to the WSW podcast to discuss his new book that inspects human nature and its strong links to historical and modern violence. They inspect some of the defenses in our nature that can become detached from normal function and lead to aggression.
The Lone Gunman Podcast, February 22, 2020, Mexico City Clusterf*@!
Topics: Author C.A.A. Savastano joins your host Rob Clark on the TLGP to discuss the fragile web of claims that officials purported occurred in Mexico City during the fall of nineteen sixty-three. They inspect the KGB statements that officials accepted compared to the eyewitness statements they suppressed.
Wall Street Window Podcast, February 27, 2020, Is There A Connection Mass Organized Violence and Personal Psychology?
Topics: C.A.A. Savastano visits the Wall Street Window Podcast to discuss his new book and some of the influences of organized violence that can affect the ideas or behavior of those present in a society with ongoing violence.
The Wall Street Window Podcast, March 8, 2020, Coronavirus Brings Fear, Disgust, & Social Chaos
Topic: C.A.A. Savastano returns to discuss the effects fear and disgust in a time of health crisis and how we can attempt to control our negative instincts when suffering extreme and unexpected stress.
The Wall Street Window Podcast, March 15, 2020, Coronavirus Approach and Market Turmoil Generates Crowd Panics
Topic: Your host Mike Swanson and author C.A.A Savastano discuss the increasing stress and the negative or positive coping strategies we can employ. They offer media stories of behavior to avoid during the health crisis and suggestions on how to use the time away from work and school in a way that might benefit everyone.
JFK Quick Hits, April 5, 2020, The Imposter and The Impossible
Topics: C.A.A. Savastano stops by the JFK Quick Hits podcast to discuss research, evidence, and myths regarding aspects of the JFK case.
The Wall Street Window Podcast, April 13, 2020, Virus Propaganda Spreads to the Anxious
Topics: Significant changes in financial markets, international attempts to rewrite the narrative of the COVID-19 health crisis by China and Russia, and recognizing the irrational fear and disgust spreading as infection rates increase.
The Wall Street Window Podcast, April 27, 2020, What will happen when the coronavirus shutdowns end and the economy opens up?
Topics: Join financial analyst Mike Swanson and author C.A.A. Savastano to discuss the wealth extraction called the CARES Act, the feasible economic depression arriving, government attempts to whittle away citizen privacy, and maintaining vigilance in the face of all those issues.
The Wall Street Window, July 3, 2020, A Brief History of Slavery in Light of the 1619 Project and 1776
Topic: Authors Carmine Savastano and Mike Swanson discuss the often-mischaracterized history of slavery and the largely forgotten evidence that proves it began significantly earlier in North America than some in the media or academia care to discuss.
The Past American Century Podcast, January 23, 2019, Is the Richard Case Nagell JFK Assassination Connection Real?
Topics: Join Mike Swanson and Carmine Savastano to discuss new evidence and prior assumptions regarding the claims of Richard Case Nagell connected to the JFK case.
The Past American Century Podcast, February 18, 2019, General Charles Willoughby, General Edwin Walker, and the JFK Assassination
Topics: Author Carmine Savastano joins historian Mike Swanson on the TPAC Podcast to discuss two military figures connected to President Kennedy's assassination. They compare the evidence and contending facts to the claims regarding these men.
The Past American Century, March 17, 2019, Hypnosis Myths and Facts when it comes to Manchurian Candidates
Topics: Historians Mike Swanson and Larry Hancock joined by author Carmine Savastano discuss the intricacies and limitations of mental influencing.
The Past American Century, March 24, 2019, The Warren Commission and the Single Bullet Theory
Topic: Author Carmine Savastano joins historian Mike Swanson to discuss the possibilities and evidence regarding a notable bullet and all the historical claims regarding it.
The Past American Century, April 14, 2019, Is Lee Harvey Oswald the Beginning or the End of The JFK Case?
Topic: C.A.A. Savastano joins Mike Swanson to contend Lee Harvey Oswald and his alleged part in the larger matter of this political assassination has clouded the matter and prevented greater consideration of the facts.
The Past American Century, April 14, 2019, Three Books on Intelligence and War
Topic: Historian Mike Swanson and researcher Carmine Savastano discuss three books on the Central Intelligence Agency, the Vietnam War, and the assassination of President Kennedy. They delve into the internal conflicts of intelligence and military groups and the long-term policy consequences of these ideological differences.
The Past American Century, May 27, 2019, The Origins of the DGI
Topic: Historian Mike Swanson is joined by C.A.A. Savastano to discuss the largely unknown and underestimated Cuban intelligence group crafted following the revolution led by Fidel Castro and its possible modern operations.
The Past American Century: June 24, 2019, Can Covert Action Operations and Policies be controlled?
Topic: Historian Mike Swanson hosts a discussion with author C.A.A. Savastano that considers the decades of conflict and internal wrangling over control of covert actions and the consequences of lacking centralized controls.
The Past American Century, July 11, 2019, A Look at the Young Allen Dulles
Topic: An inspection of the legends and facts surrounding the early years of former CIA Director Allen Dulles and how some ideas about him in time have evolved with favorable endorsements but reveal his repeated failed operations and few notable successes.
The Past American Century, July 23, 2019, A Look at Allen Dulles: His Adventures and Misadventures at the CIA
Topic: Your host Mike Swanson and his guest C.A.A. Savastano continue with new research and facts that challenge the often-touted spymaster credentials of Allen Dulles. They consider the facts that support perhaps it was his diplomatic talents and other influences that allowed him to lead the CIA and not a mystical ability to administrate intelligence groups.
The Past American Century, August 15, 2019, A key time in the history of the CIA: Walter Bedell-Smith
Topic: Join historian Mike Swanson and his guest educational consultant C.A.A. Savastano to discuss the career and formidable accomplishment of Army General Walter Bedell-Smith.
Midnight Writer News, September 1, 2019
Topics: S.T. Patrick is joined by C.A.A. Savastano to discuss the identities of two notable CIA foreign agents, the development of political assassination programs in the United States, and the repeated patterns the related official groups seeking greater influence and control over rival leaders and enemy nations.
The Lone Gunman Podcast, September 7, 2019
Topics: Carmine Savastano joins Rob Clark to assess a couple of former guests from both sides of the case who offered ideas that do not conform to some of the evidentiary facts of the Kennedy assassination case and how we can better prevent ourselves from believing anything with less than substantial evidence.
Wall Street Window Podcast, September 23, 2019, The Claims and Cultural Impact of James Fetzer with Carmine Savastano
Topic: Financial Analyst and Historian Mike Swanson and researcher C.A.A. Savastano discuss the evolution of a once academic into a modern mythmaker that has negatively impacted both the search for greater evidence and the American culture at large.
Wall Street Window Podcast, October 21, 2019, The Government Movie That Shows You How To Become A Super Spy w/ C.A.A. Savastano
Topic: C.A.A. Savastano returns to historian Mike Swanson's Wall Street Window Podcast to discuss a spy training film created by the US Office of Strategic Services that stars Hollywood legends John Ford and Peter Lorre.
Wall Street Window Podcast, November 20, 2019, Why Is There So Much Discord?
Topics: Mike Swanson is joined by author Carmine Savastano to discuss the rising discord in modern society within culture, politics, and generational conflict. They offer insights regarding the massive changes in recent years that have shaped a greater cultural appetite for aggression that leads to greater discord.
Wall Street Window Podcast, December 30, 2019, How the Disgust Mechanism Creates Violence w/ Carmine Savastano
Topics: Historian Mike Swanson and Carmine Savastano discuss the largely unappreciated disgust mechanism in humans that can influence our behavior and how this can inspire illicit behavior and violence in repeated instances.
Midnight Writer News, April 20, 2018
Topics: Author Carmine Savastano joins S.T. Patrick at Midnight Writer News to discuss the JFK case, The CIA's "A Study of Assassination", evidence, and case related myths.
The Lone Gunman Podcast, May 23, 2018, Organized Crime and the Kennedy Assassination
Topics: Researcher Carmine Savastano joins Rob Clark to discuss the claims of Mafia involvement and Chicago Mafia boss Sam Giancana regarding the JFK case.
The Past American Century Podcast, October 9, 2018, Was Roscoe White Involved in the JFK Assassination and the death of J.D. Tippit?
Topics: A discussion about evidence and one long asserted myth related to the JFK case with author Carmine Savastano and historian Mike Swanson.
Midnight Writer News, October 9, 2018, 5 Key JFK Assassination Figures
Topics: C.A.A. Savastano joins S.T. Patrick to discuss FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles, and Marina Oswald the wife of JFK's alleged assassin. They also discuss James Files, a myth maker who has attempted to insert himself into the case, and the largely unknown Texas oilman John Hill that was mere blocks away from Dealey Plaza with a rifle the day of the assassination.
The Past American Century Podcast, October 30, 2018, CIA Assassination Manual Revealed
Topic: Historian Mike Swanson and researcher C.A.A. Savastano discuss a sinister guide crafted during the Nineteen-fifties by the CIA with instructions on how to undertake assassinations properly.
The Past American Century Podcast, November 16, 2018, New Evidence in the RFK Assassination w/ Carmine Savastano
Topic: New evidence of value is offered in the case of Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination that reveals unknown possible suspects and one criminal accessory the Los Angeles Police Department suppressed.
The Past American Century Podcast, December 17, 2018, New Evidence in the RFK Assassination
Topic: Historian Michael Swanson and researcher Carmine Savastano have a rare in person conversation to discuss new evidentiary facts in the Robert F. Kennedy murder case and verifiable evidence to establish the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office quashed a viable criminal conspiracy.
