The Last Days of Lee Harvey Oswald: A Conversation with Ruth Paine
318,971
Published 2019-12-13
A housewife in Irving, Texas, Ruth Paine met Lee and Marina Oswald in February 1963 and became a central figure in the assassination story. Marina Oswald and her daughters were living with Paine on November 22, 1963, and Paine had previously helped get Lee Harvey Oswald a job at the Texas School Book Depository. Oswald had hidden his rifle in her garage. Paine actively cooperated with investigators following the assassination, and she testified at length to the Warren Commission in 1964.
This conversation was presented at the Museum on November 19, 2019, in partnership with the Irving Archives and Museum/Ruth Paine House Museum. In 2009, the City of Irving purchased Paine’s former home and restored it to its 1963 appearance, where it is now open to the public as a museum.
To see related films, photos, documents and oral histories from The Sixth Floor Museum's collection, visit our online collections database (emuseum.jfk.org/). Or make a research appointment to explore the books, DVDs and other materials available in the Museum's Reading Room (www.jfk.org/reading-room).
All Comments (21)
-
The tour of her home was very interesting. Like going back in time.
-
why was she laughing and smiling so happy and loose in immediate aftermath of the events in the old Black and white interview clips , but 50 years later she is so emotional she needs a hug from the interviewer?
-
What an amazing Woman. Love that she's always remained level headed and doesn't buy any conspiracy BS. She was there at the time and knew the people involved.
-
Great episode. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
-
I’m just impressed she kept the same hairstyle for 60 years!
-
Not sure how this woman has avoided prison
-
Fabulous! Thanks sincerely for this program!
-
How come they didn’t ask her why her Tax Returns from those years are still classified as Secret by the federal government?
-
Thanks for another interesting presentation.
-
A fascinating interview but so many questions to be asked, thank you for this Stephen.
-
YES FINALLY MY FAVORITEEEE VID!!!!
-
Should have asked her about her relationship with de Mohrenschildt.
-
She immediately had the tap taken off the phone after the assassination.
-
She said it best at 17.39. “There were so many things that just happened you know.”
-
This is an incredibly good interview!!
-
if I had house guests that I didn't know very well that the fbi was keeping tabs on, I believe I wouldn't have house guests any more 😳🤷♀️
-
Fabulous interview!
-
In a supposed lone nut case that altered the trajectory of History how is everyone so interconnected in Dallas on that day 1963? even by one or two degrees and many of the behaviors seem uncommon or unusual for the lay person back then; everyone's a specialist how do crime scenes get automatically cleaned and turned into museums?
-
Also - why did she need to "learn the language" - seems like she translates pretty effectively for Marina from English into Russian already - just saying....
-
Ruth still tells everyone marina taught her Russian but she knew full reading and writing Russian before she meets the Oswald’s.
