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Titanic Star Gloria Stuart – a Jesse James Cousin


To a modern young audience it seems Gloria Stuart only achieved stardom in her 90s for her portrayal of Old Rose in the hit movie Titanic. She garnered both Oscar & Golden Globe nominations. The Screen Actors Guild, of which Gloria was a founding member, gave her the SAG Award. On her 100th birthday, the Guild also honored her with a… (more…)

John M. James Appears Before The Kentucky Humanities Council in Restless for Revolution


Last week I had the opportunity to perform John M. James before the Kentucky Humanities Council. John M. James is my 4th great grandfather. See the video below. Every year the Humanties Council contracts with five performers to add to its stable of historical performances. The Council then sends out the performers around the Commonwealth throughout the year to schools, organizations,… (more…)

John M. James Speaks of Jeremiah Vardeman


Eric James portrays John M. James, as John speaks of his family, their early life on the Kentucky frontier, and also of his son-in-law, Rev. Jeremiah Vardeman, who gave the father of Frank & Jesse James, Rev. Robert Sallee James, $20,000 to become a founder of William Jewell College in Missouri. Vardeman himself founded the Schools of Theology at both… (more…)

Techniques of Jesse James Con Artists


If Jesse James didn’t die, neither did Michael Jackson . Here’s some techniques used by faux historians and con artists to deny the existence of factual history. The techniques are as good today as they were back then. linkscolor = “993300″; highlightscolor = “339900″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = “none”;

After Bogus Jesse James History, TV’s HISTORY program to air bogus JFK history


With its developing record of concocting bogus Jesse James history for the sake of TV ratings, the television distributor formerly known as The History Channel now attacks the history of the President John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family. TV’s History program formerly fabricated fake Jesse James history in an effort to improve ratings and to attract the young male demographic,… (more…)

Who Do You Think You Are ?


I’m looking forward to this program for a number of reasons. Ever since I gave the Founder’s Day Address at Georgetown College in Kentucky a few years ago, I’ve publiclly advocated for the institution of accredited study of family history in schools and colleges. Not so much for learning about one’s family, which is thrilling in itself; nor for learning… (more…)

Jesse James Is A Dead Man – and a Fraud


 STRAY LEAVES receives a steady stream of inquiries from parties wanting to know if the claims of Jesse Gregory James, alias Jesse James, of West Coast Choppers & television celebrity fame, are true. The same claim is made by his production companies and program distributors on his behalf. The fact is, his claim is fraudulent. Prior to 2005 and early in… (more…)

Time for some Christmas cheer


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Death of Jesse James on History channel


      I was watching the “History Channel”  story about the death of Jesse James while having Thanksgiving dinner with a physician friend (he had taped it).  We really weren’t paying much attention until the segment about the autopsy came to the screen.  Our response together was that if the autopsy report is accurate and the photograph is accurate it would be… (more…)

Jesse James Hidden Treasure: Laughable “science.”


It should go without saying, but the following is just my opinion: I watched the show and although some parts were fascinating, especially when it concerned the possibility that Jesse was not assassinated, the part that the so called NGS played was beyond ridiculous. It’s hard to know where to start with this silliness: We see some jokers who are… (more…)

Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure – Chapter 5 Deconstructed


DOWNLOAD a deconstruction of Chapter Five, taken from the transcript of the History program Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure. Just when you thought you couldn’t digest any more turkey after Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, we’re serving up another generous plateful of funny turkey with all the trimmings for dessert.  All courtesy of those whacky kooks – excuse me – cooks, Ron Pastore,… (more…)

Don’t look for history at what used to be The History Channel


Following the blistering negative comments made all over the web about the recent program Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure, the other day I posted the following to my blog on the True West magazine web site, trying to explain why audiences no longer should expect to see bone fide history on what formerly was The History Channel. Some interesting comments were… (more…)

Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure – Deconstructing Chapter Three


DOWNLOAD a deconstruction of Chapter Three taken from the transcript of the History Channel’s program Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure. The file is in .pdf format, and already contains initial commentary. As the fakery of this broadcast continues to be dissected, it appears others also have taken a dim view of the program. Other Jesse James interest groups have dismissed the… (more…)

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