There are few books written in our lifetime that truly effect history. This is one of them.

Edward Haslam is masterful in explaining one of the most horrific,medical crises of all time. Building on his investigation into the 1964 murder of Dr. Mary Sherman, he not only discovers that our government has covered up the cause of our recent soft tissue cancer epidemic, but it is complicit in it. As if that isn't terrifying enough, he connects the dots and learns that our government has been in the business of creating biological weapons - some to be used as a means to assassinate heads of state.

In a chilling twist of fate, Mr. Haslam's primary witness, Judyth Vary Baker, proves beyond a doubt that all of this is connected to Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of President Kennedy. Ms. Baker was an associate of Oswald's, as well as his girlfriend. Her story about their activities in New Orleans during the summer of 1963, explain the real reasons why Oswald was set up as the patsy.

But, this is not another assassination book. It is an historical account that should not only scare the daylight out of us, it should make the reader angry enough to want to do something about it. The conclusion is nothing short of population control...otherwise known as, mass murder.

Mr. Haslam, and his publisher, Trine Day, have taken a tremendous risk in bringing this evidence to the public. They, along with Judyth Vary Baker, are true American heros who deserve our gratitude and support.

Expendable Elite: One Soldier's Journey into Covert Warfare Dr. Mary's Monkey is a book that should capture your attention if, in fact, you care about this nation, the truth and the mystery surrounding the deaths of JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald, and US Navy LCDR William Bruce Pitzer. I know many of those talked about in this book. I know the covert action system that uses compartmentalization, subterfuge and undocumented actions to silence those who would bring the truth to bear on tragic, illegal activities of our government that uses the Mafia, US Army Special Forces and CIA to accomplish what would otherwise be legally impossible. I was one of those trained to kill and terrorize.

Mr. Haslam has written a fantastic book, and one I probably would have never even known about had I not stumbled on a video clip of him on Wim dankbaar's website jfkmurdersolved.com . This man is a wealth of information from the 60's and Oswald and cancer causing monkey viruses. I had a hard time putting the book down and read it in two days. That is UNHEARD of for me to do.

If you don't want to be challenged, or you want to believe the Warren Commission Report that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and unaided in the assassination of JFK, or that New Orleans and the events taking place there played no part in the assassination, don't bother to read Dr Mary's Monkey, for it will disrupt your complacency and demolish your assumptions.

This book is a serious attempt to move into an area of research that is as-yet mostly uncharted with little documentation. And it is no surprise -- most of the people involved are dead -- something happened to them soon after the assassination. One has survived, though; a woman who has created more controversy and discussion than anybody connected to the assassination, save for perhaps Lee Oswald himself.

Judyth Vary Baker, who now resides outside of the US for her own safety, is the witness whose statements pull together this book into a cohesive theory of what might have happened behind the scenes of the assassination. In addition, Haslam is a good writer who uses his own experiences (they create rather eccentric credentials for his passion for his subject-matter) to give us a book that is a real page-turner. An updated and expanded version of his earlier outrageously fascinating book "Mary, Ferrie and the Monkey Virus", which gained a considerable cult following over the years, this edition has photos and documentation galore.

An incredible journey.Absolutely Brilliant writing! A book that should be in everyone's home. The millions of children innoculated with the polio vaccine,that were contaminated with monkey virus'. This led to a possible
development of soft tissus in later life,(and possibly AIDS). Even worse after the discovery,was the cover-up by the Government.You can NOT put this book down.The documentation and footnotes,are flawless. The new Orleans Connection,Lee Harvey Oswald,Jim Garrison,the death of President Kennedy,and the homicide of Dr. Mary Sherman,The links to the finest researchers brought to New Orleans to try to keep the secret while trying to find an answer. One of the best and most riveting books I have EVER read!

I was amazed when I read Dr Mary's Monkeys. This is honest research and shows just how corrupt scientists and governments can be. It also explained the connection to why JFK was murdered.

As a native New Orleanian, I was 20 years old when Dr. Sherman was murdered and remember parts of the strange story of her murder in her St. Charles Ave apartment. Having actually met a couple of the players in the book, back in the early and mid-60's, remembering the stories of the Primate Center over the years and various related vague controversies, I find Haslam's story very compelling, well researched and totally believable - it sure tied up a lot of loose ends for me about many questions I've had since 1962. It also helps explain why so many people of my generation (who took the polio vaccine in question) seem so susceptible to the current cancer epidemic, at least here in New Orleans. Call me cynical, but to me, there is nothing far-fetched in this book at all and Haslam clarifies a lot of issues/mysteries that have been successfully suppressed for 40+ years.

This book was somewhat "under the radar' here and was a word-of-mouth type of thing that locals started to talk about, passing around their copies of the book (which I could initially only find on Amazon); however, I noticed it on display at a Border's store this week (at $19.99). I've referred the book to everyone I know and I am ordering another 4 copies today from Amazon for friends - I think it is a must-read - even if you don't believe part of it, it is a book that is hard to put down and frightening on many levels.

This book will definitely make you reconsider the murder of JFK, along with the cancer so many of us fight each day. It's scary to imagine what the government can do.

Excellent writing style, easy to read. I love that throughout the book, the author second guesses himself which leads him into other paths of investigation. Very sad topic. Makes one question the level of evil reigns over the masses. Real life murder mystery. Fact finding and proof is well established. Fascinating!

What a great book. It was hard to put down and contains valuable information. The public needs to be aware of these things because it gives one an idea of what "they" are capable of. The book is thoroughly documented and well written.

Haslam's brilliant non-fiction book weaves together many strands: cover ups and long-neglected follow-ups in the unsolved 1964 murder of a talented cancer researcher; a mysterious underground lab involved in secret work with cancer viruses--work that has had far-reaching harmful effects on world health; the New Orleans mafia; the CIA; a prominent and well-connected physician; an eccentric and political pilot and self-taught lab technician; and Lee Harvey Oswald. The book raises many questions that make you wonder where the media has been in all of this: The dropped Sixty Minutes episode, the History Channel episode that never aired again, and the memoir by a lab assistant/lover of Lee Harvey Oswald, which went out of publication after only two weeks.

This book demands a wide audience. It ought to be a best-seller.

I did not put this book down until I finished it. I have lived in the New Orleans area for more than 35 years. I am not the least surprised by anything put forth in this book. I believe the polio story...and am one of the people who got the vacine. I just found out that I have the HPV virus, but no cancer -- yet. I have so many friends with soft tissue cancer.....no one seems to talk about the increase in cancer. Also, the Tulane primate center is still in operation. A few years ago, several monkeys excaped and it is not known if all were ever captured. There are dense wooded areas and a river near there. I also believe the stories about the medical experiments. Great book..... really gets one thinking. Fascinating that some of the sealed documents are now available through the freedom of information act. They seem to back up the author. We will never know the truth. It is, however a great read!

I suppose Gerald Posner would consider this book too inconsequential to take on with one of his myth-busting efforts, so I have to look at it with my typical reaction to conspiracy theories - the bigger the conspiracy or the bigger the event the conspiracy affects, the more dubious I have to be that no one actually involved has ever really come out and blown the cover off the official story. That said, I think New Orleans natives will find this interesting just for the cultural look back at the period and places. Others might want to pass until someone else bites on the author's story.

I absolutely love this book! I have always felt that the government had gone out of it's way to cover up the JFK Assassination and this book is just fascinating! It will keep you on the edge of your seat! I can tell that the author went out of his way to do careful and thought provoking research! If you are a skeptic about conspiracy, I say read this book and keep an open mind! People have been blinded by the lies of the Warren Commission for so long!! Wake up!!

If this book fires up your disgust for the Kennedy coverup then go to [...] and you will understand the complete story from beginning to end with no names held back and you will understand how we got to where we are today in failed governmental policies. This is the most shameful act put upon the American people.

The Investigaton into the Murder of Dr.Mary Sherman,The secret Laboratory experiments to create a Polio Vaccine, experiments with Monkey Viruses which may have caused an epidemic and possibly a Biological weapon;The connection between Dr.Alton Oshner Oswald,Banister,Ferrie, and Judyth baker, a major cover up is exposed!Did Robert Kennedy Help Oswald get back on U.S Soil from his so called ''Defection'' from Russia on the condition that he will work as a spy on his behalf?this may have backfired for both Kennedy and Oswald!Highly explosive book!!

This is the best kept secret of the last 60 years with more subplots and surprise situations (with no endings in sight). Haslam is a very modest and humble man calling for what should be an obvious formal investigation into many issues still unresolved. He claims he's NOT the investigation, but his exposure is enough that if one reads the work entirely with an open mind, they will understand why 60 Minute TV Magazine Producers call this the "story of the century." Haslam introduces us to an unsolved murder of one of the leading cancer researchers of the last 75 years, Mary Sherman. Her autopsy was sealed for around 30 years, and Haslams explanation of how she died makes far more sence than the official police report written under questionable police procedure. Most importantly, Haslam introduces us to the dark side of the Polio Vaccine and the complications it went through during it's development and the lasting problems we are now struggling with because of it -- the SV-40 VIRUS. It's all over your interest, but ask your doctor or a med school faculty doctor about the SV-40 Virus, and you'll learn, they know nothing about it. Their education and training has been so carefully compartmentalized and they know nothing of these issues, but they are all over the internet if you choose to look. Haslam teaches us about many doctors who lost their careers trying to blow the whistle on these issues.
In short the polio vaccine made from monkey kidneys carried the SV-40 virus which remains dormant inside baby boomers who received the polio vaccine until the immune system is weakened to the point where the SV-40 Virus can transform into one of the major cancer's: lung, breast, soft tissue, bone cancer, etc. In the early 50's 33,000 new cases of polio was called an epidemic, and Ed Haslam now ask, how come around a million new cases of cancer each year is NOT being called a cancer epidemic? I think it's a fair question.
Hopefully, you will read Haslam's work and get your family, friends and associates to read it. Main stream media had a chance to share this with us in 2000 when 60 Minutes had spent more time and money on this story than any other segment of the TV Magazine's history according to their producer, but the network producers would not permit the program to air. Hmmm? Don't you want to know why? Read DR MARY's MONKEY, and you'll begain to have your eyes openened. Edward T. Haslam and Judyth Vary Baker are modern American heros, and only until you have read their works will you even begin to understand why I hold them in such high esteem. Only until you read their works can you begain to understand the price they have paid, the risk they bear; so you and I can learn the truth and demand something be done about it for us, our children, and our children's children to the nth generation.

Although well-written (no doubt due to that same Jesuit High School he mentions in the book), Haslam is about as far out on a limb as one can be with his conclusions. Leads about the Kennedy assassination and secret medical labs gleaned from high school friends? Please...

This is an entertaining yarn, but it suffers from a kind of "Kevin Bacon, Center of the Universe" logic. Everything and everyone that existed in the New Orleans of the 60's is not necessarily related to Oswald and the JFK incident. More analytical thought is needed here.

This book was the BEST BOOK Ive ever read!!! It makes you wonder what else has been kept from the public. It was done with so much reseach and lacks no mystery but is very truthful. It is wonderful. I think it should be a must read for all high school literture classes!!!!!Great Job ED!

Having lived, and worked, in downtown New Orleans, I was most intriqued by this book. The "New Orleans culture" comes thru loud and clear! This book is thoroughly referenced and very believable. I would recommend it to any discernible student of modern history. Do not read this book thinking you will read another Kennedy assasination theory. It is not. It is much more. If you remember the scourge of polio, read this book

Having lived in the New Orleans metro area for almost twenty years, author Edward T. Haslam's expose, "Dr. Mary's Monkey," linking the murder of Dr. Mary Sherman in 1964 to the Kennedy Assassination and to a world-wide health epidemic triggered by cancer- causing viruses effecting the populace today, puts a lot of extra spice in the otherwise already piquant political roux that substantiates the eclectic yet sometimes covert gumbo that differentiates this sultry city from other metropolises in the United States. Not only does Haslam provide residents and other aficionados of this area with a thrilling history of dot-connecting events that literally traverses from one end of St. Charles Avenue to the other, he does so compellingly in simple colloquial language that facilitates his theory involving a cover-up of far-right wing politics gone very wrong.

Haslam espouses his New Orleans charm frequently in an engaging manner that makes him extremely readable; his first chapters tell of his remembrances from childhood of primate virus research first brought to his attention by his father, a graduate of Harvard Medical School and professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Tulane University. Later as an attendee of the prestigious Jesuit High School, fellow students (the sons of other New Orleans leaders) pique his curiosity further by providing otherwise unpublished information about a claim made by then district attorney Jim Garrison that connected the recent Kennedy assassination with an underground medical laboratory which was inducing cancer in mice by injecting them with monkey viruses.

Rather than spoil Haslam's smooth disclosure of this explosive material involving the prominent Dr. Alton Ochsner, founder of New Orleans Ochsner Clinic and Hospital, the polio vaccine (developed by growing polio viruses in monkey kidneys), a plot to develop a biological weapon meant to stamp out the spread of communism in Cuba and the rest of the Latin American world, the involvement of Lee Harvey Oswald, the Mafia and the notorious David Ferrie and the scheme to obscure the facts regarding the death of cancer-researcher Dr. Mary Sherman, I will focus on Haslam's ability to tell a good story. He devotes a chapter to each of the key figures in his theory, concluding with some well-thought out speculation regarding the rise in cancer in the past fifteen years.

If the book has one fault, it is that although Haslam provides the reader with the information that he has accumulated and well-documented, as in any other conspiracy theory, he cannot verify all of his information. The appearance of three Judyth Vary Bakers subtracts from some of Haslam's plausibility, but only if you don't buy into his theory that as he collected information, the puppeteers orchestrating the concealment of the facts delivered a few red herrings, the stink of which attempted to jar him off the right track.

Nevertheless, "Dr. Mary's Monkey" scares the reader silly with its implications about how powerful men can bend and twist reality as we perceive it while perilously changing the future of an entire generation. On the higher philosophical plane of right versus wrong, it speaks poorly of our American culture and what can and will be done in the shadow of flag-waving freedom.

Bottom line: While Edward T. Haslam's "Dr. Mary's Monkey" suggests scenarios that may or may not be fully substantiated at this time, the author compiles an interesting and totally absorbing page-turner that screams for local, if not national attention. Wisely interspersed with maps, newspaper articles and photographs, Haslam presents his theory in a colorful manner which bespeaks his New Orleans charming background. Recommended.
Diana Faillace Von Behren
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Author does an "excellent" job of transitioning from one topic/idea to another.

This book is "a history lesson" not taught in High School/College courses.

This is reporting at it's best!

If you're planning to read this book on your next airline flight - it better be a "long" flight!

I was so excited about getting this book and started reading it as soon as I get it out of the box. However about 2/3s of the was through I started realizing that so much of it was circumstancial evidence and hearsay.Then after reading several paragraph about Lee Oswald driving Judyth Vary Baker around New Orleans (by the way what ever happened to the other Judyth Vary Baker) in his Uncle's car and also being a runner (driver) for his Uncle and members of the mob a big cloud of doubt started to descend over the whole story. Every book I have read that mentions Lee Oswald and driving states he did not know how to drive and had never gotten a license.
I agree there are a lot of seeming sound facts in the book but I am just not sure now about how they are put together. Also, it seems a lot of the former "Bad Guys" now have excuses for their actions.

Loved the book. I couldn't put it down. Wow, what a lot to think about.

The best book I've read in a long time, I could not put it down. One of history's mysteries yet it explains so much. Anyone in the medical field or a JFK enthusiast or history buff would enjoy this book.

This is a fabulous book. A fascinating unraveling of overlapping mysteries. Any student of the JFK murder and/or cancer and/or HIV will find information here to fill in blanks left out from other investigations.

Ed Haslam is an excellent writer. I was captured as much by his use of words as the incredible story he tells.

Fascinating. Fascinating. Fascinating.