{"podcast":{"title":"History Shorts","slug":"history-shorts-6691663","podcast_index_feed_id":6691663,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/571725/rss","website_url":"https://www.historyshortspodcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/f/4/7/ef47fe58bf123b5e16c3140a3186d450/pod_37.png","author":"History Shorts Network","episode_count":855,"summary":"Dive into the past with award-winning historian Peter Zablocki in this captivating daily podcast! Uncover hidden stories you never knew existed. And don't miss Friday Conversations where Peter teams up with top experts for riveting, in-depth discussions that bring history to life.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T14:22:31.785309+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663"},"episode":{"title":"JFK's Missing Brain","slug":"jfk-s-missing-brain","published_at":"2026-05-31T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/jfk-s-missing-brain","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663","url":"https://2c68e044-1b71-48bf-a5c5-2792f5a14f4c.libsyn.com/jfks-missing-brain","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdcn.co/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/2c68e044-1b71-48bf-a5c5-2792f5a14f4c/JFK_Brain.mp3?dest-id=4947215","summary":"Few mysteries surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy are as strange—or as unsettling—as the disappearance of his brain. After Kennedy's assassination in 1963, his brain was removed during the autopsy and stored as evidence for further medical examination. Then, somewhere along the way, it vanished. In this episode of History Shorts , we explore the bizarre mystery of JFK's missing brain and the many theories that followed. Was it misplaced in government archives? Stolen to conceal evidence? Destroyed intentionally? Or was the explanation far more ordinary than conspiracy theorists would like to believe? This is a story of secrecy, suspicion, and unanswered questions—where one missing piece of evidence became part of the larger mythology surrounding one of the most scrutinized events in American history. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast ADVERTISE : https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/advertise LEARN MORE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/ SPONSORED BY: https://www.podcastrepublic.net/get-it-now","meta_description":"Few mysteries surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy are as strange—or as unsettling—as the disappearance of his brain. After Kennedy's assassin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":842,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-shorts-6691663/episodes/jfk-s-missing-brain/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/jfk-s-missing-brain.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}