Few books dive as deep into the murky world of covert operations, medical experiments, and political intrigue as Dr. Mary’s Monkey by Edward T. Haslam. At first glance, it seems like a tangled web of conspiracy theories—but the more you unravel, the more the connections make a chilling kind of sense. Haslam’s investigation into the 1964 murder of Dr. Mary Sherman in New Orleans leads him into a labyrinth of secret laboratories, cancer-causing viruses, the polio vaccine, and even the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This book forces us to confront the unsettling possibility that medical science, government agencies, and political assassinations are far more intertwined than we’ve been led to believe.
The Murder That Opened Pandora’s Box
Dr. Mary Sherman was an esteemed cancer researcher working on virology experiments in New Orleans. Her gruesome murder in 1964—stabbed multiple times and partially incinerated—was officially ruled a homicide, yet the bizarre nature of her injuries suggests something far more sinister. The extent of the burns on her body were unlike anything a typical house fire could produce. Haslam proposes that her injuries were actually the result of a high-voltage accident at a secret laboratory where radiation experiments were being conducted on cancer-causing monkey viruses.
The implication? Dr. Sherman’s death may have been a cover-up to silence what she knew about a covert biological weapons program, one that was working to develop virulent cancer strains—potentially for use in assassination attempts.
The Secret Laboratory and the Polio Vaccine Contamination
According to Haslam, this secret project was tied to a group of researchers, intelligence operatives, and government officials who were experimenting with irradiating monkey viruses to create a highly aggressive form of cancer. The disturbing twist? Some of these contaminated viruses allegedly made their way into polio vaccines given to millions of people.
The implications of this are staggering. Could this explain the rise in soft tissue cancers in the latter half of the 20th century? If so, was this an unfortunate accident, or was it part of something more deliberate?
The Lee Harvey Oswald Connection
Haslam’s research leads us to New Orleans in the early 1960s, where a young Lee Harvey Oswald was making his rounds with some of the same individuals tied to these biological experiments. Oswald’s presence in New Orleans before the Kennedy assassination has long been considered suspicious, but Dr. Mary’s Monkey takes it further. If Oswald was involved—even peripherally—in a secretive bioweapons program, could this have contributed to the decision to silence him permanently?
Jack Ruby and the Cancer Weapon
One of the most jaw-dropping connections Haslam explores is the fate of Jack Ruby, the man who conveniently assassinated Oswald before he could testify about his role in JFK’s murder. Ruby’s death is officially attributed to cancer, but the timeline is highly suspect. He was reported to be in good health until he was suddenly diagnosed with aggressive cancer and dead within weeks.
Given the alleged experiments on cancer viruses happening at the time, this raises an obvious yet terrifying question: Was Jack Ruby deliberately infected with a weaponized cancer strain to ensure his silence? If so, who had the power to do it, and how many others have suffered the same fate?
The Uncomfortable Questions No One Wants to Answer
The story laid out in Dr. Mary’s Monkey suggests that we’ve only scratched the surface of what was happening in the 1960s. Consider these questions:
- If the U.S. government (or factions within it) were developing a biological weapon capable of inducing fast-acting cancer, how has that research evolved since then?
- If Oswald was connected to a secret medical operation in New Orleans, was he a patsy, a whistleblower, or something else entirely?
- How many other people with inconvenient knowledge have been eliminated through means that leave no traceable foul play—such as cancer or medical-induced illness?
- What role did intelligence agencies play in using medical science for political gain?
These aren’t just interesting hypotheticals—they are genuine historical anomalies that demand deeper scrutiny. The mainstream narrative of the JFK assassination and Cold War-era government operations deliberately omits these connections, but Dr. Mary’s Monkey cracks open the door just enough for us to see the shadows moving behind it.
Final Thoughts: The Bigger Picture
The more one examines the JFK assassination, the deeper the rabbit hole goes. Whether you believe all, some, or none of Haslam’s conclusions, one thing is undeniable: Too many “coincidences” surround this moment in history. From the conveniently timed deaths of key figures to the emergence of unexplained cancer epidemics, there is a dark undercurrent of biological warfare and covert power struggles at play.
As new documents continue to be released and whistleblowers slowly come forward, we may eventually get definitive proof of what really happened in New Orleans, Dallas, and beyond. Until then, books like Dr. Mary’s Monkey remain essential for those willing to question the official narrative and seek out the uncomfortable truths hidden just beneath the surface.
What do you think? Was Dr. Mary Sherman’s murder a cover-up for a government experiment gone wrong? Was Jack Ruby silenced with a cancer weapon? And if weaponized cancer was real in the 1960s, what level of biological manipulation exists today?
