Who Was The Babushka Lady? | Revisited

Who Was The Babushka Lady? | Revisited

There are many theories behind this woman know as "The Babushka Lady" who was taking photos front and center during JFK's final moments, but no one really knows for sure of her identity and why she has not came forward after the incident. Today on Life's Biggest Question we revisit this topic, dive even deeper into the mystery and ponder the question "Who Was The Babushka Lady?".

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[potatomatop]

I always see that babushka lady sitting near my door hacking my wifi. She's a good lady.

[johnschultz]

Everyone remembers where they were and what they were doing on that day its that significant of an event so youre telling me the person who was looking straight at the president with the best view in the world and plus you're recording it and she cant remember that day enought to come forward seems a tad suspicious

[MAC-jluk]

Oswald never at anytime "claimed he wasn't the only one behind the plan", or anything remotely close to that. He denied shooting anybody. That's it. The woman with dark glasses @2:53 isn't the same person as the one on the south side of Elm. The woman in
sunglasses is on JFK's right, on the passenger side of the limo and not even in Dealey Plaza IMO. The babushka lady in Dealey, not wearing shades, is on JFK's left, on the driver's side of the limo. And what possible motive would Khrushchev have, or Castro for that matter, to kill Kennedy?

[radioweebdx]

It was still common for English women to wear head scarves in the 60s and into the 70s. So she may not be Russian. Although someone wearing a head scarf and sunglasses certainly looks like someone who looks like they don't want to be recognised.

[LaBestiadu]

At 2:45, this woman is not Babushka Lady; this shot was taken facing 501 Main St, while the limo turns to her right ( in the initial photo it is easy to recognize the wall ). B.L was on D.P.

[craft-o-matic]

If the Babushka lady isn't dead by now, we are most definitely in trouble!
The woman in question is definitely not Beverly Oliver. First and foremost, the Babushka Lady had very dark hair, and Beverly Oliver definitely had blonde hair.

[neyolo]

The woman is Philippine Rotschild. She was in 30s when the assassination happened. In fact that day was her birthday.

[DP-hnrl]

@LifesBiggestQuestions The image used at 2:47 I believe to be photoshopped due to the direction Kennedy is traveling in relation to the Babushka Lady. If she was on the East side of the street as in films, then Kennedy would be on the opposite side of the her. I also think the image is altered because of the number of people surrounding her as Kennedy passes in this image because in the Zapruder and Muchmore films there's essentially only a boy and his father in direct proximity to her. Additionally, all the other images of her appear to be a very different looking woman than this one. This image looks like an almost perfect match to Phillipine De Rothschild with a CIA agent to her right named Gerry Patrick Hemming and another CIA agent just above Kennedys head named Lucien Conein. Lastly, in both films as Kennedy passes Babushka lady, she's lifting her arms and taking a picture. In fact, from the Muchmore film, she appears to have perfect timing frame by frame in capturing the exact moment the frontal Kill shot on Kennedy sends blood upward. In order for the timing to be consistent, that would require her to have a camera held up and JFK already leaning into Jackie from the bullet wound to the neck that results from the first impact-also frontal in origin. I don't mean this to be a critique on your video at all, this is a commonly shared image on the internet, but I wanted to share my investigative findings with you.

[wendyokoopa]

Mom and I rarely agree on a lot but one thing we do agree with is that we don't think Oswald killed jfk

[jo-annfat-bricks]

The Babushka Lady is Phillippine de Rothschild. It was her birthday and she wanted to snap pictures of what her family partially funded.

[ulicadluga]

The most important issues about the Babushka Lady, from my point of view, are the following:

1. If she was on Houston Street when the limo turned from Main Street, how did she get from there, past the crowds, the cordons and the many follow up vehicles to reach the South side of Elm Street in time to aim her camera?

2. If one has a good copy of the Zapruder film, with sprocket holes and inter-sprocket areas, it is clear that she shines a bright flashlight towards Zapruder for at least a second as she drifts out of the frame. There is no conceivable reason for someone to use a flashlight on a bright and sunny day - unless they are signalling someone opposite them.

[Nhamp]

0:57. This woman is not the Babushka Lady. If you look at the full picture, you can see she is standing in front of a building (It's now the Dallas County Clerk's Office, not sure what it was in '63), and she's on the Main Street side of the building. If you look at the full picture, you can clearly see where the corner of the building is on the left hand side, as well as a street sign. In order for her to be the Babushka Lady, she would have to wait for the complete motorcade to pass, run across Houston Street, and across the large grassy part of the plaza to be on the curb as the limo went past. Impossible.

[mradriance]

I love getting my political knowledge from a guy wearing a "Stonks" hat

[boyson]

Photo @2:47 is NOT a picture of the Babushka Lady. You can see that Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Connaliy are in the foreground. The photo was most likely taken before the motorcade reached Dealey Plaza. Babushka Lady would have been on the other side of the street during the assassination.

[CarlKeeling]

The babushka ladies name is Philippine de Rothschild

[richvandervecken]

I think she was someone who saw what happened to anyone that questioned the official narrative and probably threw the undeveloped film in the trash to keep from being killed.

[jamesbeckham]

I was about 14 years old at the time of JFK assassination. At that time in history it was very common for ladies in the USA to wear a scarf like the babushka lady.😮

[Trevor_Schindler]

Host really bothers me. Still, good video.

[danielclaw]

Host: Who is the babushka lady?
Me: Somebody's grandma, probably.

[luvluv]

2:55 That's a freaky guilty grin!!