JFK Jr: The Man Behind The Myth, Ep. 5 -- Free At Last

In Episode 5 of "JFK Jr: The Man Behind The Myth," we follow the trajectory of young John F. #Kennedy Jr.'s life as he matured into his late teens -- and experienced his first taste of freedom.

John was finally free from the abusive home of Aristotle #Onassis; freed at age 16 from his assigned Secret Service detail; free to travel without parental supervision; free to live in a campus dorm at Andover and later, his own pad at Brown University; free to speak for himself in public press conferences and speeches; free to start dating girls and party with the boys; free to pursue his passion for acting, and, free to work his first paying job as a cowboy on the ranch of Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow.

It was Barlow (a private pilot himself) who introduced John to the ultimate exercise in freedom: flying. John took his first lessons in the cockpit from Barlow -- a secret they conspired to keep from John's mother Jackie, who forbade both of her children from pursuing their dreams of becoming hobbyist aviators.

Haunted by recurring, terrifying premonitions of her son dying in a plane crash, flying was the one freedom Jackie absolutely would not allow John to have.

Tragically, Jackie's nightmares would later manifest in the worst imaginable way.

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Playlist of all episodes:
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