John Wilkes Booth was a famous stage actor before he assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. So how does an American celebrity kill an American President in front of hundreds of witnesses and escape the scene, kicking off a wild and farcical manhunt? This is the story of how the hunter became the hunted.
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00:00 A celebrity assassin
00:16 An assassin at the theatre
03:03 Pulling the trigger
05:04 Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War
06:43 John Wilkes Booth, the assassin
09:20 The kidnapping plot
12:22 The getaway
16:33 The manhunt
19:49 Garrett Farm showdown
21:34 Aftermath
22:35 A wild conspiracy!
Host: Aslan Pahari
Producer: Hannah Jose
Audio Engineer: John Jacobs
Video Producer: Tejas Bhat
Special thanks: Michael Osmond for archives research
Executive Producers: Joel Werner, Eric George, Jessica Radburn
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