A new series transforms the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln into a true crime thriller that goes deeper into the story than most textbooks. Most who studied Lincoln in school learn he was ...

In 1865, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln in Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C - Glasshouse Images / Alamy Stock Photo Dudley Hinton was appalled when he heard about the attempt to ...

This is the story of John Wilkes Booth’s “Mysterious Beauty.” Any schoolchild can tell you, “An actor shot Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865.” While true, there’s more to it than that. Booth was more ...

When the curtain rises on the world premiere at Baltimore Center Stage, an actor portraying the Harford County native and presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth spreads his coattails, sits down on a ...

In 1864 Booth recruited Baltimore schoolmate Arnold to kidnap Lincoln in Washington in March 1865. After the plan’s failure, Arnold landed a job in Virginia. He was arrested April 17, 1865, after ...

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