After actor John Wilkes Booth pulled the trigger on his derringer and assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, he fled Ford’s Theater and was on the run for twelve days. Have you ever wondered where Booth went, who…
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201: BOOTH’S FINAL ACT WAS NO THEATRICAL TRAGEDY – PART II
When the three of us arrived at Rich Hill at roughly 1:45pm on Sunday May 15, 2022, I was happy to see we were alone. During our first visit to the historic home a year earlier, a construction crew was…
200: FROM THE STAGE TO MUDD – IN HOT PURSUIT OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH PART I
Let me start off by stating the obvious – I despise John Wilkes Booth, and what he did in 1865, with every resin fiber in my body. As a matter of fact, I can’t stand any pathetic, low-life, scum-bucket, maggot…
140: BOOTH’S TRAIL TOOK US FROM DIRT TO MUDD
As usual, my photographer’s alarm rang at precisely 6:00am. It was Wednesday May 19, 2021 and from my perch alongside the TV in our Dahlgren, Virginia hotel room, I watched as he and Mongo got ready for the day. While…