25-Part 2/John Wilkes Booth: Illegitimate Son, Jealous Brother, Actor, Assassinator

Join us for Part 2  of assassinator John Wilkes Booth in today’s episode.  President Abraham Lincoln had been on John Wilkes Booth’s mind for months before he shot and murdered him at close range in Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865.  Around the time of Abraham Lincoln’s re-election in November 1864, Booth began scheming against the President, whom he loathed for his anti-slavery stance and for waging war against the South. At first, the well-known actor hoped to kidnap Lincoln, bring him to Richmond and exchange him for Confederate prisoners of war.  However, the Fall of Richmond on April 3, 1865 and the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee a few days later prompted him and his co-conspirators to consider even more drastic action….and Lincoln wasn’t their only target. Find out the brutal consequences for Booth, his co-conspirators and his famous family.  

SOURCE MATERIALS:
https://lincolnconspirators.com/author/lincolnconspirators/

https://www.amazon.com/My-Thoughts-Be-Bloody-American-ebook/dp/B003UYURO2?ref_=ast_author_mpb

https://medium.com/frame-of-reference/the-forgotten-story-of-john-wilkes-booths-family-c74ec4b68aa9

https://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited/edwin-john-wilkes-booth

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth

https://www.history.com/news/the-other-targets-of-booths-murder-conspiracy

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QyVXzfFzqgI

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