Mrs. Sickles' Lover
The Mrs. Sickles' Lover podcast is where nosy folks and history nerds unite. Hosted by Quinn, a (very) amateur historian who also loves a messy story, Mrs. Sickles' Lover is your go to gossip history podcast. Every other week, we will take a look at some of the lesser known stories involving some of history's most (in)famous characters. Do you want to know how John Wilkes Booth and Drew Barrymore are connected? This podcast is for you! Are you curious how a Tammany Hall politician went from "temporary insanity" to the fields of Gettysburg? (Hint- Gettysburg was not his first murder.) This podcast is for you! Do you want to hear someone talk about how Winston Churchill's mother used to get it on with the future King of England? This is the podcast for you! The point is, if you would've been a gossip no matter what century you lived in, then this is the place for you. Let's get into dead folks business!
Mrs. Sickles' Lover
Et Tu, Brute
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In this episode, we are going to get in the business of the parents of America's most famous assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Turns out he didn't come from a stable home, if you can believe that! Way to go Junius and Mary Ann. If I had a nickel for every time someone in the Booth family threatened to murder a president, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's still weird that it happened twice...