Booth, suffering severe pain, arrived at the house of Samuel Mudd, a physician and fellow Southern sympathizer he knew who ...

In early 2022, Apple Studios LLC conditionally offered actor Brent Sexton the role of U.S. President Andrew Johnson in its production of Manhunt, a limited series about the hunt for John Wilkes Booth ...

April 14 is the 160th anniversary of the assassination of Lincoln. What if John Wilkes Booth had chosen reconciliation over ...

Asia was married to an actor, John Sleeper Clarke ... says Terry Alford, a John Wilkes Booth expert in Virginia, because it remains the only manuscript of significant length that provides ...

Arguably the nation's most famous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was an accomplished actor, southern sympathizer, and likely spy before shooting President Lincoln in April 1865. The ninth of 10 ...

US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre ...

Richland County has an interesting link to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln -- and the death of his killer, John Wilkes Booth.

Abraham Lincoln died 160 years ago today at Ford’s Theater, cut down by the rabidly pro-slavery actor named John Wilkes Booth. With Lincoln on that fateful night were several Irish, including ...

On April 14, 1865, the country’s jubilant End-of-War celebration veered into woe. President Lincoln was dead, shot “the night before by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer.” ...