John Wilkes Booth: Assassin In The Spotlight | Full Documentary | Biography

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Published 2024-04-11
John Wilkes Booth, "the handsomest man in America," was the epitome of success--a famous stage actor, wildly popular, and wealthy. Yet, in April 1865, when the Confederate South surrendered to the Union North, he felt he was "a man without a country." Our profile chronicles the events that led to "Black Easter"--when Booth put a bullet through Abraham Lincoln's head.

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All Comments (21)
  • @jackofalltradesmasterofnon6590
    My great great grandfather was part of the group whom captured him. And is now buried in West Seneca,NY proud to have that part of my heritage
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  • @dillonmcintire6519
    Very interesting. Booth went from being one of America's famous actors to one of history's most notorious villains.
  • @rebeccao8895
    Just HOW spiritual could Junius be if he was leading a second life away from his original wife?
  • @jeffbattle9599
    Hatred is taught from one generation to another. The "Golden Rule", treat people the way you want to be treated. John Wilkes Booth was never taught that.
  • @jefferymeyers2737
    How funny it would be if people actually read history ,they would never believe it.
  • @harrycarrey5124
    If John Wilkes Booth came back today and toured the country would he realize how wrong he was or how right he was? I think about this question all the time
  • @angelam5444
    Why do they go on and on about how handsome Boothe was? If true, something is lost in the photos. Oh yes, and the β€œadvocates of slavery” were Democrats.
  • @michaelbark4264
    Story that booth wasn't killed in the barn but escaped and went to Indian territory and died 30 plus years later . It was on unsolved mysteries years ago they have the episode on YouTube check it out. No picture of booth nobody in 1865 the evidence of his escape goes on .
  • @TheHaratashi
    The sketches of Booth in the barn show he had a mustache - Booth had shaved his mustache by that time. If the person they killed had a mustache it could not have been Booth.
  • @adam3797
    25:37 🀣🀣🀣🀣 He went hard β€˜er’ on that
  • @DJohns1965
    βœŒοΈπŸ’šβœŒοΈ thanks
  • @matthewhedrichjr.5445
    3:23 what score is that and whoever did the score makes me happy and sad. It just makes you relax when listening to this song
  • @djdollase
    I’m coming to this after watching most of the Apple+ show Manhunt and I have to say it’s interesting to hear the real history again. However, I will also say that this biography is more than a little bit complementary to John Wilkes Booth. It was pretty well acknowledged by people that knew him and saw him perform at the time that he was not a good actor. He did not have the natural talent of his father, or his brothers. He was affected by that and that helped contribute to his wanting to be a big star by killing the president of the United States. I think he ended up acting his final greatest role by doing so. But to suggest that he was anything other than a mediocre actor treading on a family name of great actors is, I think to give him too much credit.