The Lincoln Assassination: A New Investigation

It was the crime of the 19th century and spawned one of the most notorious trials in American History. Just five days after The Civil War had ended, President Abraham Lincoln was gunned down by actor John Wilkes Booth while attending Ford’s Theatre. The assassination has been examined by historians as an act of political post-war terrorism, committed by a fanatic who the Confederacy may have sponsored. But rarely has Lincoln’s death been investigated by detectives as a murder case. Watch JT Townsend discard the myths and legends surrounding the assassination while excavating the truth about the conspiracy to kill Lincoln.