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The Lincoln Assassination: Did John Wilkes Booth Act Alone Or Was it a Confederacy-Ordered Hit?

Published: April 21, 2020, 6:35 a.m.

b'Everyone thinks they know what happened at the Lincoln assassination\\u2026 but do they? After 150 years, a multitude of unsolved mysteries and urban legends still surround the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Today\'s guest is Robert Hutchinson, author of the book "What Really Happened: The Lincoln Assassination." He takes a new look at the case and explores what really happened at Ford\\u2019s Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865. In those final weeks of the Civil War, Washington was boiling over with animosity and recriminations.

Among the questions Hutchinson explores are:
\\u2022 Did the Confederacy have a hand in the assassination plot?
\\u2022 Who were John Wilkes Booth\\u2019s secret accomplices, and why did he change the
plan from kidnapping to assassination?
\\u2022 Why was it so easy for Booth to enter the president\\u2019s box at Ford\\u2019s Theatre?'