Podcasts History This Day in Esoteric Political History Lincoln's Avenger And The Aftermath Of Assassination (1894) [[Archive Episode]]

Lincoln's Avenger And The Aftermath Of Assassination (1894) [[Archive Episode]]

Published: March 24, 2024, 1:19 p.m.

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Today we\\u2019re bringing you a favorite recent episode, in part because there\\u2019s a new series on Apple TV about the aftermath of the Lincoln Assassination. Enjoy!

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It\\u2019s August 30th. This day in 1894, a man by the name of Thomas H \\u201cBoston\\u201d Corbett is presumed dead in a fire in Minnesota. Boston Corbett led a troubled life, particularly over the previous thirty years, during which he was best known as the man who killed John Wilkes Booth \\u2014 the man who killed Abraham Lincoln.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss the circumstances under which Corbett killed Booth, the way in which he was treated as a hero, and the spiral Corbett\\u2019s life took as he embraced the role of \\u201cLincoln\\u2019s Avenger.\\u201d

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