“John Wilkes was the ninth of ten children born ... he would “make a bad end” and “die young.” The young Booth wrote out the fortune in pencil on a scrap of paper that eventually wore ...

Everyone is certainly familiar with the story of actor John Wilkes Booth, who shot the President in the box seats at Ford’s Theatre, resulting in his death the following morning. But what ...

Twelve days after President Lincoln's historic visit to Richmond, his assassin's journey ended in the small town of Port ...

John Wilkes Booth certainly saw himself as a dramatic figure in history. Upon shooting Lincoln, he jumped onto the stage and condemned his victim in Latin National Treasure: Amelia Earhart ...

Doherty’s path crossed with John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President ... I have a man here I found in the corn-crib.' It was young Garrett, and I demanded the whereabouts of the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Though his brother John is known for killing President Lincoln, Edwin Booth was a very different man. Here’s why there’s a massive statue of him in New York ...

Plays about Maryland actor and assassin John Wilkes Booth, monstrous creatures, and mental health will all come to Baltimore ...

The childhood home of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, and his family of well-known Shakespearean actors has been designated a Harford County Historic Landmark for its ...

Where did you shoot the recreations? Most were shot in southern Maryland or Virginia, in the same places that John Wilkes Booth escaped during his 12 day run. For example, when we were shooting ...

One hundred sixty years ago tonight, at Ford’s Theater, John Wilkes Booth put a bullet ... his father Junius and brother Edwin, Booth earned reviews any young actor would die for.