Strange Country Ep. 31: Boston Corbett
You likely can easily name the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, but what about the guy who killed John Wilkes Booth? Strange Country Ep. 31 focuses on the strange, mercury-filled life of Boston Corbett, the hatter, who fired that fatal shot. Much credit to Scott Martelle's fascinating book, Madman and the Assassin.
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Cite your sources:
"Boston Corbett Hopelessly Insane." The New York Times, 6 Oct. 1887, www.nytimes.com/1887/10/06/archives/boston-corbett-hopelessly-insane.html.
"Boston Corbett – The Mad Hatter who Killed John Wilkes Booth." New…
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