THE LINCOLN CONSPIRACY (PART ONE)

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast · Oct 13, 2019 · 51m

Part 1-The backdrop and why conspiracies abound~John Wilkes Booth~Family of actors~Edwin Stanton Secy. War at heart of conspiracy theories~Stanton's#1 spy Lafayette Baker~Newspapers and Lincoln~Great Civil War Gold Hoax~Lincoln shuts down two papers~intense hatred for Lincoln~Booth a megalomaniac wants to save the South~to slay Caesar~Attempts to kidnap Lincoln fail~Murder becomes an option~Lincoln shot and Secy State Seward home attacked~VP Johnson spared~Booth and accomplice Herold escape south~days in MD swamp~Surrat and Mudd aid escape~Showdown at farm~Booth killed (or not)~Finis Bates…