History's Greatest Mysteries · SEASON 1

The Escape of John Wilkes Booth

Episode 4 · 2020-12-05

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  • Documentary
  • Mystery

Episode overview

He was the actor whose most famous role was assassinating a president. But was John Wilkes Booth also an escape artist? Did Booth evade justice and live for decades after killing Abraham Lincoln? For the first time, Booth family members share family lore, and what they believe is evidence of the assassin's escape, passed down through generations.

78 minutes

Season 1 episodes

1. The Final Hunt For D.B. Cooper2020-11-14 2. Titanic's Lost Evidence2020-11-21 3. Endurance: The Hunt for Shackleton's Ice Ship2020-11-28 4. The Escape of John Wilkes Booth2020-12-05 5. Roswell: The First Witness - The Journal2020-12-12 6. Roswell: The First Witness – The Memo2020-12-19 7. Roswell: The First Witness – The Writer2020-12-26