America’s Largest Manhunt | The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth | Full Special
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It was the largest manhunt in history--ten thousand federal troops, detectives and police hunted those responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. See more in this special, "The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth."
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@GibbonInAmerica
A few years ago, I was down in rural Virginia working. I had to go to a county building to check on a permit. On the bulletin board in there, someone had posted this flyer about a lecture on John Wilkes Booth's supposed escape. Unbelievable how some people can't deal with reality.
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@TheBaconatorKing
I remember when the History Channel ACTUALLY showed History and not pawn shows.
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@SpaceCowboy-u7j
I love History Channel Classic!
I love this narrator’s (Phil Crowley) voice! 🥳🤓
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@jasonapplebaum9871
What a thriller, better than a lot of movies
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@AngelaStanley-d1o
I don't think Dr. Mudd should have even been sent to prison because he didn't even know Booth had assassinated Lincoln at the time he was treating him for his broken leg
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@sharannie63
I worked with one of Dr. Mudd's great grandsons, who was also a physician. He had one of the medical cabinets which contained some of Dr. Mudd's antique surgical tools in it. It was still a point of contention that Dr. Mudd was ever sent to prison for setting Booth's leg.
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@charliemirus4124
History Channel gets the BEST people to look so much like the people in history they are supposed to represent. I guess it’s easier since the actors don’t actually have to say lines, etc. with everything having voiceovers.
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@jc76mb
liked this so much when it first aired, i bought it on dvd . was part of a 4 disc set on lincoln that history channel put out. led me to buy the book american brutus as well by michael kaufmann.
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@cowardlydosedo
If you like non-fiction, "my thoughts be bloody" is a really good book. Goes really in depth about the Booth family.
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@TonyA-k5m
We as tv 📺 fans should see 👀 at least one historical documentary once in a while.
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@chetstevensq
$100,000 in 1865 is just over 2 million today, not 1.
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@1980bwc
Ive been searching for this doc for the longest time. Finally!
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@jonathan_luck
I remember watching this when it first premiered. I’ve been waiting for this.
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@cunard61
There was an equally impressive History Channel presentation of the Lincoln Assassination that was narrated by Tom Berenger. It's an excellent documentary, but it is very hard to find today.
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@imusama1876
The history channel is amazing they need more documentaries like this 🔥
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@Jingles2700
I never knew about all of this. All I remembered from school was about Booth, not the others involved and a larger conspiracy. I really learned something here.
@michaelritter7608
Stranger than fiction rings true with this one....wow what an insane story
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@Nofilters-t9p
That interviewer brought facts with him . Impressive.
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@Jebbie1976
Good stuff.
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@bradmoore3433
I was not aware of some of the facts in this informative work.