History's Greatest Mysteries Episode 1.04 The Escape of John Wilkes Booth

History's Greatest Mysteries Episode 1.04 The Escape of John Wilkes Booth

Episode Premiere

December 5, 2020

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Blumhouse Television

Official Site

https://www.history.com/shows/historys-greatest-mysteries

Information

Episode Premiere

December 5, 2020

Genre

Documentary

Period

2020 -

Production Co

Blumhouse Television

Distributor

Planète+ A&E

Official Site

https://www.history.com/shows/historys-greatest-mysteries

Cast and Crew

Main Cast

Laurence Fishburne

Synopsis

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.

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