80: Vigilante Vengeance pt.2: Final Act

Vigilante Vendetta pt.2: Final Act

**Spoiler Alert** This week's episode is about people and their eccentricities. It is about nepotism and vengeance and fame. It is about how truly dramatic theater people can be. This week, a podcast about John Wilkes Booth. Who was the man who killed Lincoln? Why did Booth kill Lincoln? Who was John Wilkes Booth’s family? This week we look at Booth and Lincoln’s final act!

Photos Referenced:


Junius Brutus circa 1850 - courtesy of Wikimedia Commons	Three of Junius's sons: Edwin, Junius Jr, and John, performing in Shakespeare’s “Julius Cesar”, to raise money for a Shakespeare statue in Central Park - Public Domain


Know Nothing party flag	John Wilkes Booth - courtesy of Wikimedia Commons


Escape Route - Wikimedia Commons


Edwin Booth portraying Hamlet circa 1870 - Public Domain	Lewis Powell (AKA Lewis Payne), attempted assassin of Seward, photo thought to have been taken 1865 on USS Saugus - courtesy of Alexander Gardner, Library of Congress