Lincoln’s Assassination and the Hunt for John Wilkes Booth | The American Story | Ep 18

In April 1865, victory turns to catastrophe. Just days after Robert E. Lee’s surrender, Abraham Lincoln is assassinated at Ford’s Theatre, Secretary of State William Seward is nearly murdered in his bed, and Washington erupts into panic. This episode follows John Wilkes Booth’s desperate escape, the massive manhunt that ends at a burning Virginia barn, and the pursuit and capture of Confederate…