How They Were Caught: John Wilkes Booth

[@deb8911]

It always amazed how one booth brother saved a Lincoln, while the other killed a Lincoln. And all the parallels between Lincoln and Kennedy were always spooky as well. To think, he signed a bill to start the secret service (for counterfeit money) the day he died.

[@parwinderkaur8038]

Wait one Booth brother SAVED Lincoln??? I'm sorry what? Also apologies if I'm supposed to know this but I'm not American so we were never really taught much about his life... Can I get the info please?

[@deb8911]

@@parwinderkaur8038 Google. I learned it from an old show called “beyond belief fact or fiction”. John Wilkes Booth, who killed the president, had a brother Edwin who saved the presidents son (Robert) from getting hit by a train (in NJ) shortly before the president died.

[@expertarcher8542]

@@parwinderkaur8038 Edwin booth saved Lincoln’s son

[@notCynicalReally]

Honestly, while I do miss the ghoul boys, I've really been enjoying recent content.

[@jacklemm1518]

They still make content every now and then probably cause of their contract. But they obviously love doing it so I doubt they would just stop.

[@faithgill9634]

They have a channel called Watcher! It can keep you company until unsolved is back ❤️

[@Ryang405]

I don’t like aria

[@essex3777]

I'd like to see H.H. Holmes next

[@larong27]

@@faithgill9634 ,

[@masonwatson9379]

Buzzfeed: Solved

[@seant1479]

Un

[@elivandrisse]

@@seant1479 buzzfeed: solvedun

[@seant1479]

@@elivandrisse devlosnu

[@goe5]

Actually he escaped and lived for 38 years. This has been recorded by the Smithsonian. Unsolved mysteries had a fully episode on John Wilkes Booths escape

[@rapunzabelle]

Why weren’t we ever taught in school that there was a whole conspiracy group? They always gave us the impression it was a heat of the moment, acted alone kind of thing.

[@alexwilson3101]

..And that assassinating VP Jackson and SS Seward were also in the plans..

[@jojowitda44]

I'll put you on screat information

[@GoonRevenueServices]

It was kind of both, but yes there was a whole conspiracy.

[@seanj6310]

Textbooks aren't going to give you the whole story. Do your own research. This video doesn't even tell us what happened to the coward John Surrat.

[@expertarcher8542]

They also tried to kill General Grant but that’s missed in this video

[@theohaegele9011]

6:48 If anybody's wondering, the "funniest line" was: "You sockdologizing old man-trap!"

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Lincoln, look out, there's a guy right behind you with a... *OMG HE HAS AIRPODS IN*

[@graygray2444]

@@AxxLAfriku ok then 🙄

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Lincoln: did well in theaters *Historically this has not been true*

[@danielguth5758]

Not you again

[@aliqui6305]

Oh yes! You again 😂

[@theunknown3537]

Bruh!🤣

[@c.i.a3279]

yep take the advice from a koren leader

[@Mimi-cq4bg]

He did just great!! Well.... except that one time....

[@StormbornDragon]

“booth was both a confederate sympathizer and white supremacist.” *pretends to be shocked*

[@Stopcommentingthesamecomments]

Duh

[@TheTeezy1000]

And Lincoln was a republican....

[@Stopcommentingthesamecomments]

@@TheTeezy1000 ya but it way different back then

[@TheTeezy1000]

@@Stopcommentingthesamecomments democrats always got an excuse....

[@zoinks8868]

@@TheTeezy1000 Republican here. If you seriously believe that Republicans back then were the same as now then there's something wrong with your head.

[@basementdwellercosplay]

I like how they add"the racist Booth" like I think we got enough hints in his life that he was pretty racist

[@konvictionXX]

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[@seraphstray1552]

well it's buzzfeed and it's 2021. They've gotta really drive it home for some reason because they, like our government, twitter and facebook, don't believe you and others viewing this can think for yourselves.

[@Chemical_Ali]

@@seraphstray1552 And I like how they added the claim that he said "The south is avenged!" Give it a few more years and a Buzzfeed video will claim he shouted "Heil Hitler!" and "This is MAGA country!"

[@Jones-eq4bs]

@@seraphstray1552 think for themselves? You don’t think JWB was a racist?!?! Yikes...

[@Jones-eq4bs]

@@Chemical_Ali I learned he shouted “the south has been avenged” over 20 years ago in school. just say you’re racist and move on lol

[@FreyaEinde]

Y’all ever wonder if Our American Cousin was any good.

[@Haseri8]

Apparently so, in fact there was a craze for one of the characters

[@rachelraquel758]

It was suppose to be very funny, by 19th century standards at least.

[@MsZfactor]

You can find performances of it on line. It's funny taking the humor of the time period. It was also hugely popular. Laura Keene originally was going to have it run only a week but ended up having a 151 show run in New York. Lincoln enjoyed the play due to its humor reminding him of his own upbringing.

[@markcadieux3445]

"Other than that Mrs Lincoln, how did you like the play?"

[@someyoutubeaccount7125]

Yup I'm thoroughly convinced. John Wilkes Booth said "All hail the watcher" right before shooting Lincoln.

[@bobhotpocket1875]

All hail the watcher

[@luieescobar3687]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BenjitheBeastYT]

every day he walked into work and said "All hail the watcher!"

[@spaghettiontheweekends4108]

All hail the watcher

[@voraciousreader3341]

Having studied Lincoln’s life thoroughly over the decades, I firmly believe that he had established the moral authority to significantly change the way African Americans were viewed and treated in this country had he lived. I’m not naive enough to believe that racism would have been eradicated, but the place Lincoln would have moved it to is evidenced by his publicly stated desire for AA men to have the vote, a right which would not be accorded to women until 1920. Lincoln’s loss to this country is incalculable.

[@black_rx4549]

To see the actual loss Lincoln's death caused, study Andrew Johnson

[@___JB]

Booth was native american says his wikipedia.. lincoln didnt free slaves he wanted the confederate states (the natives) to release their prisoners of war aka slaves

[@oooh19]

Yea but it was only the African American men who could vote not women!

[@themagicknightress7132]

That’s why Lincoln’s beard looks odd... he has no moustache

[@ryd.wav27]

Bezinga

[@johannahgeorgeson3758]

And John Wilkes Booth’s mustache is the missing piece

[@maya-4733]

Not me just realizing this

[@voraciousreader3341]

That was very much the norm then. Of course, now Amish and Mennonite men tend to shave their mustaches and keep their beards. .

[@popsicko6493]

@@johannahgeorgeson3758 all they had to do was kiss and make up (quite literally) and everything would've been fine

[@Sofie2734]

I’m loving this type of content. I know unsolved is the type of content most people come here for, but I like the history centric content!

[@Jscsonic]

The videos on this channel are always stellar, but damn I'm genuinely impressed by how in-depth this video is! I never knew about the Vice President and Secretary of State also being part of the plot! Documentaries, museums, and even school only ever focused on John in the theater. Or maybe I just never paid attention... Regardless, keep it up guys!

[@johanvajse8410]

I don't remember it in school either. At my school, I don't think it was taught as a plot but more an act of a madman. strange

[@blofeld39]

Secretary Seward's son was also seriously injured in the attack, and his daughter died months later because her health was shattered.

[@Jscsonic]

@@johanvajse8410 yeah same here it's kinda ridiculous this is way cooler. Same goes with other major historical events like the moon landing. I didn't know there were multiple manned moon landings until I was in my 20s. The American school system needs an overhaul

[@bluefox99887]

If you enjoyed this, you should go check out Shane's Puppet History episode on Watcher about an earlier failed attempt on Lincoln's life. It's really intetesting and something you definitely don't learn about in school.

[@Jscsonic]

@@bluefox99887 yup haha, I own a Puppet University shirt and a Professor notebook! I've been a fan of Shane and Ryan since their original Unsolved series haha :)

[@jadadabbadoo]

The saddest part is the man with lincoln (the one who is pointing at booth in the painting) later went insane because he couldn't save the president. I think he killed his family, himself, or both. Not quite sure about that one though

[@sarahno899]

Yeah, he attacked his children and when his wife tried to protect them, he shot and killed her. Then he stabbed himself and tried to kill himself, but survived. He spent the next almost 30 years in an asylum before he died.

[@EUSA1776]

Major Henry Rathbone attacked his children in a rage one December night in 1883, he then fatally shot and stabbed his wife Clara Harris (who had been in the President’s box with Rathbone), he then stabbed himself in the chest five times trying to commit suicide. He was declared insane and held in a German insane asylum (he was U.S consul to Hanover at the time) and died there in 1911.

[@johanvajse8410]

that is very sad edit: his wife was his stepsister

[@parwinderkaur8038]

@@johanvajse8410 you went from 'it was very sad' to HIS WIFE WAS HIS STEPSISTER...Sweet Home Alabama T-T

[@peggypeggy4137]

@@parwinderkaur8038 I knew a woman who dated a man. At the same time, the man's father started dating her mother. They were already well grown and had never actually lived together as step siblings when they got married (in their thirties),so it wasn't completely weird. They were all from Newfoundland. People would tease them, saying that this was a typical "Newfie" marriage. Fortunately, they had a great sense of humour.

[@720reddog]

Why does John Wilkes Booth get all the best acting jobs? He has all the best headshots. 😀

[@InternetDarkLord]

A tourist pamphlet for Charles County MD once featured a picture of John Wilkes Booth with the slogan "Charles County is a great place for a weekend getaway." The Mudd House and swamp where Booth hid are both open to the public.

[@eilyahussain3153]

Genuinely loving the recent content they’ve been putting out

[@thequeennala956]

John Wilkes booth aka the festering blood blister on the bottom of a foot

[@footyfan101ful]

How they were caught: Ricky Goldsworth

[@ethan60645]

Andrew Johnson always manages to disappoint somehow

[@KougajiCalling]

It is one of the things he's best at...

[@themoderator2594]

The Being wants to have Shane and Ryan again we miss them

[@sam5miy]

Do you watch their channel?

[@MasterMatter]

@@sam5miy watcher? I like that channel

[@themoderator2594]

The Being says Yeah

[@jazzywazzy1998]

They gotta post other videos while they are working on the series

[@MasterMatter]

@@jazzywazzy1998 yeah, your right some people dont realize it takes time to make awesome content. I'm fine waiting on Shane and Ryan as long as t ghb ey pump out that awesomeness like they always do lol

[@rachelraquel758]

No wonder he had issues with everyone telling him he was bad his whole life.

[@konvictionXX]

You kinda bad tho🥴

[@rachelraquel758]

@@konvictionXX excuse me?

[@Mixvuli]

@@rachelraquel758 hes basically saying u look good or something

[@rachelraquel758]

@@Mixvuli lol, my cartoon Veronica Picture?

[@clules_s]

@@konvictionXX lmao you down bad bro just don't respond you prob were drunk or something we all make mistakes and call cartoons bad

[@MichaelWolf940]

Thank you for these amazing videos! Please keep them coming!

[@threewindsports7721]

Not gonna lie. Good video, but there’s a good amount of historical inaccuracies in this video. For example that wasn’t Dr. Mudd, that was Samuel Arnold.

[@tatyana-fw8re]

I'm absolutely addicted to these how they we're caught

[@BigTimeRush14100]

*born in bel-air* This is the story all about how My life got flipped turned upside down And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there I'll tell you how I became the president assassinator from Bel-Air

[@hannahalbano6300]

Underrated comment

[@thegooserr12]

I NEED A FULL VERSION

[@kendallm8331]

Oh cool, I had no idea about the vp and secretary of state being a part of the plot, great video!

[@davidkurvach3993]

I think you confused the image of Samuel Arnold for Dr. Mudd.

[@divyanshbahuguna6324]

Can I get the weed this guy's mother was smoking?

[@carolinenelson92]

National Treasure 2 taught me most of these facts, but this video reminded me about them years later.

[@WCWThunderRosa]

$100,000 in 1865 is equal to $1,598,000 today

[@number1natasha]

the comments about bringing back ryan n shane are annoying n tired. i'm loving the content being created, keep it up team!!!

[@midnightblues9895]

actually, they didnt stop, right? they had a new season months ago. im pretty there'll be a new season.

[@accioyoongi]

@@midnightblues9895 yep, there will be, idk when cuz of the pandemic.

[@midna3000]

I love this video! I highly recommend visiting Fords Theater, if you can. I feel like the narrator was an improved Alexa speaking, though 😅

[@gonzolonzo1383]

I think its pretty funny his boot got stuck and he broke his leg, but the show must go on, so he busts out some Latin for flair

[@expertarcher8542]

Ay! Break a leg out there

[@GBU61]

I wonder if the phrase “break a leg” in theatre vernacular originated from this?

[@XJYNCT]

I was kinda disappointed when I found out this video wasn't going to be narrated by the male narrator's. However, this woman's voice is very soothing and calm.

[@sam5miy]

Yep it'll out you right to sleep very monotone

[@soslothful]

Why would it disappoint you to not have a male narrator?

[@XJYNCT]

@@soslothful He has a very soothing voice. But the lady here is nice too.

[@soslothful]

@@XJYNCT He? A previous narrator?

[@yaboinoname]

dang y this content high key getting good w/o the ghoul boys

[@CJWilcox109]

Michael O’laughlin - happy go lucky irishman 🍀4:54

[@I_AmTone3]

Get y’all popcorn ready for this one

[@taerotica0117]

John Wilkes booth is buried in greenmount cemetery in Baltimore Maryland??? AINT no secret grave lol

[@littleyellowdeer]

Maybe it was a secret back then?

[@taerotica0117]

@@littleyellowdeer perhaps but it’s been a known grave for at least 20 years now, so in the event of the video, they could’ve researched more 😂😂

[@tawnya0627]

His burial was kept "secret" because they didn't want crazy racist confederates digging up his decaying body and raising up more zealots to the cause.

[@EUSA1776]

The actual physical location of Booth’s grave is unknown. He was buried at the cemetery yes, but out of shame the family had him buried with no gravestone, hence a “secret” grave.

[@chadchelo]

John Wilkes Booth actually has two gravesites.

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

8:58 wait?! They didn’t carry Lincoln in a rocking chair. They just use their hands to carry Lincoln out of the theater. But still, he wasn’t shirtless, but after placing him on the bed, they removed it along with the rest of the clothing, according to Dr Leale in his diary.

[@lauren27kate]

Man he really thought lemme kill a guy and everyone gonna be behind me.... like there's a reason you lost the war ya know

[@jasaraya831]

Ok but why were they pardoned?

[@nathansamsfishingshow5975]

Idk about the other one, but Mudd was just a really good dude, and a devoted doctor. So in his eyes, he needed to heal this injured man because it’s not his place to judge what they did. That’s the laws job, and gods job.

[@jasaraya831]

@@nathansamsfishingshow5975 thank you for answering me. I've started down that rabbit hole and that was my conclusion too.

[@nathanroper2611]

I wonder, though, what came of the plot to murder President Johnson?

[@johanvajse8410]

and why was the woman hanged?

[@Sem5626]

@@johanvajse8410 co-conspirator in a treasonous act pretty sure

[@faitherapyx0x407]

This was a story that is always of interest to me!!! So glad my favorites covered it!! 😊

[@pinaybaby08]

I’m not gonna lie, I’m happy that there’s content from this channel - but whoever is narrating needs more emotion. It just sounds like they’re reading off the paper and doesn’t really care what it is they’re reading. There are also inconsistencies in the story, but this was hard for me to watch and listen to since it wasn’t engaging

[@expertarcher8542]

That’s because they are reading off a piece of paper

[@corneliali7747]

I'm both laughing and glad that Atzerodt was a coward and just stuck to drinking (the version i heard is that he was trying to drink to steady his nerves but kept drinking and went straight drunk)

[@saxboi1144]

The group was originally going to kill General Grant as well, as he was supposed to attend the play with Lincoln, but Grant decided not to go at the last minute.

[@expertarcher8542]

I was told they actually tried to shoot grant but he escaped

[@MsTwissy]

Some of the statements in this conflict with the Wikipedia summary of the events. I wish buzzfeed showed their sources like Wikipedia does.

[@emilkoch4098]

I've been to Ford's Theater where Lincoln was shot. We saw the play "A Christmas Carol". It was somewhat eerie being there knowing a world famous president was shot there.

[@user0-c5v]

The best part is that the Secretary of War was the only cabinet member not planned to be killed. Stanton was also the one cabinet member who hated Lincoln...

[@spaghettiontheweekends4108]

love the idea of a getaway horse

[@InternetDarkLord]

Next on How They were Caught: Leopold and Loeb.

[@ben-bg8zp]

You guys should do a buzzfeed unsolved on Chalino Sanchez

[@speedyloc8746]

Ive always said if I can have a convo with anyone from history it would be Abraham Lincoln, and if I can go back to any time in recorded history I would go and make sure booth never got the chance to do that to the greatest president we ever had

[@aidanhill1032]

You guys should come to bachelors grove cemetery

[@bradleyungles8605]

This had more to do with the assassination rather than catching booth

[@VRainbows]

Never knew he was born in Maryland. I’m from there and we never learned this in school

[@dejazO0]

he might be get support today!

[@JHarris533]

3:55 - alot of the confederate sympathisers who like to make sure you know "Lincoln was just as racist as southerners - would like to forget this part of Lincolns life (even though it is actually close to near vindication of another southern point: Lincoln was a liar and his promises made pre civil war were not worth much). As soon as Lincoln did not have to get reelected by a racist nation, he immediately made it clear he did favour Votes for African-Americans and that he now opposed the American supported Colonization of land in Africa or Central/ South America for freed slaves positions in what was a massive public u-turn.

[@termeownator]

I don't follow you. Are you speaking towards the folks who read their history on Twitter? Lincoln was re-elected in '64, and was in no way a racist. He believed slavery was wrong, but he didn't let his personal views get in the way of what was most important: winning the war

[@danielp8670]

So this was basically a drive by shooting but instead of a car it’s a horse

[@blofeld39]

That would make more sense if he had been on the horse the whole time. But he hadn't been.

[@CainP]

One of the conspirators were written as “happy-go-lucky-irishman” 🤣

[@ahmed-asfuq]

It's feels like joker in real life

[@ealswytheangelicrealms]

According to the book The Lincoln Conspiracy by David Balsiger published in 1977 Booth escaped Washington DC with a smuggler friend named Ed Henson and NOT David Herold. The book also says that Lewis Thornton Powell and Lewis Payne were 2 different people and although Lewis Powell carried out the attack on Steward Lewis Payne was found guilty. The book says confession statements by O'Laughlin and Atzerodt state that Payne and Powell were separate individuals. Evidence indicates that Payne was arrested and framed for his cousin, Powell's evil deed. Is any of this true? These facts in The Lincoln Conspiracy book differ from what I have read in all the other Lincoln Assassination books. The Lincoln Conspiracy book also says a man named James William Boyd was killed in Garrett's barn ant NOT Booth. Is that true?

[@c.i.a3279]

Trump right now: CAP

[@wimdmaster]

I love this series

[@bluefox99887]

If ya'll enjoyed this, you should go check out Shane's Puppet History episode about an earlier failed attempt on Lincoln's life. It's on his and Ryan's channel, Watcher.

[@CharlieRickle1]

You could do an episode on the oakville blobs

[@themanwithnoname2857]

Buried in a secret grave? Lot's of different theories suggest he evaded capture and raised a family living out the rest of his life.

[@soslothful]

do these theories adduce any supportive evidence?

[@rusty5141]

​@@soslothfulthere is a lot of evidence it was James William Boyd they killed in the barn and not Booth. Anyone interested can watch a KZbin video called: Did John Wilkes Booth avoid capture and live another 40 years? He goes over a lot of the evidencein that video.

[@starkolurodon]

I legitimately can't decide whether this is a person talking with the least amount of emotion possible, or AI voice playing a script.

[@Mario-mw7nb]

He actually stayed in my Hometown before he left to kill Lincoln. For those who are interested, It's Franklin Pennsylvania.

[@ZeeHilal]

I love John Wilkes Booth

[@necrobrux8444]

Pro tip! If you are famous, don’t kill the president! You won’t get away with it.

[@themarinaraman9580]

Shame they missed the vice president. Johnson is probably one of the worst presidents because of his southern sympathies and refusal to do anything to protect Freeman.

[@ZeeHilal]

Booth was like a ninja

[@nikhilmally2735]

Lincoln looks like dwights cousin moes

[@jonyboy24689]

Please bring back the old voice over guy

[@Bl1nkTM]

Good TTS

[@wolfgamiing89]

“F@#k bitches, get money” ~ Abraham Lincoln 1800s

[@marusajug6104]

please bring back buzzfeed unsloved maybe solved stories instead

[@brandoesyt649]

I Drive Past His Old House All The Time. It’s Right Near A McDonald’s And Harford County Community College & Bel Air Is Still The Same Way Till This Day😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@joseleswopes4396]

God 🙏 Bless Lincoln

[@jackmortonhowe]

This is nice and all but does anyone know when or if ever Ryan and Shane are coming back this is still cool tho don’t get me wrong

[@Oliver-zn5my]

They have their own channel called watcher btw. Also they are coming back for one more season of supernatural. It’s talking a while due to COVID

[@jackmortonhowe]

@@Oliver-zn5my ty

[@Daddyme92]

@@jackmortonhowewith u. They were very special

[@cherrytheanimator3806]

"The nation's biggest manhunt began" Too bad Dream wasn't there.

[@ineedalife4195]

not me living in bel air, maryland ✋🏻 i still can’t believe they have a picture of him in the courthouse

[@nelsonnoname001]

Glad this could be read by a robot girl - bee boo bop

[@gddiggy3828]

If there was an accurate movie on Booth and his other conspirators, Adam Driver better play him, they look nearly identical.

[@elenamiller4748]

Bruh we just learned about this at school lol

[@reallifelebowski4732]

I would argue that the actor who got most inside Lincoln's head was John Wilkes Booth."

[@lisasun9623]

Basically this guy was OG Proud Boys. He actually thought people would praise him for his actions.

[@crookid_biz1895]

🤣 This is how you tell me you're incapable of logical thought without telling me you're incapable of logical thought. Who have the Proud Boys murdered? Their sedition charges are nothing but a politically charged charade. Hopefully truth and justice will prevail.

[@xtg5582]

God loves us all no matter what, please pray to him and get closer to him please,i hope y’all have a great blessed day/night 🙏❤️

[@addytude15]

The fire did WHAT

[@tanglednest1370]

It was like a hitman mission

[@thecawdsquad875]

Lincoln never should have sat in John Wilkes' booth.

[@mgf2293]

Why don’t you talk about the Brain theft of Albert Einstein

[@pinecone4610]

Anyone else read the book about this?

[@ZeeHilal]

God bless this brave man and his family.

[@WickedTester176]

Jefferson Davis was found in a dress, according to legend

[@sweetlullaby5156]

KUDOS TO THE NARRATOR!!!!

[@maxpokebruh27]

When the narrator read out Booth's Latin line, is that how it's actually pronounced or is she taking liberties?

[@EUSA1776]

Sic Semper Tyrannis (pronounced “sick” “semper” “tie-ran-is”) ‘Thus always to Tyrants’ is not only Booth’s line but is also the state motto of Virginia. The lady in the video mispronounced it .

[@415play]

John Wilke is my acting Professor’s name 😳

[@wosop6667]

🦁O