John Wilkes Booth was the man who pulled the trigger, capping off a coordinated plot to murder President Abraham Lincoln. But historian Terry Alford, an expert on all things Booth, says that there's ...

It’s not uncommon for kids to fear monsters under their bed, but usually the monster isn’t John Wilkes Booth. In an exclusive interview with People on May 11, Tennessee native Cassie Litton revealed ...

What were you afraid of as a kid? For Lainey Litton, it's John Wilkes Booth. Cassie Litton and her family were in Washington, D.C. for Thanksgiving when they decided to visit the Ford’s Theatre Museum ...

When the curtain rises on the world premiere at Baltimore Center Stage, an actor portraying the Harford County native and presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth spreads his coattails, sits down on a ...

Anthony Boyle as John Wilkes Booth in "Manhunt." - Credit: Apple TV+ “Sic semper tyrannis!” With these words John Wilkes Booth fled Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. after shooting Abraham Lincoln in ...

On CNN, presidential historian Douglas Brinkley claimed that the mugshot that will be taken of former President Donald Trump after he’s detained for his indictment in New York will be a historical ...

Told in a mere seven hourlong installments and focusing primarily on the handful of days between President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the locating of his killer, John Wilkes Booth, “Manhunt” ...

The poster advertised cash rewards for Abraham Lincoln's killers.Getty Images/Nate D. Sanders Auctions A "wanted" poster for Abraham Lincoln's killers, including John Wilkes Booth, was sold at auction ...

A ‘carte de visite’ photo of ‘The Mysterious Beauty,’ later identified as actress Fanny Brown, one of five found on John Wilkes Booth after he was tracked down and fatally shot 12 days after he ...

Cassie Litton and her family took a trip to Ford’s Theatre, not realizing the impact it would have on her daughter Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...