“We spent too much time paying attention to our heroes and not enough time paying attention to our villains,” Weiner says. - (André Chung/For The Washington Post) Ask any historian: Writing about any ...
This is the story of John Wilkes Booth’s “Mysterious Beauty.” Any schoolchild can tell you, “An actor shot Abraham Lincoln on ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On Good Friday, 1865, a man entered his room in Washington’s National Hotel. He’d be leaving on a one-way trip in a few hours. He filled one pocket with things you’d expect: a ring of keys, a compass, ...