98 - The Assassination of Lincoln: It's Crazier Than You Think

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Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2018

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

John Wilkes Booth wasn't some community theater bit player. He wasn't a bartender who did summer theater. He was one of the most famous actors of the day and a member of THE most famous acting family of the 19th century. And he killed the President. He killed the President after putting together several failed plans to kidnap the President. He was a heartthrob dubbed by some theater critics as "the most handsome man in America". Imagine Ryan Gosling or Tom Hardy trying to kill the President today. That is comparable to what Booth did. His story is fascinating! And we Suck it today! Timesuck is brought to you today by The Great Courses Plus! Do yourself a HUGE favor and get MUCH amazing, interesting, and informative content for FREE: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/timesuck Merch - https://badmagicmerch.com/ Want to try out Discord!?! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v Want to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn't been put in FB Jail :) For all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG, @timesuckpodcast on Twitter, and www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast Wanna be a Space Lizard? We're over 2600 strong! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast Sign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits. And, thank you for supporting the show by doing your Amazon shopping after clicking on my Amazon link at www.timesuckpodcast.com

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0:00.0	John Wilkes Booth the first man to assassinate an American president the actor who killed Lincoln
0:05.1	He probably knows an actor, but did you know he was a really really really famous very successful actor
0:11.6	He wasn't some bit player in community theater
0:13.9	What's some guy who messed around with you know Shakespeare in the park for getting back to his real job in a meat packing plant when summer was over
0:20.5	Wasn't trying to land a commercial agent in between peach delivery, you know or bartending gigs
0:24.5	He was one of the most famous actors of his day
0:26.8	He was the leading heartthrob of his day the son of the most famous actor of his father's generation his older brother Edwin
0:34.0	Was the most famous actor of his day Edwin is considered by many historians to be the most accomplished American actor of the entire
0:40.8	19th century his only other brother older brother juniors
0:44.3	Brutus Booth Jr. was also a working actor there were like the 19th century Baldwin's you know
0:50.2	Billy Baldwin had killed a president
0:52.5	Whereas Edwin was considered to have more mastery of his craft one of his nickdames was literally the master
0:58.4	John Wilkes was considered to be more charismatic and handsome than technically skilled
1:03.0	He was especially known for his action scenes. He was noted swordsman
1:06.3	He was a 19th century equivalent to today's blockbuster action star not gonna win an Oscar
1:11.0	But gonna move a shit ton of tickets if Instagram would have been around in 1864
1:16.0	He would have had the most followers of any actor of his day
1:19.1	Legend has it female fans once literally ripped his shirt off as he was leaving the theater after performance
1:25.3	Women wanted John Wilkes Booth men wanted to be him and then he killed a fucking president
1:30.4	And historians don't think mental illness played a part in his decision think about that
1:34.4	It's truly comparable to a like you know like Keanu Reeves or Ryan Gosling or Dwayne the rock Johnson killed a president today
1:41.1	It's preposterous. It's outlandish and it's true
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