Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan: A Shot in the Dark- Investigating Lincoln's Assassination and the Chilling Conspiracy
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🗓️ 14 May 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Body Bags, hosts Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack delve into the assassination and autopsy of President Abraham Lincoln. They analyze the character and motivations of John Wilkes Booth, the layout of Ford's Theater, and the negligent behavior of John Parker, assigned to protect the president. They provide a fascinating explanation of the Philadelphia Deringer's firing mechanism, including its unique preloading process and firing sequence as well as going into Booth's meticulous planning, highlighting his knowledge of the play's comedic timing, Lincoln's potential focus on the orchestra pit, and the painstaking preparation involved in using the Deringer. Throughout this captivating episode, listeners uncover the chilling details and lasting impact of one of the most infamous moments in American history.
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| 0:00.0 | BODY Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan |
| 0:20.0 | Up into two locations, both of course in my life, where presidential assassinations took |
| 0:25.5 | place. |
| 0:26.5 | I was left surprised by both. |
| 0:31.5 | I don't know how this kind of figure is into the calculus, if you will, or what my expectation |
| 0:38.3 | was. |
| 0:39.3 | I went to Dallas and stood just adjacent to what they term as the Sniper's Nest on Dele Plas |
| 0:48.5 | in Texas Schoolbook Depository there. |
| 0:51.9 | I could see the road stretching on me before me. |
| 0:56.6 | What really stood out to me, having watched newsreels for years and years relative to the |
| 1:02.6 | Kennedy assassination, I always imagined that area was going to be really big. |
| 1:09.0 | Massive. |
| 1:10.0 | It wasn't. |
| 1:12.0 | It was kind of condensed, if you will. |
| 1:14.4 | I actually went down and when traffic wasn't approaching me, I went out and stood on the |
| 1:18.8 | X where they claimed that the fatal shot was sustained, but it seemed small. |
| 1:26.2 | However, I went to Ford's Theatre as well. |
| 1:30.3 | Other than the building being very, very old and probably having one of the best museums |
| 1:36.5 | I've ever been in period down in the basement, the space of Ford's Theatre was so much |
| 1:42.6 | larger than I expected. |
| 1:44.7 | And as I stood there and I looked in the course, it's not necessarily configured like it was |
| 1:48.6 | at that time. |
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