BOOTH Ep. 2 | "Wild With Fright"

Infamous America

Black Barrel Media

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime, History

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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While Booth and Herold hurry toward their first destination, Washington descends into the chaos behind them. Ford's theatre is mayhem as the audience learns of the attack on President Lincoln. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton rushes around the city to discover the extent of the bloodshed and officially begins the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth. For more details, please visit www.blackbarrelmedia.com. Our social media pages are: @blackbarrelmedia on Facebook and Instagram, and @bbarrelmedia on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Fever tree Mediterranean tonic water
0:02.9	Pfft!
0:03.9	Made with zesty lemon time from a small family farm in Provoz
0:08.7	and essential oils from herbs that grow in the Mediterranean sunshine.
0:13.5	So, if three quarters of your G&T is a Fever tree tonic,
0:18.8	maybe it's time to call it a T&G.
0:22.4	Fever tree. Mix with the best.
0:26.9	Oh, that takes me straight to the mad.
0:32.9	As John Wilkes Booth and David Herald fled into the Maryland countryside,
0:45.7	the city they left behind descended into madness.
0:48.9	There's never been a night in American history like that of Good Friday, April 14th, 1865.
0:56.3	Washington City had celebrated for five days after the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee
1:01.7	and his army of Northern Virginia.
1:04.1	The end of the Civil War was in sight.
1:06.7	The people of Washington paraded up and down the streets.
1:09.9	They sang and cheered and partied.
1:12.7	It all led to the grand illumination on the evening of the 13th.
1:17.3	It looked like every candle and lamp in the city had been lit at once.
1:21.3	An arsenal of fireworks had launched into the sky.
1:24.5	And the celebration continued on the night of the 14th.
1:27.7	Candles lit the windows.
1:29.4	People cruised through the streets.
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