John Wilkes Booth's Brother Saved Abraham Lincoln's Son
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Sometime in 1864 or 1865, Robert Lincoln, son of President Abraham Lincoln, had a close call with death in a subway station when he was saved at the last minute by an honest-to-God celebrity -- Edwin Booth, one of the most famous actors of the day. Neither man knew their fates would intersect in a much more tragic fashion shortly thereafter, when Edwin's brother, actor John Wilkes Booth, would assassinate Robert's father Abraham.
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| 1:52.6 | Sixth Symphony Tire Addis. |
| 2:03.9 | Welcome to the show, everybody. This is Ridiculous History. My name is Ben. |
| 2:07.2 | My name is, what was that? Sixth Symphony Tire Addis? |
| 2:09.6 | Yes. Something about tyranny. Something about a tyrant? |
| 2:12.5 | Yes. Thus to all tyrants. |
| 2:15.6 | You're talking about Old Johnny Wilkes Booth. When he put one in Abe Lincoln's dome at the old |
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