The Autopsy of John Wilkes Booth "The Best of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan"

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This episode of Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan is a look at the death and autopsy of John Wilkes Booth. Booth shot Abraham Lincoln from behind around 10:15 pm April 14, 1865. He died the next morning, April 15, at 7:22 am. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack will uncover the track that Booth took as he tried to escape, and finally being shot himself. Joseph Scott Morgan will make you feel like you witnessed the autopsy yourself as he explains, in great detail, the autopsy of John Wilkes Booth.

Transcribe Highlights
00:13.63 Introduction - autopsy of John Wilkes Booth
01:45.79 Discuss Forensic expert is a history fan
05:09.53 Talk about the Booth acting family
08:22.93 Discussion of how Booth wrecked everything
12:47.62.Talk about Booth jumping to stage
18:45.53 Discussion of expectation
22:49.66 Talk about the conspiracy
27:50.24.Discussion of Booth broken leg
32:01.96 Talk about comparing Lincoln to Kennedy
38:40.42 Discussion of Booth not getting help
41:08.80 Talk about getting Booth on boat
48:59.90.Discussion of putting a door on saw horses as a table
50:03.11 Talk about Autopsy in 1800s
52:18.34 Discussion of Booth being wrapped in military blanket
56:27.97 Conclusion, Lincoln wanted the country to heal

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0:45.3	I, by no stretch of the imagination.
0:53.6	I'm a historian. Actually, I think I'm kind of a frustrated imagination. I'm a historian.
0:54.9	Actually, I think I'm kind of a frustrated historian.
0:58.0	I'm somebody that kind of romanticized the idea about becoming one at some point in time.
1:03.1	Perhaps saw myself in a book-filled office at a university somewhere.
1:08.9	But then I realized those jobs are really hard to come by. The rigor
1:12.3	that you have to go through in order to achieve doctoral status in the field and the competition,
1:20.5	oh my gosh, it's difficult to say the very least. And then I knew that I didn't know that I would
1:27.3	even be able to keep the lights on
1:28.7	in whatever home I was living in. But that doesn't mean that I'm not fascinated. And I have
1:34.4	followed history my entire life. It's just something I do. Most people, and here's another
1:39.6	little slice of life from me from behind the curts. People will say, hey, Joe Scott, what true crime
1:48.5	shows do you watch? And I smile, a knowing smile, and look at them and say, I don't. You know what?
2:01.4	I spend most of my time, spend most of my time watching history videos on YouTube.
2:07.1	Matter of fact, you could probably turn the television off in my house.
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