While I don't agree with Hall, and I want to believe in this theory, Hall makes a good point about Cobb. When he was interrogated, Cobb stated that he let them through against the orders of his commanders, when he would have had EVER incentive to say it was a password (which was commonplace during the war). Why lie about the password and put himself in personal and professional jeopardy?
Agreed like I said in part 1. James O. Hall is a moumental fool. No fact based information and always on the defensive. Of course Booth wasn't killed at Garretts farm. Look at the facts!
There is far more to this story than just the escape of Booth. Mary Lincoln was convinced that VP Johnson "has some hand in this" after Booth's calling card was found in Johnson's mailbox the VERY DAY of the assassination. John Surratt was connected (by his own words) to Judah Benjamin, and was seen AT the Theater as timekeeper in the plot. Surratt escaped via help of Jesuit priests to the Vatican (google Surratt's photo). Benjamin was a Rothschild / Vatican banking agent who escaped also.
There are some good reasons to believe that Booth did escape from Garrett's farm. By all accounts he had been warned that Conger's Union patrol was in the area by Confederates Ruggles, Bainbridge and Jett, who warned him that afternoon and could have helped him escape then long before the Union troops arrived at about 2 am the next morning. It actually makes more sense that Booth escaped than that he hung around there, and he may have been given a horse as F L Bates claimed he had.
It's amazing that the government can say "We have to hide the facts of this case from public view for 70 years under "national security". Who are they protecting, and from what? The best answer to that is that the people being protected are the government conspirators covering up the truth about Booth. What is a better explanation? It's the same with JFK, the Oklahoma City bombing and 9/11. They can't let us know all of the facts (until 70 years later when everyone involved is already dead).
Ah John Wilkes, where are you when we need you? Anyways, it is hard to believe this megalomanic would settle down to a quite life and say nothing until he was near death. He was actor after all! One of the greatest of his time, for that kind of person to remain silent for so long is very hard to accept.
It's much like the alernate version of events surrounding the death of Anastasia Romanov. If she had simply been executed alongside her family in 1918 with full factual evidence to support it there would be no mystery, no fascination and her name would eventually fade into oblivion. She would certainly not be considered worthy of an Unsolved Mysteries segment or an animated film.
But here almost a century later and despite a DNA test, some people still wonder what really became of her.
In this story they talk about a Confederate Captain named James William Boyd. This man was supposedly the man that was shot in place of Booth. Then the government says no the results show that it was Booth who was shot. Well good if it was Booth and not Boyd that was shot, what became of Boyd. at the time of the assignation his name seems to disappear from any public record, for no real reason. The war was ending and he was a P.O.W. released just as it ended.
In this story they talk about a Confederate Captain named James William Boyd. This man was supposedly the man that was shot in place of Booth. Then the government says no the results show that it was Booth who was shot. Well good if it was Booth and not Boyd that was shot, what became of Boyd. at the time of the assignation his name seems to disappear from any public record, for no real reason.
In this story they talk about a Confederate Captain named James William Boyd. This man was supposedly the man that was shot in place of Booth. Then the government says no the results show that it was Booth who was shot. Well good if it was Booth and not Boyd that was shot, what became of Boyd. at the time of the assignation his name seems to disappear from any public record
When I was in highschool in science class I created my own John Wilkes Booth mummified corpse along with all the traits specified in the video. I got an A+.
Why not let people believe what they want to? That is the beauty of an unsolved mystery. We won't really know until we exit this realm anyway as the truth is now on "the other side."...............
People certainly can believe what they want to, this debate surrounding what happened in 1865 is certainly a far more interesting and mysterious version of events. But from a historical and factual perspective there is no final conclusion and so I think we must try and accept the official accounts.
While historical evidence indicates that John Wilkes Booth most likely died on the Garrett Plantation in 1865, noone alive today can reach either conclusion definitively. Anyone with any connection has been dead for at least 100 years, stories passed down through multiple generations tend to be distorted. Those documents do support the possibility of Booth's survival, but I think that people should just agree that he died as history indicates, in 1865 and put this 150 year old debate to rest.
Enough with this revisionist history BS. Booth was killed at the Garrett Farm in April 1865. a woman held his hand as he died and clipped a lock of his hair
Thank you for the upload. I would like to believe that the man shot in the barn was indeed Booth. But these evidences presented has piqued my interest further as to what the truth really is.
This reminds me of the legend that Anastasia Romanov was the only survivor from the late tsar's family who escaped the clan's gruesome assassination with theories that she was aides by a Bolsheviks soldier who has addictions for her and helped her escape.
She did. It's been proven. It's unfortunate, because I had hoped she had survived, but her remains were found at the scene where the rest of her family was killed, in 2007 or so.
@gablio77 No, proven by multiple independent researchers, to include the American Armed Forces DNA Institute. Besides, I find it extraordinarily difficult to believe that after nearly 100 years, if some potential royal heir were found, that Russia would return to Czarist rule.
@XiaoWei666 People want famous people to live on. Booth, Elvis, Anastasia, Billy the Kid, DB Cooper, among others, and now Osama Bin Laden. There's money to be made in book sales, and fools to be suckered.
While I don't agree with Hall, and I want to believe in this theory, Hall makes a good point about Cobb. When he was interrogated, Cobb stated that he let them through against the orders of his commanders, when he would have had EVER incentive to say it was a password (which was commonplace during the war). Why lie about the password and put himself in personal and professional jeopardy?
paramedicpat 1 day ago
Our history is such a big LIE. From the moon landing, JFK conspiracy, aliens and UFOs to Osama Bin Laden, and many more...
errollawrence 1 month ago
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errollawrence 1 month ago
This is a really cool and interesting story
meatloaf928 2 months ago
Again, Hall, your an idiot.
LS1Heli 3 months ago
There is as much evidence of Booths death at Garret's farm as there is of John St. Helen, so take your pick I guess.
Methrt3 3 months ago
James Hall is a closed minded person. Idiots like him are the reason evil people get away with assassinations.
danahsutton101 3 months ago 3
@danahsutton101
Agreed like I said in part 1. James O. Hall is a moumental fool. No fact based information and always on the defensive. Of course Booth wasn't killed at Garretts farm. Look at the facts!
LS1Heli 3 months ago
Jew Hat!
MrHideyoursheep 4 months ago
There is far more to this story than just the escape of Booth. Mary Lincoln was convinced that VP Johnson "has some hand in this" after Booth's calling card was found in Johnson's mailbox the VERY DAY of the assassination. John Surratt was connected (by his own words) to Judah Benjamin, and was seen AT the Theater as timekeeper in the plot. Surratt escaped via help of Jesuit priests to the Vatican (google Surratt's photo). Benjamin was a Rothschild / Vatican banking agent who escaped also.
WillSee11 4 months ago 5
There are some good reasons to believe that Booth did escape from Garrett's farm. By all accounts he had been warned that Conger's Union patrol was in the area by Confederates Ruggles, Bainbridge and Jett, who warned him that afternoon and could have helped him escape then long before the Union troops arrived at about 2 am the next morning. It actually makes more sense that Booth escaped than that he hung around there, and he may have been given a horse as F L Bates claimed he had.
WillSee11 4 months ago 3
Very interesting.
KitsuneAdorable 5 months ago
It's amazing that the government can say "We have to hide the facts of this case from public view for 70 years under "national security". Who are they protecting, and from what? The best answer to that is that the people being protected are the government conspirators covering up the truth about Booth. What is a better explanation? It's the same with JFK, the Oklahoma City bombing and 9/11. They can't let us know all of the facts (until 70 years later when everyone involved is already dead).
ConspiracyJim 6 months ago 9
*John Wilkes Booth was protected by the U.S. Government Murders of President Abraham Lincoln! & Is Still alive today! & Living in the Florida Keys!
kisssexxx 6 months ago
Ah John Wilkes, where are you when we need you? Anyways, it is hard to believe this megalomanic would settle down to a quite life and say nothing until he was near death. He was actor after all! One of the greatest of his time, for that kind of person to remain silent for so long is very hard to accept.
555paint 6 months ago
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend".
(The man who shot Liberty Valence)
JOHNNYFREEDOMdaREBEL 6 months ago
It's much like the alernate version of events surrounding the death of Anastasia Romanov. If she had simply been executed alongside her family in 1918 with full factual evidence to support it there would be no mystery, no fascination and her name would eventually fade into oblivion. She would certainly not be considered worthy of an Unsolved Mysteries segment or an animated film.
But here almost a century later and despite a DNA test, some people still wonder what really became of her.
torylivingston 7 months ago
In this story they talk about a Confederate Captain named James William Boyd. This man was supposedly the man that was shot in place of Booth. Then the government says no the results show that it was Booth who was shot. Well good if it was Booth and not Boyd that was shot, what became of Boyd. at the time of the assignation his name seems to disappear from any public record, for no real reason. The war was ending and he was a P.O.W. released just as it ended.
sastrickland71 7 months ago
In this story they talk about a Confederate Captain named James William Boyd. This man was supposedly the man that was shot in place of Booth. Then the government says no the results show that it was Booth who was shot. Well good if it was Booth and not Boyd that was shot, what became of Boyd. at the time of the assignation his name seems to disappear from any public record, for no real reason.
sastrickland71 7 months ago
In this story they talk about a Confederate Captain named James William Boyd. This man was supposedly the man that was shot in place of Booth. Then the government says no the results show that it was Booth who was shot. Well good if it was Booth and not Boyd that was shot, what became of Boyd. at the time of the assignation his name seems to disappear from any public record
sastrickland71 7 months ago
When I was in highschool in science class I created my own John Wilkes Booth mummified corpse along with all the traits specified in the video. I got an A+.
execc1976 7 months ago
Why not let people believe what they want to? That is the beauty of an unsolved mystery. We won't really know until we exit this realm anyway as the truth is now on "the other side."...............
silkorganza 8 months ago
@silkorganza
People certainly can believe what they want to, this debate surrounding what happened in 1865 is certainly a far more interesting and mysterious version of events. But from a historical and factual perspective there is no final conclusion and so I think we must try and accept the official accounts.
torylivingston 7 months ago
While historical evidence indicates that John Wilkes Booth most likely died on the Garrett Plantation in 1865, noone alive today can reach either conclusion definitively. Anyone with any connection has been dead for at least 100 years, stories passed down through multiple generations tend to be distorted. Those documents do support the possibility of Booth's survival, but I think that people should just agree that he died as history indicates, in 1865 and put this 150 year old debate to rest.
torylivingston 9 months ago
Enough with this revisionist history BS. Booth was killed at the Garrett Farm in April 1865. a woman held his hand as he died and clipped a lock of his hair
Mr508films 9 months ago
@religious zombie.
Your a fucking idiot!
colecormier 9 months ago
Lets dig up this mummy and do a DNA analysis on him.
macrent2 10 months ago
So where is the preserved "mummified" remain of the one claiming to be Booth now?
yingdiskette 11 months ago
@yingdiskette It disappeared in the early 70's.
dcteddy225 10 months ago
this is such a cool story
pivot1022 1 year ago
*affections!!
( ah sorry for the typos
XiaoWei666 1 year ago
*aided
XiaoWei666 1 year ago
Thank you for the upload. I would like to believe that the man shot in the barn was indeed Booth. But these evidences presented has piqued my interest further as to what the truth really is.
This reminds me of the legend that Anastasia Romanov was the only survivor from the late tsar's family who escaped the clan's gruesome assassination with theories that she was aides by a Bolsheviks soldier who has addictions for her and helped her escape.
Personally, I do believe she died with her famil
XiaoWei666 1 year ago
@XiaoWei666
She did. It's been proven. It's unfortunate, because I had hoped she had survived, but her remains were found at the scene where the rest of her family was killed, in 2007 or so.
rangerzep83 1 year ago
@rangerzep83 Proven by whom? Putin? lol
This may sound silly, but perhaps the proof of a royal heredity floating around in Russia would be adverse to that government's interests.
gablio77 1 year ago
@gablio77 No, proven by multiple independent researchers, to include the American Armed Forces DNA Institute. Besides, I find it extraordinarily difficult to believe that after nearly 100 years, if some potential royal heir were found, that Russia would return to Czarist rule.
rangerzep83 1 year ago
@XiaoWei666 People want famous people to live on. Booth, Elvis, Anastasia, Billy the Kid, DB Cooper, among others, and now Osama Bin Laden. There's money to be made in book sales, and fools to be suckered.
ReligiousZombie 10 months ago
I believe the man who got shot at that barn wasnt John Wilkies Booth. I believe he escaped and he was the one that shot himself.
JuJuMJFan4life 1 year ago
Booth was, after all, an actor...while this scenario is still likely a stretch, I could believe it..
chuckyvee70 1 year ago 10