Brad Meltzer's Decoded - The Lincoln Assassination

Ep. 4 "The Lincoln Assassination" December 23, 2010
Brad Meltzer and his Decoded team examine claims that John Wilkes Booth actually
escaped to freedom after murdering President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The
"official" version of events says federal agents cornered Booth and killed him
just days after the assassination. But Brad and the team uncover glaring
inconsistencies in that 150-year-old account: Why did the authorities hide
Booth's body from public view? Why was Booth autopsy's conducted in complete
secrecy in the cramped confines of an ironclad gunboat? Searching for answers to
these and other troubling questions, the team finds startling evidence that
strongly suggests Booth may indeed have lived into old age without ever facing
punishment for his crime.

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[barkpeeler2000]

i love it when older people get interviewed, they're like living time capsules.

[sethzky77]

Wow! the same story of Bin Laden.

body on a boat, photo's taken but not released.

Hmmmm.....

[Tobius11]

at 3:31 ..thats why u never put your back to the door..the president should of been in the middle..but because he wanted a better view he changed seats.....same happend with wild bill..and wesley hardin

[ZZYXY456]

the history channel: fucking up what i learned in elementry school since 2005

[kepr1]

"the picture is ruined....so i drew a picture of what he would have looked like if the picture was perfect."....whatever.....enou­gh with the crazy nut conspiracy theories.....they've done the moon, JFK and 9/11....now lincoln? give me a break.

[imthegee1]

@karemani2002 and @urmommaisfattt re:J.W.B Tattoo; It fits for J.W.Boyd and J.W.Booth

[RPenta]

@ohaiojesse Why did they do an autopsy? To prove the guy was dead?

Military Intelligence.

[nerdtacularme]

Just saying, that DNA test needs to be done. Not only would it solve the case, but it would prove the credibility of the show.

[USMarineRifleman0311]

@YLCC23

it wouldnt matter. The lack of bin laden references in our media right now only tell you that we invented him to begin with. We killed what we created.

[urmommaisfattt]

@karemani2002 That stands for john wilkes booth...

[urmommaisfattt]

this is interesting but mostly all of this is fiction based off of fiction "witnesses". and please for goodness sake get a new group of investigators. i want to strangle that blonde who asks all the obvious questions.

[fajaklaus]

Too bad absolutely none of this is true.