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The Escape of John Wilkes Booth

He was the actor whose most famous role was assassinating a president. But was John Wilkes Booth also an escape artist? Did Booth evade justice and live for decades after killing Abraham Lincoln? For the first time, Booth family members share family lore, and what they believe is evidence of the assassin's escape, passed down through generations.

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  • Originally Aired December 5, 2020
  • Runtime 82 minutes
  • Content Rating Portugal M12 United States of America TV-PG
  • Network History
  • Production Company Big City TV
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Name Type Role
Elizabeth Meeker Producer Supervising Producer
Paul Busenitz Producer
Melissa Widjaja Producer
Jeffrey Jones Guest Star Self - National Parks Service
Brenda Stevenson Guest Star Self - Professor of History and African American Studies, UCLA
Dennis Farley Guest Star Self - Descendant of Harry Jerome Stevenson
Troy Cowan Guest Star Self - Author, Izola: The Story of John Wilkes Booth's Wife
Art Roderick Guest Star Self - Investigator and Former U.S. Marshal
Lisa Booth Guest Star Self - Descendant of John Wilkes Booth III
Colleen Fitzpatrick Guest Star Self - Forensic Genealogist
Michael W. Kauffman Guest Star Self - Author, American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies
Em Turner Chitty Guest Star Self - Daughter of Arthur Ben Chitty, Jr.
Joanne Hulme Guest Star Self - Booth Family Member
Kurt Luther Guest Star Self - Professor of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Andy Gorto Guest Star Self - Descendant of Harry Jerome Stevenson
James L. Swanson Guest Star Self - Author, Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
Robert Floberg Guest Star Self - Forensic Document Examiner
Greg Huber Guest Star Self - Barn Architecture Historian
Matthew Wilkinson Guest Star Self - Descendant of Harry Jerome Stevenson
David Vancil Guest Star Self - Indiana State University, Dir. of Special Collections (Retired)
Elle Harvell Guest Star Self - Department of History, UCLA
Tony Booth Guest Star Self - Booth Family Member
Robert Arnold Guest Star Self - Author, Retired Navy Surgeon
Linda Casey Guest Star Self - Descendant of Harry Jerome Stevenson
Graham Hetrick Guest Star Self - Coroner, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Lori Rothschild Ansaldi Guest Star Self - Investigator
Frank Gorman Guest Star Self - Partner, Gorman & Williams, Attorneys at Law
Jodi Flynn Executive Producer for The Content Group
Michael Stiller Executive Producer for HISTORY
Laurence Fishburne Executive Producer
Lori Rothschild Ansaldi Executive Producer
Lisa Bourgoujian Executive Producer
Steven Michaels Executive Producer for The Content Group
Paul Barrosse Executive Producer Co-Executive Producer