History’s Greatest Mysteries

History’s Greatest Mysteries (2020 – ...)

2020 • 7 seasons • Documentary, Mystery • TV-PG

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Episode 4 — The Escape of John Wilkes Booth

Season 1 • History’s Greatest Mysteries

Released: 2020-12-05 • Documentary/Mystery

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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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Season 1 · Episode 4 · Streaming in USA

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Episodes

Episode 1
The Final Hunt For D.B. Cooper
2020-11-14

Episode 2
Titanic's Lost Evidence
2020-11-21

Episode 3
Endurance: The Hunt for Shackleton's Ice Ship
2020-11-28

Episode 4
The Escape of John Wilkes Booth
2020-12-05

Episode 5
Roswell: The First Witness - The Journal
2020-12-12

Episode 6
Roswell: The First Witness – The Memo
2020-12-19

Episode 7
Roswell: The First Witness – The Writer
2020-12-26

Information

Episode air date	05.12.2020
Episode runtime	78 min
Episode rating	6.00
Genres	Documentary / Mystery
TMDB series rating	7.7
IMDb series rating	7.0
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	6+
Country	US

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Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne
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