You likely can easily name the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, but what about the guy who killed John Wilkes Booth? Strange Country Ep. 31 focuses on the strange, mercury-filled life of Boston Corbett, the hatter, who fired that fatal shot. Much credit to Scott Martelle's fascinating book, Madman and the Assassin.
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“Boston Corbett – The Mad Hatter who Killed John Wilkes Booth.” New England Historical Society, 2 Sept. 2016, www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/boston-corbett-mad-hatter-killed-john-wilkes-booth/.
Corbett, Boston. “The Manner of Booth's Death Letter from Boston Corbett.” The New York Times, 15 May 1865, www.nytimes.com/1865/05/15/archives/the-manner-of-booths-death-letter-from-boston-corbett.html.
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Greenspan, Jesse. “The Other Targets of Booth's Murder Conspiracy.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 15 Apr. 2015, www.history.com/news/the-other-targets-of-booths-murder-conspiracy.
Halvorsen, Richard. Dr Richard Halvorsen, www.drhalvorsen.co.uk/mad_hatter_mercury.html.
“He Killed Lincoln's Killer, Then Lived In A Hole, Concordia, Kansas.” RoadsideAmerica.com, www.roadsideamerica.com/story/16178.
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Jensen, Bill. “The Insane Story of the Guy Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln.” Washingtonian, 21 Oct. 2016, www.washingtonian.com/2015/04/12/the-man-who-killed-john-wilkes-booth/.
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Mae, Janice Rachael Dr. “Mad Hatter Disease.” HealthGuidance.org, www.healthguidance.org/entry/17695/1/Mad-Hatter-Disease.html.
Martelle, Scott. Madman and the assassin: the strange life of boston corbett, the man who killed john wilkes ... booth. Chicago Review, 2017.
Swanson, James L. “The Final Hours of John Wilkes Booth.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 8 Apr. 2015, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/final-hours-john-wilkes-booth-180954853/.
Wadja, Shirley. “Ending the Danbury Shakes: A Story of Workers Rights and Corporate Responsibility.” ConnecticutHistoryorg, connecticuthistory.org/ending-the-danbury-shakes-a-story-of-workers-rights-and-corporate-responsibility/.