When Dr. Samuel Mudd set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth on April 15, 1865, was he in on the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, or just a country doc treating a mysterious ...

Just hours after John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln, the actor showed up at the doorstep of Dr. Samuel Mudd, seeking help for his broken leg. Soon after, Dr. Mudd was sentenced to life in jail.

After picking up arms and ammunition at the Surratt House, the next significant stop on John Wilkes Booth’s escape route that night of April 15-16, 1865 was 14 miles down the road at the home of Dr.

For nearly 200 years the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House has set on the St. Catherine plantation, which spans nearly 200 acres in Charles County. The Waldorf site, which has been listed on the National ...

After shooting U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, during a production of "Our American Cousin," John Wilkes Booth lept from the president's balcony seats to the stage below and yelled ...

John Wilkes Booth broke his leg after after shooting U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Despite this, it took authorities 12 days to capture him. He was helped, in part, by a doctor ...

The historic home of Dr. Samuel Mudd celebrated the holidays in Victorian style last weekend with its 15th annual Victorian Christmas celebration. The event, held throughout Saturday and Sunday, saw ...

Mudd Day marks the birthday of Dr. Samuel Mudd, a man who harbored John Wilkes Booth in his home after President Lincoln's assassination, and who was accused of being one of the conspirators of the ...

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Even though Jay Leno messed up a big piece of his family history, Thomas B. Mudd still is one of the late-night talk show host’s biggest fans. That’s because when Mudd pointed out the mistake ...

Wes Cowan recollects the inlaid box made by Samuel Mudd he found in Denver in 2000. During ROADSHOW’s 2000 event in Denver, appraiser Wes Cowan met Gerald, the owner of a handmade wooden box crafted ...