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.

This affordable suburb in Maryland is the perfect travel spot near D.C. and the Chesapeake Bay, complete with farms, nature ...

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 ...

Waldorf, Md. (7News) — Join us all week on Good Morning Washington as we uncover the hidden gems of Charles County. If you are looking for a unique historical experience right here in our own backyard ...

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 ...

A small fire was set at the entrance to the Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum in Waldorf on Feb. 17, causing slight soot damage to the doorway and concerning a caretaker of the historic site. Nothing ...

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 ...

On a quiet family farm deep in rural Maryland, an early-morning doctor's visit found its way into the history books. There, in the predawn hours of April 15, 1865, a stranger came knocking on the door ...

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 ...

F. Lee Bailey, the criminal defense attorney best known for representing O. J. Simpson and other famous or notorious defendants, died June 3 in Atlanta. He was 87 and had been in poor health. I met Mr ...