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The forgotten people who aided John Wilkes Booth

When John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, history quickly fixed its attention on Booth himself.
Military.com

The Last Living Witness to Lincoln’s Assassination Told His Story on a 1950s Game Show

Samuel J. Seymour was just five years old when he sat in the balcony at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 and heard the ...
KSL

100 skulls and mummified body parts found in a Pennsylvania grave robbery case

PHILADELPHIA — Bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near an abandoned cemetery on Philadelphia's outskirts led police to a basement filled with body parts, which authorities say were ...
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100 skulls and mummified body parts found in a Pennsylvania grave robbery case, police say

Bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near an abandoned cemetery on Philadelphia’s outskirts led police to a basement filled with body parts, which authorities say were hoarded by a man ...
WDBJ

100 skulls and mummified body parts found in grave robbery case, police say

(AP) - Bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near an abandoned cemetery on Philadelphia’s outskirts led police to a basement filled with body parts, which authorities say were hoarded by ...
WNDU

100 skulls and mummified body parts found in grave robbery case, police say

Most were in the basement, authorities said, and they also recovered jewelry believed to be linked to the graves. In one case, a pacemaker was still attached. Police say Gerlach targeted mausoleums ...