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Including one ghost in Georgetown that reportedly has attacked unwelcome visitors.

Booth wanted to assassinate both Ulysses S Grant and Lincoln That day, Our American Cousin was playing at the Fords Theater in Washington, DC. When Booth learned of Lincolns intent to attend a play with General Grant, his original plan was to assassinate Lincoln and Grant both. However, at the last minute, Grant decided to skip the play and visit his children in New Jersey. General Ulysses Simpson Grant, later the 18th President of the United States. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Booth...

Did John Wilkes Booth escape justice? Inside the conspiracies that the actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865 lived under a stolen Englishmans identity in India or as a bartender in Texas for decades after history says he died John Wilkes Booth, born on May 10, 1838, was a prominent stage actor of his day The Civil War was coming to an end when Booth, 26, shot President Abraham Lincoln during a play at Fords Theatre in Washington, DC on April 14, 1865 The 16th president, who h...