he lived for many, many years. >> so she told you that blockbuster piece of information right away? >> yes, yes. i had no idea that john wilkes booth had survived. >> lois, did you hear the same story from your family about john wilkes booth? >> i did not. i never heard the escape stories. my grandfather never allowed john wilkes's name to be mentioned in the house. our family actually concentrated on edwin's accomplishments. >> why dig up edwin booth's grave? >> well, we do not have an unbroken matrilinial line for dna testing, so the next step would be to, you know, have edwin at some point exhumed. it's in the very preliminary stages of pulling the scientific components together, and it's