A few thoughts about Edwin Booth, celebrity, and the new Taylor Swift album. open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

The reason the amendment prohibiting living people from appearing on our money was passed in 1866 was due to the first superintendent of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing who put himself on money. Like Trump, he was also a sexual predator: lincolnconspirators.com/2018/02/01/t... 🗃️ #skystorians

Agnes Booth (October 4, 1843 – January 2, 1910) was an Australian-born American actress and in-law of actors Junius Brutus Booth, Edwin Booth, and John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.

The reason the amendment prohibiting living people from appearing on our money was passed in 1866 was due to the first superintendent of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing who put himself on money. Like Trump, he was also a sexual predator: lincolnconspirators.com/2018/02/01/t... 🗃️ #skystorians

Thanks to @illimij.bsky.social for verifying this image depicts Abraham Lincoln’s assassination as a stabbing at the theater, rather than a gunshot by John Wilkes Booth. It comes from a set of Japanese volumes about the life and world tour of U.S. Grant: archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/bunko1... 🗃️

Any #skystorians out there fluent in #kanji? I’m looking for someone to translate this page from an 1879 #Japanese book about President Ulysses S. Grant celebrating his life and travels. I think the page shows Lincoln’s assassination (or perhaps a fictitious attempt on Grant’s life). Help!

Honoring Dorothy Meserve Kunhardt, Lincoln scholar and author of TWENTY DAYS about his assassination. She also wrote name #childrensbooks, including one of the all time best sellers in the U.S.--PAT THE BUNNY.

Boston Corbett, the self-castrated hat maker who killed Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Photographed by Mathew Brady circa 1880 (635x861) - History Education Network #historyimages #historicalphotos #historylessons #history #historyeducationnetwork #education #old #historical

Happy 75th Anniversary of Peanuts, everyone! Ad from Chicago Tribune 10/2/1950

Check out Dave Taylor's @linconspirators.bsky.social great article "In the Peanut Gallery" from his Lincoln Conspirators site. Compelling theory on the identity of the boy who held Booth's horse. #skystorians #history #lincolnassassination 💙📚

Harper Goff painting (1946) of John Wilkes Booth onstage Ford's Theatre with Joseph B. Stewart rushing to pursue the assassin. My upcoming book on Stewart reveals why he was the "Forrest Gump" of 19th century America. #history #skystorians #biography #booksky

Today was a whirlwind research day, but here are some of the highlights. Paging @linconspirators.bsky.social...

"Franklin Fibbs" by Hollis Brown and Wes Hargis, 2004-2006 June 17th, 2005 as seen in the Tucson Citizen

#Skystorians Today is the anniversary of the Christiana Resistance. In 1851, a group of Black men and women defied the federal Fugitive Slave Act & fought back against kidnappers intent on enslaving them. Read about this prelude to the Civil War: lincolnconspirators.com/2018/06/03/f... 🗃️

Interested in the Lincoln Assassination? Read "Will Research for Peanuts," my new piece on the enigmatic person who held Booth's horse. Thrilled to have Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social publish this on his lincolnconspirators.com site! #history #skystorians #writers #authors #blogs 💙📚✍🏻🎩

Edwin Booth, sometimes: "Sorry your son is dead, but you will not BELIEVE how much I hate my son-in-law."

"A jolly old house is mine - would you not rather have your child in heaven? I would. Particularly if i knew that her husband was in HELL where he belongs!" Booth wrote this to his friend William Winter, who had recently lost his son Arthur. He later apologized for his offense. (2/2)

Big weekend for this Edwin Booth scholar when I got to see THE crash out letter with my own two eyes. "I must sell this house and get rid of 'Boothden' as soon as possible, in order to support my son (of a bitch) in-law who does nothing but spend money, smile, and live on his wife's father." (1/2)

My new podcast launches tonight - deep digs into history using sources AI can’t access. Old diaries, court records, and stuff from the microfilm room. Season 1 is all about serial killer Johann Hoch. rss.com/podcasts/tom...

Next week I'll launch a new podcast, TOMB SNOOPERS, which will dig deep into history. Season 1 will be all about old time serial killer Johann Hoch, w legal records, cemetery files, newspapers that are only on microfilm, pics, and more! All these will go on the patreon: patreon.com/TombSnoopers...

As the husband of proud Swiftie @dicejailjen.bsky.social, this collision of our two words is *chef’s kiss*

Shameless plug if you'd like to learn more about my research regarding Edwin Booth 👀 www.eventbrite.com/e/brother-to...

Thank your local archivist and librarian. I'm immensely grateful to the staff at @folger.edu for working to allow me to view and handle Edwin Booth's Richard III tunic yesterday. Textiles are such a beast to preserve and make accessible. Being able to spend time with this costume meant the world.

OTD, August 7, 1882, Joseph B. Stewart died at age 60 of a liver disease. A prominent lawyer, lobbyist, and businessman, Stewart jumped out of his seat at Ford's Theatre and chased John Wilkes Booth. See more at www.joebarryauthor.com #history #skystorians #booksky #Lincoln #biographies #authors

Was John Wilkes Booth recruited by Confederate agents into the plot against Abraham Lincoln? In my new post, I assess the claim that the Parker House hotel in Boston was the scene of a meeting that started it all: lincolnconspirators.com/2025/08/07/j... #skystorians 🗃️

The real photoshop was how they took took an image of John Wilkes Booth in profile and then added a derringer and dagger into his hands. 🗃️

My Substack piece on Lincoln's secret mission in Harrisburg to avoid an alleged plot against him in Baltimore, and his return trip there four years later. #history #skystorians #Lincoln #booksky #authors 📚💙🎩

My great-g-grandfather, Lewis Savage, was one of the 25 men involved in the capture of John Wilkes Booth after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Historian Jim Carson recently published a book in the section about Lewis, he included a photo of me with the plaque I made for his headstone

I immediately picked up on this Twilight Zone reference in a recent episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and loved it. @thenightgallery.bsky.social @thetwilightzonepodcast.com @rodserlingmemfndtn.bsky.social

An old blog post of mine was recently linked to in an article from The Guardian. The increase in visitors motivated me to revise the piece with better text and images. Here’s the newly improved “[John Wilkes] Booth at Lincoln’s Second Inauguration.” lincolnconspirators.com/2012/05/31/b... 🗃

Looks like Lucy has been learning her history from ChatGPT. 🤣

The execution site is located at what is now Ft. McNair near the tennis courts.

4 of the Lincoln assassination conspirators were executed on July 7, 1865. Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, & George Atzerodt were found guilty of conspiring to assassinate gov officials, including Lincoln. The hangings took place at the Old Arsenal Penitentiary in Washington, D.C.

I am writing a biography on Joseph B. Stewart, a prominent lawyer and lobbyist in D.C. He truly was the Forrest Gump of 19th Century America. As just one example, he chased John Wilkes Booth out of Ford's Theatre! Visit my page for more: joebarryauthor.com #history #booksky #skystorians #author 📚💙

Huge if true.

With the dumb take on AI from a historian doing the rounds, bumping @davehitchcock.bsky.social's more interesting take presented @qmcbs.bsky.social: hitchcockian.medium.com/this-is-the-... Our skills as historians are all the more valuable, lets champion them rather than throw them out #SkyStorians

Fractured Flickers was a Jay Ward comedy show from 1963 dubbing over silent film clips. Here they lampoon how TV studios work with a clip of an aristocrat as a producer. Into the scene comes writer “Rob Sterling” clearly a parody of Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling. @rodserlingmemfndtn.bsky.social

🗃️ I just finished reading Finding Ruth: A Personal Story of Hitler’s Secret Euthanasia Program Aktion T4 by @iknuppel.bsky.social. This moving book highlights the Nazis’ murder of over 300,000 disabled German citizens, a proving ground for The Holocaust. #Skystorians www.lulu.com/shop/ilka-kn...

Looking for something to watch this weekend? How about my documentary series showcasing some of the history at the beautiful Dry Tortugas National Park? It’ll learn ya some things about Fort Jefferson and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. #skystorians 🗃️ youtu.be/KUmaGodxyUQ?...

Nobody covers the Lincoln assassination and its associated history as well as Dave Taylor @linconspirators.bsky.social Check out his page and subscribe to his Patreon. #history #skystorians #Lincoln

Jane Booth was the sister of Junius Brutus Booth and was used in a British advertisement due to her connection to the famous tragedian. She later moved to America with her family and lived on the Booth farm in Harford County, Maryland.

Highly recommend this account if you like history!! Especially Lincoln Assassination!

Old Meds Dr Samuel A Mudd House Museum Waldorf, MD #photography #medicine #history #lincoln #maryland #assassination #mudd #adventure #travel #pharmacy

Free samples, anyone? My history Patreon has been going for three months now so I’m sharing examples of the Lincoln assassination content found at all levels of support. Check it out: lincolnconspirators.com/2025/06/13/m... #skystorians 🗃️

Read more about the speakers and their presentations: abrahamlincolnassociation.org/2025/05/10/2... Attendance is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Contact Kay Smith, [email protected], to register.

Register today for the Third Annual ALA Summer Symposium to hear Scott Schroeder & David Weigers present “The Lincoln Sculpture Project—A Digital World Tour.” The event will be held at the Cantigny Park Visitors’ Theater Center, Wheaton, Illinois, on Saturday, June 21, 2025, from 9:00am-12:00pm.

Muddy Flowers Dr Samuel A Mudd House Museum Waldorf, MD #photography #nature #history #lincoln #maryland #assassination #mudd #flowers #bloomscroll #adventure #travel

For all the attention SEE IT NOW gets today, in the 1950s Edward R. Murrow was far better known for his celebrity interview show PERSON TO PERSON (which we're seeing recreated now). The show was so popular it even got a Looney Tunes parody. #GNGL

I’m very sad to see Muppet*Vision 3D close at Disney World. But I feel very lucky to have been able to visit and share it with my family last month before it was gone for good.

Led my first tour for Baltimore Heritage today at Greenmount Cemetery with a focus on John Wilkes Booth and conspirators of the Lincoln Assassination! It twas a beautiful day in #Baltimore.