'Manhunt,' about hunt for John Wilkes Booth, may make you wish you paid attention in history class
A new series transforms the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln into a true crime thriller that goes deeper into the story than most textbooks.
Most who studied Lincoln in school learn he was assassinated by a man named John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was watching a play with his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, at Ford's Theatre when Booth came from behind and shot him.
What isn't as widely remembered is that Booth killed the president just five days after the surrender of General Robert E. Lee effectively ended the Civil War. It was a pre-planned, coordinated attack and the . Only Booth was successful.
