Manhunt: What Really Happened To The Body Of John Wilkes Booth In Real Life?

[Megan Hemenway]

In the sixth episode of Manhunt, John Wilkes Booth and his accomplice are surrounded by Union soldiers, and Booth faces his ultimate fate, but as it turns out, the television series took creative liberties when it came to what happened to Booth after his death. In real life, and in episode 6 of Manhunt, Booth and Herold are cornered in a barn owned by the Garrett family. Though Herold surrenders, Booth refuses to come out, even as the barn burns. Eventually, Union solider Boston Corbett takes matters into his own hands and shoots Booth, killing him.

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