The Man in the Barn (1937)

overview : After John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Maryland and was discovered hiding in a barn. After he refused to surrender, the barn was set afire and Booth died in the blaze. However, in 1903 a Mr. David E. George, while on his deathbed in Enid, Oklahoma, claimed to be John Wilkes Booth. This MGM An Historical Mystery series short presents evidence of the possibility that Mr. George's claim was true.

Release Date : Nov 20, 1937

Runtime : 11m

Genre : History  Mystery  

Companies : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : conspiracy theory, abraham lincoln, deathbed claim