The 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, was assassinated on this date, April 14, 1865… 144 years ago today.
Was there a curse surrounding his assassination?
At about 10:15 PM, on April 14, 1865, five people were alone in the Presidential Box at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC, watching the play Our American Cousin. Four of the attendees in the box were busy watching the play; the fifth was an unseen intruder with a nefarious plan to try to affect the outcome of the U.S. Civil War. Within a few short seconds, a mortal wound was delivered to the president and, in the span of a few hours, America was to lose what many believe have come to believe as her greatest president ever. Even though only one life was snuffed out that evening, many of the people surrounding the assassination would meet strange deaths in the following years, leading some to infer that they were cursed. This is the story of the mysterious deaths of those near and dear to President Abraham Lincoln following his assassination.
Thanks Tony
Obviously there was a curse…here’s an amazing fact: None of the people involved at the time of Lincoln’s death are alive today. NONE of them.
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That was very interesting! Sucked to be Lincoln’s son, what a jinx!
Here’s another amazing fact: Of all of the people in Ford’s Theatre that night, roughly half of them were male!