Edwin Booth's Body to be Dug Up, DNA Tested

Edwin Booth

John Wilkes Booth

There are lots of stories, rumors and myths surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.  Much of the myths center around John Wilkes Booth.  Did he really die in that barn?  Did he escape to live out his life span?  Did he become a song and dance man on Vaudeville?  Okay, I just made that last one up, but you get the idea.

Edwin Booth, John Wilkes Booth's brother, is to be exhumed so his DNA can be compared to that of another long-dead corpse that is buried in Baltimore.  Researchers want to prove that the Baltimore man is indeed John Wilkes Booth, putting an end to the rumors once and for all.

It seems to me a rather frivolous reason for disturbing the dead, but that's just me.

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