Did John Wilkes Booth really die in that burning Virginia barn? Or did he escape justice and die under a different name in Texas?

In this episode of Waywut, Darrell and Jason explore the long-running conspiracy theory that Lincoln’s assassin survived and lived out his days under an alias—culminating in a deathbed confession, a carnival mummy, and a whole lot of questions the government never seemed interested in answering.

This story has it all:

🕵️‍♂️ A shadowy escape

📜 A mummified body displayed in carnivals

🔍 DNA mysteries and denied exhumation requests

📚 A lawyer’s obsessive investigation

🧪 And a government that maybe, just maybe… didn’t want the truth uncovered.

If you're into historical cover-ups, Civil War aftermath, or unsolved mysteries that involve real corpses on display—this one’s for you.