In Episode 2 of our series on the hunt for John Wilkes Booth following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, hack historians James Ottley and Thornton Kennedy introduce a new key player: Union intelligence chief Lafayette C. Baker, the man who directed the 12-day manhunt. Along the way, they explore the critical role Confederate sympathizers and soldiers played in Booth’s escape and pursuit as he made his way through Virginia. The chase intensifies as the web of conspiracy stretches wider than anyone expected.