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For as long as we can remember, people have considered Washington DC's Ford's Theatre cursed. Tessa digs deep into the dark history, from a fire to a brutal assassination that shocks the nation to a catastrophic deadly collapse, and of course...the haunts. So is the theatre cursed or not? You decide.

Alan Campbell grew up in Homestead, Florida the son of a third generation farming family, and attended Tulane University and the University of Miami, graduating with a BA in business. Alan shares a daughter, Riley, with former wife, actress Lauren Kennedy. On Broadway: Alan recently played the role of Sam Carmichael in Broadway's hit musical, Mamma Mia!. He received a 1995 Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his performance as Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard opposite Glenn Close, Betty Buckley, and Elaine Paige. He also received the Drama-Logue Award for his performance in Sunset Boulevard's American Premiere in Los Angeles. Alan starred in Susan Stroman's 2000 Tony Award winning musical, Contact at Lincoln Center. Off-Broadway: Chris Durang's Adrift In Macao, Lanford Wilson's Book Of Days at the Signature Theater and in the regional premiere of Book Of Days at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and Hartford Stage. He also starred Off-Broadway in AVOW, by Bill C. Davis. Other theatrical credits include David Mamet's, Race, Death and The Maiden, 12 Angry Men, Noel Coward's Hay Fever at San Diego's Old Globe, Oleanna, Beauty and the Beast, Johnny Guitar, the Kennedy Center's revival of Bell's Are Ringing, Of Thee I Sing at Chicago's Symphony Space, the Ford's Theatre production of On Shiloh Hill, Boogie Woogie Rumble of a Dream Deferred at the Urban Arts Corps in New York, Breakfast at Tiffany's at the St Louis MUNY and productions of I Love My Wife and Larry Shue's The Nerd. Feature films include Weekend Warriors; Bump in the Night; Tom, Dick and Harry, and Universal's A Simple Wish with Martin Short and Kathleen Turner. On television, he co-starred for 5 seasons with Bill Conrad and Joe Penny on CBS's Jake and the Fatman. He also co-starred with John Ritter as surfer "E.Z. Taylor", on ABC's Three's a Crowd, "Evan Grant" on NBC's Another World, "Dr. Ellis Marshall" on All My Children, Contact - "Live From Lincoln Center" on PBS, and in Red Flag, a CBS Movie of the Week. Alan has guest starred on numerous television shows including, Law and Order, Homicide: Life on the Streets, Facts of Life, Throb, Matlock and award winning Web Series, Submissions Only and Then We Got Help. His recordings include Sunset Boulevard, Adrift In Macao, "ABC" A Tribute to Adler, Bock and Coleman and The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber on Polygram. Alan is an originating member of the Broadway Tenors with Brent Barrett and Brian d'Arcy James. He has sung at the White House and performed for three U.S Presidents. Alan is a Founding Director of Theatre Raleigh/Hot Summer Nights in Raleigh North Carolina and a founding member of H.O.L.A. (Heart of Los Angeles) Youth Theatre, providing an artistic outlet and guidance to inner-city children. www.alancampbell.net Follow @balancampbell --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/confessionsofanactress/support

This podcast is all about the history of Ford's Theatre! This podcast was made by 2 wonderful creators, Maddie & Daniel!!!

When rescue workers first arrived at Ford's Theatre after a section of the three-story building collapsed, they were struck by the eerie silence. Then the men began a frenzied search for survivors and the grim task of removing the dead. In all, 23 workers inside the building, including Civil War veterans, died in the June 9, 1893, tragedy. (32 min.)

Welcome back once again for another episode from the wacky Nerds. This week we review the speculation of the latest offering from Marvel. Discuss issues confronting small game developers and some proposed solutions, and we also have a horny dinosaur. Sound exciting, it is, so strap in and come along for the ride. So, Marvel have announced the release of a new hero, and it is a Chinese character and speculation has been rife on who it is going to be. There are suggestions of a couple of Chinese heritage actors and everyone seems to be loving it. Even Buck is sounding kind of impressed. There are concerns about the back story of this character, but the hippies will certainly find something to complain about. Next we have the information about the struggles faced by small game developers trying to generate traction in today’s market place. Independent game developers are producing some interesting content back due to the market place they struggle to survive and remain in the market place. We also ask our resident developer about his experiences and how he dealt with them. Then we take a moment to learn about a horny dinosaur from China. Oops, sorry, a horned dinosaur from China, called the Auroraceratops, cousin of the Triceratops. Perfect for the individual in the market for a pet that is a little bit different. This beautiful little creature is adorable and a herbivore, with currently eighty examples having been found. We talk about the different possibilities of how it looks and found examples that are very different, including examples that have feathers. This will be followed by the usual discussions of games we are playing, shout outs, remembrances, birthdays, and events of interest. We have lots of fun and laughter while recording this episode, and we hope you have just as much fun listening to it. As always remember to look after yourselves and look out for each other and stay hydrated.EPISODE NOTES:Speculation on Shang Chi - https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3018696/asian-movie-fans-rave-speculation-marvel-will-cast-chinese-actorHow small-time game devs make it - https://news3lv.com/around-the-web/making-it-as-the-little-guy-how-indie-game-developers-find-success-in-a-crowded-marketSmall horned dinosaur from China - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190712174056.htmGames currently playingBuck– Mafia 3 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/360430/Mafia_III/Professor- Crypt of the Necro Dancer - https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/crypt-of-the-necrodancer-nintendo-switch-edition/DJ- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4570/Warhammer_40000_Dawn_of_War__Game_of_the_Year_Edition/Other topics discussedShang Chi (Marvel Superhero)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang-ChiIron Fist (Marvel Superhero)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Fist_(comics)Iron Fist Netflix controversy- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/17/watching/iron-fist-review-roundup-controversy.htmlEddie Peng (Taiwanese – Canadian actor)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_PengWu-Kong (2017 Chinese fantasy-action-adventure film)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_KongFu Manchu (fictional villain character)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_ManchuFu Manchu (Marvel supervillain)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_Manchu_(comics)More info on the Auroraceratops- https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/small-horned-dinosaur-china-triceratops-relative-walked-two-feet-penn-paleontologists-find- http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/a/auroraceratops.html- http://dinosaurpictures.org/Auroraceratops-picturesWarhammer 40K Lore and factions- Adepta Sororitas (also known as Sisters of Battle) - https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Adepta_Sororitas- Necrons - https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/NecronsWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine (2011 third-person shooter hack-n-slash video game)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000:_Space_MarineThe Imitation Game (2014 movie)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_GameSpycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer (1987 book)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpycatcherOpen world cat game- http://www.ladbible.com/technology/gaming-open-world-game-where-you-solve-puzzles-as-a-cat-is-being-made-20190717Penguin stories- A white penguin - https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-17/white-king-penguin-found-on-macquarie-island/11317624?pfmredir=sm- Penguins in a sushi restaurant - https://i.redd.it/ozr622j96wa31.jpgShoutouts16 July 1910 – John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.- http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/duigan_bio.html- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duigan_pusher_biplane16 Jul 1951 - J.D Salinger’s Catcher In The Rye was published as a novel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catcher_in_the_Rye16 Jul 2019 – Alan Turing is the new face of the £50 note - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/15/alan-turing-to-feature-on-new-50-noteRemembrances16 Jul 1882 - Mary Todd Lincoln, was the wife of the 16th President of the United States,Abraham Lincoln, and as such the First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865. She supported her husband throughout his presidency. She witnessed his fatal shooting when they were together in the President's Box at Ford's Theatre on Tenth Street in Washington. She died of a stroke at the age of 63 in Springfield, Illinois. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Todd_Lincoln16 Jul 1934 - Alaska P Davidson, was an American law enforcement officer who is best known for being the first female special agent in the FBI. She died at the age of 66 in Alexandria, Virginia. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_P._Davidson16 Jul 1994 - Julian Schwinger, was a Nobel Prize winning American theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work on the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED), in particular for developing a relativistically invariant perturbation theory, and for renormalizing QED to one loop order. Schwinger is recognized as one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century, responsible for much of modern quantum field theory, including a variational approach, and the equations of motion for quantum fields. He developed the first electroweak model, and the first example of confinement in 1+1 dimensions. He is responsible for the theory of multiple neutrinos, Schwinger terms, and the theory of the spin 3/2 field. He died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76 in Los Angeles, California. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_SchwingerFamous Birthdays16 Jul 1896 - Trygve Lie, was a Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian foreign minister during the critical years of the Norwegian government in exile in London from 1940 to 1945. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first Secretary-General of the United Nations. Lie earned a reputation as a pragmatic, determined politician. He was born in Oslo, Norway. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trygve_Lie16 Jul 1911 - Ginger Rogers, was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She is known for her starring role in Kitty Foyle, but is best remembered for performing in RKO's musical films (partnered with Fred Astaire) on stage, radio and television, throughout much of the 20th century. Rogers had her first successful film role as a supporting actress in 42nd Street. Throughout the 1930s, Rogers made nine films with Astaire, among which were some of her biggest successes, such as Swing Time and Top Hat. After two commercial failures with Astaire, Rogers began to branch out into dramatic films and comedies. Her acting was well received by critics and audiences, and she became one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1940s. Her performance in Kitty Foyle (1940) won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Rogers remained successful throughout the 1940s and at one point was Hollywood's highest-paid actress, but her popularity had peaked by the end of the decade. She was born in Independence, Missouri. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger_Rogers16 Jul 1926 - Irwin Rose, was an American biologist. Along with Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediatedprotein degradation. He was born in Brooklyn, New York - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_RoseEvents of interest16 Jul 1945 - Trinity nuclear test, it was conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 a.m. on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. The test was conducted in the Jornada del Muerto desert about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Socorro, New Mexico. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(nuclear_test)16 Jul 1948 - The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Macao16 Jul 1956 - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringling_Bros._and_Barnum_%26_Bailey_CircusIntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comTwitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rss

For every scar there is a story, and for Major Henry Rathbone the deep scar that ran along his arm told a tale of a night that changed his life forever. Rathbone and his wife, Clara, were part of DC's elite and were guests in a very infamous box at Ford's Theatre on the one of the worst nights in American history. In this episode, Jen tells the story of a life turned tragic and a story that is the loose basis for The Shining.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We go back to Good Friday April 1865 and President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination at Ford's Theatre in Washington. Later that night, assassin John Wilkes Booth, on the run and in desperate need of medical attention for his broken leg, stopped at the home of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd in Southern Maryland. Mark visits the home and grounds, now a museum, with Curator Dorothea Barstow to learn about the conspiracy, Booth and Dr. Mudd.

The lights are flashing, so please return to your seats for your featured entertainment of... Haunted Theaters! This week the gals tell us about two theaters and their ghostly patrons, right here in the good ol' U S of A. We've got one theater with the moving pictures and one with the live actors, so there's something for everyone! Melissa starts things off with the murder-for-hire plot at the Silent Movie theater in Los Angeles, paired with Uinta Brewing's Cahoots saison. Then Vanessa moves us to DC with the murder-for-racism plot at Ford's Theater, paired with The Great Divide Brewing Company's 21st Anniversary American sour. Who will win in the battle of dead boyfriend ghost vs dead president ghost? Listen and find out?

AMT Lab Contributor Stewart Urist brings our Podcast Series back to life, diving into Ford's Theatre's new digital strategy with Tatum Walker, Associate Director of Digital Strategy.

With the pull of a trigger, one man impacted history in a way even he couldn't predict. John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre and would die by bullet some two weeks later. Or did he? Join the guys as they explore the life and death of the man who took down one of history's greatest presidents.

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Part 2 of Abraham Lincoln - The Life and Death of a Statesman by Professor Brian Schoen.

Part 1 of Abraham Lincoln - The Life and Death of a Statesman by Professor Brian Schoen.

The assassination of the 16th president is one of the singular events in American history, and historian Anthony Pitch uses primary source material to document and reveal previously unknown facts about Lincoln's death; the murder of his secretary of state, William Seward; and the events that led to the torturous incarceration of John Wilkes Booth's co-conspirators. According to Pitch, Lincoln was under threat of assassination from the time of his first inauguration, in 1861. Gen. Winfield Scott, in charge of military defenses in Washington, feared secessionists would kill Lincoln even before his inauguration. And six weeks before shooting Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Booth was forcibly restrained from approaching the president as he walked through the rotunda of the Capitol to be sworn in for his second term. Pitch details the murder plots that were unsuccessful as well as the successful one by referencing hundred of sources. Most of his research was conducted at the Library of Congress. Speaker Biography: Historian Anthony Pitch is also the author "The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814." He spoke about that book at the Library in 1998.

When Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865, he was carrying two pairs of spectacles and a lens polisher, a pocketknife, a watch fob, a linen handkerchief, a brown leather wallet containing a five-dollar Confederate note, and nine newspaper clippings, including several favorable to the president and his policies. Given to his son Robert Todd upon Lincoln's death, these everyday items, which through association with tragedy had become like relics, were kept in the Lincoln family for more than seventy years. Because it is quite unusual for the Library to keep personal artifacts among its holdings, they were not put on display until 1976 when then Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin thought their exposure would humanize a man who had become "mythologically engulfed."

This episode of Inside Stories focuses on a walking tour about the search for President Lincoln's killer, which takes participants back to the days after the assassination. The tour is produced by Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was shot. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

T. D. Bancroft saved a playbill fragment with President Abraham Lincoln's blood from from the night the president was assassinated at Ford's Theatre.