The Sinister Photo of President Lincoln and his Murderer

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There is something rather eerie about photographs where the murderer and the victim are in the same frame together, photographed before the murder happened. While these pictures are not common, one of the most famous assassinations has a picture just like this, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. During his second inaugural address a photograph was taken, showing both Abraham Lincoln and his assassin, peering down ominously at him, while Lincoln held his speech. Nobody at the time would have guessed that the young actor was plotting to assassinate Lincoln and, would do so, just a mere month later.

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