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1865 is a historical fiction podcast produced by Airship and Wondery and written by Steven Walters as well as Erik Archilla with Lindsay Graham as the executive producer. The show follows Edwin Stanton in the wake of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
The podcast is a historical fiction podcast produced by Airship and Wondery. [1] Erik Archilla and Steven Walters originally wrote the story for a class assignment while attending Baylor University . [2] The executive producer of the show was Lindsay Graham. [3] The episodes are about 30 minutes long. [4] The story begins with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. [5] The podcast follows Edwin Stanton and delves into the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. [6]
Ben Cannon wrote in The A.V. Club that the show is "storytelling at its finest." [7] Clint Smith wrote in The Atlantic that he "can't say enough good things about it." [8] Jake Miller gave the podcast an A+ score in The Educator's Room and wrote that "1865 is a masterpiece." [9] The podcast was nominated for the 2021 Podcast Awards for best audio drama. [10]
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. A member of the prominent 19th-century Booth theatrical family from Maryland, he was a noted actor who was also a Confederate sympathizer; denouncing President Lincoln, he lamented the then-recent abolition of slavery in the United States.
Ford's Theatre is a theater located in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1863. The theater is infamous for being the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the theater box where Lincoln was watching a performance of Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin, slipped the single-shot, 5.87-inch derringer from his pocket and fired at Lincoln's head. After being shot, the fatally wounded Lincoln was carried across the street to the nearby Petersen House, where he died the next morning.
The Petersen House is a 19th-century federal style row house in the United States in Washington, D.C., located at 516 10th Street NW, several blocks east of the White House. On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died there after being shot the previous evening at Ford's Theatre, located across the street.
Louis J. Weichmann was an American clerk who was one of the chief witnesses for the prosecution in the trial following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Previously, he had also been a suspect in the conspiracy because of his association with Mary Surratt's family.
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater. He was the first U.S. president to be assassinated. His funeral and burial were marked by an extended period of national mourning.
The Lincoln Conspiracy is a 1977 film directed by James L. Conway that dramatizes certain conspiracy theories concerning the 1865 assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Adapted from the 1977 book of the same name by David W. Balsiger and Charles E. Sellier Jr., the production stars Robert Middleton as Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, John Dehner as Colonel Lafayette C. Baker, Bradford Dillman as John Wilkes Booth, Ted Henning as Robert Campbell, and John Anderson as Lincoln.
Lindsay Ellis is an American author, film critic, and video essayist. Her debut novel, Axiom's End, published in July 2020, became a New York Times Best Seller.
Alice Esme Levine is an English radio and television presenter and narrator.
Wondery is an American podcast network and publisher of podcasts including Dirty John, Dr. Death, and The Shrink Next Door. Wondery was founded in 2016 by entrepreneur and media executive Hernan Lopez. The company was launched with backing from 20th Century Fox. In late 2020, it was announced that Wondery had been purchased and is now owned by Amazon Music.
American History Tellers is a podcast by Wondery, hosted by Lindsay Graham. The show premiered at #1 on the Apple Podcast charts.
Dr. Death is a podcast produced by Wondery that focuses on egregious cases of medical malpractice. The podcast is hosted and reported by Laura Beil and premiered September 4, 2018.
The 1619 Project is a long-form journalism endeavor developed by Nikole Hannah-Jones, writers from The New York Times, and The New York Times Magazine. It focused on subjects of slavery and the founding of the United States. The first publication from the project was in The New York Times Magazine of August 2019. The project developed an educational curriculum, supported by the Pulitzer Center, later accompanied by a broadsheet article, live events, and a podcast.
Six Minutes is a children's podcast by Gen-Z Media and Public Radio Exchange. The podcast consists of 205 episodes and 2 seasons. The third season is a sequel of the show, titled Six Minutes: Out of Time. It was released in early March 2023. A fourth season of the show has been confirmed, and will be released sometime in 2024.
Manhunt is an upcoming American television limited series created by showrunner Monica Beletsky. The series is a historical fiction conspiracy thriller that follows Edwin Stanton's search for John Wilkes Booth after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, basing the story on James L. Swanson's book Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. Carl Franklin will direct, and Tobias Menzies will star as Stanton. The series is being produced for Apple TV+, and is set to release on March 15, 2024.
Lauren Shippen is a fiction writer, director, and actor. She created the podcast The Bright Sessions and its spin-off series, The AM Archives and The College Tapes. Shippen won an Audio Verse award for her portrayal of Sam in The Bright Sessions. She has also written three novels set in The Bright Sessions universe. Shippen was named in the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30.
The Association of Lincoln Presenters is a membership organization founded by Dan Bassuk in 1990. It was established as a members' society for impersonators of 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. The group has been the subject of a feature-length documentary and a photography exhibition by Greta Pratt.
Wow in the World is a children's podcast hosted by children's media and audio veterans Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas. which debuted on May 17, 2017 and produced by Tinkercast, LLC, a company established by Thomas and Raz to produce children's audio., and distributed by Wondery. Initially, it was distributed by NPR as part of its efforts to invest in podcasts and digital media aimed at wider audiences, including families, as well as Guy Raz's connections to the broadcaster for producing popular shows like the TED Radio Hour and the business podcast How I Built This. Distribution was handed over to Sony Music in April 2021, but the deal with Sony was very short lived. The Amazon-owned podcast network Wondery agreed to distribute the Tinkercast assets in September the same year. The show focuses on science and technology and each episodes is about 25 minutes long. However some episodes, such as the spin-off game show Two Whats?! And a Wow!!! are 15 minutes long and other bonus episodes may run for 5–10 minutes.
9/12 was a podcast hosted by Dan Taberski and produced by Pineapple Street Media, Wondery, and Amazon Music.
Inside the Exorcist is a horror and film history podcast about The Exorcist created by Mark Ramsey and produced by Wondery.
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