This had a lot of lost cause feeling to it to be honest. The score made them out to be sympathetic. A shame, it was shot pretty well and the actors did a good job but yeah, incredibly inaccurate.
Yes she thought she was going to be pardoned and actually fainted on the scaffold. The film has the men stressed and frightened but the strong independent woman who don't need no man was stoic and brave. 'The Message' 😂
I feel the same about the film made of Albert Pierrepoint, the UK executioner. The film made him out to be a meek, uncertain, shy man. Those of us that knew him can say categorically that nothing could be further from the truth.
Notable little detail: Mary Surratt's noose has fewer twists in it than the traditional thirteen. According to a documentary I asked my grandparents to record (and I subsequently wore the tape out), the hangman tied hers last the night before, he was tired, his fingers hurt, and he was certain that she'd have her sentence commuted to imprisonment. So he stopped after a handful of twists. I believe that the rope is still in a museum.
@Fat12219 If you're expressing incredulity toward the assumption that she'd have been imprisoned rather than executed, she was the first woman executed by the federal government. So there was no precedent up to that point, and it was a fair assumption to make.
With a long drop, the knot usually goes to the side so that the force breaks neck sideway. But from what I can see in this scene, (and the original photographs of the event) the knot is at the back of the head, which risks the rope will tighten around the throat and muscles, so not breaking the spine. A much more length and painful death.
@@stevenhodgson834 Long drop hanging in the UK wasn't introduced until the 1870s so this may well be the case. There are reports here of people's friends pulling on their legs so that they would die more quickly especially if the person was of slim build.
There is video somewhere of some of the Nuremberg executions, where it could be seen that Woods was still placing the knot at the back of the neck. He did have a reputation for sadism. Those US jurisdictions which still use hanging are still doing it this way and still using the traditional slipknot, whereas the British changed to a metal eyelet many decades before abolition.
I always thought it was morbidly humorous how they walked her to the gallows but were still polite enough to provide her shade with an umbrella. Because this was the customary way to treat women in the Victorian Era.
@@tacfoley4443Because the term “Victorian Era” is used in American history to describe cultural and social parallels with Britain during that time. Victorian Era culture and customs had great impact globally. And in the US, American society emulated this in architecture, literature, fashion, and social norms.
@tacfoley4443 British folks still call the regency or the Georgian era Napoleanic though. Just because he was their enemy don't take away from what a titan of history he was. We will never see another man like that again.
Mary Suratt was not that calm and had difficulty walking. She leaned on one of the priests and almost feinted. The photos were take from inside a building, not on a horse cart. The guy on the far right pissed himself. The soldier under Mary holding the support pole holding up the scaffold puked before the actual hanging.
I never really thought about it but I just always assumed Wilks Booth was acting by himself, it never occurred to me that there were other people involved.
He needed help. Most knew each other. 8 of the 9 (we know of) that were caught were from Maryland. 4 of those 8 (including Booth) were from Baltimore. Some were old friends of Booth.
@@GenXerInMexico And give the terrorists 85 billion dollars worth of our military equipment and let millions and millions of illegals and drug smugglers over our border.
Today, Mary Surratt’s boarding house is a Chop Suey Chinese restaurant & the area where the gallows once stood, is a government employees tennis court. No respect for history.
It was only 160 years ago. Typical yank. The bridge at the bottom of my street is 850 years old. American history is so dire you want to keep a set of gallows. My Grandfather has underpants with more history than America.
@@RealAaron317 You people must not have paid attention in history class! You’re missing the point. This is about Lincoln’s history and how it came to be, not glorifying traitors. You are probably the same kind of people that were FOR tearing down Confederate statues & monuments huh? Changing history DOES NOT mean it DIDN’T happen, wise up.
Mrs. Surratt didn't deserve to hang. It's very doubtful she knew much, if anything, about the conspiracy. Her son was a different story- he escaped to Europe and avoided punishment.
@Clonetrooper1139 I'm not saying she's completely innocent. But, the conspirators themselves say she knew nothing about the planned assassinations. The plan at first was simply to kidnap Lincoln. They were meeting with her son, John Surratt, not her. It was a boarding house, not simply a residence, so I don't think she was necessarily privy to all that was going on. I think it's a case of reasonable doubt, not necessarily actual innocence. Her boardinghouse was in Maryland, a slave state with lots of Confederate sympathizers, and people typically would harbor deserters, spies and the like. Besides, men didn't usually include women in their plans in that era. I think she was a passive participant, if anything. Her guilt was probably about the same level as Dr. Mudd's- the guy who set Booth's leg. He was sentenced to prison, and was later pardoned.
@@nazikiller0164 History is often strange. The famous Bixby letter from Lincoln for instance. Lincoln most likely didn't write it and I think Mrs Bixby was a southern sympathizer. I think one son fought for the south and 1-2 were deserters. "beguile" was the key word that one of Lincolns cabinet members used in several letters while Lincoln never did in any other letter
Many legal and historical experts agree that Mary Surratt was not afforded a fair trial and that her execution was more about appeasing public anger than delivering true justice. Modern legal standards, emphasizing due process and the presumption of innocence, would likely have led to a different outcome.
@@kymera6037 - Could you elaborate on what you mean by 'constituted himself'? Are you suggesting they hoped her son would take some specific action or role as a result of her execution?
Booth didn't die at Garrett's barn in 1865. Here: Booth escaped on the horse held by (whomever) that was out back of Ford's theater, everyone knows that. After that is where the funky stuff begins... He escaped DC using a password: "TB. TB ROAD" that he got from the mail cleark at Ford's theater, they were friends. Booth had his leg set again, as we all know by Dr. Mudd then on the way to destination Unknown a sympathetic band of ex confederates road up on the cart carrying Booth in the back hidden among milk bottle boxes (9 bottles per box for visual aid). He was hustled into the woods along with 3 other people: 1. David Harold 2. And a mutual friend of David's & Booth's named Thomas J Boyd (the man that currently occupies Booth's grave in Virginia & the man Boston Corbit shot after the barn was torched also, a ginger) 3. And another man named James (relationship unknown) Eventually Booth realized he'd dropped personal papers & sent James to retrieve them leaving Harold, Booth & Boyd. Eventually they hear hollaring so Booth steals a horse & rides to again destination unknown but eventually makes his way to Texas where he mean Finis Bates (the grandfather of actress Kathy Bates), a lawyer in Waco in a bar & they strike up a friendship. Booth rents a place in town but eventually comes down with some sort of flu & fearing death hmis near summons Finis, he proceeds to spill the beans about everything (up until that point he knew Booth as John Saint Helen), the lawyer eventually white a book called "the escape & suicide of John Wilkes Booth (or the first true confession of the Lincoln assassination with full confession from Booth". Eventually, the two part ways but remain in touch regularly Booth eventually finfing himself in Enid Oklahoma (year 1903 by this point & going by David E. George) on January 2nd 1903 George rented a room at the Grand Hotel in Enid. On the next morning at 8:03am he walked to a drug store & bought Strichnine choosing to use it later that evening around whats generally considered "dinner time". Staff hear moans, then screams then nothing but couldn't get in because the door was nailed shut. They found Booth death on his back on tbe floor wearing a suit & red bow tie after just having finish a halibut. He's buried in enid, his family last got denied the exumation rights in 1994. The doctor that did the autopsy on boyd knew that was not Booth & got threatened to keep quiet under threat of the gallows, he spilled beans on his death bed too. The mail clerk was never ID'ed or prosecuted. Hypothetically (wink) if someone dug the grave in Enid up, it would be a familial match to Booth's family 100%. Its just a normal grave yard too not government owned or patroled.
Quite a few errors in fact, several already mentioned. One quite important one was that Mary Surratt was extremely sickly and somewhat infirm by the time of the execution and she could not climb the steps unaided and it took some time to get her up onto the scaffold!
Why was this so incorrect historically? Mary Surratt was famously inconsolable at the execution. Two of the conspirators did not have their necks broken.
For artistic value the scene is more poignant with them silent. It would be almost comical if they were crying or pissing themselves it's a movie not a documentary
The part where they cover her eyes with the umbrella to shield it from the sun... Reminds me of George Orwell's writing The hanging. He pointed out that as he watched a man be walked to his death he actually stepped around a puddle. Something so interesting about the desire to avoid getting wet even though he would be dead in a few minutes. It is a reminder of the humanity of the condemned, whatever they did. I don't support the death penalty .
RE. the death penalty - an interesting point is this, given that it can take many years before a condemned prisoner (in US prisons) finally goes to the death chamber, it is actually cheaper for the state to imprison a murderer for 20 years than to keep him on death row; this is because they are getting state assistance with legal fees for appeals etc. Not only that, but there is always the risk of "getting the wrong man". The risk of mistakes was a strong argument that led to the rightful abolition of this barbarism in my own country - the UK.
Sou a favor da prisão perpétua e não a de morte. Por mais horrendo que seja o crime. Preso para sempre é pior que a morte. Coloque-os para trabalhar e se sustentar na cadeia e reparar o dano a sociedade.
I recall playing the 9 hole golf course at Night....(really, glow-balls!) at Fort McNair in late '90s with the American singles Golf group! ASGA-DC. :)
George Orwell, witnessing an execution in Burma (Myanmar), records how a condemned man, with just seconds to live, sought to avoid a puddle on the way to the scaffold...
Hi, thank you for you surface I’m I am out of words you did a good job movie of 2025 film. This is a history about Lincoln assassins good job I will give this movie 10 best movie ever this movie is part of the top 10 leaderboard
The thing is this: The military had zero authority to do any of this. They should have been tried in civilian court by civilian judges and civilian juries.
That's interesting. I wonder why they went down that road? Also what did they hope to gain by killing Lincoln? The war was over,revenge maybe? The Prez should have had a bodyguard that way his life and these peoples lives may have been spared.
The leaders of the trucker convoy headed to Ottawa with the aim of overthrowing the government. The ring leaders were charged with mischief, and inciting others to commit mischief. They should have been charged with treason and sedition.
@@afonphoenix16 Democrats are still Democrats, Republicans are still Republicans, the only switch is the one that turned off liberal brains. But go on dreaming of excuses. You are always on the losing side of history.
@@stuartsviews1565 No, it hasn't. Here's a bit of real logic for you: do you really think Lincoln would side with insurrectionists who fly the Confederate battle flag and who are constantly wanting another civil war (or "national divorce" like idiots Marjory T Green likes to spout)? You're on the wrong side of history, embrace it, and stop living a lie.
Mary Surratt was Innocent, she just happened to own the Inn and tavern where the conspiractors met. Ive studied this since the 1980s and lived in Southern Maryland. St. Mary's County for a number of yrs so i know it to be fact of her innocence.
You don't know it for a fact. Ot wasn't the strongest case, and today she might have been found not guilty, but you don't know she was innocent. Two of her co conspirators said she was in on it. There was certainly evidence. Beyond a reasonable doubt? Maybe not.
It was interesting that Mary's eyes were shielded from the sun. None of the men received such kindness. Very probably because the public were watching.
Never does “Hollywood” get tired of obviously expecting everyone to reject capital punishment. Yes, this is historical but at the same time I can’t help but feel the enormous weight of their judgment. They are so eff-ing transparent!
@@rjwintl However, slavery in the United States was so evil it couldn't be duplicated by Hitler and the Nazis with their holocaust, no matter how diligently they applied themselves! Yet Germany was very severely punished for its Nazism, while the USA still continues the evils of slavery, using the 13th amendment as an excuse!!
To record the moment and since it was public, it wasn't unheard of for a notable execution to have photographers to later publish the photos in the newspapers or on a postcard as a souvenir. Also, since it was a public execution kids were allowed to watch to give them an example of what not to do and as a lesson for them
Public executions were just that . Public. Spectacles. People made a day of it, like those who went on a picnic to watch men slaughter each other at 1st Bull Run. Don't make the mistake of ascribing modern morals and sensibilities to history. Life was VERY different, people saw the world differently and were not offended by the same things we are, nowadays.
To document history, for newspapers, for the official congressional record etc... it's actually quite a famous photograph. I mean I guess it could seem voyeuristic but you do need to document it for the record.
I spent four months as an exchange student in the United States back in 1990. One day we were discussing capital punishment in class and I got asked what my wish for a last meal and my final words would be if my number was up on Death Row. The teacher (a nice lady apart from the 'buy bull' sticking up her arse) didn't want to hear my last words after I ordered my last meal 🤣😂😆...
If you REALLY wish to find out what the executed criminals were thinking after their deaths, read the story of the rich man and Lazarus in the Gospels....
@ Nope…. Just as true as what’s written in the book of Revelation. What’s written in Revelation has already happened, with a helluva lot more to come--emphasis on HELL!
She is reported as saying "Don't let me fall!" as she was escorted to the scaffold and in danger of stumbling. An odd request, given the ultimate purpose of the event.
I think Mary Surratt got railroaded and was executed for no good reason. Her son who was guilty was a coward who refused to own up to his crimes, letting his mother die in his place.
I still believe that Mary Suratt was incent of the charges against her. The key witness said she told one of her workers to geothermal shoting irons ready " for Mr Booth. She was raised as a lady of good breading, which to me means she would not use slang like a common person. She would have used the formal names of guns or firearms. She was taught to speak using proper language.
@@robertthomas1286 The Civil War was effectively over when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, the treasonous pro-slavery insurrectionists had already lost their bid to continue slavery.
The black bonnet she wore is in a small museum near the site of Andersonville national park/cemetery.
Marry cried constantly and loudly before her execution. There was no peaceful acceptance. Movie makers need to get the facts straight.
This had a lot of lost cause feeling to it to be honest. The score made them out to be sympathetic. A shame, it was shot pretty well and the actors did a good job but yeah, incredibly inaccurate.
@@Kravis30thOH Agreed…Redford made a movie, not history.
Yes she thought she was going to be pardoned and actually fainted on the scaffold. The film has the men stressed and frightened but the strong independent woman who don't need no man was stoic and brave. 'The Message' 😂
@@danawinsor1380 Yeah, her real last words were, "Don't let me fall!"
I feel the same about the film made of Albert Pierrepoint, the UK executioner. The film made him out to be a meek, uncertain, shy man. Those of us that knew him can say categorically that nothing could be further from the truth.
Notable little detail: Mary Surratt's noose has fewer twists in it than the traditional thirteen. According to a documentary I asked my grandparents to record (and I subsequently wore the tape out), the hangman tied hers last the night before, he was tired, his fingers hurt, and he was certain that she'd have her sentence commuted to imprisonment. So he stopped after a handful of twists.
I believe that the rope is still in a museum.
And that what happened 😮
@Fat12219
If you're expressing incredulity toward the assumption that she'd have been imprisoned rather than executed, she was the first woman executed by the federal government. So there was no precedent up to that point, and it was a fair assumption to make.
The rope is on display in the Ford’s Theater Museum in DC.
Your fingers dont get hurt by making a noose a couple of times….and how does that make you tired…?
@@Dr.nogood
Hey get a job and find out
Ahh the good old days. When High Treason was a Crime and was punished accordingly.
According 😢
Now you get elected
@@Fat12219accordingly. He is correct
i can think of a few high ranking government candidates from here in the UK!!!
@notwocdivad well they lost office, remember.
With a long drop, the knot usually goes to the side so that the force breaks neck sideway. But from what I can see in this scene, (and the original photographs of the event) the knot is at the back of the head, which risks the rope will tighten around the throat and muscles, so not breaking the spine. A much more length and painful death.
Yes, according to reports a couple of the men died hard.
@@stevenhodgson834 Long drop hanging in the UK wasn't introduced until the 1870s so this may well be the case. There are reports here of people's friends pulling on their legs so that they would die more quickly especially if the person was of slim build.
@@Dav1Gv Grim business. 😬
@@Dav1Gv Its where 'pulling my leg' comes from...
There is video somewhere of some of the Nuremberg executions, where it could be seen that Woods was still placing the knot at the back of the neck. He did have a reputation for sadism. Those US jurisdictions which still use hanging are still doing it this way and still using the traditional slipknot, whereas the British changed to a metal eyelet many decades before abolition.
I always thought it was morbidly humorous how they walked her to the gallows but were still polite enough to provide her shade with an umbrella. Because this was the customary way to treat women in the Victorian Era.
This took place in the USA, so why do you call it the Victorian era?
@@tacfoley4443Because the term “Victorian Era” is used in American history to describe cultural and social parallels with Britain during that time. Victorian Era culture and customs had great impact globally. And in the US, American society emulated this in architecture, literature, fashion, and social norms.
@@CryptoX-kr3wu Thank you. It has always seem to be at odds with the general dislike of things British that pervades much of American society today.
@tacfoley4443 British folks still call the regency or the Georgian era Napoleanic though. Just because he was their enemy don't take away from what a titan of history he was. We will never see another man like that again.
They also would have bound her at her ankles and knees to prevent her from kicking up her skirts immodestly while dying.
The actor who played Lewis Powell looks very much like the conspirator in real life.
That's movie "magic" for ya!
Es verdad. Parecido extraordinario
Agreed
@@ncque Powell was one tough guy right to the end.
Mary Suratt was not that calm and had difficulty walking. She leaned on one of the priests and almost feinted. The photos were take from inside a building, not on a horse cart. The guy on the far right pissed himself. The soldier under Mary holding the support pole holding up the scaffold puked before the actual hanging.
I read it was humid and hot that day
Yet when the south saw the traitor Lincoln was dead. They rejoiced and so did heaven
oh look it’s Daryl
Did he come back as a walker?
I thought so.
After he was a boondock saint
Today she could be a Senator or a professor at Harvard
For conspiring to kill Lincoln?
Or even a President.
@@scottcharney1091 You missed the point.
@@4thforcon426i don't think there was much a point.
or President......
"Now behold the awful price of treason"
Actually it wasn't some were found guilty and had not committed no crime.
I never really thought about it but I just always assumed Wilks Booth was acting by himself, it never occurred to me that there were other people involved.
He needed help. Most knew each other. 8 of the 9 (we know of) that were caught were from Maryland. 4 of those 8 (including Booth) were from Baltimore. Some were old friends of Booth.
Daryl killed hundreds of zombies but could not cheat the hangman!
It did suck being a traitor back in those days, now they say, forget about it. 🤔
Mary's son John escaped to Europe. When he came back several years later, he wasn't even prosecuted because by that time, no one cared anymore.
Now they make you president.
Ralking about Lincoln?
Now they can become president
In the UK you lie your way to Prime Minister.
Gee I guess it sucks being a traitor, doesn't it?
Wouldn't know. These days traitors get the cases against them dropped or pardoned (or will be).
Now traitors become president..
@@GenXerInMexicoYou mean the current traitor President (whose family took millions in payment from foreign agents) about to be replaced by a patriot.
@@GenXerInMexico Biden?
@@GenXerInMexico And give the terrorists 85 billion dollars worth of our military equipment and let millions and millions of illegals and drug smugglers over our border.
This a a superb film that every movie buff should see and own. Top quality.
Apparently, it's very inaccurate.
It's terrible to glance over and see the coffins..
They had coffins on hand for Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu.
Today, Mary Surratt’s boarding house is a Chop Suey Chinese restaurant & the area where the gallows once stood, is a government employees tennis court. No respect for history.
Nations rarely memorialize traitors.
It was only 160 years ago. Typical yank. The bridge at the bottom of my street is 850 years old.
American history is so dire you want to keep a set of gallows.
My Grandfather has underpants with more history than America.
Why would we be celebrating history of traitors???
yep because dems dont want you being educated they want you brain washed to their bidding
@@RealAaron317 You people must not have paid attention in history class! You’re missing the point. This is about Lincoln’s history and how it came to be, not glorifying traitors. You are probably the same kind of people that were FOR tearing down Confederate statues & monuments huh? Changing history DOES NOT mean it DIDN’T happen, wise up.
This wasn't about justice, this was about revenge. The country was mad and they wanted to see everyone remotely involved punished.
Mrs. Surratt didn't deserve to hang. It's very doubtful she knew much, if anything, about the conspiracy. Her son was a different story- he escaped to Europe and avoided punishment.
Not at all. The more they investigated her over the years, they discovered that she was the mastermind.
@philsmgb4393 😆😅🤣😂
Why do you say she was ignorant of what was transpiring in her own home? Is that your opinion, or do you have historical references?
@Clonetrooper1139 I'm not saying she's completely innocent. But, the conspirators themselves say she knew nothing about the planned assassinations. The plan at first was simply to kidnap Lincoln. They were meeting with her son, John Surratt, not her. It was a boarding house, not simply a residence, so I don't think she was necessarily privy to all that was going on. I think it's a case of reasonable doubt, not necessarily actual innocence. Her boardinghouse was in Maryland, a slave state with lots of Confederate sympathizers, and people typically would harbor deserters, spies and the like. Besides, men didn't usually include women in their plans in that era. I think she was a passive participant, if anything. Her guilt was probably about the same level as Dr. Mudd's- the guy who set Booth's leg. He was sentenced to prison, and was later pardoned.
@@nazikiller0164 History is often strange. The famous Bixby letter from Lincoln for instance. Lincoln most likely didn't write it and I think Mrs Bixby was a southern sympathizer. I think one son fought for the south and 1-2 were deserters. "beguile" was the key word that one of Lincolns cabinet members used in several letters while Lincoln never did in any other letter
They make these traitors and murderers look like poor innocent prisoners whoever made this movie needs to get their facts right
Many legal and historical experts agree that Mary Surratt was not afforded a fair trial and that her execution was more about appeasing public anger than delivering true justice. Modern legal standards, emphasizing due process and the presumption of innocence, would likely have led to a different outcome.
100%
Not really, the purpose of Mary Surrat's death sentence was much more trivial, they hoped her son would constituted himself
@@kymera6037 - Could you elaborate on what you mean by 'constituted himself'? Are you suggesting they hoped her son would take some specific action or role as a result of her execution?
@@Marcfj I'm Italian and my English is imperfect, I meant "to surrender" in the sense of to hand oneself over... is it more understandable?
And US citizens are no longer subjected to Military tribunals.
The whole thing was just sad, why these people did that. They hung 8 people, shot one and the others got away with it.
Same thing at Nuremberg
Booth didn't die at Garrett's barn in 1865. Here:
Booth escaped on the horse held by (whomever) that was out back of Ford's theater, everyone knows that. After that is where the funky stuff begins...
He escaped DC using a password: "TB. TB ROAD" that he got from the mail cleark at Ford's theater, they were friends.
Booth had his leg set again, as we all know by Dr. Mudd then on the way to destination Unknown a sympathetic band of ex confederates road up on the cart carrying Booth in the back hidden among milk bottle boxes (9 bottles per box for visual aid).
He was hustled into the woods along with 3 other people:
1. David Harold
2. And a mutual friend of David's & Booth's named Thomas J Boyd (the man that currently occupies Booth's grave in Virginia & the man Boston Corbit shot after the barn was torched also, a ginger)
3. And another man named James (relationship unknown)
Eventually Booth realized he'd dropped personal papers & sent James to retrieve them leaving Harold, Booth & Boyd.
Eventually they hear hollaring so Booth steals a horse & rides to again destination unknown but eventually makes his way to Texas where he mean Finis Bates (the grandfather of actress Kathy Bates), a lawyer in Waco in a bar & they strike up a friendship. Booth rents a place in town but eventually comes down with some sort of flu & fearing death hmis near summons Finis, he proceeds to spill the beans about everything (up until that point he knew Booth as John Saint Helen), the lawyer eventually white a book called "the escape & suicide of John Wilkes Booth (or the first true confession of the Lincoln assassination with full confession from Booth".
Eventually, the two part ways but remain in touch regularly Booth eventually finfing himself in Enid Oklahoma (year 1903 by this point & going by David E. George) on January 2nd 1903 George rented a room at the Grand Hotel in Enid. On the next morning at 8:03am he walked to a drug store & bought Strichnine choosing to use it later that evening around whats generally considered "dinner time".
Staff hear moans, then screams then nothing but couldn't get in because the door was nailed shut. They found Booth death on his back on tbe floor wearing a suit & red bow tie after just having finish a halibut.
He's buried in enid, his family last got denied the exumation rights in 1994. The doctor that did the autopsy on boyd knew that was not Booth & got threatened to keep quiet under threat of the gallows, he spilled beans on his death bed too.
The mail clerk was never ID'ed or prosecuted.
Hypothetically (wink) if someone dug the grave in Enid up, it would be a familial match to Booth's family 100%. Its just a normal grave yard too not government owned or patroled.
Quite a few errors in fact, several already mentioned. One quite important one was that Mary Surratt was extremely sickly and somewhat infirm by the time of the execution and she could not climb the steps unaided and it took some time to get her up onto the scaffold!
The Mary Surratt house still exists as a museum in Prince Georges County Maryland. Very interesting place. Check it out.
The High School in Clinton MD is still named Surrattville High School.
Dr. Charles Xavier was also present.
Yes, he could have saved them. Patrick Stewart would of.
"McAvoy or Stewart? These timelines are so confusing"
Are you going to do a video on this film?
I do want to ask each of them:
Was it worth it?
and
Why is this a shock? What did you think was going to happen?
Well, people probably do things not expecting to be caught, and inevitably a lot don't give two thoughts as to possible consequences.
Mary Surratt maintained her innocence.
Today, as a condemned criminal (and in my opinon, a traitor, too) you even can become POTUS.
Idiot
Just like money laundering through Ukraine and dealing with the Chinese or having your son on the board of directors at Burisma. Ironic isnt it.
Spot on. Nothing lower than a TRAITOR.
good news is your opinion means zip - so suck it up buttercup - better days ahead.
How Did Biden get elected it is still a mystery to me
Why was this so incorrect historically? Mary Surratt was famously inconsolable at the execution. Two of the conspirators did not have their necks broken.
For artistic value the scene is more poignant with them silent. It would be almost comical if they were crying or pissing themselves it's a movie not a documentary
Are you going to do a full review on this movie
The part where they cover her eyes with the umbrella to shield it from the sun... Reminds me of George Orwell's writing The hanging. He pointed out that as he watched a man be walked to his death he actually stepped around a puddle. Something so interesting about the desire to avoid getting wet even though he would be dead in a few minutes. It is a reminder of the humanity of the condemned, whatever they did. I don't support the death penalty .
Its okay to think that people who have no remorse and no conscience about ending other people's lives have more right to stay alive then their victims
I do.
I agree. There are too many stories of wrongful convictions overturned 10, 20 even 30 years after a crime to allow the death penalty.
RE. the death penalty - an interesting point is this, given that it can take many years before a condemned prisoner (in US prisons) finally goes to the death chamber, it is actually cheaper for the state to imprison a murderer for 20 years than to keep him on death row; this is because they are getting state assistance with legal fees for appeals etc. Not only that, but there is always the risk of "getting the wrong man". The risk of mistakes was a strong argument that led to the rightful abolition of this barbarism in my own country - the UK.
Sou a favor da prisão perpétua e não a de morte. Por mais horrendo que seja o crime. Preso para sempre é pior que a morte. Coloque-os para trabalhar e se sustentar na cadeia e reparar o dano a sociedade.
When her body was cut down it landed on its feet, bent forward at the waist, and fell forward. A soldier joked that she had taken a bow.
why did they remove their shoes?
They wanted to tie their legs so as to ensure they didn’t kick and writhe in pin as they died. The drop could have easily knocked someone’s shoe off.
so they didnt fill them with body fluids
@@jasonAnthony4178 That's the sole leaving the body...
I've always thought it was cowardly of the executioner to cover the face of the condemned.
old federal city prison execution site later became Ft McNair in SW DC
I recall playing the 9 hole golf course at Night....(really, glow-balls!) at Fort McNair in late '90s with the American singles Golf group! ASGA-DC. :)
The late General Colin Powell wrote in his autobiography that the ghost of Mary Surratt was reported to haunt Fort McNair.
Darryl Dixon was part of the Lincoln assassination plot? That's why he never dies in The Walking Dead.
Suspended sentence….. literally.
Read Manhunt, the best book on the assassins. Also, the memoires of Louis J Weichman. She was guilty of conspiracy in Lincoln's murder.
They made a mini series of Manhunt as well.
The end of the line. Literally.
Traveling Wilburys!
Why did they take the boots off? I assume that was customary of the time, but why?
George Orwell, witnessing an execution in Burma (Myanmar), records how a condemned man, with just seconds to live, sought to avoid a puddle on the way to the scaffold...
A lifetime of habit doesn't just disappear. Not to mention a desire to hang on to what dignity you have left.
So Claire Underwood is a time traveler?
Hi, thank you for you surface I’m I am out of words you did a good job movie of 2025 film. This is a history about Lincoln assassins good job I will give this movie 10 best movie ever this movie is part of the top 10 leaderboard
The best film ever ❤❤❤❤
The thing is this: The military had zero authority to do any of this. They should have been tried in civilian court by civilian judges and civilian juries.
On the other hand the victim was a member of the military, the commander in chief, so his murder could be a military issue...
… they didn’t have the authority to kill the President dude. They lost all since of a judge
Same outcome.
Wrong their my guy
That's interesting. I wonder why they went down that road? Also what did they hope to gain by killing Lincoln? The war was over,revenge maybe? The Prez should have had a bodyguard that way his life and these peoples lives may have been spared.
Such a good film
What??? How did a movie with Linda Hamilton, Norman Rescue AND James Idaho y slip past me????
What’s Daryl Dixon doing there?!
thats the curse of playing a role too well
I won't even bother watching this mess when it's free on cable!
So considerate of them to shield her from the sun.
Very kind of them to prevent sunburn (umbrella), BEFORE breaking her neck??? 😳
Who was the Lady ???
Mary Surratt, a 42-45 year old boarding house owner in Washington, D.C.
Watch the movie The Conspirator, it is was a good telling of the story.
A traitor
The Confederate sympathizer who provided support to John Wilkes Booth (Lincoln assassin) and his associates.
She ran the boarding hpuse where the plot to kill Lincoln was planned so say she was a co-conspirator others that she was innocent
It's ironic that them climbing those steps is storing the energy that will kill them.
Many times treason remains far worse than murder itself.
The leaders of the trucker convoy headed to Ottawa with the aim of overthrowing the government. The ring leaders were charged with mischief, and inciting others to commit mischief. They should have been charged with treason and sedition.
@@johnearle7776 Damn dude. You sure gulped down that propaganda.
@@SecNotSureSir No, you’re the one who’s misinformed and/or misanthropic.
Not anymore. Now it gets you elected POTUS.
I haven't seen the Democrats this upset since Lincoln freed the slaves.
Except the parties switched. Y'all always love to forget that part.🙄🤦
@@afonphoenix16 Democrats are still Democrats, Republicans are still Republicans, the only switch is the one that turned off liberal brains. But go on dreaming of excuses. You are always on the losing side of history.
@@afonphoenix16 except that's been debunked.
@@stuartsviews1565So why do rednecks tend not to vote Democrat these days?
@@stuartsviews1565 No, it hasn't. Here's a bit of real logic for you: do you really think Lincoln would side with insurrectionists who fly the Confederate battle flag and who are constantly wanting another civil war (or "national divorce" like idiots Marjory T Green likes to spout)? You're on the wrong side of history, embrace it, and stop living a lie.
No depiction of the soldier being sick underneath the gallows. Also I thought the trap doors were propped shut by lengths of timber then removed.
Normally, but this was a different style gallows for some reason.
@@Bernie8330 No, there were poles that were knocked away.
Justice.
Mary Surratt was Innocent, she just happened to own the Inn and tavern where the conspiractors met. Ive studied this since the 1980s and lived in Southern Maryland. St. Mary's County for a number of yrs so i know it to be fact of her innocence.
You're a buffoon. She knew very well what was going on in her inn.
You don't know it for a fact. Ot wasn't the strongest case, and today she might have been found not guilty, but you don't know she was innocent. Two of her co conspirators said she was in on it. There was certainly evidence.
Beyond a reasonable doubt? Maybe not.
@@DanBeech-ht7sw Yes. I have three adult sons, and I know what they're up to and they don't even live with me.
Yea, lost of people around in the 1980's that were there during the Lincoln assassination.
There was evidence to support she was guilty of her crimes
Damn! I did t know the walking dead led us back this far. Daryl must be OLD! 1:18
So all the men cried and the woman was stoic?
No leg pullers under the trapdoors ?
Why would Daryl be involved with such a crime?
Movietitle please
Everything looks pretty correct
Why did she have to take off her shoes?
It was interesting that Mary's eyes were shielded from the sun. None of the men received such kindness. Very probably because the public were watching.
They also tied her skirt to preserve her modesty.
I think I'm right in saying that she suffered quite badly from light sensitivity
Her house was just before my big sis & new husbands 1st home. Clinton, Md
Will daryl come back
Belivuk and miljkovic?
Never does “Hollywood” get tired of obviously expecting everyone to reject capital punishment. Yes, this is historical but at the same time I can’t help but feel the enormous weight of their judgment. They are so eff-ing transparent!
America's always been a harsh and brutal society.
Not as brutal as Ancient Rome … remember crucifixion , lot worse than hanging
@@rjwintl However, slavery in the United States was so evil it couldn't be duplicated by Hitler and the Nazis with their holocaust, no matter how diligently they applied themselves!
Yet Germany was very severely punished for its Nazism, while the USA still continues the evils of slavery, using the 13th amendment as an excuse!!
Give me break. You want harsh and brutal, try; AFGHANISTAN, ALGERIA, ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, BHUTAN, CAMBODIA, CHAD, CHINA, CONGO, CUBA, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, INDONESIA, IRAN, IRAQ, ISRAEL, JORDAN, KAZAKHSTAN, LIBYA, MYANMAR, NIGERIA, NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, SENEGAL, SYRIA, THAILAND, TUNISIA, TURKEY, UGANDA, UZBEKISTAN, VENEZUELA, YEMEN.
Was Mary Stuart really guilty?
Очень страшно когда казнят людей😢😢😢😢😢особенно женщин такие ролики не для слабонервных не желательно смотреть таким людям😢😢😢😢😢
Why the photographer? also, why were kids allowed to watch?
It's 1860s.....nothing else to do for kids
To record the moment and since it was public, it wasn't unheard of for a notable execution to have photographers to later publish the photos in the newspapers or on a postcard as a souvenir. Also, since it was a public execution kids were allowed to watch to give them an example of what not to do and as a lesson for them
Public executions were just that . Public.
Spectacles.
People made a day of it, like those who went on a picnic to watch men slaughter each other at 1st Bull Run.
Don't make the mistake of ascribing modern morals and sensibilities to history. Life was VERY different, people saw the world differently and were not offended by the same things we are, nowadays.
To document history, for newspapers, for the official congressional record etc... it's actually quite a famous photograph. I mean I guess it could seem voyeuristic but you do need to document it for the record.
The Kid was a part of the Union Army - A drummer
The nooses looked like the were not tight around the necks. It appears the opening of the nooses was too large.
What is this movie called?
'The conspirator'
From 2011
Staring Robert Redford
Running 1 hour 57 minutes
@@rolandweitbrecht3860 ; It was actually shown first in Toronto in 2010 and it's a mediocre film.
@@jstrahan2 Could YOU'VE done any better?!
@@CraigFThompson : Of course not. But I AM a viewer of films and that is my opinion.
@jstrahan2 well, ya yam what'cha yam....
It’s hardly treason for supporting your defeated country.
There was no defeated country. The illegitimate "confederacy " was never a country. Defeated traitors, yes.
Why didn't they take action when it could have helped their war effort? Vengeance is not a good motive.
@@marymorris6897 Heroes. They fought for their country and freedom, history is always written by those who win.
The South is not a country.
The movie had me spellbound.
No I haven't watched Harry Potter.❤
I spent four months as an exchange student in the United States back in 1990.
One day we were discussing capital punishment in class and I got asked what my wish for a last meal and my final words would be if my number was up on Death Row.
The teacher (a nice lady apart from the 'buy bull' sticking up her arse) didn't want to hear my last words after I ordered my last meal 🤣😂😆...
But did it hurt? And what were the executed criminals thinking about the day after?
Well, since they no longer existed, my guess is they weren’t thinking anything. To think, you need a functioning brain.
If you REALLY wish to find out what the executed criminals were thinking after their deaths, read the story of the rich man and Lazarus in the Gospels....
@@CraigFThompson Fiction.
@ Nope….
Just as true as what’s written in the book of Revelation. What’s written in Revelation has already happened, with a helluva lot more to come--emphasis on HELL!
An awful lot of RAILROADING, at this point in time??🇬🇧😓✌️🙏
What’s the point of the umbrella? They didn’t want her to be uncomfortable before her hanging? Cmon now!!!
She is reported as saying "Don't let me fall!" as she was escorted to the scaffold and in danger of stumbling. An odd request, given the ultimate purpose of the event.
Didn't realise she was Catholic, assuming that this is accurately portrayed by the film.
This video is best enjoyed with a rather strong coffee, no milk, no sugar.
A touch of brandy.
Her son could have spared here life had he turned himself in, but he did not.
To bad they didn't have a Warren commission or CIA or FBI to run cover for them back then.
Solid proof of just how cruel and uncivilised the Ultra Secure Asylum is.
Spot on.
Wonder what their last meals were...?
They weren't fed very well during their entire incarceration.
Scary
What's the move called, please
It's in the fucking description! 🙄
The 'move' is called hanging.
I think Mary Surratt got railroaded and was executed for no good reason. Her son who was guilty was a coward who refused to own up to his crimes, letting his mother die in his place.
Fancy assinating your president or stageing an insetretion. Who would have thought it. Greetings from Canada.
staging an insurrection.
i didnt know they hang you in stockinged feet, interesting
I still believe that Mary Suratt was incent of the charges against her. The key witness said she told one of her workers to geothermal shoting irons ready " for Mr Booth. She was raised as a lady of good breading, which to me means she would not use slang like a common person. She would have used the formal names of guns or firearms. She was taught to speak using proper language.
The nooses weren't tightened around any of their necks in this movie ...... interesting, but likely inaccurate I'm guessing...
L. Powell had the bull neck - He jerked around for some time it is said . . .
Depends,Patriot or Traitor. Maybe it depends on your point of view.
You can be Patriotic towards a country. The confederacy wasn't a country.
More like which side you on.
@@robertthomas1286 The Civil War was effectively over when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, the treasonous pro-slavery insurrectionists had already lost their bid to continue slavery.
Sedition was punishable by death… not anymore…
Not sure why they had an umberella protecting her from the sun. Pretty pointless.