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Presidential Assassins (Season 2, Episode 10)
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TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary

Over the last centuries, there have been four successful presidential assassinations and a multitude of failed attempts. But do we know the real story behind these assassination plots?
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Jun 7, 2013 (United States)

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55 cast members
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Jonathan Adams
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Norman Jarvis
Self - Former U.S. Secret Service Agent Self - Former U.S. Secret Service Agent   See fewer
Ronald Kessler
Self - Author, In the President's Secret Service Self - Author, In the President's Secret Service   See fewer
Al Corbi
Self - President, Strategically Armored and Fortified Environments (as Al V. Corbi) Self - President, Strategically Armored and Fortified Environments (as Al V. Corbi)   See fewer
Dan Emmett
Self - Former U.S. Secret Service Agent Self - Former U.S. Secret Service Agent   See fewer
Allan Lichtman
Self - Professor of History, American University (as Allan J. Lichtman Ph.D.) Self - Professor of History, American University (as Allan J. Lichtman Ph.D.)   See fewer
C. Daniel Spriggs
Self - Deputy Director, U.S. Secret Service Agent Self - Deputy Director, U.S. Secret Service Agent   See fewer
Mark Potok
Self - Southern Poverty Law Center Self - Southern Poverty Law Center   See fewer
Joseph Petro
Self - Former U.S. Secret Service Agent Self - Former U.S. Secret Service Agent   See fewer
Tom Durden
Self - D.A., Atlantic Judicial Circuit, GA Self - D.A., Atlantic Judicial Circuit, GA   See fewer
Isabel Pauley
Self - Asst. D.A., Atlantic Judicial Circuit, GA Self - Asst. D.A., Atlantic Judicial Circuit, GA   See fewer
Eric Hickey
Self - Dean, CA School of Forensic Studies (as Eric W. Hickey Ph.D.) Self - Dean, CA School of Forensic Studies (as Eric W. Hickey Ph.D.)   See fewer
Webster Tarpley
Self - Author & Conspiracy Theorist (as Webster G. Tarpley Ph.D.) Self - Author & Conspiracy Theorist (as Webster G. Tarpley Ph.D.)   See fewer
Bill O'Reilly
Self - Journalist / Author, Killing Lincoln Self - Journalist / Author, Killing Lincoln   See fewer
John Koerner
Self - Author, Secret Plot to Kill McKinley Self - Author, Secret Plot to Kill McKinley   See fewer
Isaac Aguigui
Self - Planed Assassination of President Barack Obama (archive footage) Self - Planed Assassination of President Barack Obama (archive footage)   See fewer
Barry Aird
Self - Narrator (voice) (version: British) Self - Narrator (voice) (version: British)   See fewer
John Wilkes Booth
Self - Assassin of President Abraham Lincoln (archive footage) Self - Assassin of President Abraham Lincoln (archive footage)   See fewer
James Brady
Self - Reagan Press Secretary, Wounded by Hinckley (archive footage) Self - Reagan Press Secretary, Wounded by Hinckley (archive footage)   See fewer
Michael Burnett
Self - Planed Assassination of President Barack Obama (archive footage) Self - Planed Assassination of President Barack Obama (archive footage)   See fewer
George Bush
Self - 41st President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 41st President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Neil Bush
Self - Son of President George H.W. Bush (archive footage) Self - Son of President George H.W. Bush (archive footage)   See fewer
Christopher Castillo
Self - Convicted for Threatening President Barack Obama (archive footage) Self - Convicted for Threatening President Barack Obama (archive footage)   See fewer
Fidel Castro
Self - Dictator of Cuba (archive footage) Self - Dictator of Cuba (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Cronkite
Self - CBS Newsman (archive footage) Self - CBS Newsman (archive footage)   See fewer
Leon Czolgosz
Self - Assassin of President William McKinley (archive footage) Self - Assassin of President William McKinley (archive footage)   See fewer
Jefferson Davis
Self - President of the Confederate States (archive footage) Self - President of the Confederate States (archive footage)   See fewer
Thomas K. Delahanty
Self - Washington D.C. Officer, Wounded by Hinckley (archive footage) Self - Washington D.C. Officer, Wounded by Hinckley (archive footage)   See fewer
Gerald Ford
Self - 38th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 38th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Jodie Foster
Self - Fixation of John Hinckley Jr. (archive footage) Self - Fixation of John Hinckley Jr. (archive footage)   See fewer
Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme
Self - Attempted Assassin of President Gerald Ford (archive footage) Self - Attempted Assassin of President Gerald Ford (archive footage)   See fewer
James A. Garfield
Self - 20th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 20th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles J. Guiteau
Self - Assassin of President James A. Garfield (archive footage) Self - Assassin of President James A. Garfield (archive footage)   See fewer
John Hinckley Jr.
Self - Attempted Assassin of President Ronald Reagan (archive footage) (as John Hinckley) Self - Attempted Assassin of President Ronald Reagan (archive footage) (as John Hinckley)   See fewer
Scott Hinckley
Self - Brother of John Hinckley Jr. (archive footage) Self - Brother of John Hinckley Jr. (archive footage)   See fewer
Andrew Johnson
Self - Abraham Lincoln's Vice President (archive footage) Self - Abraham Lincoln's Vice President (archive footage)   See fewer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - John F. Kennedy's Vice President (archive footage) Self - John F. Kennedy's Vice President (archive footage)   See fewer
John F. Kennedy
Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 35th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert E. Lee
Self - General of Confederate Army During U.S. Civil War (archive footage) Self - General of Confederate Army During U.S. Civil War (archive footage)   See fewer
Abraham Lincoln
Self - 16th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 16th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles Manson
Self - Leader of the Manson Family (archive footage) Self - Leader of the Manson Family (archive footage)   See fewer
Timothy J. McCarthy
Self - U.S. Secret Service Agent, Wounded by Hinckley (archive footage) (as Tim McCarthy) Self - U.S. Secret Service Agent, Wounded by Hinckley (archive footage) (as Tim McCarthy)   See fewer
William McKinley
Self - 25th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 25th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Sara Jane Moore
Self - Attempted Assassin of President Gerald Ford (archive footage) Self - Attempted Assassin of President Gerald Ford (archive footage)   See fewer
Barack Obama
Self - 44th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 44th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Michelle Obama
Self - Former First Lady (archive footage) Self - Former First Lady (archive footage)   See fewer
Lee Harvey Oswald
Self - Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy (archive footage) Self - Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy (archive footage)   See fewer
Jerry Parr
Self - Former U.S. Secret Service Agent (archive footage) Self - Former U.S. Secret Service Agent (archive footage)   See fewer
Anthony Peden
Self - Planed Assassination of President Barack Obama (archive footage) Self - Planed Assassination of President Barack Obama (archive footage)   See fewer
Ronald Reagan
Self - 40th President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 40th President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self - 32nd President of the United States (archive footage) Self - 32nd President of the United States (archive footage)   See fewer
Christopher Salmon
Self - Planed Assassination of President Barack Obama (archive footage) Self - Planed Assassination of President Barack Obama (archive footage)   See fewer
William H. Seward
Self - Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State (archive footage)   See fewer
Oliver Sipple
Self - Thwarted Assassination Attempt on President Gerald Ford (archive footage) Self - Thwarted Assassination Attempt on President Gerald Ford (archive footage)   See fewer
Judy Woodruff
Self - Witness to Attempted Assassination of President Ronald Reagan (archive footage) Self - Witness to Attempted Assassination of President Ronald Reagan (archive footage)   See fewer
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