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Last Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination I've Got A Secret

HistoryFlicks4u · 16.6M views · 2016-03-11 · 7:18

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Overview

A 1956 episode clip of the game show I've Got a Secret in which 95-year-old Samuel J. Seymour appears as the mystery guest. He was the last living eyewitness to Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theater, and the panel tries to guess his secret.

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HN commenters link it whenever Lincoln, the Civil War, or how recent history really is comes up, as striking footage of a living witness to the assassination.

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fortran77 · 2026-04 · Reference

"Last Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination on 'I've Got A Secret' Television Show" [VIDEO]

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eco · 2023-10 · Reference

Reminds me of this 1956 clip from the show I've Got a Secret with the last living eyewitness to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. [VIDEO]

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Spirograph7 · 2023-02 · Reference

You realize there were many many witnesses in that theater. This video of the last surviving eyewitness was making the rounds a few years ago [ [VIDEO] ]. Also I did not know there were conspiracy theories about the LINCOLN assassination. It's very quaint!

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