The 1881 Murder of President James Garfield w/ Candice Millard - A True Crime History Podcast

On July 2nd, 1881, a disappointed and mentally unstable office-seeker named Charles Guiteau shot President James A. Garfield in a Washington D.C. train station. Over the next weeks, Garfield would linger, bedridden, as infection set in, caused by poor medical treatment, and America would wait with bated breath over whether their beloved president would survive. Meanwhile, Guiteau, the most hated man in America, would face trial and possible execution.
My guest is Candice Millard, New York Times bestselling author, who discusses her book Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President.
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[@ImCarolB]

Just fascinating! How tragic that such a brilliant man was cut down.

[@cherchezlavache4373]

This was EXCELLENT!! Thank you both so much!

[@laurabuehler]

I'm only 8 minutes into this video & I already want to get this book. I think I'll buy it as a birthday gift for my Dad & then I'll borrow it from him after he's finished with it.

[@foofy3406]

how did i not know this??

[@erichicks2978]

He is NOT FORGOTTEN, except for this writer.

[@johnbaugh2437]

I read that book several years ago. It was excellent

[@TheBethyb00p]

Great podcast.. AUDIO IS GREAT

[@MostNotorious]

Thanks for noticing! 😉

[@lucyke5070]

I’ve read her book. It was just excellent and hard to it down. Garfield was the greatest POTUS we never really got to know.

[@stevefranckhauser7989]

Edwin Stanton used temporary insanity in his defense of Daniel Sickles after Sickles killed the son of Francis Scott Key after Key had an affair with the wife of Sickles.

[@kenkannon5630]

A great movie for Spielberg and Tom Hanks
I particularly think the ending of the movie would be the crowds lifting a train car to move it up a hill so Garfield could die seeing the ocean (ruclips.net/video/y0aSb-o8Tpo/видео.html)

[@redjirachi1]

I actually hated Dr Bliss more than Charles Guiteau after reading this book. Guiteau was at least somewhat pitiful given his madness. Dr Bliss had the literal president's life on the line but his own arrogance gave the poor man a horrible death. The whole thing is a tragedy of errors

[@michaelplummer395]

Giteau said i shot him but the Doctors killed him

[@brainsareus]

my my :(

[@gloriapaige7877]

I know this episode was a couple of years ago, I'm a newcomer & just listened to it. At the end you attempt to compare Arthur's attempt to finish what Garfield started to LBJ after JFK'S assignation. I would urge you to take a deeper look into LBJ. To start with try "JFK An American Coup D'Etat. The Truth Behind the Kennedy Assassination." & "The Kennedy Assassination: What Really Happened" and LBJ, The Mastermind Behind the JFK Assassination. & others.

[@jonchaney]

Belly full of lead!!!!

[@cinerama62]

Audio is terrible.

[@howl_with_the_wolves2861]

Audio only 👎