Booth's Body

[RickBeaver]

(04-11-2014 04:03 PM)L Verge Wrote:  We have actually had visitors to Surratt House in years past who had seen this "display" in the carnivals when it made the circuit. One gentleman said he paid 50 cents to see it; another paid 25 cents.

When I was a young boy, probably about 10 years old, I saw the "Booth Mummy" at a carnival in Rockwell, NC. I was with my dad and the display was something like a freak show or something of that nature

It looked a lot like the one we've seen so many pictures of on the internet. My dad told me is was probably a fake. That sparked my interest in the Lincoln Assassination.

I haven't heard from anyone else in this area that remembers that show coming through. When I read about this "mummy" it was usually displayed in the mid-west and I don't remember seeing anything about it being in the North Carolina area.