Booth's Mental health

[Jenny]

A majority of folks who suffer from mental illnesses and disorders are hardly "nuts." That's an old stigma that is sadly still used today due to lack of public education.

As I have said before, no one will ever be able to conclusively prove that Booth had any mental issues or learned traits (from Laurie's post) that might have been a factor. It just won't happen. I will be the first to admit it.

However due to many recorded incidents involving family members and Booth himself, I personally see a very strong *possibility* that something, whether learned behavior or passed down genetics for a mental illness or disorder, was "off" about John Wilkes Booth. What that thing was? That's left for us to make our own speculations about (if we want to at all) as we all do about so many other parts of the Lincoln Assassination.

I am no mind reader (sadly - although I did edit my first post because I took my speculation too far without evidence to back it up. Apologies for that). I just call it as I see it from my own education and experiences regarding mental health. Does that mean I am right? That Booth did indeed had some sort of mental illness? Not at all. Does it mean I am wrong to have my suspicions due to legitimate documents and other evidence that record suspect behavior from Booth in this case? No.

Juan, that's another interesting thing about Booth - he doesn't seem to fit the "mold" that his successors like Guiteau do.