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TIL that "Boston" Corbett, John Wilkes Booth's killer, was a literal mad hatter and a self-castrated religious fanatic. He would later become convinced Booth was still alive and conspiring against him. He was finally institutionalized after holding the Kansas House of Representatives at gunpoint

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