Long before the term “parasocial relationship” made its way into therapy sessions and celebrity thinkpieces, there was Charles Guiteau — a failed lawyer, wannabe preacher, and self-styled political ...

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Death by Lightning’ follows the unplanned election of President James Garfield, as well as his untimely death in 1881 ...

The Netflix mini-series Death by Lightning will dive deep into the true story of President James A. Garfield’s assassination. The show will chronicle the life and death of the 20th U.S. president, ...

The President James A. Garfield assassination is back, thanks to the Netflix series Death by Lightning. Garfield’s character foil is Charles Guiteau, who shot Garfield in 1881, four months into his ...

Death by Lightning remains fairly loyal to the true story of President James A. Garfield’s assassination, but it does remove these ten major details. Netflix’s new historical thriller delves into the ...

Anxiety over political violence is filling the air, and the distress should never be downplayed. But it’s also worth noting that, like most things, it’s nothing new. If you seek a reminder, look no ...

The old saying goes that truth is stranger than fiction, and that's certainly the case with Netflix's latest historical drama Death by Lightning, which recounts the meteoric rise and short-lived ...

Death by Lightning book author Candice Millard and series creator Mike Makowsky address what really caused President James Garfield's death. Death by Lightning ends with Garfield (Michael Shannon) ...

History has a way of forgetting, or at least overlooking. Everyone knows John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Far fewer are familiar with the story of Charles Guiteau, the man who, ...

Assassins lying in wait, political corruption, drunken vice presidential nominees: Is Netflix's "Death by Lightning" a wild invention of Hollywood, or was 19th century political history actually this ...