John Wilkes Booth committed one of the most infamous crimes in American history. By shooting President Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head on April 14th, 1865, Booth irrevocably altered his reputation from "talented stage actor" to "cowardly assassin." All this, you probably know.
But here's something you might not have considered: Was John Wilkes Booth a psychopath? For most, the instinctual answer is "yes."
"Many people assume horrific crimes indicate the perpetrator has a disturbed, even deranged, personality," Dr. Kent Kiehl, a psychologist at the University of Mexico and one of the foremost experts on psychopathy, recently wrote.
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