16.6M views · Mar 11, 2016 · 7:18 · 0 HN recommenders · 6 mentions · discussed 2019–2026
A 1956 episode clip of the game show I've Got a Secret in which 95-year-old Samuel J. Seymour appears as the mystery guest. He was the last living eyewitness to Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theater, and the panel tries to guess his secret.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN commenters link it whenever Lincoln, the Civil War, or how recent history really is comes up, as striking footage of a living witness to the assassination.
“This video of the last surviving eyewitness was making the rounds a few years ago”HN comment, 2023
“the last witness to Lincoln's assassination appeared on TV”
TV appearance of the last witness to Lincoln's assassination.
The 10th President of the United States, John Tyler, has two grandsons still alive today [1]. And the last witness to Lincoln's assassination appeared on TV [2]. So someone receiving a pension from the Civil War doesn't seem too far fetched. [1] link [2] this video
“there is video footage online today of a person who witnessed President Lincoln's murder”
Video footage of a person who witnessed Lincoln's murder.
This reminds me that there is video footage online today of a person who witnessed President Lincoln's murder: this video
“One of the eyewitnesses appeared on a gameshow as mystery guest in 1956”
Eyewitness appearing as mystery guest on a 1956 gameshow.
To add specifically to the Lincoln assassination: One of the eyewitnesses appeared on a gameshow as mystery guest in 1956 (shortly before passing away) this video
“This video of the last surviving eyewitness was making the rounds a few years ago”
Video of the last surviving eyewitness of the assassination.
You realize there were many many witnesses in that theater. This video of the last surviving eyewitness was making the rounds a few years ago [ this video ]. Also I did not know there were conspiracy theories about the LINCOLN assassination. It's very quaint!
“1956 clip from the show I've Got a Secret with the last living eyewitness to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.”
1956 clip with the last living Lincoln assassination eyewitness.
Reminds me of this 1956 clip from the show I've Got a Secret with the last living eyewitness to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. this video
“Last Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination on 'I've Got A Secret' Television Show”
Last Lincoln assassination witness on I've Got A Secret.
"Last Witness to President Abraham Lincoln Assassination on 'I've Got A Secret' Television Show" this video
