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Was John Wilkes Booth's Pistol Stolen?

1m | 2014 | TV-PG | CC

The Derringer pistol used by John Wilkes Booth to kill Abraham Lincoln was stolen in the 1960s, but why did the burglars replace it with a replica? Brad Meltzer takes a look in this scene from "Missing Moon Rocks."

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