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, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." U.S. President James A. Garfield was less than four months into his presidential term when tragedy struck ...

At the beginning of the Netflix limited series “Death by Lightning,” about the rise and fall of President James Garfield in ...

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 ...

Mike Makowsky opens Death by Lightning, a four-part miniseries he wrote and produced, with a chilling line: "This is a true story about two men the world forgot. One was the 20th president of the ...

Interest in the short career and assassination of President James Garfield has been sparked by a popular Netflix series. Cincinnati has a statue of Garfield, erected to memorialize the slain president ...

Mike Makowsky had spent months working on obtaining permission from the government to see the real thing, so perhaps it’s not all that surprising that the new Netflix limited series he’s created, ...

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, ...

The assassinations of US presidents had lasting impacts on American history, shaping political policies, security measures ...

Since the United States’ founding, four sitting presidents have been assassinated and several others have survived attempted ...

Many Americans may not be familiar with James Garfield’s brief presidency, let alone his brutal assassination. But Netflix aims to change that with its new miniseries Death by Lightning, which ...