2 w. ago Mum hit by lightning says what happens in death is nothing like she imagined

Elizabeth Krohn was struck by a bolt of lightning outside a synagogue in Houston, Texas, in 1988, and she claims she was briefly transported to heaven after her accident

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3 w. ago ‘Most horrific death you could imagine’: the truth behind Netflix’s Death by Lightning

The streamer’s new historical drama looks back on the often forgotten story of US president James Garfield whose progressive political career was cut horribly shortThe descendants of James Garfield, the 20th US president, were proud of his life but rarely spoke of his death. “We knew what had happened, that he was shot in a train station,” says James Garfield III, his great-great-great grandson. “We read about the story in books but, in one way or another, we just glanced over it.”That changed in 2011 with the publication of Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President, a book by Candice Millard that revived interest in Garfield’s unfinished life. Her work has now inspired a Netflix drama, Death by Lightning, starring Michael Shannon as the president and Matthew Macfadyen as the drifter who gunned him down. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Death By Lightning facts from a president's 'real' killer to an unimpressed sex cult

Netflix's new historical series Death By Lightning tells the "wild" true story of the events surrounding the death of America's 20th President James Garfield.

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4 w. ago Death by Lightning: The unbelievable true story of James Garfield’s presidency and assassination

Netflix miniseries stars Michael Shannon and Matthew Macfadyen as President James Garfield and his assassin

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4 w. ago Where was Death By Lightning filmed? Locations for new Netflix drama

Death By Lightning is a four-part historical drama that tells the tale of what led to the 20th President of the United States being assassinated.

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4 w. ago Death By Lightning explains what happened to assassin Charles Guiteau

Death By Lightning has finally dropped on Netflix but how did assassin Charles Guiteau's story end?

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4 w. ago Death By Lightning explains why Charles Guiteau assassinated US President James Garfield

Netflix's Death By Lightning sees the build-up and the aftermath to Charles Guiteau killing America's 20th President James Garfield.

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4 w. ago Death by Lightning review – absolutely nobody plays losers like Matthew Macfadyen

The Succession actor is utterly brilliant in every moment of this punchy historical miniseries. His portrayal of the crank who killed the US president in 1881 takes his mastery to the next level“My name,” says Charles Guiteau (Matthew Macfadyen), the anti-hero of punchy four-part historical miniseries Death by Lightning, “will be known one day all across this country!” Guiteau was, until now, wrong. He tried to insert himself into history by assassinating the US president, James Garfield, in 1881 – but Garfield was only four months into his tenure, so all Guiteau did by shooting him was turn them both into difficult pub quiz answers.Death by Lightning pays careful tribute to Garfield, a quietly extraordinary statesman, but its focus is Guiteau and, if this show is a hit, he might finally get his wish. If so, it’ll be because Charles Guiteau has become a byword for the sort of pitiable crank that Matthew Macfadyen plays better than anyone else on television. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Death by Lightning review – A presidential assassination drama that probably won’t make history

Michael Shannon and Matthew Macfadyen brilliantly play out the fate of a forgotten president in the post-civil war era, but Netflix’s scholarly four-part series struggles to transcend the niche appeal of period political drama

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4 w. ago Netflix Death By Lightning cast from Handmaid's Tale to The Last of Us stars

Death By Lightning follows the true story of America's assassinated 20th President James Garfield and his greatest admirer as well as his killer Charles Guiteau.

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