Ann Marie Ackermann is my guest on this episode, author of the book “Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee”. In 1835, a German mayor is murdered at night as he approaches his own front door. After an extensive investigation, including the first forensic ballistics test in history, the case goes cold until 1871, when it is finally solved in the United States. To make the story even more strange and compelling, the murderer of the mayor ends up dying at the feet of a young Robert E. Lee during a Mexican-American War battle.
More about the author here: https://www.annmarieackermann.com/
