I am going to be honest here, I had no idea how soon into his presidency James Garfield was assassinated, and I for sure didn’t know the name of his assassin. That ignorance is what Death by Lightning ...

Viewers love the historical drama Death by Lightning, which debuted on Netflix last week—enough that they might be keen for more. Adapted from the book Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, ...

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“It was important to me when I was writing the script that it not feel like your grandfather’s period piece,” he told THR.

Death by Lightning was an unexpected project that performed extremely well on Netflix, given its somewhat random subject matter, the exploration of the assassination of James Garfield, and the fact ...

"This is a true story about two men the world forgot," reads the text preceding the first issue of Death by Lightning. "One was the 20th President of the United States. The other shot him." That might ...

This parity between the show’s protagonists was essential for the “Death by Lightning” editing team, which consisted of Joseph Krings and Joe Leonard over the course of production and initial picture ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Netflix‘s new limited series Death By Lightning tells the strange story of one of our lesser known presidents, James A. Garfield (Michael Shannon). Garfield stunned the ...

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“This is a true story about two men the world forgot. One was the 20th president of the United States. The other shot him.” Death by Lightning Series-Finale Recap: A Minor Footnote Lucretia’s closing ...