At the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, site of the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, a gang of bumbling counterfeiters plotted to steal the President’s body. The plot quickly became a ghoulish comedy of errors, largely forgotten in the annals of American history. The Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, the site of the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, was the site of one of the most bizarre Secret Service operations in history. The body of the savior of the Union and one of our greatest presidents had lain peacefully in his coffin since his assassination at Ford’s Theater in Washington eleven years before. But a gang of bumbling counterfeiters from Chicago, believed that Lincoln’s poorly guarded tomb could be a gold mine for them. They plotted to steal the assassinated President’s body and hold it for a cash ransom and a full pardon for one of their imprisoned comrades. Yet this ghoulish plan quickly became a comedy of errors largely forgotten in the annals of American history, in which the body snatchers were arrested and imprisoned—and the primary role of the Secret Service as the agency responsible for the protection of presidential bodies began. Music and FX Credits * Blue Circles by unreal_dm (c) copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/unreal_dm/33850 Ft: CSoul * 12 Etudes in All the Minor Keys, Op.39 – V.(Symphony for Piano Solo) – Marche funebre (Andantino), performed by Luis Sarro, Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. https://musopen.org/music/performer/luis-sarro/ * A Remington 1858 being fully cocked ready to fire. Sony MZ-RH1 + AT822. by fastson, Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. https://freesound.org/people/fastson/sounds/51057/ * Remington gunshot, Sound of a Remington 1858 being cocked and fired. Recorded with AT822 stereo-mic and Sony MZ-RH1, by fastson, Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. https://freesound.org/people/fastson/sounds/50618/ * A cold New Year Steam Event on the Battlefield Line, by konakaboom, Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. https://freesound.org/people/konakaboom/sounds/332413/ * Shop door bell, by 3bagbrew, Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. https://freesound.org/people/3bagbrew/sounds/57743/ * Horse drawn carriage, arrive and stop, by Sirderf, Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. https://freesound.org/people/Sirderf/sounds/333680/ * Printing press, by KMerrel, Licensed under a Creative Commons Sampling License. https://freesound.org/people/KMerrell/sounds/64641/ * The Last Train to Koszalin ft. Kara Square & Javolenus by Doxent Zsigmond (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/doxent/42636 Ft: Kara Square, Javolenus * Waltz in A minor, Op. 34 no. 2, performed by Olga Gurevic, public domain mark 1.0, https://musopen.org/music/performer/olga-gurevich/ * Chanter’s Song by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. a href="http://dig.ccmixter.