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Netflix’s Death by Lightning revisits the life, legacy, and tragic assassination of President James Garfield — America’s ...

While the attack isn’t immediately deadly, Garfield suffers from an infection and prodding from doctors to the point of death a few months after the ordeal. Guiteau is sent to prison, and he believes ...

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Creator Mike Makowsky dives into one of America's strangest true stories with Death By Lightning, Netflix’s darkly funny ...

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