Game shows were huge in the early days of television, sort of the reality show of the day. "21", "The $64,000 Question", "What's My Line", and maybe the granddaddy of them all, "I've Got A Secret".

On "I've Got A Secret", seemingly everyday people were questioned by a panel of celebrities, all trying to guess "the secret". And on February 9, 1956, 96-year-old Sammy Seymour had a story to end all stories! He was an eyewitness to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln!

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