Death by Lightning book author Candice Millard and series creator Mike Makowsky address what really caused President James Garfield's death. Death by Lightning ends with Garfield (Michael Shannon) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Shannon stars as President James Garfield in the Netflix miniseries "Death by Lightning." File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI ...

Netflix's new four-part miniseries dives into the plot to assassinate President James Garfield. Death by Lightning is full of recognizable arrogance, political intrigue and unexpected betrayal. James ...

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 ...

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 ...

Garfield had been shot by Charles Guiteau, a man universally described in the press as “a disappointed office-seeker.” Translation: Guiteau expected a job in the new Garfield administration, and he ...

Mike Makowsky had spent months working on obtaining permission from the government to see the real thing, so perhaps it’s not all that surprising that the new Netflix limited series he’s created, ...

James A. Garfield, a figure relatively unfamiliar to the public, resurfaced in modern memory with "Death by Lightning," a Netflix drama series released this November. It follows Garfield’s presidency ...