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Samuel Holmes Sheppard ( December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American osteopath. He was convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant [1] wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, but the conviction was eventually overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, which cited a "carnival atmosphere" at the trial. Sheppard was acquitted at a retrial in 1966. [2]
Sam Shepard. Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American actor, playwright, author, director and screenwriter whose career spanned half a century. [1] He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director.
Jan 30, 2019 · The first person to find her body was her husband, Dr. Sam Sheppard, whose spotty alibi quickly made him the prime suspect in her murder. A media blitz and public witch-hunt turned Sheppard into a grisly pariah. The court even called the case an absolute “carnival.”
Apr 2, 2014 · Sam Sheppard was an American physician at the center of one of the most sensationalized court cases in modern American history. Updated: Oct 20, 2020. (1923-1970) Who Was Sam Sheppard? In...
Nov 13, 2009 · Sam Sheppard was a doctor who was convicted of killing his pregnant wife in 1954, but later exonerated in 1966. His story was rumored to have inspired the TV series and movie The Fugitive.
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Feb 5, 1997 · An enduring mystery in crime--the 1954 Sam Sheppard murder case that inspired the TV series “The Fugitive”--may have been resolved Tuesday. New DNA testing of 42-year-old evidence from the Ohio...
