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  1. Sep 17, 2017 · The osteopath said he wrestled at Cleveland Heights High School and Hanover College in Indiana before perfecting his technique at the Ohio Penitentiary and Marion Correctional Institution, where he claimed to have won six bouts against inmates.

  2. Apr 6, 2024 · Dr Sam Sheppard died on this day in 1970. Sheppard was convicted of the murder of his wife in the 1950s. His story would later inspire the TV show and the movie "The Fugitive" His conviction would...

    • The Sam Sheppard Story
    • Murder of Marilyn Reese Sheppard
    • Circus-Like Media Surrounding The First Trial
    • The Defence
    • The Fate of Sam Sheppard
    • Justice Finally Served
    • The Retrial
    • The Pro Wrestling Career of Sam Sheppard
    • Later Life and Disgrace
    • The Likeliest Suspect in The Murder of Marilyn Reese Sheppard

    Born December 29th, 1923, Sam Sheppard had no idea how much his picture-perfect all-American life would be disrupted by the very same system under the constitution that swore to protect his most basic human rights.

    On July 3rd, 1954, Marilyn Reese and Sam Sheppard spent the night entertaining guests at their lakefront residence in Bay View, Ohio, throwing an independence day party. According to Sheppard, he fell asleep on the day bed in the living room toward the end of the evening as he and his wife watched a movie named “The Strange Holiday.” At this point,...

    The Sam Sheppard murder trial first began on October 18th, 1954. Due to the excessive media circus surrounding the arrest and prosecution, it would live in infamy. No media outlet managed to poison public opinion more than Ohio’s own Cleveland Press. Taking it upon themselves to be Sam Sheppard’s Judge, Jury, and executioner, they would go on to pu...

    Samuel Sheppard would be defended by a lawyer named William Corrigan. He argued that Sam had intensive injuries that resulted from a struggle with an intruder. Corrigan based his argument on a report made by neurosurgeon Charles Elkins. The latter examined Sheppard and foundhe had suffered a cervical concussion, nerve injury, many absent or weak re...

    On December 21st, 1954, after four days of deliberation, a very tainted pool of jurors delivered their verdict of guilty on second-degree murder. Sam Sheppard was sentenced to life in prison. He would only end up serving ten years. On January 7th, 1955, Sam Sheppard was informed while incarcerated that his mother had died. She had ended her life. W...

    Sam Sheppard’s original attorney, William Corrigan, would spend six years fighting for an appeal, but, in the end, his endeavors would all go ignored. On July 30th, 1961, Corrigan, Sheppard’s biggest supporter, would also pass away. Soon, a young lawyer named F. Lee Bailey would take over Sheppard’s council and pick up the fight for an appeal. Bail...

    Jury selection began October 24th, 1966, and opening statements began eight days later. Media interest remained high, but the jury was sequestered this time. Essentially, the same case was presented as the one twelve years earlier. Sheppard’s lawyer aggressively sought to discredit each prosecution witness during cross-examination. When Coroner Sam...

    In the years following his exoneration and release from prison, Sam Sheppard would remarry to the daughter of professional wrestler George Strickland. At the age of 45, Sheppard would debut in August 1969 as “Killer” Sam Sheppard. His notoriety made him a big draw with wrestling crowds. Sheppard’s wrestling career would only last about six months b...

    After release from prison, Sam Sheppard also tried to go back to his initial profession as a doctor by opening a clinic in Gahanna, Ohio. However, he was firmly locked into his alcohol addiction at this point, and his skills as a surgeon had deteriorated. Five days after being granted privileges, he performed a discectomy on a woman and accidentall...

    During the civil trial, plaintiff attorney Terry Gilbert contended that Richard Eberling, an occasional handyman and window washer at the Sheppard home, was the likeliest suspect in the murder of Marilyn Reese Sheppard. Eberling was said to have found Marilyn attractive, and he was remarkably familiar with the layout of the Sheppard home. In 1959, ...

  3. Dr. Sam Sheppard (center), F. Lee Bailey and Ariane Sheppard, 1966. Some time after midnight on July 4, 1954, Marilyn Sheppard was murdered in her Bay Village home. The home overlooked Lake Erie and had beach access. She was pregnant at the time. Her husband was an osteopathic doctor who worked at his family's hospital.

  4. Dr. Sam Sheppard was the same man portrayed in the movie “The Fugitive” — who was accused of murdering his wife.. After a trial ruled that he was not guilty, he was no longer allowed to practice medicine, so he became a wrestler! Sam Sheppard was married (later divorced) the daughter of wrestler George Strickland, who got him into ...

  5. According to Sheppard, he fell asleep on the day bed in the living room toward the end of the evening as he and his wife watched a movie named “The Strange Holiday.”. Sam Sheppard was convicted of murder in 1954. The case was controversial from the start, and his story inspired the popular 1960s TV series "The...

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  7. Jan 30, 2019 · Alchetron Dr. Samuel Sheppard’s mugshot. In the early hours of July 4, 1954, the wife of a respected neurosurgeon was bludgeoned to death. 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 ...

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