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Sheppard’s case provided the loose inspiration
- Sheppard’s case provided the loose inspiration for the hit television show The Fugitive, in which the lead character, Richard Kimble, is falsely accused of killing his wife, escapes from prison and pursues the one-armed man he claimed to have seen fleeing the murder scene.
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Nov 13, 2009 · 1970. Sam Sheppard, the inspiration for “The Fugitive,” dies. On April 6, 1970, Sam Sheppard, a doctor convicted of murdering his pregnant wife in a trial that caused a media frenzy in the 1950s,...
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Mar 9, 2023 · Marilyn Sheppard's murder cost Sam Reese Sheppard both of his parents. But over the years an influx of evidence made one of those losses look avoidable. A media-driven witch hunt enhanced by judicial indifference had possibly put an innocent man behind bars and destroyed his will to live.
Jul 3, 2024 · The Fugitive, both the TV series and movie, is believed to have been inspired by a real crime case, namely the Sam Sheppard murder case. Dr. Sam Sheppard, like the fictional character Dr. Richard Kimble, was wrongly convicted of murdering his wife and later acquitted after spending years in prison.
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Sheppard’s case provided the loose inspiration for the hit television show The Fugitive, in which the lead character, Richard Kimble, is falsely accused of killing his wife, escapes from...
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...
Aug 6, 2018 · It has long been said that the true story behind “The Fugitive,” the Harrison Ford action classic that turns 25 years old today, is very loosely based on the ’50s murder case, conviction and...
The television series The Fugitive and the 1993 film of the same name have been cited as being loosely based on Sheppard's story. This claim has always been denied by their creators. [86] The TV series American Justice produced an episode based on this case titled "The Sam Sheppard Story".
