On this day, Dec. 21, in 1954, Dr. Sam Sheppard was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, a decision that was later overturned and inspired a television series and movie. Marilyn Sheppard was killed ...

In Hearst’s Los Angeles Herald & Express, the headlines at first called him DR. SAMUEL SHEPPARD. Then the name was shortened to DR. SHEPPARD. By last week it was simply DR. SAM or just SAM. He needed ...

Coroner Gerber questions Sam Sheppard at the Normandy Elementary School inquest. The inquest was held after some finger pointing headlines from local newspapers. Deputy Sheriff James Kilory fiddles ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CLEVELAND– Marilyn Sheppard was four months ...

The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case By James Neff Random House. 414 pp. $25.95 Between the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's infant son in 1932 and the murder of former ...

WALTHAM, Mass.WALTHAM, Mass. — F. Lee Bailey, the celebrity attorney who defended O.J. Simpson, Patricia Hearst and the alleged Boston Strangler, but whose legal career halted when he was disbarred in ...

It was the kind of case hollywood can't get enough of. The way Dr. Sam Sheppard told the story, at about 4 a.m. on July 4, 1954, he heard his pregnant wife, Marilyn, yell "Sam!" from upstairs in their ...

A half-century worth of files from Dr. Sam Sheppard’s celebrated murder case are about to be made public. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason decided to donate the case files and exhibits to ...