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 ...
“What we say and do here will be heard in all the states of the Union,” cried white-haired Defense Attorney William J. Corrigan. Day after day, some 50 reporters crowded into a stuffy Cleveland ...
On July 4 at 5:50 a.m.—the exact time may be important—Mayor J. Spencer Houk of Bay Village, a suburb of Cleveland, was awakened by a phone call from his friend, Dr. Samuel Sheppard: “For God’s sake, ...