This week, Lauren and Amanda dive into one of the most infamous cases in US history, which was the (alleged) inspiration for a popular Oscar-winning movie. This roller coaster story catches Lauren completely by surprise!
Sources:
- Famous Trials: “Dr. Sam Sheppard Trials: An Account”
- Case Western Reserve University, Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: “Sheppard Murder Case”
- The National Registry of Exonerations pre-1989 at the University of Michigan Law School: “Samuel Sheppard”
- Engaged Scholarship at Cleveland State University: “The Sam Sheppard Case Timeline: 1954-2002”
- University of Missouri Kansas City Law School: “Did Sam Do It? The Marilyn Sheppard Murder Case: An Analysis of the Evidence”
- University of Missouri Kansas City Law School: “The Trials of Dr. Sam Sheppard: A Chronology”
- Cleveland Historical: “Dr. Sam Sheppard” by Victoria Smith
- History.com, This Day in History: “April 6, 1970: Sam Sheppard, the inspiration for “The Fugitive,” dies” by History.com editors
- PBS NOVA: “Chronology of a Murder”
- Cleveland Magazine: “Dr. Sam’s Last Days” by Diane Tittle
- Crimes of the Centuries podcast: “S2 Ep22: THe Notorious Case Against Dr. Sam Sheppard”
- Medical Murders podcast: “Sam Sheppard Pt. 1” & “Sam Sheppard Pt. 2”
- Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan podcast: “S4 Ep10: Trials and Tribulations: The Dr. Sam Sheppard Story pt. 1” & “S4 Ep11: Justice Delayed. Justice Denied: The Dr. Sam Sheppard Story Part 2”
- BuzzFeed Unsolved True Crime, Season 6, Episode 5: “The Puzzling Case of Marilyn and Sam Sheppard”
- Wikipedia
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