In 1954, Marilyn Shepard was brutally murdered in her Ohio home.

Her husband, Dr. Sam Shepard, claimed a mysterious intruder was to blame,

but prosecutor said it was cold-blooded murder.

What followed was a media circus, a sensational trial,

and a decades-long fight to uncover the truth.

Okay. long fight to uncover the truth. Hey guys, and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring

myself, Mandy, and my dear friend, Melissa.

Hi, Melissa.

Hi, Mandy.

How are you?

I am doing well.

I am settling back into my, I guess I could say, regular

routine. I call it my regular routine when my kids are in school. The school routine, that time of year.

I feel like it's regular. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm, we're in our first week of school here in central

Florida. I know there's still a few weeks before a lot of you go back to

school, especially if you're more north. I know every time I tell my family up in New York that my kids

start school in early August, they're so shocked because they have like another month of summer

vacation still. It's crazy. Well, I went to Target today. I had to get a few things. And I went to the school supply section. My kids actually don't start until Monday. So when this comes out, they will already be in school. But I'm waiting to get like their finalized list. And I realize like, there isn't a whole lot left. So I'm realizing like, oh, yeah, it's still so early to us. But in my my world right now I'm kind of late to the game so

I'm trying not to panic yeah and we'll get things when we get them I mean you know yeah

well it's funny actually that you mentioned that because I have kind of a just a funny relatable

mom moment back to school panic moment sure so my son my youngest son new backpack this year. Well, he didn't really need one. He wanted one because his backpack last year was the kind that has like the handle and wheels, like a, you know, a rolling luggage suitcase. I feel like that's what they need for how many books they have. But so he had one of those. Well, this year, he is in seventh

grade and he's like, I don't want to have the rolling backpack anymore. I want to carry my backpack on my back like all the. I want scoliosis. Yeah. Despite the fact that he literally has a hundred books and they weigh a hundred pounds. But he wanted that. So I was like, okay, we'll get you a backpack buddy. Well, my older son has a backpack that he really likes, and so I just kept saying,

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