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Who Killed...?

Marilyn Sheppard Press Coverage & F. Lee Bailey Interview

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In the early morning hours of July 4, 1954, Marilyn Sheppard was bludgeoned to death in her bed. Her husband Sam, a prominent Bay Village doctor, maintained that Marilyn was murdered by a bushy-haired intruder. He stood trial and was convicted for his wife’s murder amidst a media storm. Harrison Ford's character in The Fugitive is roughly based on Sam Sheppard. The media frenzy so tainted the case that the United States Supreme Court released him and ordered a retrial in the decision Sheppard v. Maxwell. At the 1966 retrial, Sheppard was acquitted. He died just a few years later. SOURCES: https://famous-trials.com/sam-sheppard/2-sheppard https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/newspaper_coverage/ law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sheppard/sheppardchonology.html https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/sheppard/#browse Cleveland Plain Dealer Cleveland Press Associated Press NY Times https://case.edu/ech/articles/s/sheppard-murder-case https://www.thoughtco.com/the-sam-sheppard-murder-case-972179 http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sheppard/sheppardreports.html https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sam-sheppard-dies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Slow Burn Media and Evergreen Podcast presents Who Killed, a podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.

0:13.0

One more thing before I let you guys go on this case, and that is an interview with Effley Bailey that was conducted in the 1960s while defending Sam

0:23.3

against the media sensation that was his trial.

0:28.4

And again, it's interesting if you are a member of the press or have worked in a job

0:34.4

related to media and see how much the media can actually impact the trial of a certain

0:42.6

individual. And I mean, we've all seen cases such as O.J., Casey Anthony, Scott Peterson,

0:50.0

you name it. There's been a billion media sensational trials. Jody Arias comes to mind.

0:56.7

And again, these are interesting because the press plays a big part in the public perception of

1:03.3

who these individuals are. So take a listen. It's 15 minutes. And again, it's just interesting.

1:09.7

And it's on the boot reporting from the 1960s.

1:13.8

And, again, the audio is a little wonky just because of the fact that it's old, but it's really interesting and enjoy, please.

1:22.8

Yes, but surely you wouldn't say indefinitely, even if it was a trivial offense, would you?

1:29.4

No, there are some offenses on which you can quickly put a limitation.

1:32.1

Perhaps it's a fine.

1:33.5

I say indefinitely as to anyone who may be a danger to society.

1:37.7

These are the people that you're really complaining about.

1:39.9

Yeah, yeah.

1:41.0

So that ideally then, each person would be treated as an individual

1:45.6

And as an individual he would be assigned to the proper kind of reformatory

1:52.0

In effect is what is involved, isn't it?

1:55.2

Yes, and the proper kind of syllabus

1:57.0

Just breaking up rocks for 10 years doesn't really do much for a person And probably does a great deal of damage. It breaks a lot of rocks, too? Yeah, it breaks a lot of rocks, but you can give a lot more efficient service out of a human being if you're going to put them in chains and break rocks. And this is what most of them do, something not much more productive. Well, that I think is completely understandable,

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