44. The Wrongful Conviction of Sam Sheppard

This entire episode is a rollercoaster so BUCKLE UP. Megan decided she wanted to bamboozle Mallory with an April Fool's Day prank, which doesn't seem fair considering we recorded this episode two weeks in advance and Mallory was left with no defense. (Can you guess who is writing up this week's synopsis?) HOWEVER, the prank case is based on a real-life case that we do dive into so stick around for the disturbing details in the 1954 death of Marilyn Sheppard and the wrongful conviction of her husband, neurosurgeon Samuel Sheppard. SOURCES: https://thefugitive.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fugitive_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fugitive_(1993_film) https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-fugitive-1993 https://www.showtimes.com/movies/the-fugitive-16903/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106977/trivia/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87339/13-running-facts-about-fugitive https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64241819/ https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetailpre1989.aspx?caseid=300 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Sheppard https://www.famous-trials.com/sam-sheppard/10-evidence https://fox8.com/news/who-killed-marilyn-sheppard/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/07/28/richard-eberling-dies/d88f0a63-83dd-4185-b2da-8f506ea73a62/https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/590#:~:text=lack%20of%20evidence.-,Dr.,and%201993%20film%2C%20The%20Fugitive.