MurderUnsolved
The Sam Sheppard Case
Bay Village, Ohio, United StatesJuly 4, 1954
On July 4, 1954, Marilyn Sheppard was bludgeoned to death in her Bay Village, Ohio home. Her husband Dr. Sam Sheppard claimed a "bushy-haired intruder" was responsible. He was convicted, then acquitted in a retrial in 1966. The case inspired the TV show and film "The Fugitive."