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HE SAID THE WATER
WAS COLD THAT NIGHT.
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HE SAID IT WAS LAPPING
OVER HIS LEGS
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WHEN HE FINALLY CAME TO.
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HE SAID HE GOT UP THEN
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AND WALKED BACK
TOWARD THE HOUSE.
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DR. SAM SHEPPARD SAID
A LOT OF THINGS
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ABOUT THAT INFAMOUS NIGHT.
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BUT COULD WE BELIEVE HIM?
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IT WASN'T THAT WE THOUGHT
HE WAS LYING.
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IT WAS JUST
THAT AFTER THAT NIGHT,
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WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE.
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HELLO, THIS IS SAM.
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COME QUICKLY. MARILYN'S DEAD.
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IN THE 1950s, BAY VILLAGE WAS
A SLEEPY SUBURB OF CLEVELAND
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THAT OVERLOOKED
THE WATERS OF LAKE ERIE.
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ALL OF US THAT LIVED THERE
THOUGHT WE'D FOUND
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THE PERFECT PLACE
TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES,
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OUR OWN LITTLE PARADISE.
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EVERYBODY KNEW EACH OTHER.
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IT WAS THIS FANTASY OF LIFE
IN POST-WORLD WAR II AMERICA.
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SO, WHEN ALL THOSE POLICE CARS
PULLED INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
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WE KNEW
THAT SOMETHING TRULY TERRIBLE
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MUST'VE HAPPENED.
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DETECTIVE.
HEY.
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SO, WHAT
DO YOU GOT HERE?
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WELL, WE HAVE A HOMICIDE.
WIFE IS DEAD.
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THAT'S THE HUSBAND?
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SAYS HE WAS ASLEEP
IN ANOTHER ROOM
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WHEN HIS WIFE'S SCREAMS
WOKE HIM UP,
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BUT HE GOT
KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS
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BEFORE HE COULD GET TO HER.
HEAD TRAUMA.
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HIS BROTHER'S TAKING HIM
OVER TO BAY VIEW
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FOR SOME TREATMENT.
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SAM'S BROTHER
CAME TO THIS CRIME SCENE
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AND DETERMINED
THAT SAM WAS INJURED.
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HE NEEDED TO GET
TO BAY VIEW HOSPITAL.
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THAT'S THE SON.
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APPARENTLY,
HE DIDN'T HEAR A THING.
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HEY.
SAY, "HI, GRANDPA."
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SAM AND MARILYN'S LIFE
LOOKED PICTURE-PERFECT.
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THEY WERE THOUGHT OF
FONDLY BY PEOPLE IN BAY VILLAGE.
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THEY JUST SEEMED LIKE
THE EPITOME OF THE HAPPY FAMILY.
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MY GIRLFRIENDS
AND I NICKNAMED SAM
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AND MARILYN THE PRINCE
AND PRINCESS OF BAY VILLAGE.
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THEY WERE HIGH-SCHOOL
SWEETHEARTS,
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AND WHEN MARILYN
WENT OFF TO SKIDMORE,
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THEY WROTE EACH OTHER
EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR
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BEFORE SHE MISSED HIM TOO MUCH
AND MOVED BACK HOME.
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SHE TOOK A JOB
DOING ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
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TO PUT HIM THROUGH MED SCHOOL,
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AND NOW THEY WERE THE CHARMING
DOCTOR AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE.
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WHEN THE POLICE GO UPSTAIRS...
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...THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE.
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THEY SEE MARILYN'S BODY
ON THE BED.
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HER HEAD IS BASHED IN
TO SUCH AN EXTENT,
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THAT YOU
COULDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE HER.
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I COUNTED AT LEAST
35 INDIVIDUAL BLOWS.
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LOOKS LIKE SHE PUT UP
A BIG FIGHT, TOO.
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THERE ARE DEFENSIVE WOUNDS
ON HER HANDS AND FINGERNAILS TORN.
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THERE'S BRUISING ON HER RING
FINGER AROUND THE KNUCKLE.
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ONE OF MARILYN SHEPPARD'S TEETH
WAS BROKEN AWAY.
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IT'S FOUND ON THE BED.
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HER PAJAMA BOTTOMS WERE REMOVED
FROM HER LEFT LEG
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AND FOUND TUCKED
UNDER THE RIGHT LEG,
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AND SUGGESTED THAT IT MAY HAVE
BEEN A SEXUAL ASSAULT.
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NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
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THE ANGER AND THE HATRED
OF THE ACT WAS SO BRUTAL.
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SOMETHING WRONG,
OFFICER?
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S-SHE WAS EXPECTING.
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SHE WAS PREGNANT?
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FOUR MONTHS.
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MARILYN CAME FROM MONEY,
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BUT THAT DON'T
LET THAT FOOL YOU
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INTO THINKING
SHE GREW UP HAPPY.
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HER MOTHER DIED
WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG,
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AND SHE HAD
ONE OF THOSE FATHERS
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WHO DON'T HAVE
THE FAINTEST IDEA
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HOW TO RAISE A DAUGHTER ALONE.
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SO WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED
HER SECOND PREGNANCY,
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I WAS THRILLED FOR HER.
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SHE WAS FINALLY GOING TO HAVE
THE SORT OF FAMILY
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SHE'D ALWAYS WANTED.
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IN THE DEN, THE
INVESTIGATORS SEE DRAWERS OPEN,
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CONTENTS RIFLED THROUGH.
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THERE WAS A PHYSICIAN'S BAG
THAT HAD BEEN DUMPED OVER.
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MORNING, BUBOWSKI.
YOU FIND ANY PRINTS?
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I-I'M NOT FINDING
MUCH OF ANYTHING
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IN THE WAY
OF A CLEAR PRINT.
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THE FINGERPRINT TECHNICIAN
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IS UNABLE TO GET
QUALITY FINGERPRINT LIFTS.
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THE POLICE WONDER
IF SOMEONE CLEANED UP THE HOUSE
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AND WIPED IT DOWN AND REMOVED
ALL THE FINGERPRINTS.
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IT LOOKED LIKE
A STAGED BURGLARY.
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ROBBERS MOVE FAST.
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THEY DUMP DRAWERS.
THEY TRASH THE HOUSE.
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THEY DIDN'T SEE THAT.
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IT'S TOO CAREFUL.
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NONE OF THIS ADDS UP.
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WELL, LET'S
GO TALK TO HIM.
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NOW, SAM HADN'T JUST
BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL,
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HE'D BEEN TAKEN
TO HIS HOSPITAL.
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THE SHEPPARD FAMILY
OWNED BAY VIEW HOSPITAL.
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SAM AND HIS TWO BROTHERS WORKED
THERE ALONGSIDE THEIR FATHER.
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FOR MOST OF US,
GOING TO BAY VIEW
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FELT LIKE BEING TREATED
BY YOUR OWN FAMILY.
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BUT AS FOR THE DETECTIVES,
WELL...
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THE DETECTIVES
ARE HERE TO SEE YOU.
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SEND THEM IN.
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...THIS MEANT THEY WERE PLAYING
ON SAM'S HOME TURF.
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DR. SHEPPARD...
I'M HOMICIDE DETECTIVE SHOTKEY.
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THIS IS MY PARTNER,
DETECTIVE GOREAU.
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OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES.
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THANK YOU.
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WE'RE TERRIBLY SORRY
TO INTRUDE,
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BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'D LIKE
TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.
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MY RECOLLECTION'S A BIT CLOUDED,
BUT I CAN TRY.
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JUST TAKE US
STEP-BY-STEP.
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT?
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WELL, WE HAD FRIENDS DON
AND NANCY AHERN OVER FOR DINNER.
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AFTER DINNER,
WE PUT OUR SON TO BED...
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HEY, IT'S MOVIE NIGHT
AFTER ALL.
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...AND DECIDED TO WATCH A MOVIE
WITH OUR GUESTS.
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I WAS EXHAUSTED
FROM A LONG DAY AT THE HOSPITAL,
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AND I LIED DOWN
ON THE DAYBED.
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**
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SAM!! SAM!!
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SAM!!
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I VAGUELY RECALL HEARING
MARILYN CRY MY NAME,
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AND, IN MY DROWSY STATE,
I FELT STIMULATED TO GO TO HER,
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AND I DID AS SOON
AS I COULD NAVIGATE.
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IT WAS DARK.
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BUT AS I WENT UP THE STAIRS,
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I COULD VAGUELY MAKE OUT
THIS LIGHT OBJECT,
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SILHOUETTE OF A BIPED FORM,
STANDING OVER HER BED.
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A BIPED FORM?
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THAT'S ALL
I CAN VISUALIZE.
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WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
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WELL, I ENTERED THE ROOM,
AND JUST AS SOON AS I DID,
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I WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND
AND RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS.
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SO, YOU'RE SAYING THERE WERE
TWO INTRUDERS IN THE HOUSE --
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ONE THAT YOU SAW IN THE ROOM,
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AND THE OTHER
THAT STRUCK YOU FROM BEHIND?
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I CAN'T BE SURE.
I JUST SAW THE ONE.
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OKAY, GO ON.
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YOU PASSED OUT,
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED?
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WHEN I REGAINED
CONSCIOUSNESS,
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I RECALL SITTING
NEXT TO MARILYN.
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SHE WAS
IN VERY BAD FORM.
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I THEN HEARD NOISES
DOWNSTAIRS.
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I WAS COMPELLED
TO GET THIS PERSON,
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SO I -- I RAN DOWNSTAIRS,
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AND I COULD MAKE OUT THIS DARK
FORM STANDING BESIDE THE WINDOW.
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WITHIN SECONDS,
THIS FORM DASHED OUTSIDE,
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AND I FOLLOWED IT TO THE BEACH.
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I GRAPPLED WITH IT...
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AND I BLACKED OUT.
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I RECALL WAKING UP.
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THE WAVES WERE BREAKING
OVER HALF MY BODY.
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I GOT UP.
I WENT BACK INTO THE HOUSE
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TO CHECK ON MARILYN.
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I COULD FEEL THAT SHE WAS GONE,
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AND I CALLED FOR HELP.
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YOU WERE RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS
A SECOND TIME?
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YES.
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WERE YOU ABLE TO REMEMBER
ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS
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ABOUT THIS INTRUDER?
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CAN YOU DESCRIBE HIM
TO US?
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MY FOGGY RECOLLECTION, I CAN
BARELY VISUALIZE ANY FEATURES.
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BUT HE -- HE
WAS TALLER THAN MYSELF.
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HIS HAIR WAS OF A LARGE,
BUSHY NATURE.
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THEY DON'T BELIEVE
A WORD THAT HE'S SAYING.
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SHE'S JUST BEEN KILLED,
HE'S EXTREMELY COMPOSED.
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HE CLAIMS THAT HE'S BEEN
KNOCKED OUT TWICE,
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BUT HE'S NOT DEAD.
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WHY WOULD A KILLER KILL HIS WIFE
AND THEN LEAVE HIM ALIVE?
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SAM'S ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED
JUST DID NOT ADD UP.
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WHAT'S THE TIME
OF DEATH?
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APPROXIMATELY
3:00 TO 4:45 A.M.
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THAT'S A LONG TIME
BEFORE HE CALLED.
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YES, IT IS.
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MAYBE THAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT
EVERYTHING STARTED TO UNRAVEL.
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WHEN I HEARD HOW LONG
IT TOOK DR. SAM
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TO CALL THE POLICE THAT NIGHT,
I HAD TO WONDER
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MAYBE HE WASN'T THE MAN
WE ALL THOUGHT HE WAS.
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YOU'D THINK THAT A MAN
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WHOSE WIFE
HAS BEEN BLUDGEONED TO DEATH
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IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
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AND THEN BEEN ATTACKED HIMSELF,
WOULD BE A LITTLE CONFUSED.
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WHAT'S THE TIME
OF DEATH?
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SOMETIME BETWEEN
3:00 TO 4:45 A.M.
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AND DR. SAM SEEMED
OUT OF IT, ALL RIGHT.
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THAT'S A LONG TIME
BEFORE HE CALLED.
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YES, IT IS.
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BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING
ABOUT HIS STORY
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THAT JUST DIDN'T
SMELL RIGHT TO THE POLICE.
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THANKS, DOCTOR.
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SO, IT SEEMS WE HAVE A LITTLE
NEW INFORMATION, DOCTOR.
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YOUR WIFE DIED BETWEEN 3:00
AND SOMETIME AFTER 4:00 A.M.
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BUT YOU DIDN'T CALL FOR HELP
UNTIL 5:40 IN THE MORNING.
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YOU WERE ALONE
IN THE HOUSE
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FOR OVER AN HOUR
WITH YOUR DECEASED WIFE.
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WHAT WERE YOU DOING
THAT WHOLE TIME?
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I WAS TRYING
TO GET MY BEARINGS.
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I DIDN'T KNOW
IF I WAS IN A NIGHTMARE
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OR IF I'D SOON AWAKE.
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HOW WAS YOUR MARRIAGE?
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GENTLEMEN, MY MARRIAGE
WAS PERFECTLY FINE.
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ANY FIGHTS LATELY?
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YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED
FOR A FEW YEARS, CORRECT?
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THAT CAN WEAR ON A MAN.
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I DON'T HAVE TIME
FOR THIS LINE OF INQUIRY.
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IF YOU THINK I WAS CAPABLE
OF DOING THAT TO MY WIFE
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WHILE MY SON WAS
IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR,
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HOW DARE YOU COME IN HERE
AND ACCUSE ME.
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THEY THINK THIS IS
A SIGN OF GUILT.
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I AM NOT IN ANY FORM
TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION!
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GENTLEMEN, I'M GONNA NEED
MY BROTHER BACK... NOW.
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THE POLICE ARE UPSET THAT THEIR
INTERVIEW IS BEING CUT SHORT.
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THEY WOULD'VE LIKED MORE TIME
TO TALK TO SAM SHEPPARD
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AND TRY TO BREAK HIM DOWN
AND GET THE CONFESSION
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THAT THEY BELIEVE
HE WAS HOLDING INSIDE.
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WE LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING
YOUR WIFE'S KILLER REAL SOON.
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I BET THEY DID.
224
00:12:56,100 --> 00:13:00,099
BUT IF THE DETECTIVE'S THEORY
WAS CORRECT,
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SAM SHOULD'VE BEEN COVERED
IN SCRAPES AND GASHES,
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YOU KNOW, DEFENSIVE WOUNDS.
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00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,566
BUT WHEN THE REPORT
CAME BACK...
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THERE'S NO SIGNS OF ANY
KIND OF SCRATCHING ON SAM SHEPPARD.
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HE CLEARLY HAD A CONCUSSION.
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HE WAS SENSITIVE TO LIGHT.
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THE SPINAL CORD HAS
SOME COMPRESSION INJURIES
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CAUSED BY SOME BLOW
TO THE BACK OF THE NECK.
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IT SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY
THAT SAM OR MARILYN SHEPPARD
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COULD'VE INFLICTED THESE WOUNDS
ON HIMSELF.
235
00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:40,832
BUT EVERYONE
HAS THEIR LITTLE SECRETS.
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MAYBE SAM WAS JUST
BETTER AT HIDING THEM.
237
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HE'S A DOCTOR, RIGHT?
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HE PROBABLY KNOWS
HOW TO FAKE A CONCUSSION.
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00:13:50,833 --> 00:13:52,566
AND WHEN YOU'RE TRYING
TO DISCOVER WHAT SECRETS
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HAVE BEEN SWEPT UNDER THE RUG,
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IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO CHECK
WITH THE PEOPLE WHO CLEAN THEM.
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THE POLICE ACCESSED
THE HOUSEHOLD CHECKBOOK
243
00:14:02,067 --> 00:14:05,599
AND SEE WHO THEY PAID CHECKS TO.
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DID YOU EVER
SEE THEM FIGHT?
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NO MORE THAN
ANY OTHER MARRIED FOLK.
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ARE YOU SURE
MRS. SHEPPARD
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NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT SAM?
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THEY INTERVIEWED THE BABYSITTER,
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00:14:14,067 --> 00:14:15,566
THEY INTERVIEWED
A WINDOW WASHER,
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AND THEY INTERVIEWED
A HOUSEKEEPER.
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DID YOU EVER HEAR
DR. SHEPPARD
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RAISE HIS VOICE
TO MRS. SHEPPARD?
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HE WAS NEVER AROUND
WHEN I WAS DOING MY WORK.
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THEY HAD ACCESS TO THE HOUSE,
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00:14:26,367 --> 00:14:29,799
BUT NONE OF THEM
TURNED UP ANY LEADS.
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IN A MURDER INVESTIGATION,
AS IN LIFE,
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JUST BECAUSE THE ANSWERS
AREN'T COMING EASILY
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DOESN'T MEAN THEY AREN'T
OUT THERE TO BE FOUND.
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00:14:37,933 --> 00:14:39,832
SO, THAT'S
WHAT THE DETECTIVES DID --
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THEY WENT LOOKING.
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00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:42,966
A MAN TELLS THE DETECTIVES
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00:14:42,967 --> 00:14:46,232
AT 2:30, HE SAW A TALL,
BUSHY-HAIRED MAN
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00:14:46,233 --> 00:14:49,899
WITH A LIGHT SHIRT
OUTSIDE THE SHEPPARD HOUSE.
264
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WHAT TIME
DID YOU SAY IT WAS?
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IT WAS 4:30 IN THE MORNING,
I'M SURE OF THAT.
266
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I SAW A MAN,
SEEMED VERY TALL,
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ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THAT HAIR
STICKING UP.
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00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,066
SHE CLAIMED SEEING A PERSON
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NEAR THE SHEPPARD HOME
WITH BUSHY HAIR.
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THAT MATCHED SAM'S DESCRIPTION
OF THE INTRUDER.
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AND THAT TIME TABLE FITS
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BECAUSE THE TIME OF DEATH
IS ABOUT 4:30 IN THE MORNING.
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THEY COMBED EVERY INCH
OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
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RIGHT DOWN TO THE LAKE.
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IT WAS A GOOD THING, TOO.
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00:15:19,267 --> 00:15:23,599
THE POLICE SEE, DISTINCTLY,
TWO SETS OF FOOTPRINTS.
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IT'S ROUGHLY IN THE AREA
WHERE SAM DESCRIBED HIS STRUGGLE.
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00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:29,633
THIS IS SIGNIFICANT.
279
00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,633
THEY ALSO FIND A GREEN BAG.
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00:15:37,467 --> 00:15:42,566
IN THE BAG, THEY FIND
THE WATCH OF DR. SHEPPARD
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00:15:42,567 --> 00:15:49,532
AND A KEY CHAIN AND SOME OTHER
ITEMS FROM THE HOUSE.
282
00:15:49,533 --> 00:15:52,699
COULD THIS BE SOMETHING
THAT WAS THROWN BY THE KILLER
283
00:15:52,700 --> 00:15:55,699
AS SAM PURSUED HIM
DOWN TO THE BEACH?
284
00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:57,932
A STRANGER LURKING IN THE DARK,
285
00:15:57,933 --> 00:16:00,332
TWO SETS OF FOOTPRINTS
ON THE BEACH,
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DISCARDED VALUABLES
BELONGING TO SAM --
287
00:16:02,667 --> 00:16:05,132
THE CLUES WERE REALLY STARTING
TO STACK UP
288
00:16:05,133 --> 00:16:08,666
IN FAVOR OF DR. SAM'S STORY.
289
00:16:12,267 --> 00:16:14,299
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO START
EATING SOME HOT DOGS.
290
00:16:14,300 --> 00:16:16,066
THEY'RE GETTING BURNED.
291
00:16:18,833 --> 00:16:20,166
NO, NO, NO.
292
00:16:20,167 --> 00:16:22,366
I THINK YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH
OVER THERE.
293
00:16:22,367 --> 00:16:24,432
I THINK
I NEED ANOTHER BEER.
294
00:16:24,433 --> 00:16:26,466
NO. NO.
295
00:16:26,467 --> 00:16:28,666
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
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00:16:28,667 --> 00:16:31,332
THAT'S THE STORY
THAT SHOULD MAKE SENSE, RIGHT?
297
00:16:31,333 --> 00:16:33,499
WE HAD NO REASON
TO SUSPECT OTHERWISE.
298
00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:36,666
SAM AND MARILYN
ALWAYS SEEMED SO IN LOVE.
299
00:16:36,667 --> 00:16:41,099
THE WAY THEY LOOKED AT EACH
OTHER WAS THE STUFF OF MOVIES.
300
00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:43,900
IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN
JUST FOR SHOW, RIGHT?
301
00:16:48,333 --> 00:16:50,232
BUT IF ANY PART
OF IT WAS AN ACT,
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00:16:50,233 --> 00:16:52,299
WE ALL KNOW NANCY AHERN
WOULD KNOW.
303
00:16:52,300 --> 00:16:54,499
IT WASN'T JUST BECAUSE
THE AHERNS HAD SEEN MARILYN
304
00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:55,699
THE NIGHT SHE DIED.
305
00:16:55,700 --> 00:16:59,066
NANCY AND MARILYN
WERE INSEPARABLE.
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00:16:59,067 --> 00:17:00,666
OUR CONDOLENCES,
MA'AM.
307
00:17:00,667 --> 00:17:03,066
DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO MIGHT
WANT TO HURT MRS. SHEPPARD?
308
00:17:03,067 --> 00:17:05,632
NO.
309
00:17:05,633 --> 00:17:07,467
SHE WAS YOUR
BEST FRIEND, RIGHT?
310
00:17:09,500 --> 00:17:11,333
HOW WERE THINGS
IN THEIR MARRIAGE?
311
00:17:16,233 --> 00:17:22,199
WELL... THEY DID FIGHT.
312
00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:23,699
ABOUT WHAT?
313
00:17:23,700 --> 00:17:30,132
WELL... SAM WAS CAUGHT
HAVING SOME...
314
00:17:30,133 --> 00:17:33,067
INDISCRETIONS
WITH THE NURSES.
315
00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:39,399
MARILYN FOUND OUT.
316
00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,566
WHEN SHE CONFRONTED HIM
ABOUT IT,
317
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HE WOULD ABSOLUTELY
BLOW UP AT HER.
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00:17:47,367 --> 00:17:49,599
THIS WAS A BIG BOMB-SHELL.
319
00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,599
WHEN THE POLICE INTERVIEWED SAM,
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00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,599
SAM SAID THERE'S NO TROUBLE
IN THE MARRIAGE.
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00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,666
AND IF HE'S LYING
ABOUT THE AFFAIRS,
322
00:17:58,667 --> 00:18:00,733
THEN WHAT ELSE
IS HE LYING ABOUT?
323
00:18:11,133 --> 00:18:15,199
SAM HAD
A NUMBER OF AFFAIRS.
324
00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,266
SO, THERE WASN'T
JUST ONE INDISCRETION?
325
00:18:18,267 --> 00:18:20,400
IT HAD BEEN GOING ON
FOR YEARS.
326
00:18:24,067 --> 00:18:28,866
SAM EVEN TOLD MARILYN
THAT HE WANTED A DIVORCE.
327
00:18:28,867 --> 00:18:31,066
THAT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR US
BACK THEN.
328
00:18:31,067 --> 00:18:33,499
DIVORCE DIDN'T JUST MEAN
YOUR MARRIAGE WAS OVER,
329
00:18:33,500 --> 00:18:34,966
YOUR WHOLE LIFE WAS.
330
00:18:34,967 --> 00:18:37,066
AT LEAST, THAT'S HOW PEOPLE
THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
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00:18:37,067 --> 00:18:41,399
IN 1954, DIVORCE
WAS A BLACK MARK
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00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,699
ON A FAMILY AS PROMINENT
AS THE SHEPPARD FAMILY.
333
00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:49,799
SHE TELLS THE POLICE NOT
ONLY THAT SAM WANTED A DIVORCE,
334
00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,666
BUT THE FAMILY
TALKED HIM OUT OF IT.
335
00:18:53,667 --> 00:18:55,832
NOW THEY HAVE A MOTIVE.
336
00:18:55,833 --> 00:18:58,132
SAM WANTED TO GET HER
OUT OF THE PICTURE
337
00:18:58,133 --> 00:19:01,499
SO HE CAN HAVE THE LIFE
THAT HE WANTS TO LEAD
338
00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:03,866
WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING
TO GET A DIVORCE.
339
00:19:03,867 --> 00:19:05,132
SO, AT THIS POINT,
340
00:19:05,133 --> 00:19:08,799
THE POLICE HAVE A CRIME SCENE
THAT LOOKS STAGED,
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00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,066
THEY HAVE A MOTIVE FOR SAM
TO GET RID OF MARILYN.
342
00:19:12,067 --> 00:19:13,732
AND THIS STORY ABOUT AN INTRUDER
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00:19:13,733 --> 00:19:17,166
WITH BUSHY HAIR
WHO DIDN'T KILL HIM.
344
00:19:17,167 --> 00:19:22,832
LOOK, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY
THIS MAKES SENSE.
345
00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:24,799
SHEPPARD WAS THE ONLY ONE
WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN
346
00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,332
WHO WAS IN THE HOUSE
THAT NIGHT,
347
00:19:26,333 --> 00:19:28,566
AND WE KNOW HE WANTED
OUT OF HIS MARRIAGE.
348
00:19:28,567 --> 00:19:30,666
THAT'S IT?
THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE?
349
00:19:30,667 --> 00:19:33,766
YOU BUY HIS
"BUSHY-HAIRED BIPED FORM" STORY?
350
00:19:33,767 --> 00:19:35,566
NOT A MATTER OF WHAT I BUY.
351
00:19:35,567 --> 00:19:38,066
THIS IS A WELL-RESPECTED MAN
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
352
00:19:38,067 --> 00:19:40,099
I'M NOT ABOUT TO DROP
A MURDER CHARGE ON HIM
353
00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:41,399
WITHOUT SOME REAL EVIDENCE.
354
00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,766
WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE?
355
00:19:42,767 --> 00:19:44,199
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
TELL ME, ANYTHING.
356
00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,833
THIS CONVERSATION'S OVER.
357
00:19:49,667 --> 00:19:51,432
YOU'D THINK
IN A CASE LIKE THIS ONE,
358
00:19:51,433 --> 00:19:54,299
WITH SO MANY INCONSISTENCIES
AND SO FEW FACTS,
359
00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:55,832
YOU'D WANT TO BE CAREFUL
360
00:19:55,833 --> 00:19:58,632
ABOUT HOW YOU THROW AROUND
INFORMATION, RIGHT?
361
00:19:58,633 --> 00:20:01,532
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING
TO PROVE A POINT,
362
00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:04,800
SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO NUDGE
THINGS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
363
00:20:19,833 --> 00:20:21,032
PRESS ROOM.
364
00:20:21,033 --> 00:20:22,499
I have some information
about Sam Sheppard.
365
00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:23,799
RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
366
00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,899
SOMEONE FROM
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
367
00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:28,232
LEAKS THE INFORMATION
TO THE PRESS.
368
00:20:28,233 --> 00:20:30,266
OKAY.
369
00:20:30,267 --> 00:20:32,366
NO KIDDING.
370
00:20:32,367 --> 00:20:34,099
OKAY, AND WHO --
WHO SAYS THAT?
371
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:36,899
SOME OF THE POLICE
USE THE PRESS
372
00:20:36,900 --> 00:20:38,966
TO MAKE THEIR CASE
TO THE PUBLIC.
373
00:20:38,967 --> 00:20:42,699
GETTING AWAY
WITH MURDER.
374
00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:47,966
THE CLEVELAND PRESS STARTS
TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST SHEPPARD.
375
00:20:47,967 --> 00:20:51,732
WORDS OF HIS AFFAIRS
WERE APPEARING IN NEWSPAPERS.
376
00:20:51,733 --> 00:20:56,032
THREE WEEKS AFTER THE MURDER,
THE PRESS SAYS, "BRING HIM IN.
377
00:20:56,033 --> 00:20:57,532
ARREST SAM SHEPPARD."
378
00:20:57,533 --> 00:21:00,899
**
379
00:21:00,900 --> 00:21:04,366
PUBLIC OPINION IS
TURNING AGAINST SAM.
380
00:21:04,367 --> 00:21:08,267
PEOPLE START TO GATHER
AROUND SAM'S PARENTS' HOUSE.
381
00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:24,266
WITH ALL OF THE
PRESSURE MOUNTING FROM THE PRESS,
382
00:21:24,267 --> 00:21:27,566
THE POLICE CHIEF GIVES IN.
383
00:21:27,567 --> 00:21:29,533
SAM SHEPPARD IS INDICTED.
384
00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:33,900
IT'S A MOB.
385
00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:39,266
HE DRAGS SAM OUT IN HANDCUFFS.
386
00:21:39,267 --> 00:21:43,300
THE CROWD HOLLERS,
"MURDERER! MURDERER!"
387
00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,932
THE TRIAL OF DR. SAM SHEPPARD,
388
00:21:51,933 --> 00:21:53,199
CHARGED WITH THE MURDER
OF HIS WIFE,
389
00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,366
MARILYN SHEPPARD, BEGAN MONDAY.
390
00:21:55,367 --> 00:21:58,532
THE SECOND MEMBER OF THE JURY
WAS SEATED YESTERDAY.
391
00:21:58,533 --> 00:22:02,699
THE TRIAL STARTED
3 OR 4 MONTHS AFTER THE MURDER.
392
00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:04,932
THIS WAS A GREAT STORY.
393
00:22:04,933 --> 00:22:07,066
PEOPLE WERE ADDICTED TO IT.
394
00:22:07,067 --> 00:22:10,066
REPORTERS ARE COMING
IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
395
00:22:10,067 --> 00:22:12,932
THIS HAD ALL THE DRAMA.
396
00:22:12,933 --> 00:22:16,966
THE JURORS WERE GETTING HOUNDED
BY THE MEDIA.
397
00:22:16,967 --> 00:22:19,866
THE COURTROOM IS A CIRCUS.
398
00:22:19,867 --> 00:22:21,366
IN THIS DAY AND AGE,
399
00:22:21,367 --> 00:22:25,866
THE PRESS WOULD NEVER BE ABLE
TO GET ACCESS TO THE JURY.
400
00:22:25,867 --> 00:22:30,799
PEOPLE WERE CLEARLY AGAINST
HIM, THOUGHT HE WAS GUILTY.
401
00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,732
THE PROSECUTION
MAY HAVE THE PRESS
402
00:22:33,733 --> 00:22:35,332
AND THE COMMUNITY ON ITS SIDE,
403
00:22:35,333 --> 00:22:38,233
BUT IT STILL HAS THE OBLIGATION
TO PROVE THE CASE.
404
00:22:52,867 --> 00:22:54,899
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE JURY,
405
00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:59,699
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TRY
THE CASE OF DR. SAM SHEPPARD,
406
00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:02,299
WHO, YOU WILL SEE
IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRIAL,
407
00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:05,566
HAD A HUGE ARGUMENT
WITH HIS WIFE, MARILYN,
408
00:23:05,567 --> 00:23:09,066
OVER HIS EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS.
409
00:23:09,067 --> 00:23:10,466
YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE
410
00:23:10,467 --> 00:23:12,066
THAT YOU'RE IN SURGERY
UNTIL MIDNIGHT?
411
00:23:12,067 --> 00:23:13,432
REALLY?!
412
00:23:13,433 --> 00:23:14,832
CAN'T BELIEVE A WORD
THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
413
00:23:14,833 --> 00:23:16,332
WERE YOU EVEN
AT THE HOSPITAL?
414
00:23:16,333 --> 00:23:18,299
ARE WE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION
RIGHT NOW?
415
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,499
THE PROSECUTION
PORTRAYS SAM SHEPPARD
416
00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:27,266
AS A PHILANDERING HUSBAND
WHO IS TIRED OF HIS MARRIAGE
417
00:23:27,267 --> 00:23:30,900
AND WHO WANTS TO BE FREE
OF HIS WIFE.
418
00:23:37,167 --> 00:23:42,366
THEY ARE ABLE TO PRESENT
TO THE JURY THAT SAM IS ANGRY,
419
00:23:42,367 --> 00:23:44,632
HE'S MOTIVATED TO KILL MARILYN
420
00:23:44,633 --> 00:23:48,733
SO THAT HE CAN GO
AND HAVE THE LIFE THAT HE WANTS.
421
00:23:51,067 --> 00:23:54,533
HE PROCEEDED
TO BEAT HIS WIFE TO DEATH.
422
00:23:56,933 --> 00:23:59,567
AND JURORS JUST EAT IT UP.
423
00:24:02,967 --> 00:24:08,599
IT WAS VERY DISCONCERTING
FOR THE DEFENSE.
424
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,833
YOU SURE YOU WANT UP?
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
425
00:24:13,733 --> 00:24:15,299
EXCUSE ME, YOUR HONOR.
YES?
426
00:24:15,300 --> 00:24:17,533
I'D LIKE TO CALL A WITNESS
UP TO THE STAND.
427
00:24:19,867 --> 00:24:22,067
MY CLIENT,
DR. SAMUEL SHEPPARD.
428
00:24:28,333 --> 00:24:31,466
FINALLY, WE WERE GOING TO
GET THE FULL STORY
429
00:24:31,467 --> 00:24:34,067
STRAIGHT FROM
THE HORSE'S MOUTH.
430
00:24:39,067 --> 00:24:42,432
IT IS THE MOMENT
EVERYONE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR.
431
00:24:42,433 --> 00:24:45,566
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH,
THE WHOLE TRUTH,
432
00:24:45,567 --> 00:24:48,432
AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH,
SO HELP YOU GOD?
433
00:24:48,433 --> 00:24:50,200
I DO.
434
00:24:53,933 --> 00:24:57,066
THE WHOLE TRIAL COMES
DOWN TO WHETHER SAM SHEPPARD
435
00:24:57,067 --> 00:25:00,532
CAN CONVINCE THE JURY
OF HIS INNOCENCE.
436
00:25:00,533 --> 00:25:03,066
DOCTOR,
IN YOUR OWN WORDS,
437
00:25:03,067 --> 00:25:05,332
PLEASE TELL US WHAT HAPPENED
THAT NIGHT.
438
00:25:05,333 --> 00:25:07,466
YES, SIR.
439
00:25:07,467 --> 00:25:10,132
FIRST THING I RECALL WAS BEING
AWAKENED BY THE SOUND
440
00:25:10,133 --> 00:25:11,866
OF MY WIFE'S SCREAMS,
441
00:25:11,867 --> 00:25:15,132
AND IN MY DROWSY STATE,
I FELT STIMULATED TO GO TO HER.
442
00:25:15,133 --> 00:25:19,066
ON TOP OF THE STAIRS,
I COULD VISUALIZE A SILHOUETTE,
443
00:25:19,067 --> 00:25:21,832
WHICH WAS DESCRIBABLE
AS A LIGHT-TOPPED FORM,
444
00:25:21,833 --> 00:25:23,400
A BIPED FORM.
445
00:25:26,433 --> 00:25:28,066
THOSE OF US WHO KNEW SAM
446
00:25:28,067 --> 00:25:30,166
WERE USED TO HIS PECULIAR WAY
OF TALKING.
447
00:25:30,167 --> 00:25:31,899
HE WAS A SMART MAN.
448
00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:34,766
BUT THE PROSECUTOR WENT TO TOWN
WITH IT.
449
00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:39,366
WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY...
LIGHT-TOPPED FORM?
450
00:25:39,367 --> 00:25:41,932
I SAW A LIGHT GARMENT.
451
00:25:41,933 --> 00:25:46,266
IT HAD THE APPEARANCE OF SOMEONE
INSIDE OF IT, SHOULDERS.
452
00:25:46,267 --> 00:25:48,066
WELL, DID IT HAVE A HEAD?
453
00:25:51,067 --> 00:25:53,332
DR. SHEPPARD,
TELL US AGAIN
454
00:25:53,333 --> 00:25:56,899
WHERE YOU WERE HIT
BY THIS... INTRUDER.
455
00:25:56,900 --> 00:25:59,199
IT STRUCK ME FROM BEHIND.
456
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,066
BUT WASN'T THIS THING
IN FRONT OF YOU?
457
00:26:02,067 --> 00:26:03,466
I HAVE A FEELING
THAT IT WAS.
458
00:26:03,467 --> 00:26:05,466
SO, WAS IT POSSIBLE
FOR THIS THING
459
00:26:05,467 --> 00:26:07,532
TO HIT YOU FROM BEHIND?
460
00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:10,932
I WOULD SAY SO.
461
00:26:10,933 --> 00:26:14,099
DR. SHEPPARD
WAS A HORRIBLE WITNESS.
462
00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:15,732
IT WAS A DISASTER.
463
00:26:15,733 --> 00:26:20,467
AFTER 18 BALLOTS,
THE JURY FINALLY REACHES A VERDICT...
464
00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:24,966
...AND THE VERDICT IS GUILTY.
465
00:26:24,967 --> 00:26:28,632
SAM SHEPPARD IS SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON.
466
00:26:28,633 --> 00:26:31,099
BUT THE FAMILY
DID NOT GIVE UP HOPE.
467
00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:34,466
SHEPPARD'S DEFENSE TEAM
APPEALS HIS CONVICTION
468
00:26:34,467 --> 00:26:37,066
ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE DID NOT
GET A FAIR TRIAL.
469
00:26:37,067 --> 00:26:42,832
FOR YEARS, THIS APPEAL
WAS REJECTED BY THE OHIO COURTS.
470
00:26:42,833 --> 00:26:45,066
NOW SHEPPARD
BEGINS HIS LIFE SENTENCE
471
00:26:45,067 --> 00:26:48,166
AS PRISONER NUMBER 98860.
472
00:26:48,167 --> 00:26:51,766
IN 1961, THE SHEPPARD FAMILY
473
00:26:51,767 --> 00:26:55,499
HIRES A YOUNG BOSTON LAWYER,
F. LEE BAILEY.
474
00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:57,366
WE FILED WHAT IS CALLED
A PETITION
475
00:26:57,367 --> 00:26:59,199
FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS,
476
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,432
WHICH ASKED THAT HE BE RELEASED
477
00:27:01,433 --> 00:27:04,432
BECAUSE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS HAD BEEN VIOLATED.
478
00:27:04,433 --> 00:27:07,066
F. LEE BAILEY --
RING A BELL?
479
00:27:07,067 --> 00:27:11,732
THE BOSTON STRANGLER,
PATTY HEARST, O.J. SIMPSON?
480
00:27:11,733 --> 00:27:13,066
YEAH, BUT IT WAS THIS CASE
481
00:27:13,067 --> 00:27:14,699
THAT WOULD PUT BAILEY
ON THE MAP.
482
00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:17,299
FRANCIS BAILEY HADN'T BEEN
A LAWYER FOR MORE THAN A YEAR
483
00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:19,332
BEFORE HE TOOK ON SAM'S CASE.
484
00:27:19,333 --> 00:27:22,399
BUT HE STILL BROUGHT IT ALL
THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT.
485
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,066
F. LEE BAILEY FOUND
THAT DR. SHEPPARD
486
00:27:26,067 --> 00:27:30,832
DID NOT GET A FAIR TRIAL
BECAUSE THE MEDIA ATTENTION
487
00:27:30,833 --> 00:27:34,432
AND PUBLICITY WAS
SO OVER THE TOP.
488
00:27:34,433 --> 00:27:36,299
WHEN THE JURY WAS
BEING SELECTED,
489
00:27:36,300 --> 00:27:39,232
THE PRESS PUBLISHED ALL
OF THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES.
490
00:27:39,233 --> 00:27:43,232
THE JURORS WERE BOMBARDED
BY THE PRESS, AND THE PRESS
491
00:27:43,233 --> 00:27:46,699
HAD ALREADY DECIDED
THAT SAM SHEPPARD WAS GUILTY.
492
00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:51,332
AND THE SUPREME COURT RULES
THAT DR. SHEPPARD
493
00:27:51,333 --> 00:27:54,166
DID NOT RECEIVE A FAIR TRIAL.
494
00:27:54,167 --> 00:27:57,599
IT WAS A PROFOUND
LANDMARK RULING,
495
00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,466
THAT STILL HOLDS UP TODAY
AS TO THE PROPER BALANCE
496
00:28:01,467 --> 00:28:06,166
BETWEEN FREEDOM OF PRESS
AND THE RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED.
497
00:28:06,167 --> 00:28:09,099
WHEN THE SUPREME COURT
REVERSED SAM'S CONVICTION,
498
00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:10,832
WE HOPED THAT WOULD BE
THE END OF IT.
499
00:28:10,833 --> 00:28:14,299
BUT THE STATE OF OHIO WASN'T
GOING TO LET HIM OFF THE HOOK.
500
00:28:14,300 --> 00:28:17,599
IN THEIR EYES, DR. SAM WAS
AS GUILTY AS EVER.
501
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:22,666
SO AFTER 12 YEARS IN JAIL,
SAM HAD TO FACE A SECOND TRIAL.
502
00:28:22,667 --> 00:28:25,767
THE DEFENSE CALLS
DR. PAUL KIRK TO THE STAND.
503
00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:32,332
BUT THIS TIME...
504
00:28:32,333 --> 00:28:34,399
HE HAD A SECRET WEAPON.
505
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,932
WHEN THE PAPERS
SAID A FORENSICS EXPERT
506
00:28:36,933 --> 00:28:38,366
WAS GOING TO TAKE THE STAND,
507
00:28:38,367 --> 00:28:41,466
WELL, WE WEREN'T EVEN SURE
WHAT THE WORD MEANT.
508
00:28:41,467 --> 00:28:44,799
IN 1966, A GUY WHO STUDIED
BLOOD AT A CRIME SCENE
509
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,500
SOUNDED MORE LIKE A SICKO
THAN A SCIENTIST.
510
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:54,699
BUT BACK IN 1955, AS SOON AS
THEY HEARD THAT GUILTY VERDICT,
511
00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:58,299
SAM'S FAMILY KNEW THEY NEEDED
AN EXPERT ON THEIR SIDE.
512
00:28:58,300 --> 00:29:02,399
DR. KIRK WAS REALLY
CONSIDERED AS THE FATHER
513
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,499
OF BLOODSTAIN-PATTERN ANALYSIS.
514
00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:10,832
HE WROTE THE FIRST MAJOR BOOK
ABOUT FORENSIC SCIENCE
515
00:29:10,833 --> 00:29:12,900
AND HOW IT WAS TO BE APPLIED.
516
00:29:19,867 --> 00:29:22,399
DR. KIRK INFORMS THE FAMILY
517
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,366
HIS ONLY LOYALTY
IS TO THE EVIDENCE,
518
00:29:25,367 --> 00:29:26,966
AND THAT SOME OF THIS EVIDENCE
519
00:29:26,967 --> 00:29:32,066
MAY ACTUALLY BE HURTFUL
TO SAM SHEPPARD.
520
00:29:32,067 --> 00:29:35,099
DR. KIRK, CAN YOU
WALK US THROUGH YOUR FINDINGS
521
00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:36,532
AND WHERE YOU FOUND
522
00:29:36,533 --> 00:29:39,499
SIGNIFICANT BLOOD EVIDENCE
IN ANY MANNER?
523
00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:41,266
YES, UM,
ALL FLYING BLOOD
524
00:29:41,267 --> 00:29:45,066
LEAVES A SYMMETRICAL TAIL
INDICATING ITS TRAJECTORY.
525
00:29:45,067 --> 00:29:48,067
**
526
00:29:53,367 --> 00:29:55,799
WHEN THE WEAPON
HITS A BLOODY HEAD,
527
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:59,832
THE BLOOD FLIES OUT
LIKE SPOKES OF A WHEEL.
528
00:29:59,833 --> 00:30:02,132
IN THIS CASE,
RADIATING FROM THE VICTIM'S HEAD
529
00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:03,667
WHERE SHE WAS BEATEN.
530
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:11,099
IN ADDITION, I NOTICED
THAT THERE WAS A VOID,
531
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:15,532
OR AN ABSENCE OF BLOOD
ON A SECTION OF THE EAST WALL,
532
00:30:15,533 --> 00:30:19,733
DELINEATING WHERE THE KILLER WAS
POSITIONED DURING THE ATTACK.
533
00:30:26,533 --> 00:30:30,832
HE CONCLUDES
A PERPETRATOR INTERCEPTS
534
00:30:30,833 --> 00:30:33,699
AND BLOCKS THE BLOOD
COMING FROM HER HEAD,
535
00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:38,499
AND THIS PERPETRATOR
WOULD BE COVERED IN BLOOD.
536
00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:43,766
SAM SHEPPARD DIDN'T
HAVE BLOOD ALL OVER HIM.
537
00:30:43,767 --> 00:30:46,200
WERE THERE ANY OTHER
SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS?
538
00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:54,099
THERE WAS A SPOT OF BLOOD
539
00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:56,832
WHICH LOOKED DIFFERENT
THAN ALL THE OTHER SPATTER.
540
00:30:56,833 --> 00:30:58,866
THIS WAS A LARGE STAIN.
541
00:30:58,867 --> 00:31:02,066
A STAIN THAT SIZE
CANNOT FLY THROUGH THE AIR.
542
00:31:02,067 --> 00:31:05,433
IT HAD TO BE DEPOSITED
IN A VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY.
543
00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:09,899
AND WHAT WERE
YOUR CONCLUSIONS
544
00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:14,266
ABOUT THIS DISTINCT,
LARGER BLOODSTAIN?
545
00:31:14,267 --> 00:31:17,932
WELL, WHEN I EXAMINED
MARILYN SHEPPARD'S BROKEN TEETH,
546
00:31:17,933 --> 00:31:21,166
IT LED ME TO BELIEVE
THAT HER TOOTH WAS BROKEN
547
00:31:21,167 --> 00:31:23,432
WHEN SHE BIT THE ATTACKER,
548
00:31:23,433 --> 00:31:26,466
CAUSING A DEEP INJURY
TO HIS HAND,
549
00:31:26,467 --> 00:31:28,066
AND THAT IT WAS HER ATTACKER
550
00:31:28,067 --> 00:31:31,766
WHO THEN DEPOSITED THE BLOOD
DIRECTLY ONTO THAT LARGER SPOT.
551
00:31:31,767 --> 00:31:34,232
THE INVESTIGATORS
THOUGHT THAT THIS TOOTH
552
00:31:34,233 --> 00:31:36,599
WAS BROKEN FROM A BLOW
INTO THE MOUTH,
553
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:40,332
BUT BY LOOKING AT THE FRACTURE
MARKS, DR. KIRK DETERMINED THAT,
554
00:31:40,333 --> 00:31:44,666
IN FACT, THIS TOOTH WAS BROKEN
FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
555
00:31:44,667 --> 00:31:46,132
AND THROUGH
LAB TESTING,
556
00:31:46,133 --> 00:31:50,199
YOU WERE ABLE TO NARROW DOWN
WHOSE BLOOD THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN?
557
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,067
I WAS.
558
00:31:54,100 --> 00:31:57,399
IT WAS NOT
OF THE SAME BLOOD TYPE
559
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,332
AS THE VICTIM,
MARILYN SHEPPARD,
560
00:32:00,333 --> 00:32:02,532
OR DR. SAM SHEPPARD.
561
00:32:02,533 --> 00:32:05,567
**
562
00:32:12,833 --> 00:32:18,099
DR. KIRK IS REALLY EMPHATIC
THAT THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC PROOF
563
00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:21,432
TO SHOW THAT DR. SHEPPARD
KILLED HIS WIFE.
564
00:32:21,433 --> 00:32:24,599
BUT, IN FACT, THERE WAS
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE INDICATING
565
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:28,666
THAT ANOTHER PERSON HAD ACTUALLY
PERPETRATED THE CRIME.
566
00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:34,633
MR. FOREMAN,
HAVE YOU REACHED A VERDICT?
567
00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:52,332
IN THE CASE OF THE STATE
OF OHIO VERSUS SAM SHEPPARD,
568
00:32:52,333 --> 00:32:55,732
THE JURY FINDS THE DEFENDANT,
SAM SHEPPARD,
569
00:32:55,733 --> 00:32:58,300
NOT GUILTY
OF ALL CHARGES.
570
00:33:08,267 --> 00:33:13,766
BUT, IF IT'S NOT SAM,
WHO KILLED MARILYN SHEPPARD?
571
00:33:13,767 --> 00:33:15,899
YOU KNOW THE SAYING.
572
00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:20,867
SOONER OR LATER,
THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT.
573
00:33:27,067 --> 00:33:30,399
**
574
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:31,732
WHEN YOU'RE LIVING IT,
575
00:33:31,733 --> 00:33:34,699
35 YEARS FEELS LIKE
A LONG TIME.
576
00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:38,199
BUT WHEN AN OLD FRIEND
CALLED ONE DAY IN 1989
577
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,066
TO SAY THERE'D BEEN A BREAK
IN THE SHEPPARD CASE,
578
00:33:41,067 --> 00:33:42,499
THAT FOURTH OF JULY MORNING
579
00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:45,433
CAME FLOODING BACK TO ME
LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
580
00:33:49,133 --> 00:33:53,132
IN 1989, A GUY
BY THE NAME OF RICHARD EBERLING
581
00:33:53,133 --> 00:33:57,732
IS CONVICTED
OF MURDERING AN ELDERLY WOMAN.
582
00:33:57,733 --> 00:33:59,799
RICHARD EBERLING.
583
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,199
BOY, THAT TAKES ME BACK.
584
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,432
HE WAS ONE OF THOSE GUYS
585
00:34:03,433 --> 00:34:06,066
WHO DID ODD JOBS
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
586
00:34:06,067 --> 00:34:07,699
A HANDYMAN OF SORTS.
587
00:34:07,700 --> 00:34:10,966
I THINK THE SHEPPARDS
HAD HIM WASH THEIR WINDOWS.
588
00:34:10,967 --> 00:34:13,232
SO, YOU NEVER SAW ANYTHING
589
00:34:13,233 --> 00:34:15,599
THAT MIGHT INDICATE TROUBLE
IN THE HOUSEHOLD?
590
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,366
NO.
591
00:34:17,367 --> 00:34:21,432
TURNS OUT, THE DETECTIVES HAD
TALKED TO EBERLING BACK IN 1954
592
00:34:21,433 --> 00:34:24,167
WHEN THEY QUESTIONED
THE SHEPPARDS' HOUSEHOLD HELP.
593
00:34:30,233 --> 00:34:32,499
HE ACTUALLY WAS
THE WINDOW WASHER
594
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:36,766
AT THE SHEPPARD HOME
AROUND THE TIME OF THE MURDER.
595
00:34:36,767 --> 00:34:40,166
THEN, 5 YEARS LATER, IN 1959,
596
00:34:40,167 --> 00:34:43,432
AFTER MARILYN WAS DEAD
AND BURIED AND SAM WAS IN JAIL,
597
00:34:43,433 --> 00:34:46,532
THAT SAME RICHARD EBERLING
WAS ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY.
598
00:34:46,533 --> 00:34:49,366
APPARENTLY, HE WAS ONE OF
THOSE CAREER PETTY THIEVES,
599
00:34:49,367 --> 00:34:50,966
AND HE'D FINALLY BEEN CAUGHT.
600
00:34:50,967 --> 00:34:53,132
YOU NEEDED THE MONEY,
MR. EBERLING?
601
00:34:53,133 --> 00:34:58,400
YEAH, I SOLD MOST OF THE GEMS,
BUT NOT MARILYN SHEPPARD'S.
602
00:35:00,433 --> 00:35:03,066
I STILL HAVE
TWO OF HERS.
603
00:35:03,067 --> 00:35:06,766
I-I FOUND THEM
IN HER SISTER'S HOUSE.
604
00:35:06,767 --> 00:35:11,699
HE VOLUNTEERED THAT HE STOLE
TWO OF MARILYN SHEPPARD'S RINGS
605
00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:13,232
AFTER HER DEATH.
606
00:35:13,233 --> 00:35:14,932
THE DETECTIVES ASKED HIM
607
00:35:14,933 --> 00:35:18,066
ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH MARILYN.
608
00:35:18,067 --> 00:35:20,767
MARILYN WAS...
609
00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:27,066
HELLO, MR. EBERLING.
610
00:35:27,067 --> 00:35:29,567
...ALWAYS IMMACULATE.
611
00:35:31,733 --> 00:35:34,399
SHE HAD THAT
MOVIE-STAR LOOK --
612
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,432
TIGHT SHORTS,
LITTLE BLOUSE,
613
00:35:38,433 --> 00:35:42,900
BIT REVEALING, BUT ALWAYS --
ALWAYS CLASSY.
614
00:35:45,333 --> 00:35:48,932
HE DESCRIBED HER
AS SORT OF A VIRGIN TRAMP.
615
00:35:48,933 --> 00:35:51,432
SHE WAS SO CLASSY
AND SUCH A LADY,
616
00:35:51,433 --> 00:35:54,299
AND THEN, IN THE NEXT BREATH,
HE'D TALK ABOUT HOW TIGHT
617
00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:56,633
HER WHITE SHORTS WERE
ON HER BUTT.
618
00:36:00,367 --> 00:36:02,632
THE POLICE THOUGHT THAT,
619
00:36:02,633 --> 00:36:04,732
"MAYBE WE'RE ON
TO SOMEBODY NEW HERE
620
00:36:04,733 --> 00:36:06,799
WHO COULD BE THE MURDERER."
621
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,932
IT'S GUT FEELING. THAT'S HOW
THEY OPERATED BACK THEN.
622
00:36:09,933 --> 00:36:11,399
WHEN YOU'VE GOT A FEELING
623
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,599
THERE'S SOMETHING
LURKING BENEATH THE SURFACE,
624
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,632
WHY NOT THROW IN A LITTLE BAIT,
SEE WHAT BITES?
625
00:36:16,633 --> 00:36:19,067
YOUR BLOOD WAS FOUND
AT THE SHEPPARDS' HOME.
626
00:36:22,233 --> 00:36:25,366
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND
WHY IT MIGHT BE THERE?
627
00:36:25,367 --> 00:36:29,066
I WAS OVER THERE,
CHANGING A WINDOW SCREEN.
628
00:36:29,067 --> 00:36:34,167
HANDLED IT WRONG, IT SLIPPED,
AND "KWCK!" CUT MY HAND OPEN.
629
00:36:36,933 --> 00:36:41,499
RICHARD EBERLING IS ABOUT
6 FEET TALL, ABOUT 180 POUNDS.
630
00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:45,199
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE
SHEPPARD SUSPECT BACK IN 1954
631
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,332
WAS A TALL MAN WITH BUSHY HAIR.
632
00:36:48,333 --> 00:36:53,099
HE FIT THE DESCRIPTION,
EXCEPT HE WAS PREMATURELY BALD.
633
00:36:53,100 --> 00:36:58,632
BUT HE WAS SAID
TO WEAR A TOUPEE.
634
00:36:58,633 --> 00:37:00,466
SO, THE BUSHY-HAIRED MAN
635
00:37:00,467 --> 00:37:04,366
REALLY IS SOMEBODY
WHO RESEMBLES RICHARD EBERLING.
636
00:37:04,367 --> 00:37:06,699
BUT THIS ALL HAPPENED IN 1959,
637
00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:08,532
AND SAM SHEPPARD
HAD BEEN FOUND GUILTY,
638
00:37:08,533 --> 00:37:11,432
SO EVEN THOUGH THE LOCAL POLICE
WANTED TO PURSUE EBERLING,
639
00:37:11,433 --> 00:37:14,633
THE POWERS THAT BE
WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
640
00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:19,699
FINALLY, IN 1989,
641
00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:22,399
AFTER EBERLING
WAS CONVICTED OF A MURDER,
642
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:26,066
THERE WAS THEN AN EFFORT
TO REEXAMINE THE SHEPPARD CASE.
643
00:37:26,067 --> 00:37:29,566
THE DNA TESTING OF
THE SO-CALLED UNIQUE BLOOD SPOT
644
00:37:29,567 --> 00:37:33,433
EXCLUDES 98% OF THE POPULATION.
645
00:37:34,967 --> 00:37:38,866
ONLY 2% COULD'VE
CONTRIBUTED THAT BLOOD.
646
00:37:38,867 --> 00:37:42,067
RICHARD EBERLING
IS AMONG THOSE 2%.
647
00:37:48,067 --> 00:37:50,766
BUT BY THE TIME
THIS ALL CAME TO LIGHT,
648
00:37:50,767 --> 00:37:55,399
SAM SHEPPARD HAD BEEN DEAD
FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
649
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,233
AND THE AUTHORITIES DIDN'T WANT
TO HEAR ONE WORD ABOUT IT.
650
00:38:00,900 --> 00:38:03,732
THEY SAID THE EVIDENCE
WAS PROBABLY CONTAMINATED
651
00:38:03,733 --> 00:38:05,733
AND THEREFORE INCONCLUSIVE.
652
00:38:08,367 --> 00:38:10,233
WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO, ANYWAY?
653
00:38:16,900 --> 00:38:19,466
NO CHARGES ARE BROUGHT
AGAINST RICHARD EBERLING.
654
00:38:19,467 --> 00:38:23,299
HE DIES IN PRISON IN 1998...
655
00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:25,067
AND THAT'S THE END OF IT.
656
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:31,432
I INTERVIEWED RICHARD EBERLING
SEVERAL TIMES.
657
00:38:31,433 --> 00:38:34,200
IN MY OPINION,
HE KILLED MARILYN SHEPPARD.
658
00:38:41,967 --> 00:38:44,499
RICHARD EBERLING,
OBSESSED WITH THE SHEPPARDS,
659
00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:46,300
COMES TO THE HOUSE THAT NIGHT.
660
00:38:49,433 --> 00:38:50,899
DOOR'S UNLOCKED.
661
00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:53,533
NOBODY LOCKED THEIR DOORS
IN BAY VILLAGE.
662
00:38:55,633 --> 00:38:58,699
EBERLING IS ON THE HUNT
FOR SOME RINGS,
663
00:38:58,700 --> 00:39:02,366
SOME INTENSELY PERSONAL ITEMS.
664
00:39:02,367 --> 00:39:04,567
HE'S PUTTING THEM
IN A GREEN BAG.
665
00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:17,367
HE GOES UPSTAIRS
AND SEES MARILYN SHEPPARD.
666
00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:24,300
SHE'S ALONE,
SLEEPING IN THE BED.
667
00:39:33,100 --> 00:39:35,066
SAM? SAM!!
668
00:39:35,067 --> 00:39:36,766
SAM!!
669
00:39:50,967 --> 00:39:53,766
HE'S MAD. HE HAS HIS FLASHLIGHT,
HIS WEAPON,
670
00:39:53,767 --> 00:39:55,767
AND HE'S STARTING TO SWING.
671
00:40:11,267 --> 00:40:14,900
HE HEARS SAM COMING
UP THE STAIRS, KNOCKS SAM DOWN.
672
00:40:28,267 --> 00:40:32,166
SAM CHASES HIM THROUGH
THE HOUSE, DOWN TO THE BEACH.
673
00:40:32,167 --> 00:40:33,400
HEY!
674
00:40:52,267 --> 00:40:54,399
I THINK EBERLING
IS COVERED IN BLOOD,
675
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:58,000
AND HE NEEDS SAM'S T-SHIRT
TO SWAP OUT FOR HIS.
676
00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:06,932
HE RUNS ALONG THE SHORE
OF LAKE ERIE
677
00:41:06,933 --> 00:41:08,700
AND GETS AWAY WITH IT.
678
00:41:12,633 --> 00:41:16,099
THIS IS ONE OF THESE CASES
THAT CONTINUES TO BAFFLE,
679
00:41:16,100 --> 00:41:19,099
FASCINATE, AND STIR CONTROVERSY.
680
00:41:19,100 --> 00:41:22,299
SOME PEOPLE WON'T
LET GO OF THE THEORY
681
00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:25,066
THAT SAM SHEPPARD
KILLED HIS WIFE
682
00:41:25,067 --> 00:41:30,699
BECAUSE THIS STORY STILL HAS
A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
683
00:41:30,700 --> 00:41:33,066
WE FILTER,
THROUGH OUR PERSPECTIVE,
684
00:41:33,067 --> 00:41:34,399
WHAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE
685
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:35,932
AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT
TO BELIEVE.
686
00:41:35,933 --> 00:41:38,232
AND EVEN WITH THE SCIENCE,
687
00:41:38,233 --> 00:41:41,399
PEOPLE WILL NEVER
COME TO AN AGREEMENT
688
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:43,666
ON WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE.
689
00:41:43,667 --> 00:41:46,332
YOU CAN PLAY DETECTIVE
ALL YOU WANT --
690
00:41:46,333 --> 00:41:48,666
DID HE DO IT, OR DIDN'T HE?
691
00:41:48,667 --> 00:41:51,266
I'M NOT SURE
THAT WE'LL EVER KNOW.
692
00:41:51,267 --> 00:41:54,666
AFTER SAM'S RELEASE,
NO ONE WAS EVER CONVICTED,
693
00:41:54,667 --> 00:41:57,132
SO ALL WE'VE REALLY GOT
ARE THE FACTS,
694
00:41:57,133 --> 00:41:59,066
AND THE FACTS ARE THIS --
695
00:41:59,067 --> 00:42:03,299
MARILYN AND SAM SHEPPARD
LOOKED VERY HAPPY TOGETHER.
696
00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:07,432
THEN, IN THE EARLY HOURS
OF JULY 4th, 1954,
697
00:42:07,433 --> 00:42:11,899
MARILYN SHEPPARD WAS BRUTALLY
MURDERED IN HER BED.
698
00:42:11,900 --> 00:42:18,499
THIS CASE LEAVES SO
MANY DAMAGED PEOPLE IN ITS WAKE.
699
00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:22,066
IT TOTALLY DESTROYED A FAMILY.
700
00:42:22,067 --> 00:42:25,532
A 7-YEAR-OLD CHILD LEARNS
THAT HIS MOTHER IS DEAD
701
00:42:25,533 --> 00:42:29,232
AND HIS FATHER
IS ACCUSED OF MURDER.
702
00:42:29,233 --> 00:42:31,799
HE LIVES IN THE SHADOW
OF THIS CASE,
703
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:33,566
AND HE CAN NEVER SHAKE IT.
704
00:42:33,567 --> 00:42:38,732
SAM HIMSELF WAS DEAD
AT 46 YEARS OLD.
705
00:42:38,733 --> 00:42:40,466
THAT'S THE SUM OF IT.
706
00:42:40,467 --> 00:42:41,866
SO, IF WE CAN SAY
707
00:42:41,867 --> 00:42:43,966
THAT WE LEARNED ANYTHING
FROM THIS TRAGEDY,
708
00:42:43,967 --> 00:42:45,699
MAYBE IT'S THIS --
709
00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:50,332
SOME THINGS GET LOST TO TIME
OR TO HISTORY
710
00:42:50,333 --> 00:42:54,832
OR TO THE MESSY, CONFUSING
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIVING.
711
00:42:54,833 --> 00:42:57,066
AND THAT'S JUST HOW LIFE GOES.
712
00:42:57,067 --> 00:43:00,832
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T GET
TO LEARN THE ANSWER
713
00:43:00,833 --> 00:43:02,432
BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS.
714
00:43:02,433 --> 00:43:08,866
* KEEP YOUR LOVE LIGHT SHINING *
715
00:43:08,867 --> 00:43:17,966
* IN THOSE EYES SO BLUE *
716
00:43:17,967 --> 00:43:24,399
* LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART *
717
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:31,733
* I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU *
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