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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:16,667 --> 00:00:19,866 HE SAID THE WATER WAS COLD THAT NIGHT. 2 00:00:19,867 --> 00:00:21,799 HE SAID IT WAS LAPPING OVER HIS LEGS 3 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:23,500 WHEN HE FINALLY CAME TO. 4 00:00:26,867 --> 00:00:28,699 HE SAID HE GOT UP THEN 5 00:00:28,700 --> 00:00:30,833 AND WALKED BACK TOWARD THE HOUSE. 6 00:00:48,533 --> 00:00:50,466 DR. SAM SHEPPARD SAID A LOT OF THINGS 7 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:53,299 ABOUT THAT INFAMOUS NIGHT. 8 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:55,267 BUT COULD WE BELIEVE HIM? 9 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:05,266 IT WASN'T THAT WE THOUGHT HE WAS LYING. 10 00:01:05,267 --> 00:01:08,132 IT WAS JUST THAT AFTER THAT NIGHT, 11 00:01:08,133 --> 00:01:10,066 WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE. 12 00:01:10,067 --> 00:01:11,166 HELLO, THIS IS SAM. 13 00:01:11,167 --> 00:01:14,067 COME QUICKLY. MARILYN'S DEAD. 14 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:35,866 IN THE 1950s, BAY VILLAGE WAS A SLEEPY SUBURB OF CLEVELAND 15 00:01:35,867 --> 00:01:39,066 THAT OVERLOOKED THE WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. 16 00:01:39,067 --> 00:01:41,099 ALL OF US THAT LIVED THERE THOUGHT WE'D FOUND 17 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:43,566 THE PERFECT PLACE TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES, 18 00:01:43,567 --> 00:01:45,866 OUR OWN LITTLE PARADISE. 19 00:01:45,867 --> 00:01:47,599 EVERYBODY KNEW EACH OTHER. 20 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:53,567 IT WAS THIS FANTASY OF LIFE IN POST-WORLD WAR II AMERICA. 21 00:01:56,433 --> 00:02:01,066 SO, WHEN ALL THOSE POLICE CARS PULLED INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, 22 00:02:01,067 --> 00:02:03,066 WE KNEW THAT SOMETHING TRULY TERRIBLE 23 00:02:03,067 --> 00:02:04,566 MUST'VE HAPPENED. 24 00:02:04,567 --> 00:02:07,066 DETECTIVE. HEY. 25 00:02:07,067 --> 00:02:08,466 SO, WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE? 26 00:02:08,467 --> 00:02:11,566 WELL, WE HAVE A HOMICIDE. WIFE IS DEAD. 27 00:02:11,567 --> 00:02:12,899 THAT'S THE HUSBAND? 28 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:15,599 SAYS HE WAS ASLEEP IN ANOTHER ROOM 29 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,499 WHEN HIS WIFE'S SCREAMS WOKE HIM UP, 30 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:18,766 BUT HE GOT KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS 31 00:02:18,767 --> 00:02:21,599 BEFORE HE COULD GET TO HER. HEAD TRAUMA. 32 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,332 HIS BROTHER'S TAKING HIM OVER TO BAY VIEW 33 00:02:23,333 --> 00:02:25,499 FOR SOME TREATMENT. 34 00:02:25,500 --> 00:02:28,066 SAM'S BROTHER CAME TO THIS CRIME SCENE 35 00:02:28,067 --> 00:02:30,499 AND DETERMINED THAT SAM WAS INJURED. 36 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:33,799 HE NEEDED TO GET TO BAY VIEW HOSPITAL. 37 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,466 THAT'S THE SON. 38 00:02:35,467 --> 00:02:37,500 APPARENTLY, HE DIDN'T HEAR A THING. 39 00:02:39,733 --> 00:02:42,099 HEY. SAY, "HI, GRANDPA." 40 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:46,599 SAM AND MARILYN'S LIFE LOOKED PICTURE-PERFECT. 41 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:50,432 THEY WERE THOUGHT OF FONDLY BY PEOPLE IN BAY VILLAGE. 42 00:02:50,433 --> 00:02:54,799 THEY JUST SEEMED LIKE THE EPITOME OF THE HAPPY FAMILY. 43 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,799 MY GIRLFRIENDS AND I NICKNAMED SAM 44 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,532 AND MARILYN THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF BAY VILLAGE. 45 00:03:00,533 --> 00:03:02,199 THEY WERE HIGH-SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS, 46 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,566 AND WHEN MARILYN WENT OFF TO SKIDMORE, 47 00:03:04,567 --> 00:03:07,066 THEY WROTE EACH OTHER EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR 48 00:03:07,067 --> 00:03:10,132 BEFORE SHE MISSED HIM TOO MUCH AND MOVED BACK HOME. 49 00:03:10,133 --> 00:03:12,099 SHE TOOK A JOB DOING ADMINISTRATIVE WORK 50 00:03:12,100 --> 00:03:14,166 TO PUT HIM THROUGH MED SCHOOL, 51 00:03:14,167 --> 00:03:17,767 AND NOW THEY WERE THE CHARMING DOCTOR AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE. 52 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:31,067 WHEN THE POLICE GO UPSTAIRS... 53 00:03:32,833 --> 00:03:34,700 ...THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE. 54 00:03:39,133 --> 00:03:43,500 THEY SEE MARILYN'S BODY ON THE BED. 55 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:49,866 HER HEAD IS BASHED IN TO SUCH AN EXTENT, 56 00:03:49,867 --> 00:03:52,832 THAT YOU COULDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE HER. 57 00:03:52,833 --> 00:03:56,799 I COUNTED AT LEAST 35 INDIVIDUAL BLOWS. 58 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,867 LOOKS LIKE SHE PUT UP A BIG FIGHT, TOO. 59 00:04:04,700 --> 00:04:08,499 THERE ARE DEFENSIVE WOUNDS ON HER HANDS AND FINGERNAILS TORN. 60 00:04:08,500 --> 00:04:12,899 THERE'S BRUISING ON HER RING FINGER AROUND THE KNUCKLE. 61 00:04:12,900 --> 00:04:17,066 ONE OF MARILYN SHEPPARD'S TEETH WAS BROKEN AWAY. 62 00:04:17,067 --> 00:04:20,966 IT'S FOUND ON THE BED. 63 00:04:20,967 --> 00:04:24,966 HER PAJAMA BOTTOMS WERE REMOVED FROM HER LEFT LEG 64 00:04:24,967 --> 00:04:27,466 AND FOUND TUCKED UNDER THE RIGHT LEG, 65 00:04:27,467 --> 00:04:31,199 AND SUGGESTED THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN A SEXUAL ASSAULT. 66 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,066 NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 67 00:04:34,067 --> 00:04:39,166 THE ANGER AND THE HATRED OF THE ACT WAS SO BRUTAL. 68 00:04:39,167 --> 00:04:41,699 SOMETHING WRONG, OFFICER? 69 00:04:41,700 --> 00:04:44,100 S-SHE WAS EXPECTING. 70 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:50,132 SHE WAS PREGNANT? 71 00:04:50,133 --> 00:04:51,900 FOUR MONTHS. 72 00:04:56,067 --> 00:04:58,366 MARILYN CAME FROM MONEY, 73 00:04:58,367 --> 00:04:59,666 BUT THAT DON'T LET THAT FOOL YOU 74 00:04:59,667 --> 00:05:01,766 INTO THINKING SHE GREW UP HAPPY. 75 00:05:01,767 --> 00:05:03,232 HER MOTHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, 76 00:05:03,233 --> 00:05:05,066 AND SHE HAD ONE OF THOSE FATHERS 77 00:05:05,067 --> 00:05:06,766 WHO DON'T HAVE THE FAINTEST IDEA 78 00:05:06,767 --> 00:05:08,266 HOW TO RAISE A DAUGHTER ALONE. 79 00:05:08,267 --> 00:05:10,599 SO WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED HER SECOND PREGNANCY, 80 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,666 I WAS THRILLED FOR HER. 81 00:05:12,667 --> 00:05:15,066 SHE WAS FINALLY GOING TO HAVE THE SORT OF FAMILY 82 00:05:15,067 --> 00:05:16,667 SHE'D ALWAYS WANTED. 83 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:27,399 IN THE DEN, THE INVESTIGATORS SEE DRAWERS OPEN, 84 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,766 CONTENTS RIFLED THROUGH. 85 00:05:30,767 --> 00:05:35,600 THERE WAS A PHYSICIAN'S BAG THAT HAD BEEN DUMPED OVER. 86 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,466 MORNING, BUBOWSKI. YOU FIND ANY PRINTS? 87 00:05:40,467 --> 00:05:42,266 I-I'M NOT FINDING MUCH OF ANYTHING 88 00:05:42,267 --> 00:05:43,966 IN THE WAY OF A CLEAR PRINT. 89 00:05:43,967 --> 00:05:45,466 THE FINGERPRINT TECHNICIAN 90 00:05:45,467 --> 00:05:48,832 IS UNABLE TO GET QUALITY FINGERPRINT LIFTS. 91 00:05:48,833 --> 00:05:51,699 THE POLICE WONDER IF SOMEONE CLEANED UP THE HOUSE 92 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:55,766 AND WIPED IT DOWN AND REMOVED ALL THE FINGERPRINTS. 93 00:05:55,767 --> 00:05:57,566 IT LOOKED LIKE A STAGED BURGLARY. 94 00:05:57,567 --> 00:05:58,732 ROBBERS MOVE FAST. 95 00:05:58,733 --> 00:06:01,099 THEY DUMP DRAWERS. THEY TRASH THE HOUSE. 96 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:03,066 THEY DIDN'T SEE THAT. 97 00:06:03,067 --> 00:06:05,532 IT'S TOO CAREFUL. 98 00:06:05,533 --> 00:06:07,666 NONE OF THIS ADDS UP. 99 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:11,133 WELL, LET'S GO TALK TO HIM. 100 00:06:12,733 --> 00:06:15,499 NOW, SAM HADN'T JUST BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, 101 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:17,632 HE'D BEEN TAKEN TO HIS HOSPITAL. 102 00:06:17,633 --> 00:06:20,066 THE SHEPPARD FAMILY OWNED BAY VIEW HOSPITAL. 103 00:06:20,067 --> 00:06:23,632 SAM AND HIS TWO BROTHERS WORKED THERE ALONGSIDE THEIR FATHER. 104 00:06:23,633 --> 00:06:25,499 FOR MOST OF US, GOING TO BAY VIEW 105 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:28,832 FELT LIKE BEING TREATED BY YOUR OWN FAMILY. 106 00:06:28,833 --> 00:06:31,599 BUT AS FOR THE DETECTIVES, WELL... 107 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,066 THE DETECTIVES ARE HERE TO SEE YOU. 108 00:06:34,067 --> 00:06:35,532 SEND THEM IN. 109 00:06:35,533 --> 00:06:38,233 ...THIS MEANT THEY WERE PLAYING ON SAM'S HOME TURF. 110 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:46,299 DR. SHEPPARD... I'M HOMICIDE DETECTIVE SHOTKEY. 111 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:48,266 THIS IS MY PARTNER, DETECTIVE GOREAU. 112 00:06:48,267 --> 00:06:50,166 OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES. 113 00:06:50,167 --> 00:06:51,699 THANK YOU. 114 00:06:51,700 --> 00:06:53,099 WE'RE TERRIBLY SORRY TO INTRUDE, 115 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:55,932 BUT IF YOU DON'T MIND, WE'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS. 116 00:06:55,933 --> 00:07:01,299 MY RECOLLECTION'S A BIT CLOUDED, BUT I CAN TRY. 117 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:03,499 JUST TAKE US STEP-BY-STEP. 118 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:05,232 WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT? 119 00:07:05,233 --> 00:07:11,832 WELL, WE HAD FRIENDS DON AND NANCY AHERN OVER FOR DINNER. 120 00:07:11,833 --> 00:07:15,766 AFTER DINNER, WE PUT OUR SON TO BED... 121 00:07:15,767 --> 00:07:18,799 HEY, IT'S MOVIE NIGHT AFTER ALL. 122 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,500 ...AND DECIDED TO WATCH A MOVIE WITH OUR GUESTS. 123 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:25,399 I WAS EXHAUSTED FROM A LONG DAY AT THE HOSPITAL, 124 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,400 AND I LIED DOWN ON THE DAYBED. 125 00:07:33,267 --> 00:07:37,566 ** 126 00:07:37,567 --> 00:07:39,533 SAM!! SAM!! 127 00:07:39,767 --> 00:07:41,267 SAM!! 128 00:07:43,500 --> 00:07:47,432 I VAGUELY RECALL HEARING MARILYN CRY MY NAME, 129 00:07:47,433 --> 00:07:49,799 AND, IN MY DROWSY STATE, I FELT STIMULATED TO GO TO HER, 130 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,800 AND I DID AS SOON AS I COULD NAVIGATE. 131 00:07:56,267 --> 00:07:57,632 IT WAS DARK. 132 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:07,499 BUT AS I WENT UP THE STAIRS, 133 00:08:07,500 --> 00:08:11,966 I COULD VAGUELY MAKE OUT THIS LIGHT OBJECT, 134 00:08:11,967 --> 00:08:15,267 SILHOUETTE OF A BIPED FORM, STANDING OVER HER BED. 135 00:08:16,933 --> 00:08:19,399 A BIPED FORM? 136 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,067 THAT'S ALL I CAN VISUALIZE. 137 00:08:25,300 --> 00:08:27,066 WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? 138 00:08:29,700 --> 00:08:31,932 WELL, I ENTERED THE ROOM, AND JUST AS SOON AS I DID, 139 00:08:31,933 --> 00:08:36,366 I WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND AND RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. 140 00:08:36,367 --> 00:08:39,366 SO, YOU'RE SAYING THERE WERE TWO INTRUDERS IN THE HOUSE -- 141 00:08:39,367 --> 00:08:40,832 ONE THAT YOU SAW IN THE ROOM, 142 00:08:40,833 --> 00:08:43,632 AND THE OTHER THAT STRUCK YOU FROM BEHIND? 143 00:08:43,633 --> 00:08:45,867 I CAN'T BE SURE. I JUST SAW THE ONE. 144 00:08:48,100 --> 00:08:50,232 OKAY, GO ON. 145 00:08:50,233 --> 00:08:54,132 YOU PASSED OUT, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? 146 00:08:54,133 --> 00:08:57,266 WHEN I REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, 147 00:08:57,267 --> 00:09:00,966 I RECALL SITTING NEXT TO MARILYN. 148 00:09:00,967 --> 00:09:03,532 SHE WAS IN VERY BAD FORM. 149 00:09:03,533 --> 00:09:05,599 I THEN HEARD NOISES DOWNSTAIRS. 150 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,066 I WAS COMPELLED TO GET THIS PERSON, 151 00:09:07,067 --> 00:09:09,066 SO I -- I RAN DOWNSTAIRS, 152 00:09:09,067 --> 00:09:15,067 AND I COULD MAKE OUT THIS DARK FORM STANDING BESIDE THE WINDOW. 153 00:09:16,533 --> 00:09:19,199 WITHIN SECONDS, THIS FORM DASHED OUTSIDE, 154 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,966 AND I FOLLOWED IT TO THE BEACH. 155 00:09:25,167 --> 00:09:28,266 I GRAPPLED WITH IT... 156 00:09:28,267 --> 00:09:30,333 AND I BLACKED OUT. 157 00:09:32,367 --> 00:09:34,166 I RECALL WAKING UP. 158 00:09:34,167 --> 00:09:38,066 THE WAVES WERE BREAKING OVER HALF MY BODY. 159 00:09:38,067 --> 00:09:39,966 I GOT UP. I WENT BACK INTO THE HOUSE 160 00:09:39,967 --> 00:09:42,899 TO CHECK ON MARILYN. 161 00:09:42,900 --> 00:09:45,866 I COULD FEEL THAT SHE WAS GONE, 162 00:09:45,867 --> 00:09:47,632 AND I CALLED FOR HELP. 163 00:09:47,633 --> 00:09:50,832 YOU WERE RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS A SECOND TIME? 164 00:09:50,833 --> 00:09:52,599 YES. 165 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,832 WERE YOU ABLE TO REMEMBER ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS 166 00:09:54,833 --> 00:09:56,066 ABOUT THIS INTRUDER? 167 00:09:56,067 --> 00:09:57,499 CAN YOU DESCRIBE HIM TO US? 168 00:09:57,500 --> 00:10:01,632 MY FOGGY RECOLLECTION, I CAN BARELY VISUALIZE ANY FEATURES. 169 00:10:01,633 --> 00:10:03,432 BUT HE -- HE WAS TALLER THAN MYSELF. 170 00:10:03,433 --> 00:10:06,667 HIS HAIR WAS OF A LARGE, BUSHY NATURE. 171 00:10:08,767 --> 00:10:11,399 THEY DON'T BELIEVE A WORD THAT HE'S SAYING. 172 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,766 SHE'S JUST BEEN KILLED, HE'S EXTREMELY COMPOSED. 173 00:10:14,767 --> 00:10:17,432 HE CLAIMS THAT HE'S BEEN KNOCKED OUT TWICE, 174 00:10:17,433 --> 00:10:18,866 BUT HE'S NOT DEAD. 175 00:10:18,867 --> 00:10:23,766 WHY WOULD A KILLER KILL HIS WIFE AND THEN LEAVE HIM ALIVE? 176 00:10:23,767 --> 00:10:27,233 SAM'S ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED JUST DID NOT ADD UP. 177 00:10:34,733 --> 00:10:36,332 WHAT'S THE TIME OF DEATH? 178 00:10:36,333 --> 00:10:39,999 APPROXIMATELY 3:00 TO 4:45 A.M. 179 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:41,532 THAT'S A LONG TIME BEFORE HE CALLED. 180 00:10:41,533 --> 00:10:43,132 YES, IT IS. 181 00:10:43,133 --> 00:10:45,766 MAYBE THAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT EVERYTHING STARTED TO UNRAVEL. 182 00:10:45,767 --> 00:10:47,832 WHEN I HEARD HOW LONG IT TOOK DR. SAM 183 00:10:47,833 --> 00:10:51,566 TO CALL THE POLICE THAT NIGHT, I HAD TO WONDER 184 00:10:51,567 --> 00:10:55,067 MAYBE HE WASN'T THE MAN WE ALL THOUGHT HE WAS. 185 00:11:03,167 --> 00:11:04,566 YOU'D THINK THAT A MAN 186 00:11:04,567 --> 00:11:06,432 WHOSE WIFE HAS BEEN BLUDGEONED TO DEATH 187 00:11:06,433 --> 00:11:08,732 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, 188 00:11:08,733 --> 00:11:12,166 AND THEN BEEN ATTACKED HIMSELF, WOULD BE A LITTLE CONFUSED. 189 00:11:12,167 --> 00:11:13,532 WHAT'S THE TIME OF DEATH? 190 00:11:13,533 --> 00:11:17,232 SOMETIME BETWEEN 3:00 TO 4:45 A.M. 191 00:11:17,233 --> 00:11:20,466 AND DR. SAM SEEMED OUT OF IT, ALL RIGHT. 192 00:11:20,467 --> 00:11:22,199 THAT'S A LONG TIME BEFORE HE CALLED. 193 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:23,699 YES, IT IS. 194 00:11:23,700 --> 00:11:25,432 BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HIS STORY 195 00:11:25,433 --> 00:11:27,366 THAT JUST DIDN'T SMELL RIGHT TO THE POLICE. 196 00:11:27,367 --> 00:11:29,133 THANKS, DOCTOR. 197 00:11:31,767 --> 00:11:37,599 SO, IT SEEMS WE HAVE A LITTLE NEW INFORMATION, DOCTOR. 198 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,132 YOUR WIFE DIED BETWEEN 3:00 AND SOMETIME AFTER 4:00 A.M. 199 00:11:40,133 --> 00:11:43,299 BUT YOU DIDN'T CALL FOR HELP UNTIL 5:40 IN THE MORNING. 200 00:11:43,300 --> 00:11:44,300 YOU WERE ALONE IN THE HOUSE 201 00:11:44,301 --> 00:11:45,932 FOR OVER AN HOUR WITH YOUR DECEASED WIFE. 202 00:11:45,933 --> 00:11:47,467 WHAT WERE YOU DOING THAT WHOLE TIME? 203 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:53,132 I WAS TRYING TO GET MY BEARINGS. 204 00:11:53,133 --> 00:11:54,766 I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS IN A NIGHTMARE 205 00:11:54,767 --> 00:11:56,166 OR IF I'D SOON AWAKE. 206 00:11:56,167 --> 00:11:57,799 HOW WAS YOUR MARRIAGE? 207 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:02,832 GENTLEMEN, MY MARRIAGE WAS PERFECTLY FINE. 208 00:12:02,833 --> 00:12:04,732 ANY FIGHTS LATELY? 209 00:12:04,733 --> 00:12:07,066 YOU'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR A FEW YEARS, CORRECT? 210 00:12:07,067 --> 00:12:08,432 THAT CAN WEAR ON A MAN. 211 00:12:08,433 --> 00:12:10,066 I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS LINE OF INQUIRY. 212 00:12:10,067 --> 00:12:15,332 IF YOU THINK I WAS CAPABLE OF DOING THAT TO MY WIFE 213 00:12:15,333 --> 00:12:18,266 WHILE MY SON WAS IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, 214 00:12:18,267 --> 00:12:21,132 HOW DARE YOU COME IN HERE AND ACCUSE ME. 215 00:12:21,133 --> 00:12:23,332 THEY THINK THIS IS A SIGN OF GUILT. 216 00:12:23,333 --> 00:12:26,499 I AM NOT IN ANY FORM TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION! 217 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:32,399 GENTLEMEN, I'M GONNA NEED MY BROTHER BACK... NOW. 218 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,832 THE POLICE ARE UPSET THAT THEIR INTERVIEW IS BEING CUT SHORT. 219 00:12:35,833 --> 00:12:38,699 THEY WOULD'VE LIKED MORE TIME TO TALK TO SAM SHEPPARD 220 00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:41,599 AND TRY TO BREAK HIM DOWN AND GET THE CONFESSION 221 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,933 THAT THEY BELIEVE HE WAS HOLDING INSIDE. 222 00:12:46,533 --> 00:12:49,133 WE LOOK FORWARD TO FINDING YOUR WIFE'S KILLER REAL SOON. 223 00:12:51,867 --> 00:12:53,633 I BET THEY DID. 224 00:12:56,100 --> 00:13:00,099 BUT IF THE DETECTIVE'S THEORY WAS CORRECT, 225 00:13:00,100 --> 00:13:03,066 SAM SHOULD'VE BEEN COVERED IN SCRAPES AND GASHES, 226 00:13:03,067 --> 00:13:06,199 YOU KNOW, DEFENSIVE WOUNDS. 227 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,566 BUT WHEN THE REPORT CAME BACK... 228 00:13:09,567 --> 00:13:15,066 THERE'S NO SIGNS OF ANY KIND OF SCRATCHING ON SAM SHEPPARD. 229 00:13:15,067 --> 00:13:18,166 HE CLEARLY HAD A CONCUSSION. 230 00:13:18,167 --> 00:13:21,532 HE WAS SENSITIVE TO LIGHT. 231 00:13:21,533 --> 00:13:25,499 THE SPINAL CORD HAS SOME COMPRESSION INJURIES 232 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:30,066 CAUSED BY SOME BLOW TO THE BACK OF THE NECK. 233 00:13:30,067 --> 00:13:34,599 IT SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY THAT SAM OR MARILYN SHEPPARD 234 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:38,299 COULD'VE INFLICTED THESE WOUNDS ON HIMSELF. 235 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:40,832 BUT EVERYONE HAS THEIR LITTLE SECRETS. 236 00:13:40,833 --> 00:13:43,532 MAYBE SAM WAS JUST BETTER AT HIDING THEM. 237 00:13:43,533 --> 00:13:45,399 HE'S A DOCTOR, RIGHT? 238 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,433 HE PROBABLY KNOWS HOW TO FAKE A CONCUSSION. 239 00:13:50,833 --> 00:13:52,566 AND WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DISCOVER WHAT SECRETS 240 00:13:52,567 --> 00:13:54,699 HAVE BEEN SWEPT UNDER THE RUG, 241 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:59,332 IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO CHECK WITH THE PEOPLE WHO CLEAN THEM. 242 00:13:59,333 --> 00:14:02,066 THE POLICE ACCESSED THE HOUSEHOLD CHECKBOOK 243 00:14:02,067 --> 00:14:05,599 AND SEE WHO THEY PAID CHECKS TO. 244 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,432 DID YOU EVER SEE THEM FIGHT? 245 00:14:07,433 --> 00:14:09,632 NO MORE THAN ANY OTHER MARRIED FOLK. 246 00:14:09,633 --> 00:14:11,366 ARE YOU SURE MRS. SHEPPARD 247 00:14:11,367 --> 00:14:12,832 NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT SAM? 248 00:14:12,833 --> 00:14:14,066 THEY INTERVIEWED THE BABYSITTER, 249 00:14:14,067 --> 00:14:15,566 THEY INTERVIEWED A WINDOW WASHER, 250 00:14:15,567 --> 00:14:17,532 AND THEY INTERVIEWED A HOUSEKEEPER. 251 00:14:17,533 --> 00:14:19,166 DID YOU EVER HEAR DR. SHEPPARD 252 00:14:19,167 --> 00:14:21,766 RAISE HIS VOICE TO MRS. SHEPPARD? 253 00:14:21,767 --> 00:14:24,099 HE WAS NEVER AROUND WHEN I WAS DOING MY WORK. 254 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:26,366 THEY HAD ACCESS TO THE HOUSE, 255 00:14:26,367 --> 00:14:29,799 BUT NONE OF THEM TURNED UP ANY LEADS. 256 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:33,532 IN A MURDER INVESTIGATION, AS IN LIFE, 257 00:14:33,533 --> 00:14:36,066 JUST BECAUSE THE ANSWERS AREN'T COMING EASILY 258 00:14:36,067 --> 00:14:37,932 DOESN'T MEAN THEY AREN'T OUT THERE TO BE FOUND. 259 00:14:37,933 --> 00:14:39,832 SO, THAT'S WHAT THE DETECTIVES DID -- 260 00:14:39,833 --> 00:14:41,399 THEY WENT LOOKING. 261 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:42,966 A MAN TELLS THE DETECTIVES 262 00:14:42,967 --> 00:14:46,232 AT 2:30, HE SAW A TALL, BUSHY-HAIRED MAN 263 00:14:46,233 --> 00:14:49,899 WITH A LIGHT SHIRT OUTSIDE THE SHEPPARD HOUSE. 264 00:14:49,900 --> 00:14:51,199 WHAT TIME DID YOU SAY IT WAS? 265 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,666 IT WAS 4:30 IN THE MORNING, I'M SURE OF THAT. 266 00:14:53,667 --> 00:14:56,066 I SAW A MAN, SEEMED VERY TALL, 267 00:14:56,067 --> 00:14:58,399 ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THAT HAIR STICKING UP. 268 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,066 SHE CLAIMED SEEING A PERSON 269 00:15:01,067 --> 00:15:03,632 NEAR THE SHEPPARD HOME WITH BUSHY HAIR. 270 00:15:03,633 --> 00:15:06,532 THAT MATCHED SAM'S DESCRIPTION OF THE INTRUDER. 271 00:15:06,533 --> 00:15:08,299 AND THAT TIME TABLE FITS 272 00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:11,600 BECAUSE THE TIME OF DEATH IS ABOUT 4:30 IN THE MORNING. 273 00:15:12,833 --> 00:15:15,099 THEY COMBED EVERY INCH OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, 274 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:16,799 RIGHT DOWN TO THE LAKE. 275 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,266 IT WAS A GOOD THING, TOO. 276 00:15:19,267 --> 00:15:23,599 THE POLICE SEE, DISTINCTLY, TWO SETS OF FOOTPRINTS. 277 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:27,899 IT'S ROUGHLY IN THE AREA WHERE SAM DESCRIBED HIS STRUGGLE. 278 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. 280 00:15:37,467 --> 00:15:42,566 IN THE BAG, THEY FIND THE WATCH OF DR. SHEPPARD 281 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, 286 00:16:00,333 --> 00:16:02,666 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, 296 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, 302 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. 306 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 00:17:41,567 --> 00:17:44,100 HE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BLOW UP AT HER. 318 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, 320 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,599 SAM SAID THERE'S NO TROUBLE IN THE MARRIAGE. 321 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. 331 00:18:37,067 --> 00:18:41,399 IN 1954, DIVORCE WAS A BLACK MARK 332 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, 341 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 343 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 * 55185

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