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[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]
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Woman: 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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DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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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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Gilbert:
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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Neff: 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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Sargent: SAM AND MARILYN'S LIFE
LOOKED PICTURE-PERFECT.
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Neff:
THEY WERE THOUGHT OF FONDLY BY PEOPLE IN BAY VILLAGE.
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Sargent: 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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Gilbert:
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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Neff:
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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Gilbert: 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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[ SNIFFLES ]
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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Gilbert: 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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Neff:
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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[ THUMPING ]
[ SCREAMING ]
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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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[ THUMPING ]
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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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[ GRUNTING ]
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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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Sargent: 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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Neff: 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.
225
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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.
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00:12:56,100 --> 00:13:00,100
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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BUT WHEN THE REPORT
CAME BACK...
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Sargent:
THERE'S NO SIGNS OF ANY KIND OF SCRATCHING ON SAM SHEPPARD.
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Gilbert:
HE CLEARLY HAD A CONCUSSION.
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Neff:
HE WAS SENSITIVE TO LIGHT.
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Epstein: 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.
241
00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:40,833
BUT EVERYONE
HAS THEIR LITTLE SECRETS.
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MAYBE SAM WAS JUST
BETTER AT HIDING THEM.
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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 --> 00:13:52,567
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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Neff: THE POLICE ACCESSED
THE HOUSEHOLD CHECKBOOK
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00:14:02,067 --> 00:14:05,600
AND SEE WHO THEY PAID CHECKS TO.
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Shotkey: DID YOU EVER
SEE THEM FIGHT?
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NO MORE THAN
ANY OTHER MARRIED FOLK.
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Goreau: ARE YOU SURE
MRS. SHEPPARD
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NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT SAM?
254
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THEY INTERVIEWED THE BABYSITTER,
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00:14:14,067 --> 00:14:15,567
THEY INTERVIEWED
A WINDOW WASHER,
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00:14:15,567 --> 00:14:17,533
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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UH, HE WAS NEVER AROUND
WHEN I WAS DOING MY WORK.
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Sargent:
THEY HAD ACCESS TO THE HOUSE,
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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 --> 00:14:39,833
SO, THAT'S
WHAT THE DETECTIVES DID --
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THEY WENT LOOKING.
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Neff:
A MAN TELLS THE DETECTIVES
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AT 2:30, HE SAW A TALL,
BUSHY-HAIRED MAN
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WITH A LIGHT SHIRT
OUTSIDE THE SHEPPARD HOUSE.
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Goreau: WHAT TIME
DID YOU SAY IT WAS?
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IT WAS 4:30 IN THE MORNING,
I'M SURE OF THAT.
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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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Sargent:
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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00:15:08,300 --> 00:15:11,600
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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THE POLICE SEE, DISTINCTLY,
TWO SETS OF FOOTPRINTS.
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Neff:
IT'S ROUGHLY IN THE AREA WHERE SAM DESCRIBED HIS STRUGGLE.
284
00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:29,633
THIS IS SIGNIFICANT.
285
00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,633
THEY ALSO FIND A GREEN BAG.
286
00:15:37,467 --> 00:15:42,567
Epstein: IN THE BAG, THEY FIND
THE WATCH OF DR. SHEPPARD
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AND A KEY CHAIN AND SOME OTHER
ITEMS FROM THE HOUSE.
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Neff: COULD THIS BE SOMETHING
THAT WAS THROWN BY THE KILLER
289
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AS SAM PURSUED HIM
DOWN TO THE BEACH?
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00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:57,933
A STRANGER LURKING IN THE DARK,
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00:15:57,933 --> 00:16:00,333
TWO SETS OF FOOTPRINTS
ON THE BEACH,
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DISCARDED VALUABLES
BELONGING TO SAM --
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THE CLUES WERE REALLY STARTING
TO STACK UP
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00:16:05,133 --> 00:16:08,667
IN FAVOR OF DR. SAM'S STORY.
295
00:16:08,667 --> 00:16:12,267
[ STATIC, WOMAN SINGING ]
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SOMEBODY NEEDS TO START
EATING SOME HOT DOGS.
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00:16:14,300 --> 00:16:16,067
THEY'RE GETTING BURNED.
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[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
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00:16:18,833 --> 00:16:20,167
NO, NO, NO.
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00:16:20,167 --> 00:16:22,367
I THINK YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH
OVER THERE.
301
00:16:22,367 --> 00:16:24,433
OH. I THINK
I NEED ANOTHER BEER.
302
00:16:24,433 --> 00:16:26,467
[ LAUGHTER ]
NO. NO.
303
00:16:26,467 --> 00:16:28,667
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
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00:16:28,667 --> 00:16:31,333
THAT'S THE STORY
THAT SHOULD MAKE SENSE, RIGHT?
305
00:16:31,333 --> 00:16:33,500
WE HAD NO REASON
TO SUSPECT OTHERWISE.
306
00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:36,667
SAM AND MARILYN
ALWAYS SEEMED SO IN LOVE.
307
00:16:36,667 --> 00:16:41,100
THE WAY THEY LOOKED AT EACH
OTHER WAS THE STUFF OF MOVIES.
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00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:43,900
IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN
JUST FOR SHOW, RIGHT?
309
00:16:48,333 --> 00:16:50,233
BUT IF ANY PART
OF IT WAS AN ACT,
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00:16:50,233 --> 00:16:52,300
WE ALL KNOW NANCY AHERN
WOULD KNOW.
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00:16:52,300 --> 00:16:54,500
IT WASN'T JUST BECAUSE
THE AHERNS HAD SEEN MARILYN
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THE NIGHT SHE DIED.
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00:16:55,700 --> 00:16:59,067
NANCY AND MARILYN
WERE INSEPARABLE.
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00:16:59,067 --> 00:17:00,667
OUR CONDOLENCES,
MA'AM.
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00:17:00,667 --> 00:17:03,067
DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO MIGHT
WANT TO HURT MRS. SHEPPARD?
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00:17:03,067 --> 00:17:05,633
[ Voice breaking ] NO.
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00:17:05,633 --> 00:17:07,467
SHE WAS YOUR
BEST FRIEND, RIGHT?
318
00:17:09,500 --> 00:17:11,333
HOW WERE THINGS
IN THEIR MARRIAGE?
319
00:17:16,233 --> 00:17:22,200
WELL...THEY DID FIGHT.
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00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:23,700
ABOUT WHAT?
321
00:17:23,700 --> 00:17:30,133
WELL...SAM WAS CAUGHT
HAVING SOME...
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00:17:30,133 --> 00:17:33,067
INDISCRETIONS
WITH THE NURSES.
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00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:39,400
MARILYN FOUND OUT.
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WHEN SHE CONFRONTED HIM
ABOUT IT,
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00:17:41,567 --> 00:17:44,100
HE WOULD ABSOLUTELY
BLOW UP AT HER.
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Gilbert:
THIS WAS A BIG BOMB-SHELL.
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Sargent:
WHEN THE POLICE INTERVIEWED SAM,
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SAM SAID THERE'S NO TROUBLE
IN THE MARRIAGE.
329
00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,667
Epstein: AND IF HE'S LYING
ABOUT THE AFFAIRS,
330
00:17:58,667 --> 00:18:00,733
THEN WHAT ELSE
IS HE LYING ABOUT?
331
00:18:11,133 --> 00:18:15,200
SAM HAD
A NUMBER OF AFFAIRS.
332
00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,267
SO, THERE WASN'T
JUST ONE INDISCRETION?
333
00:18:18,267 --> 00:18:20,400
IT HAD BEEN GOING ON
FOR YEARS.
334
00:18:24,067 --> 00:18:28,867
SAM EVEN TOLD MARILYN
THAT HE WANTED A DIVORCE.
335
00:18:28,867 --> 00:18:31,067
THAT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR US
BACK THEN.
336
00:18:31,067 --> 00:18:33,500
DIVORCE DIDN'T JUST MEAN
YOUR MARRIAGE WAS OVER,
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00:18:33,500 --> 00:18:34,967
YOUR WHOLE LIFE WAS.
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00:18:34,967 --> 00:18:37,067
AT LEAST, THAT'S HOW PEOPLE
THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
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00:18:37,067 --> 00:18:41,400
IN 1954, DIVORCE
WAS A BLACK MARK
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00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,700
ON A FAMILY AS PROMINENT
AS THE SHEPPARD FAMILY.
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00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:49,800
Gilbert:
SHE TELLS THE POLICE NOT ONLY THAT SAM WANTED A DIVORCE,
342
00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,667
BUT THE FAMILY
TALKED HIM OUT OF IT.
343
00:18:53,667 --> 00:18:55,833
NOW THEY HAVE A MOTIVE.
344
00:18:55,833 --> 00:18:58,133
Sargent: SAM WANTED TO GET HER
OUT OF THE PICTURE
345
00:18:58,133 --> 00:19:01,500
SO HE CAN HAVE THE LIFE
THAT HE WANTS TO LEAD
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00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:03,867
WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING
TO GET A DIVORCE.
347
00:19:03,867 --> 00:19:05,133
SO, AT THIS POINT,
348
00:19:05,133 --> 00:19:08,800
THE POLICE HAVE A CRIME SCENE
THAT LOOKS STAGED,
349
00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,067
THEY HAVE A MOTIVE FOR SAM
TO GET RID OF MARILYN.
350
00:19:12,067 --> 00:19:13,733
Gilbert:
AND THIS STORY ABOUT AN INTRUDER
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WITH BUSHY HAIR
WHO DIDN'T KILL HIM.
352
00:19:17,167 --> 00:19:22,833
LOOK, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY
THIS MAKES SENSE.
353
00:19:22,833 --> 00:19:24,800
SHEPPARD WAS THE ONLY ONE
WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN
354
00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,333
WHO WAS IN THE HOUSE
THAT NIGHT,
355
00:19:26,333 --> 00:19:28,567
AND WE KNOW HE WANTED
OUT OF HIS MARRIAGE.
356
00:19:28,567 --> 00:19:30,667
THAT'S IT?
THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE?
357
00:19:30,667 --> 00:19:33,767
YOU BUY HIS
"BUSHY-HAIRED BIPED FORM" STORY?
358
00:19:33,767 --> 00:19:35,567
Man:
NOT A MATTER OF WHAT I BUY.
359
00:19:35,567 --> 00:19:38,067
THIS IS A WELL-RESPECTED MAN
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
360
00:19:38,067 --> 00:19:40,100
I'M NOT ABOUT TO DROP
A MURDER CHARGE ON HIM
361
00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:41,400
WITHOUT SOME REAL EVIDENCE.
362
00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:42,767
WHAT EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE?
363
00:19:42,767 --> 00:19:44,200
WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
TELL ME, ANYTHING.
364
00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:45,833
THIS CONVERSATION'S OVER.
365
00:19:49,667 --> 00:19:51,433
YOU'D THINK
IN A CASE LIKE THIS ONE,
366
00:19:51,433 --> 00:19:54,300
WITH SO MANY INCONSISTENCIES
AND SO FEW FACTS,
367
00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:55,833
YOU'D WANT TO BE CAREFUL
368
00:19:55,833 --> 00:19:58,633
ABOUT HOW YOU THROW AROUND
INFORMATION, RIGHT?
369
00:19:58,633 --> 00:20:01,533
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING
TO PROVE A POINT,
370
00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:04,800
SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO NUDGE
THINGS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
371
00:20:16,267 --> 00:20:19,833
[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]
372
00:20:19,833 --> 00:20:21,033
PRESS ROOM.
373
00:20:21,033 --> 00:20:22,500
MAN: I have some information
about Sam Sheppard.
374
00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:23,800
RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
375
00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,900
Gilbert: SOMEONE FROM
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
376
00:20:25,900 --> 00:20:28,233
LEAKS THE INFORMATION
TO THE PRESS.
377
00:20:28,233 --> 00:20:30,267
OKAY.
378
00:20:30,267 --> 00:20:32,367
NO KIDDING.
379
00:20:32,367 --> 00:20:34,100
OKAY, AND WHO --
WHO SAYS THAT?
380
00:20:34,100 --> 00:20:36,900
Sargent: SOME OF THE POLICE
USE THE PRESS
381
00:20:36,900 --> 00:20:38,967
TO MAKE THEIR CASE
TO THE PUBLIC.
382
00:20:38,967 --> 00:20:42,700
GETTING AWAY
WITH MURDER.
383
00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:47,967
Neff: THE CLEVELAND PRESS STARTS
TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST SHEPPARD.
384
00:20:47,967 --> 00:20:51,733
WORDS OF HIS AFFAIRS
WERE APPEARING IN NEWSPAPERS.
385
00:20:51,733 --> 00:20:56,033
THREE WEEKS AFTER THE MURDER,
THE PRESS SAYS, "BRING HIM IN.
386
00:20:56,033 --> 00:20:57,533
ARREST SAM SHEPPARD."
387
00:20:57,533 --> 00:21:00,900
**
388
00:21:00,900 --> 00:21:04,367
Gilbert: PUBLIC OPINION IS
TURNING AGAINST SAM.
389
00:21:04,367 --> 00:21:08,267
Neff: PEOPLE START TO GATHER
AROUND SAM'S PARENTS' HOUSE.
390
00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:24,267
Sargent:
WITH ALL OF THE PRESSURE MOUNTING FROM THE PRESS,
391
00:21:24,267 --> 00:21:27,567
THE POLICE CHIEF GIVES IN.
392
00:21:27,567 --> 00:21:29,533
SAM SHEPPARD IS INDICTED.
393
00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:33,900
Neff: IT'S A MOB.
394
00:21:36,500 --> 00:21:39,267
HE DRAGS SAM OUT IN HANDCUFFS.
395
00:21:39,267 --> 00:21:43,300
THE CROWD HOLLERS,
"MURDERER! MURDERER!"
396
00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,933
Man:
THE TRIAL OF DR. SAM SHEPPARD,
397
00:21:51,933 --> 00:21:53,200
CHARGED WITH THE MURDER
OF HIS WIFE,
398
00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,367
MARILYN SHEPPARD, BEGAN MONDAY.
399
00:21:55,367 --> 00:21:58,533
THE SECOND MEMBER OF THE JURY
WAS SEATED YESTERDAY.
400
00:21:58,533 --> 00:22:02,700
Gilbert: THE TRIAL STARTED
3 OR 4 MONTHS AFTER THE MURDER.
401
00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:04,933
THIS WAS A GREAT STORY.
402
00:22:04,933 --> 00:22:07,067
PEOPLE WERE ADDICTED TO IT.
403
00:22:07,067 --> 00:22:10,067
Neff: REPORTERS ARE COMING
IN FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
404
00:22:10,067 --> 00:22:12,933
Gilbert: THIS HAD ALL THE DRAMA.
405
00:22:12,933 --> 00:22:16,967
THE JURORS WERE GETTING HOUNDED
BY THE MEDIA.
406
00:22:16,967 --> 00:22:19,867
THE COURTROOM IS A CIRCUS.
407
00:22:19,867 --> 00:22:21,367
IN THIS DAY AND AGE,
408
00:22:21,367 --> 00:22:25,867
THE PRESS WOULD NEVER BE ABLE
TO GET ACCESS TO THE JURY.
409
00:22:25,867 --> 00:22:30,800
Epstein:
PEOPLE WERE CLEARLY AGAINST HIM, THOUGHT HE WAS GUILTY.
410
00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,733
Sargent: THE PROSECUTION
MAY HAVE THE PRESS
411
00:22:33,733 --> 00:22:35,333
AND THE COMMUNITY ON ITS SIDE,
412
00:22:35,333 --> 00:22:38,233
BUT IT STILL HAS THE OBLIGATION
TO PROVE THE CASE.
413
00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:49,100
[ GAVEL BANGS ]
414
00:22:52,867 --> 00:22:54,900
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
OF THE JURY,
415
00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:59,700
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TRY
THE CASE OF DR. SAM SHEPPARD,
416
00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:02,300
WHO, YOU WILL SEE
IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRIAL,
417
00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:05,567
HAD A HUGE ARGUMENT
WITH HIS WIFE, MARILYN,
418
00:23:05,567 --> 00:23:09,067
OVER HIS EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS.
419
00:23:09,067 --> 00:23:10,467
Marilyn:
YOU EXPECT ME TO BELIEVE
420
00:23:10,467 --> 00:23:12,067
THAT YOU'RE IN SURGERY
UNTIL MIDNIGHT?
421
00:23:12,067 --> 00:23:13,433
REALLY?!
422
00:23:13,433 --> 00:23:14,833
CAN'T BELIEVE A WORD
THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.
423
00:23:14,833 --> 00:23:16,333
WERE YOU EVEN
AT THE HOSPITAL?
424
00:23:16,333 --> 00:23:18,300
ARE WE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION
RIGHT NOW?
425
00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:19,800
[ SNIFFLES ]
426
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,500
Sargent: THE PROSECUTION
PORTRAYS SAM SHEPPARD
427
00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:27,267
AS A PHILANDERING HUSBAND
WHO IS TIRED OF HIS MARRIAGE
428
00:23:27,267 --> 00:23:30,900
AND WHO WANTS TO BE FREE
OF HIS WIFE.
429
00:23:37,167 --> 00:23:42,367
THEY ARE ABLE TO PRESENT
TO THE JURY THAT SAM IS ANGRY,
430
00:23:42,367 --> 00:23:44,633
HE'S MOTIVATED TO KILL MARILYN
431
00:23:44,633 --> 00:23:48,733
SO THAT HE CAN GO
AND HAVE THE LIFE THAT HE WANTS.
432
00:23:51,067 --> 00:23:54,533
HE PROCEEDED
TO BEAT HIS WIFE TO DEATH.
433
00:23:56,933 --> 00:23:59,567
Sargent:
AND JURORS JUST EAT IT UP.
434
00:24:02,967 --> 00:24:08,600
IT WAS VERY DISCONCERTING
FOR THE DEFENSE.
435
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:10,833
YOU SURE YOU WANT UP?
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
436
00:24:13,733 --> 00:24:15,300
EXCUSE ME, YOUR HONOR.
YES?
437
00:24:15,300 --> 00:24:17,533
I'D LIKE TO CALL A WITNESS
UP TO THE STAND.
438
00:24:19,867 --> 00:24:22,067
MY CLIENT,
DR. SAMUEL SHEPPARD.
439
00:24:28,333 --> 00:24:31,467
Woman: FINALLY, WE WERE GOING TO
GET THE FULL STORY
440
00:24:31,467 --> 00:24:34,067
STRAIGHT FROM
THE HORSE'S MOUTH.
441
00:24:39,067 --> 00:24:42,433
Sargent: IT IS THE MOMENT
EVERYONE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR.
442
00:24:42,433 --> 00:24:45,567
DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH,
THE WHOLE TRUTH,
443
00:24:45,567 --> 00:24:48,433
AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH,
SO HELP YOU GOD?
444
00:24:48,433 --> 00:24:50,200
I DO.
445
00:24:53,933 --> 00:24:57,067
Gilbert: THE WHOLE TRIAL COMES
DOWN TO WHETHER SAM SHEPPARD
446
00:24:57,067 --> 00:25:00,533
CAN CONVINCE THE JURY
OF HIS INNOCENCE.
447
00:25:00,533 --> 00:25:03,067
DOCTOR,
IN YOUR OWN WORDS,
448
00:25:03,067 --> 00:25:05,333
PLEASE TELL US WHAT HAPPENED
THAT NIGHT.
449
00:25:05,333 --> 00:25:07,467
YES, SIR.
450
00:25:07,467 --> 00:25:10,133
FIRST THING I RECALL WAS BEING
AWAKENED BY THE SOUND
451
00:25:10,133 --> 00:25:11,867
OF MY WIFE'S SCREAMS,
452
00:25:11,867 --> 00:25:15,133
AND IN MY DROWSY STATE,
I FELT STIMULATED TO GO TO HER.
453
00:25:15,133 --> 00:25:19,067
ON TOP OF THE STAIRS,
I COULD VISUALIZE A SILHOUETTE,
454
00:25:19,067 --> 00:25:21,833
WHICH WAS DESCRIBABLE
AS A LIGHT-TOPPED FORM,
455
00:25:21,833 --> 00:25:23,400
A BIPED FORM.
456
00:25:26,433 --> 00:25:28,067
THOSE OF US WHO KNEW SAM
457
00:25:28,067 --> 00:25:30,167
WERE USED TO HIS PECULIAR WAY
OF TALKING.
458
00:25:30,167 --> 00:25:31,900
HE WAS A SMART MAN.
459
00:25:31,900 --> 00:25:34,767
BUT THE PROSECUTOR WENT TO TOWN
WITH IT.
460
00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:39,367
WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY...
LIGHT-TOPPED FORM?
461
00:25:39,367 --> 00:25:41,933
I SAW A LIGHT GARMENT.
462
00:25:41,933 --> 00:25:46,267
IT HAD THE APPEARANCE OF SOMEONE
INSIDE OF IT, SHOULDERS.
463
00:25:46,267 --> 00:25:48,067
[ Chuckling ]
WELL, DID IT HAVE A HEAD?
464
00:25:48,067 --> 00:25:49,767
[ LAUGHTER ]
465
00:25:49,767 --> 00:25:51,067
[ GAVEL BANGS ]
466
00:25:51,067 --> 00:25:53,333
UH, DR. SHEPPARD,
TELL US AGAIN
467
00:25:53,333 --> 00:25:56,900
WHERE YOU WERE HIT
BY THIS...INTRUDER.
468
00:25:56,900 --> 00:25:59,200
IT STRUCK ME FROM BEHIND.
469
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,067
BUT WASN'T THIS THING
IN FRONT OF YOU?
470
00:26:02,067 --> 00:26:03,467
I HAVE A FEELING
THAT IT WAS.
471
00:26:03,467 --> 00:26:05,467
SO, WAS IT POSSIBLE
FOR THIS THING
472
00:26:05,467 --> 00:26:07,533
TO HIT YOU FROM BEHIND?
473
00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:10,933
I WOULD SAY SO.
474
00:26:10,933 --> 00:26:14,100
DR. SHEPPARD
WAS A HORRIBLE WITNESS.
475
00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:15,733
IT WAS A DISASTER.
476
00:26:15,733 --> 00:26:20,467
Sargent:
AFTER 18 BALLOTS, THE JURY FINALLY REACHES A VERDICT...
477
00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:24,967
...AND THE VERDICT IS GUILTY.
478
00:26:24,967 --> 00:26:28,633
SAM SHEPPARD IS SENTENCED
TO LIFE IN PRISON.
479
00:26:28,633 --> 00:26:31,100
Gilbert: BUT THE FAMILY
DID NOT GIVE UP HOPE.
480
00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:34,467
Sargent: SHEPPARD'S DEFENSE TEAM
APPEALS HIS CONVICTION
481
00:26:34,467 --> 00:26:37,067
ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE DID NOT
GET A FAIR TRIAL.
482
00:26:37,067 --> 00:26:42,833
Gilbert: FOR YEARS, THIS APPEAL
WAS REJECTED BY THE OHIO COURTS.
483
00:26:42,833 --> 00:26:45,067
Man: NOW SHEPPARD
BEGINS HIS LIFE SENTENCE
484
00:26:45,067 --> 00:26:48,167
AS PRISONER NUMBER 98860.
485
00:26:48,167 --> 00:26:51,767
IN 1961, THE SHEPPARD FAMILY
486
00:26:51,767 --> 00:26:55,500
HIRES A YOUNG BOSTON LAWYER,
F. LEE BAILEY.
487
00:26:55,500 --> 00:26:57,367
WE FILED WHAT IS CALLED
A PETITION
488
00:26:57,367 --> 00:26:59,200
FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS,
489
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,433
WHICH ASKED THAT HE BE RELEASED
490
00:27:01,433 --> 00:27:04,433
BECAUSE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS HAD BEEN VIOLATED.
491
00:27:04,433 --> 00:27:07,067
Woman: F. LEE BAILEY --
RING A BELL?
492
00:27:07,067 --> 00:27:11,733
THE BOSTON STRANGLER,
PATTY HEARST, O.J. SIMPSON?
493
00:27:11,733 --> 00:27:13,067
YEAH, BUT IT WAS THIS CASE
494
00:27:13,067 --> 00:27:14,700
THAT WOULD PUT BAILEY
ON THE MAP.
495
00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:17,300
FRANCIS BAILEY HADN'T BEEN
A LAWYER FOR MORE THAN A YEAR
496
00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:19,333
BEFORE HE TOOK ON SAM'S CASE.
497
00:27:19,333 --> 00:27:22,400
BUT HE STILL BROUGHT IT ALL
THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT.
498
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,067
Gilbert: F. LEE BAILEY FOUND
THAT DR. SHEPPARD
499
00:27:26,067 --> 00:27:30,833
DID NOT GET A FAIR TRIAL
BECAUSE THE MEDIA ATTENTION
500
00:27:30,833 --> 00:27:34,433
AND PUBLICITY WAS
SO OVER THE TOP.
501
00:27:34,433 --> 00:27:36,300
Sargent: WHEN THE JURY WAS
BEING SELECTED,
502
00:27:36,300 --> 00:27:39,233
THE PRESS PUBLISHED ALL
OF THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES.
503
00:27:39,233 --> 00:27:43,233
THE JURORS WERE BOMBARDED
BY THE PRESS, AND THE PRESS
504
00:27:43,233 --> 00:27:46,700
HAD ALREADY DECIDED
THAT SAM SHEPPARD WAS GUILTY.
505
00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:51,333
AND THE SUPREME COURT RULES
THAT DR. SHEPPARD
506
00:27:51,333 --> 00:27:54,167
DID NOT RECEIVE A FAIR TRIAL.
507
00:27:54,167 --> 00:27:57,600
IT WAS A PROFOUND
LANDMARK RULING,
508
00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,467
THAT STILL HOLDS UP TODAY
AS TO THE PROPER BALANCE
509
00:28:01,467 --> 00:28:06,167
BETWEEN FREEDOM OF PRESS
AND THE RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED.
510
00:28:06,167 --> 00:28:09,100
WHEN THE SUPREME COURT
REVERSED SAM'S CONVICTION,
511
00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:10,833
WE HOPED THAT WOULD BE
THE END OF IT.
512
00:28:10,833 --> 00:28:14,300
BUT THE STATE OF OHIO WASN'T
GOING TO LET HIM OFF THE HOOK.
513
00:28:14,300 --> 00:28:17,600
IN THEIR EYES, DR. SAM WAS
AS GUILTY AS EVER.
514
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:22,667
SO AFTER 12 YEARS IN JAIL,
SAM HAD TO FACE A SECOND TRIAL.
515
00:28:22,667 --> 00:28:25,767
THE DEFENSE CALLS
DR. PAUL KIRK TO THE STAND.
516
00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:32,333
BUT THIS TIME...
517
00:28:32,333 --> 00:28:34,400
HE HAD A SECRET WEAPON.
518
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,933
WHEN THE PAPERS
SAID A FORENSICS EXPERT
519
00:28:36,933 --> 00:28:38,367
WAS GOING TO TAKE THE STAND,
520
00:28:38,367 --> 00:28:41,467
WELL, WE WEREN'T EVEN SURE
WHAT THE WORD MEANT.
521
00:28:41,467 --> 00:28:44,800
IN 1966, A GUY WHO STUDIED
BLOOD AT A CRIME SCENE
522
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,500
SOUNDED MORE LIKE A SICKO
THAN A SCIENTIST.
523
00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:54,700
BUT BACK IN 1955, AS SOON AS
THEY HEARD THAT GUILTY VERDICT,
524
00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:58,300
SAM'S FAMILY KNEW THEY NEEDED
AN EXPERT ON THEIR SIDE.
525
00:28:58,300 --> 00:29:02,400
Epstein: DR. KIRK WAS REALLY
CONSIDERED AS THE FATHER
526
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,500
OF BLOODSTAIN-PATTERN ANALYSIS.
527
00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:10,833
HE WROTE THE FIRST MAJOR BOOK
ABOUT FORENSIC SCIENCE
528
00:29:10,833 --> 00:29:12,900
AND HOW IT WAS TO BE APPLIED.
529
00:29:19,867 --> 00:29:22,400
DR. KIRK INFORMS THE FAMILY
530
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,367
HIS ONLY LOYALTY
IS TO THE EVIDENCE,
531
00:29:25,367 --> 00:29:26,967
AND THAT SOME OF THIS EVIDENCE
532
00:29:26,967 --> 00:29:32,067
MAY ACTUALLY BE HURTFUL
TO SAM SHEPPARD.
533
00:29:32,067 --> 00:29:35,100
DR. KIRK, CAN YOU
WALK US THROUGH YOUR FINDINGS
534
00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:36,533
AND WHERE YOU FOUND
535
00:29:36,533 --> 00:29:39,500
SIGNIFICANT BLOOD EVIDENCE
IN ANY MANNER?
536
00:29:39,500 --> 00:29:41,267
YES, UM,
ALL FLYING BLOOD
537
00:29:41,267 --> 00:29:45,067
LEAVES A SYMMETRICAL TAIL
INDICATING ITS TRAJECTORY.
538
00:29:45,067 --> 00:29:48,067
**
539
00:29:53,367 --> 00:29:55,800
WHEN THE WEAPON
HITS A BLOODY HEAD,
540
00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:59,833
THE BLOOD FLIES OUT
LIKE SPOKES OF A WHEEL.
541
00:29:59,833 --> 00:30:02,133
IN THIS CASE,
RADIATING FROM THE VICTIM'S HEAD
542
00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:03,667
WHERE SHE WAS BEATEN.
543
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:11,100
IN ADDITION, I NOTICED
THAT THERE WAS A VOID,
544
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:15,533
OR AN ABSENCE OF BLOOD
ON A SECTION OF THE EAST WALL,
545
00:30:15,533 --> 00:30:19,733
DELINEATING WHERE THE KILLER WAS
POSITIONED DURING THE ATTACK.
546
00:30:26,533 --> 00:30:30,833
Epstein: HE CONCLUDES
A PERPETRATOR INTERCEPTS
547
00:30:30,833 --> 00:30:33,700
AND BLOCKS THE BLOOD
COMING FROM HER HEAD,
548
00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:38,500
AND THIS PERPETRATOR
WOULD BE COVERED IN BLOOD.
549
00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:43,767
Sargent: SAM SHEPPARD DIDN'T
HAVE BLOOD ALL OVER HIM.
550
00:30:43,767 --> 00:30:46,200
WERE THERE ANY OTHER
SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS?
551
00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:54,100
Gilbert:
THERE WAS A SPOT OF BLOOD
552
00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:56,833
WHICH LOOKED DIFFERENT
THAN ALL THE OTHER SPATTER.
553
00:30:56,833 --> 00:30:58,867
Epstein: THIS WAS A LARGE STAIN.
554
00:30:58,867 --> 00:31:02,067
A STAIN THAT SIZE
CANNOT FLY THROUGH THE AIR.
555
00:31:02,067 --> 00:31:05,433
IT HAD TO BE DEPOSITED
IN A VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY.
556
00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:09,900
AND WHAT WERE
YOUR CONCLUSIONS
557
00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:14,267
ABOUT THIS DISTINCT,
LARGER BLOODSTAIN?
558
00:31:14,267 --> 00:31:17,933
WELL, WHEN I EXAMINED
MARILYN SHEPPARD'S BROKEN TEETH,
559
00:31:17,933 --> 00:31:21,167
IT LED ME TO BELIEVE
THAT HER TOOTH WAS BROKEN
560
00:31:21,167 --> 00:31:23,433
WHEN SHE BIT THE ATTACKER,
561
00:31:23,433 --> 00:31:26,467
CAUSING A DEEP INJURY
TO HIS HAND,
562
00:31:26,467 --> 00:31:28,067
AND THAT IT WAS HER ATTACKER
563
00:31:28,067 --> 00:31:31,767
WHO THEN DEPOSITED THE BLOOD
DIRECTLY ONTO THAT LARGER SPOT.
564
00:31:31,767 --> 00:31:34,233
THE INVESTIGATORS
THOUGHT THAT THIS TOOTH
565
00:31:34,233 --> 00:31:36,600
WAS BROKEN FROM A BLOW
INTO THE MOUTH,
566
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:40,333
BUT BY LOOKING AT THE FRACTURE
MARKS, DR. KIRK DETERMINED THAT,
567
00:31:40,333 --> 00:31:44,667
IN FACT, THIS TOOTH WAS BROKEN
FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
568
00:31:44,667 --> 00:31:46,133
AND THROUGH
LAB TESTING,
569
00:31:46,133 --> 00:31:50,200
YOU WERE ABLE TO NARROW DOWN
WHOSE BLOOD THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN?
570
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,067
I WAS.
571
00:31:54,100 --> 00:31:57,400
IT WAS NOT
OF THE SAME BLOOD TYPE
572
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,333
AS THE VICTIM,
MARILYN SHEPPARD,
573
00:32:00,333 --> 00:32:02,533
OR DR. SAM SHEPPARD.
574
00:32:02,533 --> 00:32:05,567
**
575
00:32:12,833 --> 00:32:18,100
Epstein:
DR. KIRK IS REALLY EMPHATIC THAT THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC PROOF
576
00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:21,433
TO SHOW THAT DR. SHEPPARD
KILLED HIS WIFE.
577
00:32:21,433 --> 00:32:24,600
BUT, IN FACT, THERE WAS
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE INDICATING
578
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:28,667
THAT ANOTHER PERSON HAD ACTUALLY
PERPETRATED THE CRIME.
579
00:32:28,667 --> 00:32:32,300
[ GAVEL BANGS ]
580
00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:34,633
MR. FOREMAN,
HAVE YOU REACHED A VERDICT?
581
00:32:48,567 --> 00:32:52,333
IN THE CASE OF THE STATE
OF OHIO VERSUS SAM SHEPPARD,
582
00:32:52,333 --> 00:32:55,733
THE JURY FINDS THE DEFENDANT,
SAM SHEPPARD,
583
00:32:55,733 --> 00:32:58,300
NOT GUILTY
OF ALL CHARGES.
584
00:33:08,267 --> 00:33:13,767
BUT, IF IT'S NOT SAM,
WHO KILLED MARILYN SHEPPARD?
585
00:33:13,767 --> 00:33:15,900
YOU KNOW THE SAYING.
586
00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:20,867
SOONER OR LATER,
THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT.
587
00:33:27,067 --> 00:33:30,400
**
588
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:31,733
WHEN YOU'RE LIVING IT,
589
00:33:31,733 --> 00:33:34,700
35 YEARS FEELS LIKE
A LONG TIME.
590
00:33:34,700 --> 00:33:38,200
BUT WHEN AN OLD FRIEND
CALLED ONE DAY IN 1989
591
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,067
TO SAY THERE'D BEEN A BREAK
IN THE SHEPPARD CASE,
592
00:33:41,067 --> 00:33:42,500
THAT FOURTH OF JULY MORNING
593
00:33:42,500 --> 00:33:45,433
CAME FLOODING BACK TO ME
LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
594
00:33:49,133 --> 00:33:53,133
Gilbert: IN 1989, A GUY
BY THE NAME OF RICHARD EBERLING
595
00:33:53,133 --> 00:33:57,733
IS CONVICTED
OF MURDERING AN ELDERLY WOMAN.
596
00:33:57,733 --> 00:33:59,800
RICHARD EBERLING.
597
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,200
BOY, THAT TAKES ME BACK.
598
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,433
HE WAS ONE OF THOSE GUYS
599
00:34:03,433 --> 00:34:06,067
WHO DID ODD JOBS
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
600
00:34:06,067 --> 00:34:07,700
A HANDYMAN OF SORTS.
601
00:34:07,700 --> 00:34:10,967
I THINK THE SHEPPARDS
HAD HIM WASH THEIR WINDOWS.
602
00:34:10,967 --> 00:34:13,233
Shotkey:
SO, YOU NEVER SAW ANYTHING
603
00:34:13,233 --> 00:34:15,600
THAT MIGHT INDICATE TROUBLE
IN THE HOUSEHOLD?
604
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,367
[ SIGHS ] NO.
605
00:34:17,367 --> 00:34:21,433
TURNS OUT, THE DETECTIVES HAD
TALKED TO EBERLING BACK IN 1954
606
00:34:21,433 --> 00:34:24,167
WHEN THEY QUESTIONED
THE SHEPPARDS' HOUSEHOLD HELP.
607
00:34:30,233 --> 00:34:32,500
Gilbert: HE ACTUALLY WAS
THE WINDOW WASHER
608
00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:36,767
AT THE SHEPPARD HOME
AROUND THE TIME OF THE MURDER.
609
00:34:36,767 --> 00:34:40,167
THEN, 5 YEARS LATER, IN 1959,
610
00:34:40,167 --> 00:34:43,433
AFTER MARILYN WAS DEAD
AND BURIED AND SAM WAS IN JAIL,
611
00:34:43,433 --> 00:34:46,533
THAT SAME RICHARD EBERLING
WAS ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY.
612
00:34:46,533 --> 00:34:49,367
APPARENTLY, HE WAS ONE OF
THOSE CAREER PETTY THIEVES,
613
00:34:49,367 --> 00:34:50,967
AND HE'D FINALLY BEEN CAUGHT.
614
00:34:50,967 --> 00:34:53,133
YOU NEEDED THE MONEY,
MR. EBERLING?
615
00:34:53,133 --> 00:34:58,400
YEAH, I SOLD MOST OF THE GEMS,
BUT NOT MARILYN SHEPPARD'S.
616
00:35:00,433 --> 00:35:03,067
I STILL HAVE
TWO OF HERS.
617
00:35:03,067 --> 00:35:06,767
I-I FOUND THEM
IN HER SISTER'S HOUSE.
618
00:35:06,767 --> 00:35:11,700
HE VOLUNTEERED THAT HE STOLE
TWO OF MARILYN SHEPPARD'S RINGS
619
00:35:11,700 --> 00:35:13,233
AFTER HER DEATH.
620
00:35:13,233 --> 00:35:14,933
THE DETECTIVES ASKED HIM
621
00:35:14,933 --> 00:35:18,067
ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH MARILYN.
622
00:35:18,067 --> 00:35:20,767
MARILYN WAS...
623
00:35:24,300 --> 00:35:27,067
HELLO, MR. EBERLING.
624
00:35:27,067 --> 00:35:29,567
...ALWAYS IMMACULATE.
625
00:35:31,733 --> 00:35:34,400
SHE HAD THAT
MOVIE-STAR LOOK --
626
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,433
TIGHT SHORTS,
LITTLE BLOUSE,
627
00:35:38,433 --> 00:35:42,900
BIT REVEALING, BUT ALWAYS --
ALWAYS CLASSY.
628
00:35:45,333 --> 00:35:48,933
Neff: HE DESCRIBED HER
AS SORT OF A VIRGIN TRAMP.
629
00:35:48,933 --> 00:35:51,433
SHE WAS SO CLASSY
AND SUCH A LADY,
630
00:35:51,433 --> 00:35:54,300
AND THEN, IN THE NEXT BREATH,
HE'D TALK ABOUT HOW TIGHT
631
00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:56,633
HER WHITE SHORTS WERE
ON HER BUTT.
632
00:36:00,367 --> 00:36:02,633
Gilbert:
THE POLICE THOUGHT THAT,
633
00:36:02,633 --> 00:36:04,733
"MAYBE WE'RE ON
TO SOMEBODY NEW HERE
634
00:36:04,733 --> 00:36:06,800
WHO COULD BE THE MURDERER."
635
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,933
IT'S GUT FEELING. THAT'S HOW
THEY OPERATED BACK THEN.
636
00:36:09,933 --> 00:36:11,400
WHEN YOU'VE GOT A FEELING
637
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,600
THERE'S SOMETHING
LURKING BENEATH THE SURFACE,
638
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,633
WHY NOT THROW IN A LITTLE BAIT,
SEE WHAT BITES?
639
00:36:16,633 --> 00:36:19,067
YOUR BLOOD WAS FOUND
AT THE SHEPPARDS' HOME.
640
00:36:22,233 --> 00:36:25,367
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND
WHY IT MIGHT BE THERE?
641
00:36:25,367 --> 00:36:29,067
I WAS OVER THERE, UH,
CHANGING A WINDOW SCREEN.
642
00:36:29,067 --> 00:36:34,167
HANDLED IT WRONG, IT SLIPPED,
AND "KWCK!" CUT MY HAND OPEN.
643
00:36:36,933 --> 00:36:41,500
RICHARD EBERLING IS ABOUT
6 FEET TALL, ABOUT 180 POUNDS.
644
00:36:41,500 --> 00:36:45,200
Neff: THE DESCRIPTION OF THE
SHEPPARD SUSPECT BACK IN 1954
645
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,333
WAS A TALL MAN WITH BUSHY HAIR.
646
00:36:48,333 --> 00:36:53,100
HE FIT THE DESCRIPTION,
EXCEPT HE WAS PREMATURELY BALD.
647
00:36:53,100 --> 00:36:58,633
BUT HE WAS SAID
TO WEAR A TOUPEE.
648
00:36:58,633 --> 00:37:00,467
Sargent:
SO, THE BUSHY-HAIRED MAN
649
00:37:00,467 --> 00:37:04,367
REALLY IS SOMEBODY
WHO RESEMBLES RICHARD EBERLING.
650
00:37:04,367 --> 00:37:06,700
BUT THIS ALL HAPPENED IN 1959,
651
00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:08,533
AND SAM SHEPPARD
HAD BEEN FOUND GUILTY,
652
00:37:08,533 --> 00:37:11,433
SO EVEN THOUGH THE LOCAL POLICE
WANTED TO PURSUE EBERLING,
653
00:37:11,433 --> 00:37:14,633
THE POWERS THAT BE
WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
654
00:37:17,100 --> 00:37:19,700
Gilbert: FINALLY, IN 1989,
655
00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:22,400
AFTER EBERLING
WAS CONVICTED OF A MURDER,
656
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:26,067
THERE WAS THEN AN EFFORT
TO REEXAMINE THE SHEPPARD CASE.
657
00:37:26,067 --> 00:37:29,567
Neff: THE DNA TESTING OF
THE SO-CALLED UNIQUE BLOOD SPOT
658
00:37:29,567 --> 00:37:33,433
EXCLUDES 98% OF THE POPULATION.
659
00:37:34,967 --> 00:37:38,867
ONLY 2% COULD'VE
CONTRIBUTED THAT BLOOD.
660
00:37:38,867 --> 00:37:42,067
RICHARD EBERLING
IS AMONG THOSE 2%.
661
00:37:48,067 --> 00:37:50,767
BUT BY THE TIME
THIS ALL CAME TO LIGHT,
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00:37:50,767 --> 00:37:55,400
SAM SHEPPARD HAD BEEN DEAD
FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
663
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,233
AND THE AUTHORITIES DIDN'T WANT
TO HEAR ONE WORD ABOUT IT.
664
00:38:00,900 --> 00:38:03,733
THEY SAID THE EVIDENCE
WAS PROBABLY CONTAMINATED
665
00:38:03,733 --> 00:38:05,733
AND THEREFORE INCONCLUSIVE.
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00:38:08,367 --> 00:38:10,233
WHAT GOOD WOULD IT DO, ANYWAY?
667
00:38:16,900 --> 00:38:19,467
NO CHARGES ARE BROUGHT
AGAINST RICHARD EBERLING.
668
00:38:19,467 --> 00:38:23,300
HE DIES IN PRISON IN 1998...
669
00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:25,067
AND THAT'S THE END OF IT.
670
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:31,433
I INTERVIEWED RICHARD EBERLING
SEVERAL TIMES.
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00:38:31,433 --> 00:38:34,200
IN MY OPINION,
HE KILLED MARILYN SHEPPARD.
672
00:38:41,967 --> 00:38:44,500
RICHARD EBERLING,
OBSESSED WITH THE SHEPPARDS,
673
00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:46,300
COMES TO THE HOUSE THAT NIGHT.
674
00:38:49,433 --> 00:38:50,900
DOOR'S UNLOCKED.
675
00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:53,533
NOBODY LOCKED THEIR DOORS
IN BAY VILLAGE.
676
00:38:55,633 --> 00:38:58,700
EBERLING IS ON THE HUNT
FOR SOME RINGS,
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00:38:58,700 --> 00:39:02,367
SOME INTENSELY PERSONAL ITEMS.
678
00:39:02,367 --> 00:39:04,567
HE'S PUTTING THEM
IN A GREEN BAG.
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00:39:13,500 --> 00:39:17,367
HE GOES UPSTAIRS
AND SEES MARILYN SHEPPARD.
680
00:39:21,500 --> 00:39:24,300
SHE'S ALONE,
SLEEPING IN THE BED.
681
00:39:33,100 --> 00:39:35,067
SAM? SAM!!
682
00:39:35,067 --> 00:39:36,767
SAM!!
683
00:39:36,767 --> 00:39:38,800
[ SCREAMING ]
684
00:39:50,967 --> 00:39:53,767
HE'S MAD. HE HAS HIS FLASHLIGHT,
HIS WEAPON,
685
00:39:53,767 --> 00:39:55,767
AND HE'S STARTING TO SWING.
686
00:40:11,267 --> 00:40:14,900
HE HEARS SAM COMING
UP THE STAIRS, KNOCKS SAM DOWN.
687
00:40:28,267 --> 00:40:32,167
SAM CHASES HIM THROUGH
THE HOUSE, DOWN TO THE BEACH.
688
00:40:32,167 --> 00:40:33,400
HEY!
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00:40:34,867 --> 00:40:36,900
[ BOTH GRUNTING ]
690
00:40:52,267 --> 00:40:54,400
I THINK EBERLING
IS COVERED IN BLOOD,
691
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:58,000
AND HE NEEDS SAM'S T-SHIRT
TO SWAP OUT FOR HIS.
692
00:41:04,100 --> 00:41:06,933
HE RUNS ALONG THE SHORE
OF LAKE ERIE
693
00:41:06,933 --> 00:41:08,700
AND GETS AWAY WITH IT.
694
00:41:12,633 --> 00:41:16,100
THIS IS ONE OF THESE CASES
THAT CONTINUES TO BAFFLE,
695
00:41:16,100 --> 00:41:19,100
FASCINATE, AND STIR CONTROVERSY.
696
00:41:19,100 --> 00:41:22,300
Sargent: SOME PEOPLE WON'T
LET GO OF THE THEORY
697
00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:25,067
THAT SAM SHEPPARD
KILLED HIS WIFE
698
00:41:25,067 --> 00:41:30,700
BECAUSE THIS STORY STILL HAS
A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
699
00:41:30,700 --> 00:41:33,067
Gilbert: WE FILTER,
THROUGH OUR PERSPECTIVE,
700
00:41:33,067 --> 00:41:34,400
WHAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE
701
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:35,933
AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT
TO BELIEVE.
702
00:41:35,933 --> 00:41:38,233
AND EVEN WITH THE SCIENCE,
703
00:41:38,233 --> 00:41:41,400
PEOPLE WILL NEVER
COME TO AN AGREEMENT
704
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:43,667
ON WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE.
705
00:41:43,667 --> 00:41:46,333
YOU CAN PLAY DETECTIVE
ALL YOU WANT --
706
00:41:46,333 --> 00:41:48,667
DID HE DO IT, OR DIDN'T HE?
707
00:41:48,667 --> 00:41:51,267
I'M NOT SURE
THAT WE'LL EVER KNOW.
708
00:41:51,267 --> 00:41:54,667
AFTER SAM'S RELEASE,
NO ONE WAS EVER CONVICTED,
709
00:41:54,667 --> 00:41:57,133
SO ALL WE'VE REALLY GOT
ARE THE FACTS,
710
00:41:57,133 --> 00:41:59,067
AND THE FACTS ARE THIS --
711
00:41:59,067 --> 00:42:03,300
MARILYN AND SAM SHEPPARD
LOOKED VERY HAPPY TOGETHER.
712
00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:07,433
THEN, IN THE EARLY HOURS
OF JULY 4th, 1954,
713
00:42:07,433 --> 00:42:11,900
MARILYN SHEPPARD WAS BRUTALLY
MURDERED IN HER BED.
714
00:42:11,900 --> 00:42:18,500
Sargent: THIS CASE LEAVES SO
MANY DAMAGED PEOPLE IN ITS WAKE.
715
00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:22,067
Gilbert:
IT TOTALLY DESTROYED A FAMILY.
716
00:42:22,067 --> 00:42:25,533
A 7-YEAR-OLD CHILD LEARNS
THAT HIS MOTHER IS DEAD
717
00:42:25,533 --> 00:42:29,233
AND HIS FATHER
IS ACCUSED OF MURDER.
718
00:42:29,233 --> 00:42:31,800
HE LIVES IN THE SHADOW
OF THIS CASE,
719
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:33,567
AND HE CAN NEVER SHAKE IT.
720
00:42:33,567 --> 00:42:38,733
SAM HIMSELF WAS DEAD
AT 46 YEARS OLD.
721
00:42:38,733 --> 00:42:40,467
THAT'S THE SUM OF IT.
722
00:42:40,467 --> 00:42:41,867
SO, IF WE CAN SAY
723
00:42:41,867 --> 00:42:43,967
THAT WE LEARNED ANYTHING
FROM THIS TRAGEDY,
724
00:42:43,967 --> 00:42:45,700
MAYBE IT'S THIS --
725
00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:50,333
SOME THINGS GET LOST TO TIME
OR TO HISTORY
726
00:42:50,333 --> 00:42:54,833
OR TO THE MESSY, CONFUSING
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIVING.
727
00:42:54,833 --> 00:42:57,067
AND THAT'S JUST HOW LIFE GOES.
728
00:42:57,067 --> 00:43:00,833
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T GET
TO LEARN THE ANSWER
729
00:43:00,833 --> 00:43:02,433
BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS.
730
00:43:02,433 --> 00:43:08,867
* KEEP YOUR LOVE LIGHT SHINING *
731
00:43:08,867 --> 00:43:17,967
* IN THOSE EYES SO BLUE *
732
00:43:17,967 --> 00:43:24,400
* LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART *
733
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:31,733
* I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU *
734
00:43:31,783 --> 00:43:36,333
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