Sam Sheppard | True CSI | S1E01 

The 1950's were a different time. Taking facts on face value & not bothering to dig deep. The police were shoddy. Sam's defense team were shoddy, Sam alas was no "Husband of the Year" which of course hurt him morally. So 50's leap from adulterer to murderer seemed easy. Was the jury made up of 12 white males?

@@susanford2388 good points

Wow, that's interesting!

Wow! Thanks for that information tidbit. Never knew that, I have numerous family members who had relocated to the Cleveland, Parma areas back in the mid 40's to late 60's. So I have heard alot from them about this story, but never heard what you posted. Thanks, again!

DNA of the cousins uncle may give a. Clue was there any one in the family who killed some one years ago public library records

I absolutely Agree

That should have been applied to jurors at the OJ Simpson trial. What an outrage that trial was.

@@charlesstephens5974 The Sheppard family's argument that he was innocent, as presented at the civil trial, was based on the O.J. defense; incompetent police work framed an innocent man. The last Sheppard trial took place just a couple years after the O.J. trial, and they thought they could capitalize on that fact. It didn't work; the Sheppard civil jury passed the I.Q. test.

I agree with you!

@@TheMrSuge You did hear the forensic and other evidence presented here, didn't you? You do realize that "capitalizing" on another totally ludicrous trial has nothing to do with the indisputable scientific fact that it was not Sheppard's DNA, don't you? You did understand that there was no evidence to prove Sheppard's guilt but a ton of evidence proving it was not him and pointing at the other guy, and that counted together that evidence surpasses even the slightest possibility of coincidence to any group of even semi intelligent people with basic education, didn't you? It was just explained in great detail that Sheppard's family's claim was based on lots of scientific EVIDENCE, provided by many leading scientists, and not on the botched OJ trial, so why, after seeing all this, would you still claim such an absurd thing?

Sam was guilty as sin -- he finally met his maker and ultimate justice

Ah, I dunno

Just be thankful he didn't bludgeon you, too

@@TheMrSuge His guilt is whatever version of the story you want to believe, reasonable or not. But let's not ramp it up to mass murderer, OK?

So he married again after he got out of jail ? Wow...did not know that.

@@deegold3791 He actually married twice after he got out of jail. The first wife divorced him because he was violent to her. Dr. Sam; violent to his wife ? Has a familiar ring to it

@@TheMrSuge You know, it occurred to me that a person could have committed the atrocity during an alcoholic blackout. Not saying he did...just raising the possibility. Rarely hear that discussed anywhere. They said Sheppard had alcoholic tendencies. Never said how much everyone had to drink that night @dinner w friends either.

The Fugitive's character was though not similar to the real Dr. Shepperd.

The Fugitive's character was likable though; not at all similar to that of the real Dr. Sheppard.

If you like this case you should check out the death of Dorothy Kilgallen, that is equally gripping, questionable & intriguing.

@@susanford2388 She accidentally OD'd herself. Nothing interesting about that

It’s not the uploader!!

No surprise science should determine guilt.. instead of ppl who claim to be impartial… I don’t trust justice system. In 2021 black men who was sentenced to life spending 40+ years are now released because science prove they are innocent

@@mpalmer7800 not only blacks, many others.

"Sewed" What is sewed?

@@user-gj1me4mf5c come on. You know the word "sued' was meant... don't be petty and silly..

@@Lovinlife1234 maybe people should 1. Use proper spelling or 2. Utilize spellchecker.

@Patrick Dolan Even gay men display behaviour like this. Social view are that men can't admit they're wrong without loosing face for it. This is a general gender behaviour that is continually reinforced by social expectations/ views. On how men are supposed to act REGARDLESS of their sexual identity. So claiming that its a 'hertophopic' view point is a just claiming the straight male victim card.

@@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 - Really... just stop.

all about face saving, the judicial system is a farce sometimes and incredibly cruel, and my guess is now that if the state admits they got it all wrong they then might have to compensate the family, money, money, politics and saving face. ffs

@Patrick Dolan oh, ffs, don't get all upset over that

Typical woke cultists answer.

The father was the murderer

Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

@@humbleservant1294nothing to do🤔

The jury were not to blame they of course are fed information they are not the investigators. If evidence is withheld or not presented that is the role of the judge, prosecution & defense. 1950's straight laced middle class jurors who perhaps had served in WW2 were a different breed. The judge was unethical & should have been recused.

Yes, so so sad. It hurts

It can't happen to everyone. Only to people who kill their wives

Yes you are right but once in a while they get it wrong

Yes it was and then removed… Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

And he was also innocent. Unlike Dr. Sam

Hollywood

The movie with Harrison Ford was just as good.

Not every detail matched. Many basic elements did

It follows the case exactly except for the description of the real murderer! And the setting was Chicago instead of Cleveland! I lived in Chicago when the movie was made!

Why did he kill himself?

@@humbleservant1294 Technically, he did

Insightful point.

They said he was a handyman SHE hired. If Sam was working while she had contractors over, he might not have been as familiar with them.

He did it. His T-shirt was covered in blood, so he got rid of it. She never screamed, she was knocked out with the first blow on her skull, then he massacred her. They called it ''crime of passion'' because of the unnecessary and excessive amount of energy the perpetrator delivered during the act. It was personal, impulsive and intimate. He later destroyed himself because he couldn't forgive himself for the death of his parents. His second wife ran away once she understood what he was. Doctors covering for one of their own is nothing new. He killed 2 patients but I bet he had another ridiculous explanation for his failures. I could on and on like that.. Americans are very easy to dupe but I don't know why.. 🤷

@@victordelorientis8763 This is what I thought too, if she is screaming for him how long did it take for him to get to her, she took a lot of blows to the head, the dog does not react to her screams and all the scuffling, the sons never wake up?

Not necessarily. It was dark (4.30am), he was groggy & hungover & in a fight.

Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

How exactly did "politics" affect the outcome of this case ? What, if you know, was Sheppard's politics ? The Judge's politics ? The prosecutor's ? Were they of different political parties ? I am curious as to why you believe politics was involved here

Still waiting for you to explain how politics played a role here. Hello ? Bueller ? Bueller ?

They were part of Cleveland's elite.... shouldn't politics have played in their favor?

Compare his tragic outcome for example to how Jean Harris reacted, after being found guilty. She knew she was fortunate to have gotten away with murder, and then exploited her situation - using it as a platform to establish herself; this in spite of previously being an unstable drug addict.

I think you got that backwards buddy -

Really sad,who in family ,I'm new to this one

So sad!

@@katrinacarter2019Dr Sam Shepherd's mother died by suicide after Sam's father became gravely ill and died shortly after his son, Sam was convicted in the first trail.

Malignant narcissists are brutal --

I Totally Agree

Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

Let's be real, the state of Ohio has destroyed many families... 🤷‍♂️

Well, in 2000, an Ohio jury looked at that very issue, examined all the evidence (not just the stuff this documentary wanted you to see) and determined that the State of Ohio didn't destroy his life, because in their opinion, he was guilty.

@@humbleservant1294 You sound the like biased crappy unethical Judge

The neighbor he called… Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

@@humbleservant1294 you again 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@@orianisortega3621 Why don't you refute his argument ?

My thoughts exactly. Beyond a reasonable doubt is the question? Sam's defense team were shoddy, did not bring up the handyman, who knew the layout of the house, perhaps knew Sam did not sleep in the marital bed, plus was a lunatic.

Richard Eberling's blood was Type A. All the blood in the room was Type O. The victim, Marilyn Sheppard, was Type O. All the blood in the room was hers.

Evil, hell awaits him, if he has not already gone there.

@Patrick Dolan well duh. It always about personal gain.

@@LynxStarAuto Who asked for $$$$ here ? Not the State of Ohio. The son was asking for $$$$. Who's the greedy one here ?

Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

@@humbleservant1294 the policemen blocked Reese's view.. not the killers

@@wigglyennui sounds pretty convenient bud 😆

So true

Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

You're comment strikes me as a classic case of watching one slanted RU-vid documentary and jumping to a false conclusion. Lazy commenting, Kathy

Plus, the state of Ohio owes their son.

@@yolandawilson6619 Owes him ... what ? Money ? He had his day in court; a full trial in 2000. And he failed to prove his case. Nobody owes him anything

@@TheMrSuge What do you think they owe him for wrongfully convicting his father, causing him to be an orphan and the loss of financial security his father was providing?????

@@yolandawilson6619 Oh, sweetie, did you not watch the documentary ???????? He filed a lawsuit to get awarded damages to compensate him for those very things. Following presentation of all the evidence, the jury determined he was not entitled to any damages. And as a legal matter, Ohio's statute granting damages for wrongful imprisonment allows ONLY the person wrongfully imprisoned to file suit. That would be Dr. Sam AND NO ONE ELSE. That means that legally little Sammy Jr. here has no legal cause of action, since he wasn't the person actually imprisoned. He is owed bupkiss, deary. The middle of the donut. Zippo. The Big Fat Goose Egg.

The state would have been up for millions in damages . They couldn’t allow that.

Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

@@brynstarkiller7419 Actually, the State WAS sued for millions in damages. And the jury found for the State and against the Estate of the deceased Dr. Shepperd. Go back and watch the documentary.

I think the judge could not face the fact. As he had told journalist Kilgallen before hand. Plus she wrote in her paper that Dr. Shepard was not guilty. She thought the trial a sham.

@@susanford2388 You think he's innocent just because Dorothy Kilgallen says so ? OK. She's the ONLY person who attended the 1954 trial that thought it was a "media circus". Virtually no one else who attended the trial found any improprieties. Furthermore, she NEVER told anyone at the time what the judge "allegedly" said to her (and she waited until he died before she went public with it. What does THAT tell you ? It might interest you to know that, in her opinion, Sheppard probably was guilty. Sensational journalist looking for a sensational story angle. And you fell for it.

Dog and kid could also have been drugged. Easy access to drugs.

If she is screaming why wouldn't the dog react to her screams?

The dog was also known to cower easily and was not a barker in general. The dog was indeed familiar with Eberling.

That doesn’t make it so…

Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

He didn't suffer as much as his victim. Marilyn died

Sad but I thought it's only Africa where 70% Innocent in Jail coz they can't afford to buy their frredom rich people's goes scott-free

@@humbleservant1294 Just so happens blood at the scene and on the doctor was not the doctor's or the wife's. Just so happens the sperm found in Mrs. Sheppard was not her husband's. Just so happens contaminated does not mean altered or changed to someone else's DNA.

He’s the killer

@@humbleservant1294 Keep reading Einstein. Sheppard physically couldn't have committed the crime.

@@tcc5995 🤤

@@tcc5995 Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

@@humbleservant1294 Troll

Me too.

Ken Mains (?sp?) is good.

Same tbh. People online don’t have all the information that Ken Mains presented and so they like to assume things. Although the detective Mains did say he is not 100% sure he’s guilty and he probably wouldn’t arrest the guy, but it’s more than likely he was the murderer. There are many things that just don’t make sense if someone did actually entered their home and did this to Marilyn.

Also there is such a high probability when something bad happens to the wife the husband is to blame. It usually happens that way. It’s just how it is.

Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

@@humbleservant1294 one word - not the husband’s DNA mixed with victim’s blood

It is alarming that the judge was allowed to continue his career & not disbarred. That is a crime in itself.

@@TaniaRouserArt As if a doctor, especially a surgeon couldn't get access to blood? All his "stolen" items were found at the back of his house as well.

@@gomahklawm4446 we’re talking about a perpetrator’s dna who wasn’t doctor’s patient

He hired someone to do it. That’s why no blood on him.

@@gabrielamartiniuc6322 he was covered in bruises, cuts and blood from fighting the intruder.. 😒 also, there was blood at the crime scene that didn't belong to either him or his wife..

@@gabrielamartiniuc6322 no evidence of that..

The handyman confessed to people later and he was also convicted in another murder.

@@kathleendobens6648 he did not confess to the actual killing but said he was there...

Hw was too busy murdering his wife, cleaning the blood from his body, staging a murder scene (where, curiously, not of value went missing). Who has time to check on their kid ?

@@granny58 He didn't have to; he knew the kid was OK. Because he knew there was no intruder, since he was the one who killed Marilyn

I don't know about the dog, but my kids at that age would have slept through my brutal murder, no question. Even now, as adults, they would sleep through a tornado.

He was exonerated (conviction reversed). They chose to try him again and he was found not guilty. The civil suit was lost though. One Court ruled they had not proved he was wrongfully convicted and another said it shouldnt have went to court because Sheppard had already died. Statute of Limitations also played a role.

Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

@@humbleservant1294 cut and paste loser

@@humbleservant1294 and the dog never barked...just like the darlie routier case..,.if an intruder breaks in, she struggles with him and chases him and glass is being smashed the dog WOULD HAVE HEARD IT and barked its freaking head off and woke up the husband as it was upstairs... its as if she got the intruder story from this case... this is nuts how similar they are

Bailey admitted later that he thought Sheppard did it

Cos this was a one person bed

An unfortunately lucky break for the intruder

@@CarisstaRashele Lucky break for the intruder ??? LOL Sam was sleeping on a day bed at the bottom of the stairway. The intruder had to walk past him and creep up the stairs to the second floor bedroom without waking the doctor up. (Another implausible claim the good doctor made in his "defense")

He did it

Sam was married 3 times. He killed his first wife. His second wife divorced him because of his violent tendencies

And the brother and son did not show up for his funeral. I think his anger knew no bounds because his brother kind of messed up the whole family's life...just sayin

I wonder if O.J Simpson's kids do...

some actually do.

F. Lee Bailey attacked the surgical instrument issue in the second trial. Got the coroner to admit he was guessing, had no idea what sort of surgical instrument could have been used and had never been able to find such an instrument!!!

Not ALL of us......

Please speak for yourself.

If Dr, Sam ever meets this God of whom you speak, I got news for you .... He's not saying to Sam, "Hey, Doc, come on in"

No, we don't...

They never did find Dr Sam's t shirt. All thatt blood evidence that washed away in the lake he just happened to pass out in. Please.

No evidence for such a payment

@@redpillfreedom6692 Sheppard is exceedingly intelligent. There's no motivation elsewhere.

He said Dallas was the most watched show (series), not episode....

It never said she miscarried. The baby stayed in her when it died. And the baby would have either the moms or the dads blood type.

@@pegs1659 An autopsy was conducted on the fetus for the civil trial. It was determined that Sam was the father

Or an obsissive crazy psycopath who is outside of the relationship... 🙄

Family dog was known for being very timid.

Maybe overlooked, or conveniently omitted, since it did not line up w the intended slant.

He was also gay. Why would a homosexual man rape a woman ?

Just so happened to lose his shirt… 🤔 Phones neighbors first… 🤔 Goes unconscious twice conveniently… 🤔 The killer cares so much for his son that one blocks his view… 🤔 He has a fight to be able to explain his swollen hands… 🤔 He is actively cheating on his wife… 🤔

Yep, I was thinking the same! Killers most likely narcissistic and love themselves too much

Suffering with guilt

I agree that he certainly was suffering. However, exactly from what---the ingredients thereof---I don't think can necessarily all be confirmed. I'm wondering if he had alcoholic tendencies before the murder. And, unchecked alcoholism merely progresses, I've observed. I'm not saying it's the only factor and explains everything, but could be one factor.

"The way Sam Shepard acted after he was set free makes me think he was innocent otherwise he would have just got on with is life" Actually, Sam just acted exactly like a lot of people do when they've spent a decade in prison. It messes you up for the rest of your life. I wouldn't draw any conclusions as to his innocence from how he acted after he was released from prison

Has anyone ever seen a jail cell? Of course Dr. Sheppard was suffering. Anyone who is used to the cleanliness of the OR now sees only the jail cell with no end in site, plus when you reach 40, your days of being a neurosurgeon is over. The State of Ohio closed the case with the wrong guy rotting in jail. They didn’t care.

there was a book out about this crime and I read it many years ago. Marilyn wasn't just bludgeoned, her head was flattened from the blows. as we have seen from other family annihilators, husband is a cereal cheater and wife is pregnant (Jeffrey McDonald, Scott Peterson, etc.)

@@pattynielsen5506 Whatkind of “ cereal “ did he cheat with- Cheerios? “ Serial” killers kill more than one person over a period of time! Lol

Lol, you are right Connie. Also, he didn't kill his whole family, I know, but having a side woman seems to be a common component in a wife's/partner's murder. And i didn't write serial killer, I wrote serial "cheater."

You mean a murderer