On this day, Dec. 21, in 1954, Dr. Sam Sheppard was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, a decision that was later overturned and inspired a television series and movie.

The first time I saw Sam Sheppard in a courtroom, back at his 1954 trial Cleveland, he looked like a big, gawky kid who didn’t quite understand why he — of all people — was accused of murder ...

Documents, recordings and exhibits from the Dr. Sam Sheppard murder case, including photographs, exhibits and recordings, will be given to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

As it was, landing smack in the middle of television's toddler stage, the 1954 arrest and subsequent trials of Dr. Sam Sheppard became the new medium's first celebrated murder case.

Her husband, osteopathic physician Sam Sheppard, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. After the Supreme Court ruled Sheppard did not receive fair trial, a 1966 ...

Apr. 29—The murder trial for Samuel Lee Baker got underway Monday with jury selection and opening arguments from both sides, plus a handful of witnesses giving testimony. Baker, 25, is accused ...

On July 4th, 1954, Marilyn Sheppard, the wife of Dr. Sam Sheppard was murdered in her bed. Her husband was the primary suspect and the trial became a media sensation, with the nation watching to ...

The jury chosen for Sam Sheppard's murder trial in 1954.

A look at the 2018 disappearance of Blaze Bernstein and the evidence that led to Sam Woodward's arrest and conviction in the hate crime murder.