Dr. Sam Sheppard and Marilyn Reese Sheppard - Knollwood Cemetery

Knollwood Cemetery, mausoleum north wing extension crypt 744e, Mayfield Heights Ohio.

Dr. Sam Sheppard was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1923.

Marilyn Reese Sheppard.

Sam Sheppard was a doctor of osteopathic medicine. The couple lived in Bay Village, Ohio. In the morning of July 4, 1954, Marilyn was killed in her bed. Sam Sheppard was sleeping downstairs and was awakened. He said he ran upstairs where he was knocked out. After he came back to, he says he saw a person downstairs and he took off after them where he was knocked out again. Blood spatter was in various spots in the house. Some alleged stolen items were found in the brush outside the house.

Sheppard was arrested for the murder and was convicted on December 21, 1954 of second degree murder. F. Lee Bailey was able to appeal the conviction and Sheppard was released. In 1966 the case made it the U.S. Supreme court where the murder conviction was over turned in an 8 to 1 vote.

Due to the trial, Sam Sheppard lost his medical license. To support himself, Sheppard became a pro wrestler known as "Killer" Sam Sheppard. As a wrestler, he is credited with the Mandible Claw which was used by Mick Foley in his Mankind gimmick. Sheppard died in 1970 of liver failure.

Richard Eberling was suspected of the beating of Dr. Sheppard and the murder of Marilyn Sheppard.

For more info please visit these links:
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sheppard/samsheppardtrial.html
http://www.cnn.com/US/9803/05/sheppard.case/
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/sheppard/index_1.html

Trivia question:

What 1960's TV show and 1990's movie was loosely based on the Sheppard case?

If you answered Murder, She Wrote starring Angela Lansbury, you are very wrong. Murder, She Wrote was a how from the 1980's with a female lead and wasn't a movie.

If you answered the Fugitive, you are very much right.

The TV show ran from 1963 to 1967.

The movie came out in 1993 and starred Harrison Ford.

Both are very loosely based on the Sheppard case.

Summer Of Shadows by Jonathan Knight is about both the Sheppard Case and the 1954 Cleveland Indians.

Billy Evans - Knollwood Cemetery

Knollwood Cemetery, Mausoleum north wing extension crypt 749, Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

Knollwood is 96 acres in size and has one of the largest mausoleums in Ohio.

Billy was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Youngstown, Ohio as a child. In 1906, Evans became the youngest Major League umpire at the age of 22. From 1906 to 1927, Evans umpired 3,319 games in the American League. He retied in 1927 and became GM of the Cleveland Indians. Evans remained with the Indians until 1935. After he left, Billy became chief scout of the Boston Red Sox. Evans left the Red Sox in 1940 after a disagreement over Pee Wee Reese was sold to the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1941 he was GM of the Cleveland Rams (now the St. Louis Rams) American football team. Late December 1942 he then on to become president of the Southern Association, a baseball minor league. Evans stayed at that position for the next four years. Finally Evans became GM of the Detroit Tigers. In 1973, Billy became the third umpire elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

1961 Fleer Baseball Greats card.

1992 Conlon Collection baseball card.

1994 Conlon Collection baseball card.