1954: The Bay Village Murder of Marilyn Sheppard 📸
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The banner headline on the July 20, 1954, edition of the Cleveland Press screamed “Somebody is getting away with murder!”
The murder in question was the fatal bludgeoning of Marilyn Sheppard in her Bay Village home on July 4. Suspicion soon centered on her husband, Sam, a successful osteopath — aided by breathless coverage of the city’s newspapers, particularly the Press. (Sheppard claimed a bushy-haired intruder killed Marilyn and knocked him unconscious after a fight.)
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âś’ Vince Guerrieri
📸 cle_state, Michael Schwartz Library - Special Collections
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