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The Sheppard Experience 1954 project will share the headline of the day each day from July 5, 1954 to January 1, 1955. Join us on this journey. Please share.

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It was a tragic, awful ending to the first chapter of a story which remains unfinished, now 65 years later. DR. SAM’S MOTHER ENDS LIFE link.medium.com/OB9vjVPu82 thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
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December 24, 1954: State Won’t File Answer to Dr. Sam’s Appeal (page 2 article)
December 22, 1954: Inside Story of Jury Debate 2 VOTED TO ACQUIT IN 1ST BALLOT Dr. Sam Under Suicide Guard Opens Fight for Bail and New Trial Sheppard Jurors Relax at Home Hum of Jury Buzzer Signals Trial Climax thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
December 21, 1954: JURY DEADLOCK BREAKS RECORD Argue Sam’s Fate for Fifth Day Attorneys Planning for Second Trial thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
December 20, 1954: BLYTHIN PLANS TO TALK TO JURY Both Sides Say Enough Time Used thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
December 19, 1954: December 19th was a Sunday in 1954 and the Cleveland Press did not publish on Sundays. It was also the 24 week anniversary of the still-unsolved murder of Marilyn Reese Sheppard. thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
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December 18, 1954: SAM’s FREEDOM HOPE FADES Jury Deadlock Seen Long Debate Over Fate Continuing Faces Reflect Trial’s Tension thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
December 17, 1954: JURORS DEBATE DR.SAM’S FATE — Judge Gives Life-Death Charge Their Verdict Is Possible by Nightfall thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
December 16, 1954: SAM, JURY WEEP AT FINAL PLEAS This is Where Dr. Sam’s Fate Rests Newspapers, Officials Hit by Corrigan Corrigan Makes Plea for Sam’s Acquittal thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
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December 15, 1954: STATE ASKS DEATH FOR DR. SAM — Jury to Receive Case Friday thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
December 14, 1954: CHARGE UNTRUE, UNFAIR — SAM Denies Self-Injury as He Quits Stand Cross-Examination of Sam Completed thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
December 13, 1954: SAM ADMITS DATE UPSET WIFE — Accuses Hoversten of Lying Dr. Sam Asked About Blood and Divorce thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
December 12, 1954: December 12th was a Sunday in 1954 and the Cleveland Press did not publish on Sundays. It was also the 23 week anniversary of the still-unsolved murder of Marilyn Reese Sheppard. thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
December 10, 1954: IT WAS LIKE A HORRIBLE DREAM, SAYS SAM AS HE DENIES KILLING Hazy on Battle With Intruder Sam’s Words Paint Scene of Murder thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
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December 9, 1954: SAM TAKES STAND TO TESTIFY TODAY Witnesses Tell of Man Near Home thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
December 8, 1954: CHARGES SAM FAKED INJURIES Defense Acts to Build Clew of Loiterer thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
December 7, 1954: SAYS SAM’S JOB UPSET MARILYN Dr. Richard Cites Dislike of His Hours thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954
December 6, 1954: NAMED SUSPECTS, STEVE TELLS JURY State Hits “Protection” of Brother Judge Rips Winchell on Sheppard ‘Gossip’ thesheppardexperience1954.or… #TheSheppardExperience1954