Dr. Sam Sheppard Trial

Thursday, March 26, 2026
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Pioneer Bank, Adams St., Mankato (Victory Dr. & Adams)

On July 4, 1954, Esther Houk called the Bay Village Ohio police to report the murder of Marilyn Sheppard. When police arrived, they found a badly beaten Marilyn Sheppard and her husband Dr. Samuel Sheppard, who had been struck in the head. Dr. Sheppard gave his account of what had happened, but police seemed suspicious of Dr. Sheppard from the start. An investigation by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department and the Cuyahoga County's Coroner Samuel Gerber would begin an over twelve-year criminal justice drama that would end up in the United States Supreme Court over the outrageous pretrial publicity. Learn what happened in Dr. Sam Sheppard's cases and what ultimately was uncovered many years later.

Presenter:

James Fleming practiced law in Minnesota for 35 years before his recent retirement, 22 of those years as a public defender. He served as the chief public defender for the 15counties of the Fifth Judicial District in southwest Minnesota, based in Mankato, and later for the Second Judicial District (Ramsey County).

Sponsor:

• Larry Nicol