Editing Sam Sheppard (section)

{{Short description|American neurosurgeon (1923–1970)}}
{{Similar names|Sam Shepard (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox suspect
| name              = Sam Sheppard
|image=Sam Sheppard.jpeg
| birth_name        = Samuel Holmes Sheppard
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1923|12|29|mf=yes}}
| birth_place       = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1970|4|6|1923|12|29|mf=yes}}
| death_place       = [[Columbus, Ohio]], U.S.
| resting_place     = Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (1970–1997)<br/>Knollwood Cemetery
| charge            = 
| conviction        = Murder (overturned)
| conviction_penalty = Life imprisonment (overturned)
| occupation        = [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|Osteopath]], [[professional wrestler]]
| alma mater        = [[Hanover College]] <br/> [[Case Western Reserve]] <br/> [[University of California Irvine]]
| spouse            = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Marilyn Reese|1945|1954|reason=died}}
* {{marriage|Ariane Tebbenjohanns|1964|1969|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Colleen Strickland|1969}}
}}
| children          = 1
}}

'''Samuel Holmes Sheppard''' ({{Birth date|1923|12|29}} – {{Death date|1970|4|6}}) was an American [[Osteopathic medicine in the United States|osteopath]]. He was convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Larkin |first1=Brent |last2=clevel |last3=.com |date=2014-07-03 |title=Speaking up for Marilyn in the 60-year-old Sam Sheppard murder case: Brent Larkin |url=https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2014/07/speaking_up_for_marilyn_in_the.html |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=cleveland |language=en}}</ref> wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, but the conviction was eventually overturned by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], which cited a "carnival atmosphere" at the trial. Sheppard was acquitted at a retrial in 1966.{{sfn|Neff|2001}}