Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Beginning in 1967, TV fans followed Dr. Richard Kimble as he chased the one-armed man who killed his wife. Kimble won. A decade earlier, Dr. Sam Sheppard wasn't so lucky. Some say he inspired "The Fugitive," but the real-life Sheppard didn't run.

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Nightmare scene | 0:00
The case against Sam Sheppard | 1:35
Crazy investigative bias | 3:25
Fake news, real jail | 5:02
What about justice? | 5:46
Guilty of a bad reputation | 6:47
A chance at vindication | 7:45
The Richard Eberling theory | 8:37
The confession that maybe wasn't | 9:49
Did Sam Sheppard really inspire 'The Fugitive'? | 11:17

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