The Interesting Case of Dr Sam Sheppard that Sparked an Award-Winning Movie

The story at the heart of The Fugitive.

Sam Sheppard — Free to Use

Many people remember the line from the 1993 film The Fugitive, Our fugitive’s name is Dr Richard Kimble. Go get him. Very few people may realise that the story bears a remarkable resemblance to Dr Sam Sheppard’s real case.

In the film, Harrison Ford’s character is wrongly accused of killing his wife. The killer is a one-armed ma…