The Great Sheedy Murder Trial
Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes
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The Confession of William McFarland
The case was so controversial that it took a week and 216 potential jurors before finally 12 were selected for the jury. Mary, Sheedy, and William McFarland all pled guilty initially to murder but later recanted their confessions. The prosecutor tried them together because he feared his confession would be thrown out if they didn't.
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