The Strange Death of Professor Shockley
College professor and renowned entomologist Marianne Shockley went swimming with her boyfriend Marcus Lillard and their friend Clark Heindel, who got together in a small Georgia town one spring night. By morning, she and Clark were dead. Only her boyfriend, Marcus, lived to tell what happened that night. This encore episode of "48 Hours" last aired on 6/17/2023.
- Duration
- 41m
- Broadcast on
- 12 Nov 2023
- Audio Format
- other
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Want to listen to 48 hours uninterrupted subscribe to 48 hours plus for add free episodes today There is good and there is evil and that night evil came to play We got good one here. We got to call a lot of the woman being underwater for a minute or two Don't close enough. Don't leave that right there. Don't close enough Her boyfriend said he walked out in blue when you come back. She was brought up in the hot tub and she was not breathing At Tim and her name again, Mary Ann Schapley. Mary Ann, last name, Schapley. We get out here and she got a big old gash on her hand I'm telling you, the hell on the back of my neck is that something ain't right with you What's your name? Marcus Wood. I'm Mary Ann's boyfriend. I talk to her every morning and every night. She was my hero because she was so intelligent. My name is Dr. Mary Ann Schapley. I'm an outreach entomologist and I'm the director of the Insane Zoo. She was on the cutting edge of the industry. I absolutely looked up to her As my big sister, I wanted to be her We're gonna roll it off and go from there I want you to now take me to May 11th, 2019 Okay Take me through the day. What happens? Oh, wow They went bar hopping. They had a couple of mimosas and then we have a couple of shots And then they went out to the country club and had drinks there. I'm Penny Dierman. This is Blood Town I created the podcast about the Mary Ann Schapley case They were having a really fun night At this point, how many drinks do you think you've had? Oh, wow There was some communication about does somebody have a pool? Marcus knew that his friend Clark Heindel had a pool So can I get your name please? Or? And they went over there at some point They like to have a few drinks. They brought some beer with them Marcus and Mary Ann are in the hot tub and they're enjoying themselves What the hell happened after that? Marcus says that he went into the woods to gather some firewood As I dropped the wood off at the fireplace, I could see Mary Ann slump down He called out her name and she did not respond We started doing CPR She was pronounced dead at the scene My mother called me and she said Mary Ann's gone I just fell to the ground and I just was saying no, mama, no No, and she was like she's drowned in some hot tub Mary Ann is not stupid, she would not drown in a hot tub Yeah, some kind would do somebody They ain't had no I just knew that Marcus had killed her I'm Carson Lillard, I'm Marcus's son He's angry and he's violent Marcus is in a police car at this point You're not under arrest or anything right now, okay? Where is Clark? He went into his house Get started! Get started! And he shot himself to death The very first thought was he had to have had something to do with this
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College professor and renowned entomologist Marianne Shockley went swimming with her boyfriend Marcus Lillard and their friend Clark Heindel, who got together in a small Georgia town one spring night. By morning, she and Clark were dead. Only her boyfriend, Marcus, lived to tell what happened that night. This encore episode of "48 Hours" last aired on 6/17/2023.