The Strange Murder of Louis Schulman

DEC 1, 202524 MIN
Pennsylvania Oddities

The Strange Murder of Louis Schulman

DEC 1, 202524 MIN

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<p>On a February evening in 1944, Dr. Louis Schulman, a prominent 42-year-old physician, was gunned down on the streets of Pittsburgh by a former patient. The killer was Martha Ashear, a Syrian immigrant who claimed that she had taken matters into her own hands after no one believed the shocking accusations she had made against Dr. Schulman.</p><p>Was Martha telling the truth? Or did Pittsburgh&#39;s medical community attempt to protect the reputation of one of their own by discrediting Dr. Schulman&#39;s accuser and having her placed into a mental asylum? </p><p><br></p>