It was a sensation that captured the nation. In 1929, a drifter named Connie Franklin and his girlfriend Tillar Ruminer were captured by thugs in the Ozarks of Arkansas on their way to get hitched. He was murdered, his corpse mutilated and burned and she was raped – or at least that's the story she told. Five men were put on trial for this heinous crime, but things didn't add up. Not only was there no evidence that a crime had been committed, but Connie himself began to appear around town looking for work. He denied that he was the murdered man, and Tillar said she didn't recognize him. The trial created a circus-like atmosphere, and even Time Magazine ran a story. Connie took the stand, swearing he wasn't the murdered man. And he was right… sort of. It turns out his real name was Marion Franklin Rogers, father of four, who had escaped from a nearby mental hospital and had tried to start a new life. The men were found not guilty, and the exasperated judge ordered the records burned.