economic crisis (2011) The disappearance of Madeleine McCann (2008). The McLibel case (1997) Feud between Meghan Markle/Prince Harry and the Royal family (2020–2023) United States The 1924 murder trials of Beulah Annan, Belva Gærtner, and several other female suspects in Chicago, adapted into the Chicago franchise by a newspaper reporter The early 1930s string of public enemies, ranging from mafia leaders such as Al Capone to smaller-time gangsters, most enduringly famously Bonnie and Clyde The 1954 trial of Sam Sheppard. The U.S. Supreme Court held "massive, pervasive, and prejudicial publicity" prevented him from receiving a fair trial The 1965 littering trial against singer Arlo Guthrie and Richard Robbins, deliberately turned into a local media circus by arresting officer William Obanhein to deter others from repeating their actions Coverage of the investigation and trial of the 1969 murders of Sharon Tate and four others by the Manson family David Gelman, Peter Greenberg, et al. in Newsweek on January 31, 1977: "Brooklyn born photographer and film producer Lawrence Schiller managed to make himself the sole journalist to witness the execution of Gary Gilmore in Utah....In the Gilmore affair, he was like a ringmaster in what became a media circus, with sophisticated newsmen scrambling for what he had to offer" The 1979 trial of Ted Bundy for murdering two women at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. The rescue of baby Jessica McClure (1987) The Central Park jogger case of 1989 The O. J. Simpson murder case of 1994–95 The Blizzard of '96 (1996), "...this storm ...so hyped by the media in the same way that the O. J. Simpson murder case became hyped as the "Trial of the century" The Clinton–Lewinsky scandal (1998) The Columbine High School massacre (1999) The Elián González custody conflict (2000) The Summer of the Shark in 2001 The trial of Scott Peterson (2004), "The circus became even more raucous when Peterson went on trial for murder in 2004" The trial of Martha Stewart (2004), "The stone-faced Stewart never broke stride as she cut a path through the media circus" The disappearance of Stacy Peterson (2007) The alleged teenage "pregnancy pact" at Glocuester High School (2008) The death of David Carradine (2009) The Casey Anthony murder trial (2011), "Once again, it was relentless media coverage that in large part fed the fascination with the case", Ford observed The killing of Trayvon Martin