The Murdaugh Murders, Money & Mystery is a podcast detailing the horrific and devious crimes committed by Alex Murdaugh, a hotshot personal injury lawyer and heir to a powerful South Carolina legal dynasty. Murdaugh was convicted in 2023 of murdering his own wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, in the a sickening culmination to a brazen white-collar fraud scheme run amok.
Prosecutors successfully argued the ruthless killings were Murdaugh's desperate, egregious ploy to avoid impending ruin after stealing over $10 million from his often destitute and disabled clients, along with the partners in his family's namesake law firm.
After a fatal boat crash involving his spoiled son all but assured Murdaugh's treachery would come to light, he concocted a brutal ruse aimed at shielding himself from scrutiny long enough to cover his tracks and preserve his family's legacy — and wealth. In the end, he failed at both.
Join host Anne Emerson, producer Drew Tripp and legal analyst Charlie Condon (former South Carolina Attorney General) as they navigate the complicated legal twists and stunning interpersonal dramas of this saga, which traces back to the turn of the 20th century and continues to develop.
(The Murdaugh Murders, Money & Mystery is a Criminally Obsessed audio original, produced beginning in 2021 in partnership with WCIV-TV ABC News 4 in Charleston.)
Damning alibi inconsistencies were spotlighted and glaring loose ends were tied in a key day of testimony for the prosecution in the murder trial for Alex Murdaugh. However, Murdaugh's defense team fired back with stunning blows against the state's investigation, pointing out numerous missed opportunities, misssteps and outright failures that could've either convicted Murdaugh or exonerated him straightaway.
Meantime, the State and Defense continue flirting with the idea of Murdaugh associate Curtis Edward Smith testifying. Only 36 hours ago, it seemed increasingly unlikely. By late morning Wednesday, it was all but guaranteed not to happen, with Judge Newman ordering nobody and nothing from the Labor Day 2021 weekend roadside shooting will be admitted. But by the end of the day, the crazy train had come full circle, with the Defense kicking down the door to "Cousin Eddie" and hinting at a wild new theory of what really happened to Maggie and Paul.
Join Anne, Charlie and Drew as they try to make sense of a bizarre, sometimes flabbergasting day of court in the Murdaugh murder trial.
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