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.)
<p>Episode 2: A look into the history of the Murdaugh family and their rise to prominence in the legal profession as adept personal injury attorneys and also the top prosecutors in South Carolina's 14th Judicial Circuit, which includes Hampton County and four other surrounding counties. </p><p>Randolph Murdaugh Sr., the Murdaugh family patriarch, founded what would become today's Peters Murdaugh Parker Eltzroth & Detrick law firm as a one-man office in Hampton County in 1910. </p><p>Randolph Murdaugh Sr. became the first elected solicitor (district attorney) for the 14th Circuit in 1920. In 1940, Randolph Sr. died after being hit by a train near the Early Branch community in Hampton County. </p><p>The same year, Randolph "Buster" Murdaugh, Jr. became his father's successor, the second generation of Murdaugh men elected to serve as 14th Circuit Solicitor.</p><p>Buster Murdaugh would face criminal charges in 1956 as part of a federal bootleg liquor conspiracy trial, but was ultimately acquitted despite <a href="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao/legacy/2010/10/12/usab0423.pdf" target="_blank">a federal judge's harsh criticism of Buster and accusations of witness tampering</a>.</p><p>Buster would serve until his retirement in 1986, after which Randolph Murdaugh III was elected to continue the Murdaugh family's legal reign over the 14th Circuit. Randolph III held the seat until retiring to private practice in 2006.</p><p>Randolph III's sons Randy and Alex followed their father into the legal profession, but didn't seek the solicitor's role.</p><p>Read more on the Murdaughs at this link: <a href="https://abcnews4.com/news/murdaugh-murders" target="_blank">https://abcnews4.com/news/murdaugh-murders</a></p><p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p><i>Unsolved South Carolina is a production of ABC News 4 in Charleston, South Carolina.</i></p><p><i>Anne Emerson - Host, Producer</i></p><p><i>Drew Tripp - Executive Producer, Social Media, Graphic Design</i></p><p><i>Daniel Michener - Producer, Audio Engineer</i></p><p><i>Maxwell Harrison, KJ Morrison - Music</i></p><p><i>Douglas Stewart - Graphic Design</i></p>
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