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A documentary series about the shocking tragedies and secrets of a powerful South Carolina family. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and explore more like this on IMDb.
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- 2023-02-22
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Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal is a true crime television series. The series covers the Murdaugh family and the events surrounding the trial of Alex Murdaugh, beginning with the death of Mallory Beach. [1] It was released on Netflix on February 22, 2023. [2]
Shocking tragedies shatter a tight-knit South Carolina community and expose the horrifying secrets of its most powerful family. Watch trailers & learn more.
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- February 22, 2023
- The Case at Hand
- Where The Story Begins
- The Death of Mallory Beach
- A Past Case Is Reopened
- An Attempted Hit Job?
- A Major Confession
- Another Mysterious Death
- Murdaugh’S Eventual Murder Charges
- What’s Happening Now?
Alex Murdaugh is currently on trialfor the murders of 52-year-old Maggie and 22-year-old Paul. He is accused of shooting Paul twice with a shotgun and Maggie five times with a rifle at the family’s hunting lodge on June 7, 2021. On Thursday, he tearfully told the South Carolina courtroom that he maintains his innocence, but admitted that he lied ab...
For 86 years, the Murdaugh family were the unofficial rulers of South Carolina, with three generations controlling the local prosecutor’s office from 1920-2006 for the Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Allendale and Colleton counties. Alex Murdaugh’s great-grandfather, grandfather and father all served as the region’s solicitor (known as a district attorn...
The documentary’s first episode takes a look at the events surrounding the death of Mallory Beach, the event which served as catalyst for the downfall of the Murdaugh family. On Feb. 24, 2019, Paul Murdaugh, along with five friends, was travelling home by boat after a night of heavy drinking when he crashed into a bridge footing, throwing them over...
Police began investigating Paul and Maggie’s deaths and, two weeks later, on June 22, announced that they were reopening an investigation into a 2015 death of a local teen, citing new information gathered while investigating the deaths of the slain Murdaughs. On July 8, 2015, the body of 19-year-old Stephen Smith was found deadin the middle of Sand...
After Paul and Maggie’s deaths, things quickly began to fall apart for Alex Murdaugh. On Sept. 3, 2021, partners at Murdaugh’s law firm, PMPED, accused him of misappropriating millions of dollars of clients’ funds and funnelling them into his own coffers. WJCL reports that the firm began investigating after they found a suspicious cheque on his des...
One week into his rehab treatment, Murdaugh confessed to police that he was the mastermind of his own shooting. He told police that he had orchestrated his shooting as part of a botched assisted suicide plot. On Sept. 13, 2021, Murdaugh told police that he had hired a former client, distant cousin and drug dealer, 62-year-old Curtis “Cousin Eddie” ...
Two days after sending Murdaugh back to rehab, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) announced they were opening a criminal investigation into the mysterious death of the Murdaugh family housekeeper. Two-and-a-half years after Stephen Smith’s death on Feb. 26, 2018, longtime housekeeper for the Murdaugh family, Gloria Satterfield, died...
Through December of 2021 and into January of 2022, dozens more criminal charges piled up against Murdaugh, all relating to allegations of defrauding clients of millions of dollars. By the end of January 2022, Murdaugh faced 71 charges stemming from accusations that he defrauded victims of nearly $8.5 million in various schemes. Between January and ...
Between last summer’s charges and now, Murdaugh has been charged with further financial crimes related to tax evasion, money laundering and computer crime. On Jan. 23, Murdaugh’s trial for the murders of his wife and son began in Walterboro, S.C. This week, Buster Murdaugh took the witness stand for the defence and testified that his father was “de...
- Michelle Butterfield
A true-crime drama about the Murdaugh family, a powerful clan in South Carolina, and their involvement in a series of murders, scandals and cover-ups. Watch the trailer and stream the first two seasons on Netflix.
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The Murdaughs were one of South Carolina’s most prominent families, but the death of teenager Mallory Beach in a drunken boating accident began the unravelin...
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- 683.6K
- Netflix
The three-part series features interviews with key witnesses in Alex Murdaugh's 2023 murder trial.
