The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh

Why Is Murdaugh's Housekeeper The Witness Both Sides Should Fear In The Retrial?

The prosecution should fear Blanca Simpson because she knows things they never asked about — and three years of processing the case has given her clarity they might not be ready for. The defense should fear her because she spent twenty years watching Alex Murdaugh operate, and the version of events they're selling doesn't match the man she knew.Blanca Turrubiate-Simpson is not a neutral party and she's never pretended to be. She loved Maggie. She cared for Paul. She believes Alex killed them. She said it in her book and she's said it on camera. But she's also someone who respects the legal process enough to say publicly that the overturned conviction was the right decision — because Becky Hill's behavior behind closed doors was enough to compromise the trial, regardless of what the evidence showed.That combination — conviction about guilt paired with respect for the process — makes Blanca the most compelling witness in the retrial.This three-part exclusive covers the full scope of what Blanca carries. Part 1 is the emotional and personal impact of the overturned verdict — the drive to Maggie's grave, the competing truths, and the fear of going through it all again. Part 2 is the evidence — what she saw that morning that was never explored on the stand, what Alex's behavior revealed, and why her memory of Moselle matters more now that the property no longer exists. Part 3 is the hardest question: did Alex act alone? Blanca's theory about Plan A and Plan B, the defense team's competing narrative, and what she believes investigators still haven't examined.A three-part exclusive on the Alex Murdaugh channel.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #BlancaSimpson #MurdaughRetrial #MaggieMurdaugh #MurdaughHousekeeper #PaulMurdaugh #MurdaughOverturned #BeckyHill #Moselle #HiddenKillers

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If Murdaugh Never Did Anything Alone Before — Why Would The Murders Be Different?

2d ago00:18:32Tap to summarize

Four hundred thirty-seven checks. Roughly two point four million dollars. All flowing from Alex Murdaugh to Curtis Eddie Smith over eight years. That's just one relationship in Alex's network. Add the law partners who didn't ask questions. The bankers who processed the transactions. The people who enabled the opioid pipeline. The man who agreed to shoot Alex on the side of the road for an insurance payout. Alex Murdaugh built an entire ecosystem of people who did things for him.Blanca Simpson watched that ecosystem operate from inside the household. She saw who had access. Who showed up at the properties. Who called and when. And she's reached a conclusion that she's now willing to talk about publicly: she doesn't believe the night of June 7th, 2021, was a solo operation.Blanca has laid out what she calls Plan A and Plan B. Plan A involved another person at Moselle that night. When that arrangement fell through, Alex moved to Plan B — carrying out the act himself and building a cover story around the boat crash families. She's grounded this theory in specific observations from her time inside the household, not in the kind of speculation that fills true crime forums.Now the defense is pointing in the opposite direction. They're claiming "third parties" too — but they mean someone else killed Maggie and Paul. Two competing theories using the same phrase, aimed at completely different conclusions.In this interview, Blanca walks through her theory, challenges the defense narrative head-on, and identifies what she believes investigators haven't examined closely enough in Alex's circle.Part 3 of a three-part exclusive on the Alex Murdaugh channel.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #BlancaSimpson #MurdaughRetrial #MurdaughConspiracy #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #Moselle #MurdaughDefense #CurtisSmith #HiddenKillers

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What Evidence From Inside The Murdaugh House Has Never Been Heard In Court?

3d ago00:24:52Tap to summarize

The Supreme Court gave prosecutors a clear signal: scale back the financial crimes evidence. The first trial spent twelve and a half hours on stolen money, defrauded clients, and broken lives. The justices called it excessive and said the state could have made its case in a fraction of that time.That changes the entire architecture of round two. And it elevates one witness above almost every other: Blanca Simpson.Blanca didn't see the murders. She didn't process the crime scene. What she did was spend twenty years learning the exact rhythms of the Murdaugh household — and then walk through that house twelve hours after the killings and see, with clarity that no investigator could replicate, exactly what was wrong. Not wrong in the forensic sense. Wrong in the way only a person who'd been in that house every day for two decades would notice. The food stored differently. The pajamas folded by someone other than Maggie. The towel where it didn't belong. The shirt that no longer existed.In this interview, Blanca reveals what she noticed that nobody asked about at trial. She talks about what she'd tell a prosecutor who wanted to build a stronger behavioral case in round two. She walks through the morning Alex called her and asked her to clean the house "the way Maggie liked" and explains, with years of perspective, what that request really looked like. And she makes a case that her knowledge of Moselle — every room, every path, every door — is evidence that no photograph can replace now that the property has been sold.Part 2 of a three-part exclusive on the Alex Murdaugh channel.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #BlancaSimpson #MurdaughRetrial #MurdaughEvidence #MaggieMurdaugh #Moselle #MurdaughTrial #PaulMurdaugh #SouthCarolina #HiddenKillers

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Can Murdaugh's Housekeeper Believe He's Guilty And Still Respect The Court?

4d ago00:18:45Tap to summarize

Blanca Simpson has said it publicly: she believes Alex Murdaugh killed Maggie and Paul. She wrote it in her book. She said it on camera. She reached that conclusion after years of processing what she saw inside that house — the wet towel, the folded pajamas, the shirt that vanished, the moment Alex tried to rewrite her memory months after the murders.And when the South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously threw out the conviction that her testimony helped secure, she said something that most people on either side of this case would never say: she respects the decision.That tension is the entire story. Blanca isn't a legal commentator trying to thread a needle for the cameras. She's a woman who lost her closest friend, who watched the man she believes is responsible get convicted in three hours, and who now has to reconcile the fact that a court clerk's misconduct was enough to undo all of it. Not the evidence. Not the testimony. One person's behavior behind closed doors.Blanca talks about the moment she heard the ruling and drove to Maggie's grave. The silence she sat in. The fear she wrote about in her book — that a retrial might come — that has now become real. And whether the Blanca Simpson who takes the stand in round two will be the same cautious, still-in-shock housekeeper the jury saw in 2023, or someone who has spent three years getting clearer about what she knows and what she's ready to say.Part 1 of a three-part exclusive on the Alex Murdaugh channel.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #BlancaSimpson #MurdaughRetrial #MaggieMurdaugh #MurdaughOverturned #PaulMurdaugh #BeckyHill #JuryTampering #SouthCarolina #HiddenKillers

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Will Maggie And Paul Murdaugh Ever Get Justice Now?

4d ago00:15:57Tap to summarize

It's easy to forget, with all the legal noise, that this case has two victims with names: Maggie Murdaugh and her son Paul. They were killed at the family's dog kennels in June of 2021, and for the people who've followed this story closely, the news that Alex Murdaugh's convictions were overturned landed hard — because it means the question of who answers for their deaths is open all over again.Former FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer sits down with Tony Brueski to talk about where this leaves the people who loved Maggie and Paul. We talk honestly about what the Supreme Court actually decided — that a court clerk's conduct tainted the trial — and what it doesn't mean. Murdaugh hasn't been declared innocent. He's still in prison for stealing from his own clients. But a jury's verdict on the murders has been erased, and a new trial is coming.We talk about what a retrial asks of a family that already sat through six weeks of testimony once. About the long shadow this case has cast over a small South Carolina community. And about the hard truth that justice delayed, reopened, and relitigated takes a real toll on the people who just want it to be over.This one is for everyone who's kept Maggie and Paul in mind through all of it. They were a mother and a son. Whatever the courts decide next, they deserve to be remembered as more than the headline. Come sit with us.Footer Links:Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.Hashtags: #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #AlexMurdaugh #TrueCrime #MurdaughMurders #SouthCarolina #JusticeForMaggieAndPaul #TrueCrimeCommunity #Lowcountry #RememberThem

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Why Spend Millions Retrying Murdaugh If He's Already Locked Up Forever?

2w ago00:30:19Tap to summarize

Alex Murdaugh is 57. He's serving 40 years federal. He's never getting out. So why spend millions on a retrial?Because Maggie Murdaugh was 52. Paul Murdaugh was 22. They were shot to death on their family's property. And right now, nobody stands convicted of killing them. The guilty verdicts are erased. The life sentences are vacated. Not because the evidence wasn't there — because an elected court clerk corrupted the process. A financial crimes sentence is not a murder conviction by proxy. Accepting it as one tells the families of Maggie and Paul that the question of who killed them doesn't matter enough to answer properly.Five days after the Supreme Court's unanimous reversal, Murdaugh's defense team sued Becky Hill in federal court. Seventeen pages. Section 1983. Six hundred thousand dollars in damages going to the receivership. Jim Griffin said the money isn't the point — the point is subpoena power, depositions, and dragging people under oath to answer what the state never asked. The Supreme Court ruled Hill put "her fingers on the scales of justice." The state prosecutor said there wasn't enough to charge her with jury tampering. Four months later, the Supreme Court said that's exactly what she did.Eric Faddis breaks down the lawsuit, what civil discovery gives the defense that the criminal process never did, and why Griffin stressed none of the money goes to Murdaugh personally. He explains what Section 1983 requires and whether the discovery could reveal Hill didn't act alone.Now the Attorney General is reportedly considering the death penalty. People Murdaugh stole from have said they'll testify again. The retrial isn't about adjusting a sentence he's already serving. It's about accountability for two people who were killed and a legal record that currently says nobody did it.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MurdaughRetrial #BeckyHill #Section1983 #JusticeForMaggieAndPaul #SCSupremeCourt #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime

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Whose DNA Was Found Under Maggie Murdaugh's Fingernails?

2w ago00:49:48Tap to summarize

Unknown male DNA was found under Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails. It was never run through CODIS. Jim Griffin said it at the press conference like he'd been waiting to — physical evidence from the person who was fatally shot, collected by investigators, documented in the case file, and never matched through the federal database. The defense has plans for it. They're not hiding that.But untested DNA is only one piece. The defense laid out a list of alleged SLED failures that got buried under twelve hours of financial crimes testimony the first time. Tire tracks never processed. GPS data from Maggie's phone overwritten. A crime scene sitting in the rain while family members walked through it. A coroner who estimated time of death by touch. Every one of those gaps is now exposed because the Supreme Court stripped away the financial testimony that filled them.The retrial is going to be massive. Eight thousand pages of locked-in trial testimony gives the defense a built-in impeachment roadmap — every prosecution witness is stuck with what they said under oath the first time. New expert witnesses are being brought in. The defense doesn't expect the retrial before next year and says there will never be a plea deal.Venue is already contested. The defense is considering a change-of-venue motion, but the receiving county has to match Colleton's demographics. The death penalty threat from the Attorney General may have backfired — capital charges automatically trigger individual voir dire, which is exactly what Harpootlian wanted. The Becky Hill federal lawsuit gives the defense civil discovery tools to investigate whether she acted alone during the first trial.And the question that hung over the entire press conference: if Alex Murdaugh didn't do it, why is there no alternative theory after all these years? The defense says SLED destroyed the evidence trail. That's an answer. Whether it's enough is what the retrial will decide.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MaggieMurdaugh #DNAEvidence #CODIS #MurdaughRetrial #SLED #BeckyHill #DickHarpootlian #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime

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Did Someone Help Becky Hill Tamper With Alex Murdaugh's Jury?

2w ago00:41:29Tap to summarize

Alex Murdaugh's defense team just filed a federal lawsuit against Becky Hill — and the point isn't money. It's answers. The Section 1983 civil rights claim alleges Hill deprived Murdaugh of a fair trial before an untampered jury. The Supreme Court already found her conduct warranted throwing out the conviction. Now the defense wants to use civil discovery — depositions, subpoenas, sworn testimony — to find out everything the state never bothered to investigate.Jim Griffin put it plainly at the press conference: was Becky Hill a lone wolf? Or did someone else know what was happening during those deliberations? The complaint flags the removal of juror Myra Crosby — the egg lady — as an incident that's never been adequately explained. The suit seeks more than six hundred thousand dollars in damages tied to the cost of the original trial. None of it goes to Murdaugh. Every dollar flows to the receivership.The defense argues the state never treated Hill's interference as the constitutional violation it was. Never followed the evidence wherever it led. This federal suit is built to go where the state wouldn't.Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta and Robin Dreeke break down what the discovery process can actually force into the open — and whether what Hill did during that trial could have happened without anyone noticing.On the retrial side, the Supreme Court handed the defense a roadmap. The financial evidence firewall changes everything. The court expressed clear skepticism about twelve hours of stolen-money testimony, and the defense will fight to exclude every piece armed with the court's own words. Behind that wall, the physical case is thin: no DNA on Murdaugh, no blood, both weapons missing, no eyewitnesses, and a crime scene that was compromised from the start. Those gaps got buried the first time. They won't get buried again. The question now is whether Murdaugh takes the stand — the kennel video recording likely forces it — and whether that gamble plays differently when the jury hasn't spent weeks hearing about stolen money first.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #BeckyHill #MurdaughRetrial #Section1983 #JuryTampering #JimGriffin #DickHarpootlian #BobMotta #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime

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What Lead Did SLED Ignore On The Day Maggie And Paul Were Killed?

2w ago00:41:35Tap to summarize

The first jury had twelve hours of stolen-money testimony making Alex Murdaugh look like a desperate man capable of anything. The Supreme Court stripped that away. Now the case has to stand on what SLED actually found at Moselle — and what they didn't bother to chase.Blanca Simpson, the Murdaugh housekeeper, told investigators about a suspicious white vehicle parked near the property close to where Paul kept firearms on the day of the killings. She reported it that day. She later gave more specific details in private interviews than she ever shared on the stand. SLED reportedly dismissed the lead. Jennifer Coffindaffer ran federal cases for nearly three decades and she doesn't let that go. When a witness hands you a vehicle near weapon storage hours before a double homicide and nobody tracks it down, that's not a judgment call — that's ammunition for a defense attorney standing in front of a new jury.The crime scene sat in the rain. Family members walked through it. No weapon was ever recovered. No DNA connected the defendant to the killings. Coffindaffer and Robin Dreeke break down the two-shooter theory SLED couldn't rule out, the contradictions in Simpson's evolving accounts, and whether the kennel video lie still hits the same way without the financial crimes piled on top of it.Then the political side. Attorney General Alan Wilson reportedly said all options are on the table for the retrial — including the death penalty, which was never pursued the first time. Wilson is running for governor. Every AG candidate has reportedly promised to retry Alex Murdaugh. Dick Harpootlian reportedly told reporters the reversal will bring reluctant witnesses forward. Dreeke examines what happens when a retrial becomes a campaign platform and whether an untainted jury pool even exists anymore.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughRetrial #SLED #BlancaSimpson #DeathPenalty #AlanWilson #JenniferCoffindaffer #RobinDreeke #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime

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Did Buster Murdaugh Just Turn On Alex?

2w ago01:11:43Tap to summarize

Buster Murdaugh sat behind his father every single day of that first trial. He took the stand and told a jury Alex wasn't capable of this. Then Alex got convicted — and Buster disappeared. Three years of barely any prison calls. A quiet marriage. A life built as far from the Murdaugh name as he could manage. Now the convictions have been reversed and the retrial is coming, and sources say Buster isn't grateful. He's reportedly furious. He allegedly called Alex a "selfish old man."That's the son who was supposed to be the defense's emotional anchor. If his loyalty has cracked, both sides know it changes everything. Jennifer Coffindaffer and Robin Dreeke break down what Buster's anger means for the retrial — and whether the prosecution can use it. Coffindaffer raises the question buried inside the State's own theory: if this was family annihilation, why is Buster still alive? Maggie wouldn't have believed a story about Paul's death if Buster were gone too. That hole sits right in the middle of the motive the State has to sell a second jury.Then there's the insurance scheme — Alex allegedly staging his own shooting so Buster could collect ten million dollars. A father's desperate love or a con man using his last remaining son as a prop? A jury can read it either way, and both readings cut deep.Eric Faddis breaks down what the Supreme Court's reversal actually changed for the retrial — the evidence limits, Alex's locked-in testimony, Becky Hill's criminal conviction, and the strategic choice both sides have to make before anything else. The question Faddis leaves on the table: which side would a former prosecutor rather be on walking into round two?Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #BusterMurdaugh #MurdaughRetrial #JenniferCoffindaffer #RobinDreeke #EricFaddis #SCSupremeCourt #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #MurdaughCase

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Why Is Murdaugh's Housekeeper The Witness Both Sides Should Fear In The Retrial?

If Murdaugh Never Did Anything Alone Before — Why Would The Murders Be Different?

What Evidence From Inside The Murdaugh House Has Never Been Heard In Court?

Can Murdaugh's Housekeeper Believe He's Guilty And Still Respect The Court?

Will Maggie And Paul Murdaugh Ever Get Justice Now?

Why Spend Millions Retrying Murdaugh If He's Already Locked Up Forever?

Whose DNA Was Found Under Maggie Murdaugh's Fingernails?

Did Someone Help Becky Hill Tamper With Alex Murdaugh's Jury?

What Lead Did SLED Ignore On The Day Maggie And Paul Were Killed?

Did Buster Murdaugh Just Turn On Alex?