Last week we revealed that 14th Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen — who has been a key figure in the Murdaugh world — tried to create a crime and orchestrate the arrest of a man with psychiatric vulnerabilities in her neighborhood five years ago. This week, we have the recordings showing what she did — and her behavior is far worse than it sounded on paper. Once again, Mandy and Liz take on the judicial system and call on the state Supreme Court to stop looking the other way on judicial misconduct. I ...
Oct 26, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 65
In this episode Mandy and Liz dive deeper into the Arthur Badger case and share how Russell Laffitte, Alex Murdaugh and potentially others allegedly aimed to reap benefits from the Badger family’s unimaginable tragedy. Despite how egregious it is and despite how much it has exposed the underworld of Alex Murdaugh, these circumstances deserve a more critical examination than they’ve received thus far. Names you’ll recognize like Corey Fleming, Carmen Mullen and others continue to pop up and we ge...
Oct 05, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Recent revelations and legal filings have us wondering if investigators are maintaining the momentum needed to hold all of Alex Murdaugh’s alleged conspirators accountable. Or are they taking a page from the Good Ole Boys handbook and hoping that one man’s punishment will get the public to shut up and move on? Mandy and Liz share their take on journalistic ethics as it pertains to victims, dive deep into recent motion filings, and take a look at the entangling alliances within the federal and st...
Sep 28, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Russell Laffitte and his wife, Susie, gave an epically tone-deaf performance in an effort to get one of his two ankle monitors removed earlier this month. Mandy and Liz take a hard look at a recently released transcript of what went down in federal court on Sept. 6. What should have been a run-of-the-mill hearing, was anything but as Russell and Susie tried to convince a judge that he too is a victim of Alex Murdaugh. We also hear a powerful response from Alania Plyler and stay tuned for more de...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 62
In this episode, we caught up with Stephen’s mother, the wonderful and resilient Sandy Smith, and Mike Hemlepp , Jr., the Columbia attorney who stepped up to help after Sandy’s previous attorney let her down. We asked Sandy and Mike where things with the case stood and how they felt about everything. While the case gained some momentum last year after SLED took it over from the South Carolina Highway Patrol, it’s now 15 months later and we were hoping by now to know more. Mandy and Liz take a ne...
Sep 14, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 61
What happened to the money? The big picture is coming into focus as several new revelations surrounding Alex Murdaugh were revealed this week, including our latest discovery of how Alex is connected to an alleged Colleton County drug dealer. Russell Laffitte’s battle to have one of his two ankle monitors removed leads to more shocking details coming out about his alleged scheme with Alex. You'll also hear Mandy share an announcement that our entire team is excited for. SUNscribe to our free emai...
Sep 07, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Monday’s pre-trial motion hearing in Alex Murdaugh's murder case was fiery and dramatic… even for this case. In Episode 59, Mandy , Liz & David unpack all of the very complicated details that legacy media failed to mention. You'll also hear Mandy and Liz share some personal news about their recent departure from FITSNews and the team will tell you about some exciting plans on the horizon. Subscribe to our free email list to get alerts on bonus episodes, calls to action, new shows and updates...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 59
This last week was another roller coaster of insanity in the Murdaugh Murders Saga. Murdaugh’s defense team has amped up their strategy to fool the public and create chaos in the double homicide case and - per usual - mainstream media is happily helping them with that. Mandy , Liz & David poured through a pile of documents filed in the last week – and dove deep into Harpootlian’s press conference. We also cover the latest — including new indictments filed against Russell Laffitte, Alex Murda...
Aug 24, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Just when you think the Murdaugh saga can’t get any worse, along comes Greg Parker.... An owner of a chain of local convenience store is estimated to have spent millions to minimize his liability in the Mallory Beach wrongful death case and has aimed his ire toward the people with the least amount of power. In this episode Mandy & Liz take a look at two shocking admissions Parker made to Valerie Bauerlein in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend; and we correct the record on journalism. P...
Aug 17, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 57
The Plyler sisters were just little girls when Alex Murdaugh and Russell Laffitte entered their world. Now, more than 15 years later, they are discovering all the ways these two men (allegedly) secretly enriched themselves off their settlement money. We talk with Alania Plyler about what it was like having Russell Laffitte as her conservator and the betrayal she now feels knowing what he was doing the entire time. Plus legal analysis on what duties a conservator is supposed to perform from Eric ...
Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Today we take a deeper dive into how former Hampton County attorney Alex Murdaugh and former Palmetto State Bank CEO Russell Laffitte allegedly defrauded a deceased quadriplegic man — and then tried to cover their tracks. We show once again that there is no “bottom” in the world of South Carolina’s good ole boys. Also on the episode, Liz Farrel gives you a behind the scenes look at Laffitte’s federal bond hearing and Mandy updates you on Dick Harpootlian’s motion for a gag order in the murder ca...
Aug 03, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 55
We believe the entire system is on trial here. And it’s time the Attorney General’s office starts understanding that citizens of South Carolina demand transparency and zealous attention to restore public faith. In this episode we take a deep dive into the perplexing prosecution strategies and deliberate defense strategies swirling around the various criminal charges pointed at Alex Murdaugh. Mandy and Liz revisit odd statements made by the Murdaugh camp early in the double homicide investigation...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 54
In the last seven days, we’ve been very busy at the Murdaugh Murders Podcast. Alex Murdaugh was officially charged in the double homicide of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Bowen Turner’s probation was revoked. Alex Murdaugh’s bond was denied. And Russell Laffitte was federally indicted. All of these things are a big deal. In this special breaking episode of the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy and Liz dive into the details of the bond hearing. What does all of this mean for the future of the SC justic...
Jul 21, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Agents from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) are scheduled to present evidence against Alex Murdaugh in the double homicide of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh this Thursday July 14, 2022. THAT IS A BIG DEAL. In this episode, you’ll hear from the journalists who have been covering this story since 2019 — Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell explain what this news means, how we were able to report it, and what’s coming next. Could this be a capital murder case? When we will know more details ab...
Jul 13, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Mandy , Liz , and the team dive deeper into the jailhouse phone calls with shocking revelations. After listening – and relistening – to hours upon hours of of tapes, we have a better understanding of how Alex’s family sees this tangled web playing out in the media. You'll hear what Alex says, and doesn't say about Maggie and Paul in heart wrenching, but very telling conversations with Buster, John Marvin and Liz Murdaugh. Plus an update on Eddie Smith’s arrest, and the money laundering, drug and...
Jun 29, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 51
In this special 50th episode of the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy , Liz , and the team do another deep dive into the jailhouse phone calls obtained recently by the MMP team. After reviewing the tapes, we learned a lot more about Buster’s University of South Carolina Law School readmittance and the alleged $60,000 payment to Butch Bowers last fall. In this episode, we play several calls where this transaction is discussed and Mandy and Liz explain how this isn’t the first time the Good Ole Boys...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 50
After officials released Alex Murdaugh’s jailhouse phone call recordings, we now have a much clearer understanding of the former attorney and volunteer solicitor’s relationships, plots, and life behind bars. The Murdaugh Murders Podcast has been working tirelessly listening to more than 100 phone calls between Alex and his family members. This episode will be one of at least two covering these public records. During this episode, you’ll hear Alex speak with his family about moving around assets ...
Jun 15, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Tuesday marked the one-year anniversary of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh's murders. Unfortunately, there still have not been any arrests in the crime that has evolved into the most notorious murder investigation in recent South Carolina history. However, this week we broke some important news in the double homicide. Audio and video evidence obtained by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division shows that Alex Murdaugh was at Moselle in the moments just before the murders. In this episode, Mandy and...
Jun 08, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 48
A motion filed last week by John T. Lay and Peter M. McCoy Jr. — the two attorneys who were appointed as co-receivers in November 2021 to tally Murdaugh’s assets — revealed even more shocking and unheard of banking practices at Palmetto State Bank. It’s yet another layer of this story that shows us how powerful institutions treated Alex Murdaugh differently and therefore, potentially played a role in his alleged crimes. In this episode, Mandy , Liz , and fan favorite attorney Eric Bland explain ...
Jun 01, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 47
So today we want to take you back to the story that was the beginning of the end for the Murdaugh family’s 100-year dynasty and the fall of the Good 'Ole Boys in South Carolina— the boat crash that Killed Mallory Beach. This case is ground zero for everything we talk about in this podcast. Without this case, the Murdaughs’ grip on the Lowcountry might never have loosened. The Beach case — which started as a fairly straightforward wrongful death claim — has become incredibly complex. Because of i...
May 25, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 46
We received new information from the attorneys and insurance companies who investigated Gloria Satterfield’s death. Not only do these new details raise more questions about what happened at Moselle the day of her alleged “trip and fall,” the new information highlights one of the major problems in this state: lawyers helping lawyers. Also, on Friday the 13th, Charleston's Post and Courier published an opinion piece by the current and past presidents of the South Carolina Bar Association on behalf...
May 18, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 45
The Good 'Ole Boys had a very bad week in South Carolina. Last Wednesday, the S.C. Attorney General’s Office announced three superseding indictments against Alex Murdaugh, his best friend Cory Fleming, and his banker buddy Russell Laffitte. Attorney Justin Bamberg , who represents the Pinckney family, joins us for episode 44 of the Murdaugh Murders Podcast. And trust us — “The devil is in the details.” And, on Monday (5/9/2022), we found out Bowen Turner was arrested again and this time, he was ...
May 11, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 44
As police are still investigating the five deaths that have been tied to the Murdaugh family, we’re trying to answer a big question in this case — what happened to the money? Following the money has led us down some strange, unexpected paths in this story — especially in the last week when it was discovered that Alex paid $110,000 for a funeral home. This funeral home is linked to one of Murdaugh's alleged victims and also linked to a funeral director that once sawed a man’s leg’s off because he...
May 04, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Multiple sources have told us that high-velocity impact spatter was present on the shirt Alex Murdaugh was wearing the night of the murders and that this evidence has been independently analyzed and confirmed by multiple forensic experts — including by at least one out-of-state laboratory. In this special breaking episode of the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy , and Liz , dive into all of the details in the June 7, 2021 double homicide of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh — a murder investigation like no...
Apr 27, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 42
This episode is about so much more than jailhouse phone calls right now. This is about the future of the justice system in our state. Will we continue to stand by and let Good Ole Boys like Dick Harpootlian and Brad Hutto run our courts? Or is it finally time for a change? In this episode, Liz , Mandy and David take you through every bit of Dick and Jim’s lawsuit — including all of their mistakes. And we’re not done with the Bowen Turner case, either. Over the weekend, State Senator Brad Hutto c...
Apr 20, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 41
19-year-old Bowen Turner is accused of raping three women between 2018-2019. One of those victims, Dallas Stoller, died in November of 2021. In this special episode of the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, you’ll hear from Dallas’ sister and father, who were in the courtroom last week when Turner got a shocking sweetheart deal of just five years probation. He won’t have to register as a sex offender. Solicitor David Miller of the Second Circuit Solicitor’s Office agreed to the deal. Judge Markley Dennis...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 40
While there was a lot of news related to the Murdaugh saga in the last week, this episode will focus on 14th Circuit Solicitor Duffie Stone and why his involvement in this case matters. We still have questions that need to be answered and, as residents who live in the 14th Circuit, we are concerned about our solicitor and justice system in the Lowcountry. In this episode, hear special guest explain why Stone’s involvement was concerning and what it means to the case. Bonus! You’ll hear comedian ...
Apr 06, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Are the Murdaugh’s in the middle of PR push? And what happened to all of the money? In episode 38, Mandy Matney , and Liz Farrell unpack a ton of information that came out about the Murdaugh family in the last week. We talk about possible tampering with evidence at the double homicide scene. And a mysterious check from Alex to a local police chief. To view Gregory Alexander's full campaign video click here . Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️ Premium Members ...
Mar 30, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 38
There is A LOT to unpack about Cory Fleming. So much, that it doesn’t all fit into one episode. But this week, we received a shocking document showing Fleming’s apparent defense — and it includes a letter and text messages between Alex and Cory as Alex sat in both a Florida rehab facility and a SC jail respectively. In episode 37, Mandy , Liz and Eric Bland unpack both Cory Fleming’s bond hearing and his shocking defense in a plea to the Georgia Bar. It seems like Cory isn’t going down without a...
Mar 23, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Suspended attorney Cory Fleming was indicted on 18 charges related to the Gloria Satterfield case. While we wait for his bond hearing, Mandy Matney , Liz Farrell and attorney Eric Bland unpack the latest indictments and what it means for the justice system. While Fleming was finally indicted, so many others who allegedly participated in this scheme have escaped accountability so far. Fleming’s arrest is a big deal — we will tell you why. Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️ ...
Mar 17, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 36
