I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind

your favorite Netflix documentaries and films. Today we take a final look back at 2023 as we revisit our most

popular episode of the year. The Netflix documentary series Murdoch Murders a

southern scandal.

Am I fearful of repercussions from them?

Yeah.

People would talk about the Murdoch's making people disappear. I don't think the story making people disappear.

I don't think the story is even close to being over and yes I'm a little nervous about sitting here and doing this now.

Today we're talking to directors Julia Willoughby Nason and Jenner First.

Alec Murdoch was a third-generation lawyer in a powerful Southern Carolina family,

but their reputation began to crack when his son Paul was behind the wheel during a fatal boating accident.

Survivors said Murdoch tried to get others to take the blame and used his considerable sway on investigators.

The controversy rekindled interest in other deaths the Murdochs were connected to, such

as the unsolved murder of a high school classmate

and the fatal fall of their housekeeper.

But the community was shocked when Murdoch's wife and son

were murdered on their property.

And while under suspicion

Alec Murdoch was wounded from a gunshot and what authorities say was a setup.

Murdoch murders is a very timely look inside today's most sensational true crime story.

I want to know who killed Paul and Maggie and who killed Stephen.

I still think that Mr. Alec is hiding things and if you ever meet him I'm sure you get that feeling too. I know to

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