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Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Breaking Down Alex Murdaugh's Appeal in Front of SC Supreme Court

Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.02.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Attorney, Matt Siembieda, joins Seton and Matt to delve into the oral argumenst of Alex Murdaugh's appeal before the South Carolina Supreme Court. They discuss the dynamics of judicial questioning, the significance of the egg juror's testimony, and the implications of financial evidence presented during the trial. The conversation highlights the credibility of witnesses, the strategies employed by both the state and defense, and predictions regarding the potential for a new trial. Matt Siembieda is an attorney and law professor at Temple Law School. Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present from the southeast region of the U.S. Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company. Look for Impact of Influence on Facebook and Youtube. Please support our sponsors Elevate your closet with Quince. Go to Quince dot com slash impact for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Impact of influence.

0:03.5

Covering true crime throughout the southeast.

0:09.0

If you had condensed your theory of motive, the whole gathering storm thing, down to the essentials and left out all the stuff that the Chief Justice and Justice James were talking about it.

0:21.4

And in my view, you could have done that in about an hour and a half or two hours.

0:24.0

You took 12 and a half hours to do it.

0:26.9

That's some sound from the oral arguments arguing for Ellick Murdoch's appeal over the double murder conviction for the South Carolina Supreme Court.

0:37.8

Hello, friend. I am Matt Harris. Seaton Tucker next to me. If you want to join the conversation,

0:42.7

it is Facebook, or you go to the YouTube channel and hit subscribe. But, Seaton, you were at

0:48.0

this big deal, the big day in Columbia. I was. It's the first time I've ever attended an oral argument. The

0:56.8

Supreme Court is really actually very exciting and cool. I would bet. I'm going to go again.

1:01.8

And yeah, so it was crowded, full house. It was a full house. I think the first people arrived at

1:06.8

3.45. And I talked to Melissa Gordon, who co-wrote the book with Neil, or whose husband co-wrote

1:16.6

the book with Becky Hill. And she arrived at six, and she said there was only like six people

1:22.7

in front of her when she arrived. I got there at 7.30 and was easily able to get in. I think if you got there,

1:28.5

they opened the doors at 8.30. I think if you got there by 8.30, you probably got in.

1:34.2

But it was full. So I'm thinking maybe some people got declined if they showed up after that.

1:38.7

And we saw, you saw some of the old chums from the Murdoch Day. It was, oh, yeah, all the media that attended the Murdoch trial were there,

1:46.3

the Fitznews crew, Wall Street Journal, Dateline, HBO, John Monk with the state paper.

1:54.2

Jason.

1:55.1

Jason.

1:55.8

Yeah, Jason, who is now back working full-time for the Post-A-Cur.

1:59.6

He wrote the book book Swamp Kings,

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