Family Annihilators: Alex Murdaugh, Chris Watts, and More Men Who Murdered Their Families, with Laura Richards | Ep. 519

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Laura Richards, criminal behavioral analyst and host of "Crime Analyst," to talk about the horrific topic of "family annihilators" who are men who murder their families, the prevalence of "coercive control," the signs that Alex Murdaugh was a family annihilator, the way the Murdaugh family was above the law for so long, the way Murdaugh seemed to have it all together to the average person, the disturbing Chris Watts story, the way the Watts family dynamic shifted, major mistakes in Gabby Petito police stop, the shocking details of the Jeff MacDonald case, stalking and other signs of a potential psychopathic man, victim-blaming over domestic violence, red flags and warning signs about men who may be potentially dangerous, tips for women, and more. More from Richards: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksfRSwfwFqUCjcxKYju6_Q

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, family annihilator.
0:18.3	It's a term you may have heard recently during the Alec Murdoch trial.
0:22.8	The prosecutor, even asking Alec directly, if he qualified as one.
0:28.5	Do you remember this?
0:29.5	Watch.
0:30.5	Are you a family annihilator?
0:33.5	A family annihilator?
0:37.0	You mean like, did I shoot my wife and my son?
0:39.4	Yes.
0:40.4	No.
0:41.4	I would never hurt Maggie Murdoch.
0:46.2	I would never hurt Paul Murdoch under any circumstances.
0:52.6	Sorry about that.
1:04.6	Of course the jury rejected that assertion, finding Murdoch guilty, a fatally shooting his
1:10.0	wife Maggie and his son Paul.
1:12.8	Maggie was 52, Paul was 22, and he's now serving life in prison.
1:19.0	Murdering those close to you is an unimaginable act to most people, but Alec Murdoch is not the
1:23.7	first or the last to kill his family.
1:27.0	He's one of many in a gruesome group of family annihilators.
1:30.5	When I heard that term in that trial, it got me, I never heard that term before, and I'm
1:35.4	in the news business and we cover crime a lot.
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