In the Matter of Alex Murdaugh

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🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Craig Melvin reports on the latest twist in the Alex Murdaugh case, after his double murder convictions were overturned and a new trial was ordered for the murders of his wife and son. Andrea Canning goes behind the scenes of the making of this episode in ‘Talking Dateline’ Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/4nH8dJ0 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5aIT0PFtdiBMbpMNGLeO6y

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0:00.0	Tonight on Dayline.
0:02.0	Mr. Murdoch, are you a family annihilator?
0:04.0	A family annihilator?
0:06.0	You mean like, did I shoot my wife and my son?
0:08.0	No.
0:09.0	A bombshell in the notorious case of Alec Murdoch.
0:13.0	His guilty verdict overturned.
0:15.0	This decision is nothing short of shocking.
0:18.0	This never, ever happens.
0:20.0	Inside this stunning new ruling, jurors told you
0:23.7	they felt coerced. Something really a mess went on in the jury room? I mean my world
0:29.5	stop. Revealing new interviews. The Attorney General. We intend to retry this case. Two people
0:36.0	were murdered and they deserved justice.
0:37.9	The defense team. What was Alex's response when you told him?
0:41.7	He said, I didn't believe it's going to happen.
0:43.9	The jurors. I feel like he didn't get a fair trial.
0:47.6	I was like, what? Why? They are dead on that. Yes, sir. That's what it looks like.
0:54.6	He didn't kill Maggie and Paul.
0:57.6	Do you have new evidence to back that up?
1:00.9	Private investigators are out there investigating.
1:03.3	They have the evidence we love to see it.
1:05.1	Everyone.
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