Inside the Scott Spivey Case: A Reporter Update

Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.1 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Wall Street Journal reporter Valerie Bauerlein joined Impact to bring the latest news on the the Scott Spivey Case. Valerie previously joined the show on the May 1 episode. Valerie Bauerlein's podcast, Camp Swamp Road is part pf the WSJ podcasts. A 2023 road rage incident near Myrtle Beach turned deadly. Weldon Boyd fatally shot and killed 33 year old Scott Spivey. Boyd claimed self defense under South Carolina's Stand Your Ground Law. Questions emerged about the investigation after Boyd's phone calls were released. There are also questions abut Boyd's relationship with law enforcement and how the investigation was handled. To hear more about the Spivey case there were Impact episodes on May1, May 29, and June 6. Bauerlein is a WSJ National Affairs Reporter. Author of the instant NYT bestseller “The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty" and you can Follow Valerie on X @vbauerlein Here are links to her articles https://www.wsj.com/us-news/spivey-killing-stand-your-ground-f45a3492?mod=e2fb https://www.wsj.com/us-news/scott-spivey-weldon-boyd-police-shield-3edcf133?mod=e2fb 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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0:30.8	Impact of influence.
0:33.5	Covering true crime throughout the southeast.
0:38.9	I think this story is so revealing about these laws that have been bumping along in the
0:45.8	background for 20 years in our country. And I think one of the things that I'm finding
0:51.0	and I'm continuing to report out is that, you know, we're so mad at each
0:55.2	other all the time. And I think we just being on the highway since the pandemic and I've got
0:59.4	kids that are learning to drive, people drive, they act the fool on the highway. They really do.
1:04.0	And we're mad at each other. We are seeing more of these road rage homicide.
1:08.8	That is the voice of Valerie Borlein from the Wall Street Journal and the podcast Camp
1:14.4	Swamp Road.
1:16.5	Hello friend, Matt Harris and Seton Tucker are always grateful, super grateful to spending time
1:21.3	with us.
1:22.5	And if you want to join the conversation, Seton tell them.
1:24.9	You can find us on Facebook at Impact of Influence and also on our
1:28.4	YouTube channel. The YouTube channel's growing. Great. It's really happy. No, it really has.
1:31.6	We're, thank you for listening. Yes. Punch that subscribe button when you head to the YouTube
1:35.3	channel. And also we want to thank Evergreen Podcast Company that we're part of and also our sponsors.
1:41.1	We hope you'll support those folks as well. in this episode we're going to be revisiting
1:45.5	the twenty twenty three roadside shooting death of scott spivey and ory county south carolina
1:50.7	with wall street journal reporter and host of the journal podcast camp swamp road valerie boarline
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