Murdaugh Murder Saga - Part 2
Housewives of True Crime
Tabitha Kane
4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The saga began in 2021 with the brutal murder of Murdaugh's wife and son, which was quickly followed by Murdaugh's own shooting in what was later revealed to be a staged crime. As the investigation unfolded, it exposed deep-seated corruption and unethical practices within the legal system in South Carolina.
After months of investigations, Murdaugh was finally indicted on charges related to the murder-for-hire plot against him. In September 2021, he pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud and wire fraud, among others. He was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the crimes.
The case also involved Paul Murdaugh, Alex's son, who was awaiting trial for his alleged involvement in a fatal boating accident in 2019. The accident resulted in the death of a 19-year-old woman. Paul was also found dead at the family's hunting lodge in June 2021, just days before the murders of Alex's wife and son. The case against Paul was dropped following his death, but questions still remain about his involvement in the accident and his connection to the later crimes.
The resolution of the case brings a sense of closure for the families of the victims and the local community, which has been rocked by the revelations of corruption and unethical behavior among attorneys in the area. However, the case also serves as a cautionary tale of the consequences of unchecked power and corruption. Alex Murdaugh's guilty plea and life sentence are a reminder that justice will eventually be served, even in the most complex and high-profile cases.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome, Housewives of True Crime. This is part two of the Myrda murder saga. |
| 0:07.9 | So if you have not listened to part one, which is I think number 200 episode, yay, |
| 0:16.0 | can you believe it? 200 episodes. This should be 201. We are releasing them both on the same day, |
| 0:22.0 | but if you have not listened to 200, the Myrda murder saga, then please go back and listen to |
| 0:30.0 | that one first. I will apologize in advance that I thought I was going to wrap it up in an hour, |
| 0:37.1 | but it's such a crazy case that it just took longer. So we broke it up into two and dropped |
| 0:43.1 | them on the same day. And I hope you guys enjoy. Clank, clank. |
| 0:50.1 | Hi and welcome to Housewives of True Crime. Welcome. Welcome. I am Tabitha. Give me date line, |
| 0:58.6 | white wine, and I'll pick up your kids in the carpool line the next day, right? Yeah, the next day. |
| 1:03.8 | Okay. And I am Gretchen. I like white wine, true crime, and in bed by nine because I have a lot |
| 1:11.1 | of stuff to do in the morning. We are Housewives of True Crime. Yes, we are. |
| 1:31.7 | Investigators at this point are trying to really piece this crazy saga together, |
| 1:36.8 | and then after nine months of this double homicide, they were able to crack Paul's phone open. |
| 1:44.0 | We're not able to up until this point. So it was, it was a while later. And these phones, |
| 1:49.9 | you guys, holy cow, they track everything now. They track how many steps you're taking, how fast |
| 1:58.4 | you're taking them, the snapchat stuff that the kids are on. I mean, they are like, you can, |
| 2:05.4 | it's, you know, snapchat, you're like, send something and then it disappears into like thinner. |
| 2:09.8 | Well, it doesn't disappear, but not really. Yeah, but not really. They uncover a video taken on |
| 2:18.6 | Paul's phone shortly before he died of a dog. His friend's dog was at the kennel and had something |
| 2:24.8 | wrong with his tail. So his friend asked for a video. And on the video, you can hear three voices, |
| 2:31.7 | Maggie's Paul's and Alex's. And remember, Alex said over and over and over that he was not at |
| 2:40.4 | the kennels that night. He said the last time he saw his wife and son were at dinner, |
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