Murdaugh Retrials & The Scream Murders with Matt Murphy

Juicy Crimes with Heather McDonald

Heather McDonald & Studio71

True Crime, History

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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I am so excited to be joined once again by everyone’s favorite former prosecutor and surfing DA turned bestselling author, Matt Murphy, for another episode of Juicy Crimes. Matt is currently in the middle of writing his second book—this one diving into the minds of psychopaths and serial killers—so he had the perfect perspective for the cases we tackled today. We started by breaking down the latest major turn in the Alex Murdaugh case, discussing why his double murder conviction was overturned due to jury tampering by a court clerk and whether he stands a chance in a retrial. Then, we took a deep dive into the chilling 2006 "Scream Murders" in Idaho, where two teenagers, Brian and Tori, obsessed with horror films, brutally murdered their friend Cassie Jo Stoddart. We examined the haunting video evidence they left behind and discussed the heartbreaking reality for parents when their children commit such unfathomable evil. -If your glasses are overdue for a refresh, now is the time with Zenni. Use code PODCAST15 for fifteen percent off your first order at bit.ly/4culkrC -Head to DailyLook.com to take your style quiz and use code JUICYCRIMES for 50% off your first order Subscribe now to Juicy Crimes so you don't miss an episode!: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/juicycrimes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald on iTunes, the podcast app, and get extra juice on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/juicyscoop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ See me Live: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://heathermcdonald.net/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Me on Social Media: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/heathermcdonald⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@heathermcdonald⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HeatherMcDonaldOfficial ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Juicy Crimes.
0:11.4	I'm so excited to talk about many crimes and get the perspective of everyone's favorite,
0:17.3	surfing DA turned bestselling author, writing his second book about murder, everyone's favorite. Surfing DA turned bestselling author, writing his second book about murder. Everyone's
0:24.5	favorite, Alter Boy. Were you an altar boy? Matt Murphy. No, I didn't make the cut. Catholic
0:29.7	Schoolboy, Catholic high school boy. Wow. Okay, I'm really glad that you joined me today because I have
0:37.0	lots of juicy crimes I want to talk to you about. First of all, how's everything going? Good. I've got my second book, this one on serial killers. It's due in 16 days. And I have like, it feels like the mother of all English papers at this point. Yes. I have so much to do. And I'm, I wrote stuff like two months ago in a section and it's like, I really liked it. I'm going back to it now going, this is crap. I have to totally redo it. So I'm going through that. You never, I mean, I would revise. I'd still be revising my first one if I didn't have that deadline. So,
1:13.9	so anyway, it's part of the process. I enjoy, I really do enjoy writing when I'm not hating it. So,
1:21.7	yeah, one or the other. I agree. I've written two books, so I know that feeling of just the,
1:26.8	your worst English paper
1:29.4	college final hanging over your head. Right. And then having some days where it is fun,
1:35.6	you are like patting yourself on the back and other days. So it is a process. But let's get
1:41.7	into a couple things. The first thing is the Murdae murders that we've
1:47.2	talked so much about in which the father gets convicted of killing his wife and his son by shooting
1:55.4	them. And he was convicted for this double murder. But there was a major break that happened where it was overturned based on the jury.
2:05.8	And I never understand when I read these headlines.
2:08.4	Can you explain?
2:09.2	Yeah.
2:09.7	So basically, for anybody who doesn't know the case, it is a fascinating story about this family.
2:18.0	It was like, I think that he was fourth generation,
2:20.7	fourth generation of extreme privilege and wealth in this kind of idyllic community,
2:28.2	the way they made it sound.
2:29.2	And it was a, I think he was the fourth generation of lawyers.
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