NEW MURDAUGH TRIAL? Appeal Bombshells, Jury Tampering Scandal & Hulu’s Shocking Trailer Breakdown | 2025 True Crime
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3.3 • 908 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
We dive into the newly filed documents in the South Carolina Supreme Court, examining why prosecutors insist the evidence against Murdaugh was “overwhelming,” while the defense argues the entire trial was compromised by a perfect storm of investigative failures, jury contamination, and unreliable forensics. At the center of the appeal? Former court clerk Becky Hill, whose alleged jury-tampering comments (“watch his body language”) now cast a long shadow over the verdict. Was it a harmless remark — or a constitutional landmine?
Then, Tony, Stacy Cole, and Todd Michaels explore the dramatic new trailer for Hulu’s upcoming series Murdaugh: Death in the Family. From the boat crash to the financial spiral to the Moselle murders, the team reacts to how Hollywood is retelling a story already stranger than fiction. Is the portrayal accurate? Sensationalized? Or a raw reflection of generational dysfunction inside one of America’s most notorious legal dynasties?
Finally, we turn to the heart of the debate: Was Alex Murdaugh a family annihilator… or a master manipulator who seized the stand to script his own tragic mythology? His testimony, body language, and contradictions are dissected in detail.
The appeal has begun. The narrative is shifting. And the Murdaugh saga is nowhere near finished.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Year in Review. |
| 0:02.7 | A look back at the biggest stories of 2025. |
| 0:06.4 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Burski, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels. |
| 0:15.5 | Alec Murdo, you thought this case was over? |
| 0:20.6 | Well, we might get a replay. |
| 0:23.5 | The fight to overturn his murder convictions is officially underway in the South Carolina Supreme Court, the Attorney General's office. |
| 0:31.0 | Filed its opening brief in August, arguing Murdoch is obviously guilty based on overwhelming evidence. |
| 0:37.1 | On September 9th, Murdoch's defense team led by Dick Harputalind. Murdaugh is obviously guilty based on overwhelming evidence. |
| 0:42.5 | On September 9th, Murdaugh's defense team led by Dick Harputalind and Jim Griffin, remember those guys, submitted their reply, calling the case a perfect storm of investigative |
| 0:48.6 | failures, fabricated forensic claims, and jury tampering by former Colleton County clerk of court, Becky Hill. |
| 0:56.1 | We'll get into all of that in just a bit because there are some points they have to make there, |
| 1:03.3 | especially about Becky Hill. With both sides briefs now on file, the process moves to the next stage. |
| 1:10.5 | You know, everybody's just in there going, well, is you going to get a new trial or not? |
| 1:14.7 | It's like 50 steps in between that. |
| 1:17.0 | And the train keeps moving down those rails. |
| 1:20.8 | This is where we're at right now. |
| 1:22.4 | The process, the next steps moving to this next stage. |
| 1:27.0 | Within the next 30 days, |
| 1:28.3 | Murdoz attorneys now must compile the official record of appeal. What is that? |
| 1:33.7 | That's the complete collection of trial transcripts, exhibits, |
| 1:37.3 | rulings that will form the factual foundation for the Supreme Court's review. |
| 1:43.1 | That's why everything is documented in a court case. |
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