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Gone South

S4|E34: Dick Harpootlian

Gone South

Audacy Podcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Dick Harpootlian has defended and prosecuted some of South Carolina’s most high-profile cases. But none left a deeper mark than the murder trial of serial killer PeeWee Gaskins. From prison phone taps to a homemade bomb, Harpootlian recounts the case that still haunts him, and helped define his career. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. You can also subscribe to our newsletter, Gone South with Jed Lipinski. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Tea break.

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Lunch break.

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1:11.8

A few years ago, I worked on a documentary series called Murdoch Murders about the infamous Murdoch family in South Carolina. You're probably familiar with the story, but the gist is that the Murdox were a powerful

1:17.7

southern family who'd suffered one of the most public and scandalous downfalls in recent memory.

1:24.1

At the center of the story was Alex Murdoch, a disgraced attorney accused of fatally shooting

1:29.1

his wife and son. Long before the trial, the state alleged that the t-shirt Alex wore the night

1:35.0

of the murders was stained with high-velocity blood spatter, suggesting he'd pulled the trigger

1:40.6

himself. The t-shirt was the most incriminating piece of evidence against Alex,

1:46.5

but his high-profile attorney, Dick Harputlian,

1:49.7

was somehow able to get the blood spatter analysis thrown out before trial.

1:55.2

Alex was convicted anyway and sentenced to life,

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