South Carolina Pastor's Son Accused of Decade-Long Captivity Crimes

Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.0 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In the latest episode, Impacty dives into the chilling tale of Donnie Ray Birchfield Jr., whose alleged decade-long captivity of four individuals in Lancaster, South Carolina, has left the community reeling. What’s even more disturbing? The connections to his family and their church, raising questions about complicity and awareness. This is more than just a true crime story; it’s a deep dive into human vulnerability, exploitation, and the shocking realities many face. 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. #TrueCrime #Lancaster #ImpactOfInfluence #Podcast #HouseOfHorrors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Impact of Influence.
0:03.5	Covering true crime throughout the southeast.
0:10.0	Hello, friend, Matt Harris and Seton Tucker.
0:14.1	As always, super grateful you're hanging out with us.
0:16.7	I'd love for you to join the conversation.
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0:33.9	Let's see. Also share. Share and rate and all that stuff that you can do to help us out.
0:38.2	So we're calling this the preacher's son. It's been alleged that a 35-year-old South Carolina man,
0:44.0	Donnie Ray Birchfield, Jr., kept four people captive in the basement of a home on Churchill Drive in Lancaster, South Carolina.
0:53.7	Over the course of a decade.
0:55.2	Now, not all the alleged victims were held for those 10 years, but the House of Horrors
1:00.4	will tell you about the time span is about 10 years.
1:04.6	And so let's hear a little bit from the press conference statement from the police chief
1:08.4	Don Roper of the Lancaster Police Department. This was
1:11.6	on October 17th of 2025. Good afternoon. My name is Don Roper. I'm the police chief for the
1:17.0	Lancaster Police Department. At approximately 1145 a.m. on July 25th of this year, the
1:24.0	Lancaster Police Department was dispatched to 425 Churchill Drive in Lancaster, South Carolina for a death report.
1:31.4	Upon arrival, officers observed a 49-year-old female lying on the floor unresponsive.
1:38.4	She was pronounced, deceased by responding EMS personnel.
1:43.7	During the follow-up investigation,
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