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American Greed Podcast

The Decline of a Dynasty

American Greed Podcast

CNBC

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

A well-respected lawyer from a prominent family is accused of stealing millions from the suffering clients who turn to him for help. The family secrets all start to unravel when a deadly boat crash involving Alex Murdaugh’s son threatens to upend the alleged schemes and places scrutiny on his family’s powerful legacy. The disgraced patriarch is now being investigated for a web of complex criminal charges, including allegedly murdering his own family members. (Original airdate 12/6/22)

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0:00.0

This is the American Greek podcast presented by CNBC.

0:04.0

I'm Stacey Keach.

0:08.0

In this American greed special.

0:10.0

This is such a wild story.

0:12.0

The unsolved double murder of a prominent attorney's wife and son is making new headlines.

0:17.0

An unprecedented tale of small town power.

0:21.0

You had a problem.

0:22.0

They can make it go away.

0:23.0

But then you owed them.

0:25.0

And big time greed.

0:28.0

Alex prayed on his victims who were his clients the right in front of him.

0:32.0

For a century, the Murdoch's, a powerful family of lawyers and prosecutors,

0:38.0

hold a tight grip over the large swath of South Carolina.

0:42.0

You didn't want to be on the other end of what they were working on.

0:47.0

But behind the aura of respectability.

0:51.0

Prosecutors say Alec Murdoch is hiding a trove of devious schemes worth nearly $20 million.

0:59.0

Have you ever heard of a case where the defendant and the plaintiff's lawyer get the gather

1:05.0

and say we're going to take all the money?

1:08.0

Prosecutors say his crimes extended to an eight-year money laundering and a killer ring.

1:14.0

For years, Murdoch seems untouchable.

1:18.0

But when tragedy strikes, his alleged crimes come out of the dark.

1:25.0

He never looked like the type of person that would do something of this nature.

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