What Do 911 Calls Reveal About Stand Your Ground Defense in Shooting of Scott Spivey

Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Matt Harris and Seton Tucker

True Crime

4.1 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

A 2023 road rage incident near Myrtle Beach turned deadly. Weldon Boyd fatally shot and killed 33 year old Scott Spivey. Boyd claimed self defense under South Carolina's Stand Your Ground Law. Questions emerged about the investigation after Boyd's phone calls were released. There are also questions abut Boyd's relationship with law enforcement and how the investigation was handled. In this episode you will hear 911 calls from the scene. Do they help or hurt Boyd's defense. In the May 1 episode Wall Street Journal reporter Valerie Bauerlein joined the Impact podcast to share her reporting on the case. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Impact of influence.
0:03.4	Covering true crime throughout the southeast.
0:07.8	Hello friend, Matt Harris.
0:10.7	Seton Tucker here and always super grateful that you're spending time with us because of you.
0:15.4	We are coming up on four years of doing this podcast.
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0:19.3	I was so shocked.
0:20.1	I thought it was three years. And then I was like four years. I can't believe we've been sitting doing this podcast. I know. I was so shocked. I thought it was three years.
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0:25.6	I mean, it's been, I guess, when you're having fun, time flies.
0:27.6	Surprising that we've lasted four years.
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