MMP #82: Week Six of the Alex Murdaugh Trial:...

[Part Two of Two] How does a pro–Alex Murdaugh troll theory end up in The New Yorker? In Part Two of Episode #150, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠ trace exactly that. James Lasdun's May 26 New Yorker story leaned into a years-old lie: that LUNASHARK®, Cle ...  Show more

[Part One of Two] In Part One of this two-part episode, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠ break down James Lasdun's Becky Hill piece and explain why it reads less like journalism and more like the latest brick in Team Murdaugh's three-year 'narrative-launde ...  Show more

In this episode, we talk about Alex Murdaugh’s past, and what led to him ending up where he is today.Previous episodes:Alex Murdaugh episode part 1Alex Murdaugh updatesAlex Murdaugh episode part 2References:Creighton Waters Opening StatementClosing StatementDonate to NCMEC throug ...  Show more

Part 1 of 2. On June 7, 2021, Alex Murdaugh came home to his large property in Colleton County, South Carolina to find his wife, 52-year-old Maggie and his youngest son, 22-year-old Paul, dead from multiple gunshot wounds. The Murdaughs were a powerful and prominent family throug ...  Show more

In 2008, Sven Berger was chosen to serve on the jury for a murder trial. He says the sentence that he and his fellow jurors handed down “felt like a mistake right away.” Sven talked about what happened next on the podcast Heavyweight, and today, we’re sharing that episode with yo ...  Show more

On December 1, 2018, 54 year old Jacquelyn Smith was murdered in Baltimore, MD. Her husband Keith said that a panhandler stabbed his wife after they stopped to give a woman money. Jacquelyn's murder sent shockwaves across the country. But when the truth about really happened was ...  Show more