For many years, a tight-knit South Carolina community had been living in the wake of a series of violent, deadly crimes — all of which seemed to involve one family. The true crime series Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal Season 1 shows how the prominent Murdaugh family purportedly used and abused their wealth and privilege to the extreme, and which family member is allegedly behind it all.
Here’s everything to know about Season 1 of Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal, a three-episode docuseries from Fyre Fraud Emmy nominees Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason.
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Season 1 was released on Feb. 22, 2023. Season 2 followed in September of the same year.
The Murdaughs were known for their century-old family law firm in Hampton, South Carolina. Before he resigned in 2021 amidst fund-misappropriation accusations, Alex Murdaugh was a powerful civil litigation lawyer well known across the Palmetto State. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all state prosecutors who, like Alex, maintained a ton of power and leverage with local authorities.
In South Carolina’s Lowcountry, the Murdaugh family dynasty began to crumble after a series of events over the course of six years caused the deaths of five people — Mallory Beach (a friend of Alex’s youngest son), Stephen Smith (a friend of Alex’s oldest son), Gloria Satterfield (Alex’s housekeeper), Paul Murdaugh (Alex’s youngest son), Maggie Murdaugh (Alex’s wife) — and the alleged attempted murder of Alex himself. And a lot of the evidence points to one man’s suspected involvement in either the deaths or the attempts to cover them up. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal Season 1 tells the story of the Murdaugh family, their rise to power and sway with law enforcement, and details the suspicious deaths that have destroyed their family legacy.
On March 2, 2023, Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murdering his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul in a highly publicized trial featured in Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal Season 2. Learn everything you need to know about it here.
For a comprehensive timeline of events leading up to Alex Murdaugh's trial, click here.
The Murdaugh family and the crimes associated with them took place in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, in and around Hampton and Colleton counties.
Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal Seasons 1 and 2 are streaming on Netflix now.
