The "Murdaugh Murders" shocked the nation in 2021 , when the wife and son of a prominent South Carolina attorney were found slain. Maggie and Paul Murdaugh's murders appeared to languish unsolved for over a year until the arrest and indictment of Alex Murdaugh: Maggie's estranged husband, Paul's father, and the head of a family that had held a commanding role in the South Carolina legal establishment for generations.

Alex Murdaugh was convicted of the murders in a 2023 trial, but that verdict was not the end of the story, nor did it answer all the questions the public had about the attorney and his crime. Not only had he been siphoning impressive sums of money from his clients, but the family also had ties to a handful of suspicious deaths. A boat crash, a fatal fall, a hit-and-run: Bad

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