Warning: Spoilers ahead for Murdaugh: Death in the Family .

Murdaugh: Death in the Family, a Hulu drama out Oct. 15, is inspired by the real story of one of South Carolina ’s most influential personal injury lawyers, Alex Murdaugh , who was found guilty in 2023 for the murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul.

The series traces what was going on with the prominent Murdaugh family in the years before Alex was convicted of shooting and killing Maggie and Paul on their family farm in 2021 and found guilty of two counts of possession of a weapon during commission of a violent crime. At the time of his death, Paul was facing a criminal trial after his boat crashed in Beaufort, S.C., in 2019, killing classmate Mallory Beach. As Paul’s case was underway, several journalists started ta

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