The Murdaugh Murders

This is Alex Murdaugh, 4147 Moselle Road.

I need the police and an ambulance immediately!

My child and my wife have been shot badly.

Could you give us your address again?

4147 Moselle Road. It's bad.

- Are they breathing? - No, ma'am.

And you say it's your wife and your son?

My wife and my son.

What is her name?

Maggie and Paul. Maggie.

Are they breathing at all? Are they moving at all?

I know you said she was shot, but what about your son?

Nobody. Not one of them never moved.

I don't want you to touch them, okay,

in case they can get any evidence off them.

I already touched them to see if they're breathing.

A jury took less than three hours to convict lawyer

Alex Murdaugh of the murder of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.

Murdaugh has been sentenced to two consecutive life sentences,

and will be spending the rest of his life behind bars.

Murdaugh's family was prominent in Hampton County

for over 100 years and have been described as de facto royalty.

Murdaugh, whose father, grandfather

and great-grandfather were all prosecutors,

claims that his family was killed by people who

wanted revenge for a drunken boat accident

allegedly caused by his late son, Paul.

In addition to this sentence, Murdaugh now faces charges of

embezzling millions of dollars from his law firm and clients,

including his former housekeeper's family. Who died

under mysterious circumstances at the Murdaugh house.

Not only that, three months after the murder of his wife

and son, Murdaugh attempted to commit suicide

in order to get a life insurance payment to his surviving son.

Murdaugh will continue to stay at the.

Kirkland Correctional Institute for an unspecified time period

until he is processed and sent to a maximum security prison.

It is a good day to get a little sunshine, Officer Dealey.

Warmer than last week.

I can't argue.

How long are they going to keep you here at Kirkland?

You mean before they send me someplace else?

A couple of weeks, a month.

Lots of processing and figuring to do.

- But I suspect I'll be back. - Why is that?

- You ever have a dog? - Couple of them.

Dogs are like people.

I had this one dog that kept trying to get away.

He'd cause a scrap, then run away,

but as soon as he got over the fence,

he'd come running right back, barking to be let in.

You want to come back to Kirkland Jail?

Not the jail, particularly.

Yep.

- Murdaugh. - Good mornin', sir.

You bastard.

- My name's Charlie Boggs. - Boggs?

Yeah, I think I know some of your people.

- My mother. - That's right.

Elsie Boggs. Lovely woman.

You were her lawyer. Do you remember?

- Well, I can't really remember... - Don't worry.

Because when I get my hands on you, you're gonna remember.

It's okay, son.

Boggs, calm yourself!

We'll talk.

Time to go inside, Prisoner Murdaugh.

What?

I thought I had a couple of minutes out here on the patio.

You got a visitor.

Good afternoon.

Well, this is a surprise.

I was expecting to see one of my lawyers.

How do you do, Mr. Murdaugh? I'm Alicia Seaborne.

Alicia Seaborne? I don't think we've met.

- I wrote to you two months ago. - Oh, my goodness.

You're not one of those women who started sending me

love letters asking me to marry them, are you?

Because I find it sad.

Mr. Murdaugh, I'm from Modern Metropolitan magazine.

You and your lawyers invited me to interview you.

Ah! Excuse my confusion.

Thank you for coming all the way from New York for this.

You're welcome.

And did you come from New York or did you come from your

father's house in New Hampshire?

Why do you wanna know?

Well, I know your father passed just two weeks ago, so

I admire your decision to keep our appointment.

Well, congratulations on having your lawyers

do a Google search on me.

But if you really wanna talk to me,

you can stop playing the games.

I'm afraid you're too smart for my lawyer games.

Probably not.

Ms. Seaborne, I need your help.

I wanna find who killed my wife and son.

I'm here to talk about your crimes.

You mean my financial wrongdoing?

Yes, but also your attempt to kill yourself so that

your son, Buster, could get a financial settlement as well as

the millions you allegedly stole from your clients and partners.

I admit I did a lot of bad things.

And that is why I think whoever murdered Maggie and Paul

was after revenge for money I stole.

It's possible.

Or someone wanted revenge for the boat accident Pa-Pa was in.

Where that

poor girl...

A jury thought otherwise.

I hope you'll listen to me.

You admitted on the stand that you lied, cheated and stole

from your friends and business partners.

- Why would I believe you? - I didn't say believe me.

- I said, listen to me. - What does that mean?

If you listen to me...

Do you wanna do this story?

'Cause it'll win you the Pellinger.

- I've already got one Pellinger. - Got it a long time ago.

So you want me to tell your side of the story?

No. I want you to listen to me.

And maybe help me find who killed my family.

Mr. Murdaugh, I believe the police already found the killer.

I disagree.

Mr. Murdaugh, I flew down here because you invited me.

Now I can drive back to the airport this evening,

and none of this will matter to me.

And that is what I am inclined to do.

Well, you can go, but then all they'll remember

you for at that magazine is that last story of yours.

- What story is that? - The one where you screwed up.

Got enough facts wrong to get your bosses sued.

The judge threw that case out of court.

People don't remember that.

They just remember the lawsuit and your name on it.

And by writing this story, I'll get my reputation back.

I never said it would.

And why do you think I would write this story?

Why is why you'll write it.

You wanna know why.

Mr. Murdaugh, I don't want to sound rude,

but I want to be straight with you.

I want to write a story about you.

- But I am not your friend and... - I-I understand.

We will keep this businesslike.

And I want you to understand why my family was killed.

And help you to understand it was a revenge killing.

- Revenge? - Yes.

I'm convinced that someone wanted me to pay for something

I did. Either something I did or something my family did.

Maybe even before I was born.

Because people got long memories around here.

And I need to make you see that.

Look, I'm trying to make sense of what I'm hearing.

I will write the story,

but I need you to start from the beginning.

Well, first, I wanna tell you about my drug problem,

- because that's an important... - No, no, no, we'll get to that.

- But I need you... - No, no, no, no, no, no.

It's important. And you said that you would listen to me.

I did.

Okay.

Drugs.

What started it?

Football.

Played a little in college.

No trophies, except for a bum knee.

Mr. Murdaugh, it's healed some, but it just takes time.

And I don't really wanna do another surgery.

Well, I appreciate everything you're doing,

and have no problem holding off on another surgery.

- But it is one thing. - What's that?

My prescription for the painkillers ran out.

Hmm. Okay, well, I'll refill your prescription,

but be careful. I don't want you getting used to these things.

I will. I will be extra careful.

All right.

I moved on to oxycodone in 2008.

And I'm not quite sure how I let myself get where I got,

but it escalates.

It escalates.

The pills were 30 milligrams, but there were some days...

There were some days I was taking 2,000 milligrams.

But those are better than the days when I didn't have any.

Alex.

Alex?

Alex, are you up?

I'm just a little bit under the weather, Maggie.

But I'll be up in a bit.

Alex, you lied.

You told me this wouldn't happen again.

Mags?

Mags?

When you're withdrawing, you're physically sick.

It's like the flu, joints hurt and ache.

It goes to all of a sudden, sweat runs down your body.

It's like you ran a marathon.

Then there are the intestinal issues.

You literally can't control yourself.

I'm sorry to be so graphic, ma'am.