# Murdaugh Murder Timeline: Alex Murdaugh. This story gets crazier by the day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754 "2021-09-16T13:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/141 "2023-05-25T16:00:06Z")
And that’s the point. The opportunity cost. Those guys can be working on something else that needs gettin’ dun. As long as there’s no chance Murdaugh will get out on parole, then it is effectively a waste of money and resources. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/142 "2023-05-25T16:05:42Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > As long as there’s no chance Murdaugh will get out on parole, then it is effectively a waste of money and resources. Well, there might not be too much effort involved, he’s cooperating: > “We anticipate that the charges brought today will be quickly resolved without a trial,” they said. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/143 "2023-09-05T16:09:25Z")
Murdaugh’s lawyers are looking for a mistrial and suggesting jury tampering. They suggest that the county clerk tampered with evidence by making suggestions to the jury about his testimony and pressuring them to come to a quick verdict. “Two sources familiar with the motion told NBC News that at least two of the jurors have hired lawyers.” Story here: [Alex Murdaugh's defense to seek new trial based on claims of jury tampering](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-murdaughs-defense-seek-new-trial-based-alleged-discovered-evidenc-rcna101619) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/144 "2023-09-05T16:26:35Z")
The clerk in question published a book about the trial and her experiences with the family prior to it. A hung jury or finding of innocence would allegedly have screwed the book deal. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/145 "2023-09-06T14:01:54Z")
…and now those federal fraud charges look mighty useful to have around to keep him under watch. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/146 "2023-09-08T01:35:16Z")
_The Fall of the House of Murdaugh_ is available on streaming on FOX, but I don’t get that. Looks like it has 3 episodes. _The Fall of the House of Murdaugh_ — [https://m.imdb.com/title/tt28346209](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt28346209) ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/147 "2023-10-17T18:52:34Z")
Alex Murdaugh’s case is going back to circuit court due to allegations of jury tampering by a county clerk. Might get a new trial. I wasn’t sure from the article if it’s just his murder trial, or if all of the fraud things will be dragged in as well. > **[Alex Murdaugh murder case headed back to lower court over jury tampering...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/17/us/alex-murdaugh-motion-granted-jury-tampering/index.html)** > > The South Carolina Court of Appeals has granted Alex Murdaugh’s motion to suspend his conviction appeal and sent the case back to circuit court to consider allegations of jury tampering by the Colleton County clerk. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/148 "2023-10-17T19:48:47Z")
The two part Lifetime movie was actually pretty good, Bill Pullman does an amazing job of portraying Alex Murdaugh. > **[See Bill Pullman as Alex Murdaugh in Lifetime's 'Murdaugh Murders'](https://ew.com/tv/alex-murdaugh-lifetime-movie-bill-pullman/)** > > See the first photos of Bill Pullman as disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh in Lifetime's 'Murdaugh Murders: The Movie.' ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/149 "2023-10-17T22:52:40Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > … Bill Pullman does an amazing job of portraying Alex Murdaugh. If Gary Busey were a decade or two younger, he’d have been my pick for the part. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/150 "2023-10-18T02:10:18Z")
Thanks, I’ll check it out. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/151 "2023-10-18T14:44:19Z")
[‘Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal’ Season 2: Release Date and Plot of the Series About Alex Murdaugh - Netflix Tudum](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/murdaugh-murders-season-2-release-date-trailer-news) netflix added an update to the story. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/152 "2023-11-29T14:31:15Z")
**Bumpdate** [27 years](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/financial-victims-representatives-lay-alex-murdaugh-sentencing-rcna126980) for pleading guilty to 22 (of 101) state financial crimes; the others were dropped as part of the plea deal. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/153 "2023-11-29T22:50:55Z")
And it was. I don’t think it’s been that much of a best-seller, in part because everyone knew it was obsolete when it went to press. > **[Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and... by Glatt, John](https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Vines-Privilege-Murdaugh-Murders/dp/1250283485)** > > Tangled Vines: Power, Privilege, and... by Glatt, John ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/154 "2024-01-30T02:20:52Z")
So far, it’s a “no” to the request for a new trial: [https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/us/alex-murdaugh-murder-trial-hearing/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/29/us/alex-murdaugh-murder-trial-hearing/index.html) > **Columbia, South Carolina (CNN)** — [Alex Murdaugh](https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/us/alex-murdaugh-new-trial-request/index.html), the former South Carolina attorney who was convicted last year of killing his wife and son, will not receive a new murder trial, a judge ruled Monday. > > Murdaugh’s attorneys had asked for a new trial, alleging the court clerk tampered with the jury that found him guilty almost 11 months ago. > > Judge Jean Toal, in announcing her decision as Murdaugh sat in orange prison clothes, held the clerk of court made improper comments to the jury but ruled the comments did not influence the verdict it reached. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/155 "2024-01-30T13:02:47Z")
Different victims. Those who have been harmed by a crime deserve justice, even if the person who committed it is convicted and punished for other crimes they committed. If someone stole from you after killing your neighbor, you’d probably still want to be made whole for the theft even as the neighbour’s family receives justice for the death. It does seem rather silly once you hit 100+ crimes and victims and several lifetimes worth of sentencing, but the fundamental principle makes sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/156 "2024-03-29T00:39:06Z")
Murdaugh’s plea deal is apparently in jeopardy because he failed a polygraph test. [https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/28/us/alex-murdaugh-lie-detector-test/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/28/us/alex-murdaugh-lie-detector-test/index.html) The man’s undoubtedly a serial liar, but I don’t understand how this holds up. Polygraphs are basically pseudoscience and inadmissable as evidence, so how can the court punish him for failing one? Law-talking-guys of the Dope, please fight my ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/157 "2024-04-01T17:07:34Z")
Alex Murdaugh gets 40 years for financial shenanigans. > **[Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 40 more years in prison for financial crimes](https://abcnews.go.com/US/alex-murdaugh-sentenced-40-years-prison-financial-crimes/story?id=108706639)** > > Alex Murdaugh, who is already serving two life sentences for murder, was sentenced Monday to 40 more years in prison for financial crimes. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/158 "2025-05-15T01:38:29Z")
This just in: Alex Murdaugh’s wife and son are still dead. But so is the Clerk of Court’s career: > **[Clerk of Court during Murdaugh trial charged with perjury, obstruction,...](https://abcnews4.com/news/local/former-colleton-clerk-of-court-becky-hill-arrested-on-3-felony-charges-state-records-show-wciv-abc-news-4-2025-crime)** > > Becky Hill, the former Colleton County Clerk of Court has been arrested Wednesday, according to state records. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/159 "2025-05-15T01:58:46Z")
Good. It should be. What a disgrace to civil service. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754/160 "2026-05-13T15:00:07Z")
364 days after the clerk’s arrest, her shenanigans have resulted in Alex Murdaugh being granted a new trial. > **[SC Supreme Court rules Alex Murdaugh is eligible for a new trial](https://abcnews4.com/news/local/sc-supreme-court-rules-alex-murdaugh-is-eligible-for-a-new-trial)** > > The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruledIn February, Murdaugh's defense team > “For six weeks in early 2023, the eyes of the nation focused on Colleton County, where the State prosecuted notorious former attorney Richard Alexander Murdaugh for the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul,” the opinion states. “Both the State and Murdaugh’s defense skillfully presented their cases to the jury as the trial court deftly presided over this complicated and high-profile matter. However, their efforts were in vain because Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill placed her fingers on the scales of justice, thereby denying Murdaugh his right to a fair trial by an impartial jury.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdaugh-murder-timeline-alex-murdaugh-this-story-gets-crazier-by-the-day/950754.md?page=9)