In 2021, following the double murders of Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh and her son, Paul, journalist Mandy Matney launched a true-crime podcast delving into the case and their well-connected South Carolina family. Her “Murdaugh Murders Podcast” chronicled not just the investigation into the double homicide—including the trial and conviction of prominent lawyer Alex Murdaugh for killing his wife and son—but also the family’s legacy, criminal investigations into fraud and obstruction of justice, and connections to several mysterious deaths.
Now, the podcast is the inspiration for a Hulu limited series, in which Matney is both an executive producer and a character in the fictionalized story. Murdaugh: Death in the Family explores the case and what Mandy’s reporting uncovered, starring Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) as Alex Murdaugh, Patricia Arquette (Severance) as Maggie, and Brittany Snow (The Hunting Wives) as Matney.
