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CWO Episode Description:

Alex Murdaugh was part of a South Carolina legal dynasty, but the attorney was hiding secrets. He had been embezzling from his family’s law firm to maintain a lavish lifestyle and his addiction to pills. Things start to unravel when his younger son Paul is involved in a fatal boating accident. A reporter turns up evidence of suspicious deaths and apparent corruption by members of the Murdaugh family. As his marriage falls apart and a civil lawsuit will surely expose his financial crimes, Alex Murdaugh contemplates drastic measures to avoid the consequences.

Hulu’s “Murdaugh: Death in the Family” stars Jason Clarke and Patricia Arquette. Adapted from the “Murdaugh Murders Podcast,” the miniseries focuses on Alex's financial scams, Maggie’s unhappy marriage, Paul’s boating crash, and Buster’s connection to a cold case. It mines the emotional consequences of the characters' actions, all leading up to a double murder on the family’s property. The incomparable Janet Varney, a longtime friend of Crime Writers On..., guest hosts for Toby Ball.