Overview

• Murdaugh: Death in the Family premiered Oct. 15 on Hulu as an eight-episode dramatization, with new episodes releasing on Wednesdays.
• Alex Murdaugh is incarcerated in a South Carolina maximum-security facility, serving two consecutive life sentences plus 40 years for 22 financial crimes.
• At trial, prosecutors highlighted digital evidence that placed Murdaugh at the family dog kennels, contradicting his initial account to investigators.
• Investigations tied to housekeeper Gloria Satterfield’s 2018 death exposed the theft of about $4.3 million in settlement funds, widening the financial case against Murdaugh.
• Murdaugh acknowledges staging a 2021 roadside shooting involving Curtis "Eddie" Smith, and he is pursuing an appeal that raises jury-tampering allegations.