Escândalos e Assassinatos na Família Murdaugh

Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal (2023) is a series that I recently watched on Netflix. The storyline follows a group of privileged kids with money, drugs, boats and planes in South Carolina that one day takes their carefree lifestyle too far leading to the death of a young lady. One of the kid's fathers is the town lawyer from a family with a history or privilege and living life above the law and comes in to hide the murder. The misdeeds of father's past come to the surface and he takes things a bit too far for the cover up.

This movie is codirected by Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason, who also worked together on The Pharmacist. Growing up in Maine I could relate to just about every aspect of this picture. This docuseries perfectly depicts small town white America and the lifestyles, relationships and how authority works...until someone gets too comfortable and gets over their skis. The interviews with the people involved was fascinating and their raw emotions and depiction of the events were fascinating. I did feel there was a lack of accountability on display from both the victims, families and towns people, but if this doesn't perfectly depict the problems within our society nothing does.

Overall, both the big picture and actual storyline of this series is fascinating, eye opening but not surprising. I would score this series an 8/10 and strongly recommend it.

There is an ongoing trial about this family and it is shocking to see how much privilege and entitlement going on in that community. No one is safe in a setting where a group of people can get away with anything and never learn from their mistakes. It is heartbreaking to see how many lives were damaged permanently because no one could question the power of this family. You see how a generational legacy can turn into a trainwreck.

This story is far from being complete. There are still a lot of missing pieces and the time will tell how this scary movie will end. I'm wondering how things will work out for Buster.

The original 3 part of the true-crime docuseries investigates the Murdaughs, the most powerful family over the past 100 years in Low County, South Carolina. The family last name led the office of prosecution for 87 years. They became a formidable force through their connections with local law enforcement, political leaders, and the owners of the local banks and businesses. Whilst holding public office of prosecution, their family members have also established a law firm with partners that provided them with almost an iron grip over all the surrounding communities.

On February 24th, 2020, Paul (19 years old) the youngest son of Alex Murdaugh, was piloting a speed boat whilst under the influence of Alcohol. One of the passengers, Mallory Beach (19 years old) was killed in the accident when the boat hit one of the pillars of the bridge at about 2:30 pm.

Paul's father Alex and his grandfather immediately entangled themselves in the event to cover up Paul's involvement in the accident. They blamed Mallory Beach's boyfriend and warned police that he was the one who was piloting the boat.

However, the event brought national attention and brought the Murdaugh dynasty under the microscope. What happened next was an unbelievable set of events that finally started to crumble the dynasty.

Although the details of the events have long been in the news, however, the documentary brings up the personal perspective of the people and the unfortunate lives that were destroyed. It's a well-done true crime documentary.

I was surprised at how well this was done. If is far superior to the trashy, cheap, sensational treatments it has gotten on Dateline NBC, 20 20, 48 Hours and many many other news outlets.

This show doesn't focus on Alex Murdaugh, it focuses on the situations and victims he caused.

You hear from the kids on the boat, their patents, law enforcement, private detectives, jailhouse recordings and others.

This is one documentary Netflix did right. It doesn't seem padded or overlong like many of their shows.

Please keep it up Netflix.

This is far more compelling than focusing on Murdoch himself.

Excellent overview of Murdaugh scandal, including the power they had in Hampton Country, South Carolina and more specifically the town of Hampton. This power included the fear of local law enforcement and local townspeople had in crossing the Murdaugh family. It covers an overview of the Murdaugh dynasty, which has come to a close now that Alex Murdaugh has been disbarred and fired from the powerful law firm that his great grandfather started and with his son Baxter thrown out of the University of South Carolina for plagiarism.

The scandal begins with the boating accident caused by their son Paul who was later murder along with his mother Maggie up through the "attempted" suicide on Alex's life.