Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Dynasty
Where or how do you even begin to tell the story of disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh? I mean this man, and his actions have all but single handily destroyed literally a family empire that last well over a hundred years. His family was so powerful the area in a five county district was called “Murdaugh Country.” They even had to remove a picture of one of his ancestors in the courthouse during his murder trial in 2023 as not to taint the jury or anyone else. I have had such difficulty in pulling this together that I have started, erased and restarted this story three times now. So, this time around I am going to try something different and more like a previous blog. I am going to tell you the story, basically as it happened and then we will analyze things. Now, some will tell you that know the story that if I am going to start at the beginning I should start with the Stephen Smith case in 2015 or the Gloria Satterfield case in 2018. I will mention these two cases closer ...