‘Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal’ (2023). Docuseries: Yes, You Were Waiting for a New True Crime

Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal is a docseries directed by Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason.

Five bodies in six years and all related to the Murdaughs, one of the most powerful families of South Carolina and which brought to us by Netflix in this new “true-crime” that is well constructed and executed with precision, managing to do what it sets out to do.

About the Series

Lots of people criticise true-crime products as sensationalistic, in search of cheap thrills and which are basically documentaries that like to poke a finger in the wound, to dig in with the morbid spectator, morbidity of crime itself.

Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal is this precisely.

Yet it is very well done and uses all the arsenal of a very morbid, fanciful and incredible story.

Very well told, nonetheless, and which also has all the elements to attract fans of this genre: a story that producers enjoy, with powerful acting and a little madness.

What more can you ask for? Turning morbid mode ON.

Storyline

Shocking tragedies shatter a tight-knit South Carolina community and expose the horrifying secrets of its most powerful family.

Release Date

February 22, 2023

Where to Watch Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal

Netflix

Episode List

Where is Mallory?

Survivors reflect on the shocking boat crash that killed vibrant teenager Mallory Beach – and the demons that haunted troubled driver Paul Murdaugh.

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Murders at Moselle

In the aftermath of Mallory’s death, Alex Murdaugh’s damage control raises alarm. Two years later, he is at the center of another horrifying event.

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No Secrets Are Safe

As the deaths of Maggie and Paul make headlines worldwide, past “accidents” spur new accusations, driving Alex to a seemingly desperate act.

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