Murdaugh Murders: Deep Dive & Latest News ft. Ethan - H3 After Dark #79

**Ethan Klein** (0:02)
A tragic boat crash, a double homicide, a drive-by shooting and a young man's body in the road, millions stolen from victims, countless heinous crimes, one family. The Murdaugh family deep dive starts now on H3 After Dark.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:28)
Thank you, Kate, for that beautiful introduction to such a heinous and ugly crime.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:33)
It's a crazy one.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:35)
It really is. I've been actually following this story for a long time, and this guy really is just one of the most evil freaks you're going to find on this earth.

**Ethan Klein** (0:45)
Yup.
It's a thick one today. It's a thick one. There's a lot going on. It's so much more than the Murders. I forgot the financial crimes are so insane.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:55)
Hold on a second, David.

**Harley** (0:56)
There's a lot of dance music happening now. We're talking about heinous crimes.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:01)
Am I confusing it, or is his son, the one in the boat crash that killed the...

**Ethan Klein** (1:06)
Yes.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:07)
Dude, it's crazy, the tendrils coming out from this case.

**Ethan Klein** (1:11)
It is like an octopus on...

**SPEAKER_2** (1:13)
Of evilness.

**Ethan Klein** (1:14)
On ten. It's insane. And it goes back before the Revolutionary War, before the Civil War. Like, this family's evil roots are so deep in the soil.
And so we have all of that today.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:29)
Fascinating.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:30)
Stephen King couldn't write it better, to be honest.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:32)
Right?

**Ethan Klein** (1:32)
You know what I have? What?

**Harley** (1:36)
One with the screw top.

**Ethan Klein** (1:38)
Sick.

**Harley** (1:38)
Yeah.

**Ethan Klein** (1:39)
Good job, Harley.

**Harley** (1:41)
I just popped Monster.

**Ethan Klein** (1:42)
Just popped a Monster.

**Harley** (1:44)
Because Ethan, it's still my birthday. It's the week.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:46)
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Happy birthday. Yeah. Yeah. We do the week thing.

**SPEAKER_2** (1:50)
We do. We do. We do birthday weeks. And it's not even a we don't have to do the birthday week for Dan because it's his real birthday today. Hey.

**Ethan Klein** (1:58)
Happy birthday, Dan.

**SPEAKER_3** (2:00)
I don't know if you can cut him.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:01)
No, you can't. I can't. He's raising his fist in glory. But just to as a quick announce before we get started, I'm here, obviously.
And I'm going to be I think I'm going to be trying and I think I'm going to be joining you guys every Tuesday because I love the true crime and I just think it's fantastic. And I love Kate and Harley. So without further ado, guys, take us through the Murdaugh trial.

**Ethan Klein** (2:28)
Yeah. So hold on.

**Harley** (2:31)
So sorry, Kate.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:31)
So sorry. I want to ask you.
I want to show Ethan how we do things around here. Yeah, sure.

**Harley** (2:37)
I'm scared. Did Ethan make you do this?

**Ethan Klein** (2:41)
Did he make me do what?

**Harley** (2:42)
No, I'm asking Ethan.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:44)
Did I make myself do this?

**Ethan Klein** (2:46)
Yeah.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:47)
Yes.

**Harley** (2:49)
Cool, man.

**Ethan Klein** (2:51)
Okay, sick.

**SPEAKER_9** (2:52)
Tell him I said thanks.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:53)
It's going to be sick.

**Harley** (2:54)
Wait till you see what Kate's got in store for you.

**SPEAKER_2** (2:56)
Ethan's a real taskmaster, I'll tell you.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:00)
I hate my boss.

**Harley** (3:03)
Hey, chill, dude. We don't do that here. I don't know what you guys do on the main show, but here we don't talk badly about him.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:11)
No.

**Harley** (3:11)
So get that get that straight, pal.

**Ethan Klein** (3:13)
We're not right.

**SPEAKER_2** (3:14)
Tell them that don't ask. Then don't ask me because I have nothing nice to say.

**Ethan Klein** (3:20)
Before we get started, today's episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth. Yeah. We love when After Dark has sponsors. They will tell you more about the cozy sheets that we got a little bit later in the show. So all right. Let's let's dive into it. Like I said, this is a very deep hole. I'm going to do my best to get it all right. And I have a lot of contacts that will hopefully be helpful for folks as we navigate this. So David, you can share the presentation screen, please.
So this is where the story takes place. This is the low country of South Carolina. It is these counties along the southeast coast of South Carolina. And specifically, we're talking about Hampton County, which is where the Murdochs have lived forever. The area was enriched by the slave trade, slavery, because of the ease with which they could grow rice. The rice fields, the indigo fields were like the big crop at the time. And for nearly 100 years, in this region, these five here in this dark green, the Lowcountry was ruled over by one family, and that is the Murdochs.