that was such a red flag. he really thought that was going to help. made things worse for him in my opinion. should have just called him my son or 'Paul'
The monster is doing it to try to garner sympathy if you noticed the prosecuting attorney pointed it out and how he never referred to them as those names until in front of a jury
@@workingman9745 are you the jury? Until they come back with their decision you’re assuming and finding him guilty in your own brain that’s not how our justice system works.
Yes, through out - from the police arrival at his estate right through the trial AM is never concerned with Busters safety or finding the killers, and strangely Buster seems to mimic and corroborate what ever Alex says.
Exactly! All that performance he does saying "I could see his brains on the floor"...Umm yes, what else did you expect to happen when you did that to him at such close range??? YOU put his brain there.
I know Paul pau sounds like a cute nickname you give someone you adore It doesn't match up with how he treated him.. He wasn't pau pau to Alex ..he was just " a disposable thing "
"After Maggie told me to leave" "I drove down there and did what I did and drove away" "I knew I was going to have to do what I didn't want to" "Who ever did this hated Paul" "Who ever did this planned out for a really long time" All accidental quotes that Alex Murdaugh said because of his conscious (This is just a few there was many more secret guilt of consciousness quotes)
Yea but if you know they are solely looking at you,you’re not gonna admit you were there longer than need be. He came clean and admitted he was there just long enough to greet his family and help them with the chicken. He was still in his work clothes. Makes sense that he was ready to go back to the house than stay out there and get dirty
I find it disturbing he got away with so much before, so there must have been a lot of corruption before, which gave him the confidence about what he could get away with. His father and grandfather were powerful in the legal world, so maybe he's the result of what happens if you spoil a child?
They were setting him up, just like they did with Lee Harvey Oswald. It's rumored His wife FAKED her death, and runoff with all that MONEY that SHE embezzled.
I agree... he brushes off pertinent times, saying I don't know, I don't remember. But he gives Many Details of other things like about his grandfather, and looking at pigs, taking a chicken from the dog, etc. -C
Correct. So many people thought the prosecution didn't do enough. I though the prosecution was masterful. They knew he did it. They gave him a lot or rope to hang himself, and he used every inch of it. I've listened to this cross about 15 times. It had me intrigued from the get-go.
@@misterwallace3479 Absolutely. I think they did a phenomenal job! Everyone wondered why they focused so much on his fraud activities, but truthfully it took all of that to get a guilty verdict. The cross was very interesting, I was glued for days.
It’s striking how, Maggie’s sister testified with so much regret and anguish about persuading her sister to go to Moselle to be there for AM. He, however, sounds irritated, annoyed and offended when recalling that night. Guarantee that if he were innocent, he’d be choked up saying, “I wish the dogs had alerted me” “I regret that I left so quickly” “had I known that was the last moment with my wife and son…” “the dogs should have alerted me to someone else being on the property, they had to have been and I don’t know why they didn’t change their behavior.” Nope. Him testifying is because this is the last moment all attention is on him. He’s a narcissist, and a murderer on top of that.
YES! And watch him on video of moments when police arrived on scene. His interest is in creating a storyline, with details, with some added intermittent crying, walk-aways, words into police body cams. Evil. (& this ain'tust from drug use ... it's his lifestyle ... his life-time character. YES! narcissist ... & more.)
Every time he calls Paul PauPau, I kinda want to rage. I know his lawyers told him to try and seem like a loving father, but it feels so forced and disingenous
Really reminded me of the prosecutor in the Tony Todt case. He did so much damage to himself every time he opened his mouth, she didn't even need to say anything more than a skeptical "ok" after every answer lol. Alex comes across similarly terrible here and it's obvious he's lying.
When the prosecutor asks Alex why he was in such a hurry to leave the kennels and go back to the house he says “I was getting ready to do what I didn’t want to do”. What a strange thing to say with no explanation. If I were on trial for murder and made that type of statement, I would certainly clarify what I was talking about.
@rajivgotti7615 yes, was it about being in the sweat down there and it always being more work with the dogs than expected. It's not a good explanation to make that statement though, certainly not given the circumstances. he's the murderer is the much better explanation.
It could go either way so it is indeed an ironic statement. The thing about irony is that it plays along with the old Freudian slips. In this case he actually went to do exactly what he WANTED to do which was to kill his wife and child
I heard a lot of lawyers' criticizing how silent Mr. Waters was, and how long he allowed Murdaugh to explain himself, when answering each question. it was genius imo. Interrogators do it all the time. It's an actual interrogation technique, and it often works when it comes to those chatty people who are uncomfortable with silence, like Murdaugh..
You're right about that interrogation technique. I have watched so many full-length murder interrogations on UA-cam and that's exactly the reason. There are so many techniques and tactics the detectives use and it is normally explained somewhere in the videos.
If u paid attention there was one question in particular when asked aboht the dogs not sniffing anytbing unusual... and prosocutor said ur sure they didnt... remember he said someobe else did it... that prooves noone was there
Indeed it is a well known tactic . 👌🏾💯 The person then feels the need to overly talk to fill the gap with what is usually lies . They pretty much gang themselves .
The "ah-ha" moment for me was when the prosecuter painted the picture of timing and that the dogs (or any of the animals) were not sensing any intruders or people they didn't know on the property. 9 minutes... it was a great point!!
He literally admits "there was NO ONE else around for the dogs to sense", and if they were murdered immediately following that, he had to have done it.
Q: “Alex, what does 2 x 2 equal?” A: “Did you say 2 x 2? It’s whatever I wrote on the test yesterday.” Q: “Yes, what does 2x 2 equal?” A: “Listen, you could go through all the math tables one by one, but I already told you I’m not good with Math.” Q: “Alex, just answer the question.” A: “Listen, I didn’t cheat on that exam. I never would do that. I love Math. I would never betray Archimedies. 2 x 2 is whatever the calculator says. I don’t remember what I wrote on that test but whatever I put on that test was from the heart.”
The “according to your new story” qualifiers the prosecutor is using are amazing. It looks like Alec wants to kill him with his eyes every time he says it.
Put himself at the scene, has motive, found the bodies, admitted to lying to law enforcement but yet cannot remember the last words he had with his wife and son....🤔🤔🤔
He won't. For the financial crimes, he is looking at over 700yrs! He originally plead not guilty but opened his big, lying mouth on the stand and admitted to loads of them. He is such a piece of sh*t!
He was sneering, defensive and not giving one piece of or sentance of his details that day beyond what they knew. His eyes are glaring sociopathic stare was chilling. He couldn’t say their names or that they were even murdered omg the list is too long. He must never get out he is frightening
@Deena D it's part of his strategy to let him talk and talk. He also took long pauses on purpose, so Murdough would talk more. It worked perfectly. Great strategy.
"Maggie told me to leave" "I did what I did" Listening to this a second time, it sounds absolutely ridiculous. He's guilty as sin. I'd rather be poor and love my family than be rich and kill them. Greed and ego doesn't equal love.
I really think in his own head he thought he was above the law and was probably thinking about spending the insurance money before he even shot them...He is definitely a very cold dangerous individual who deserves in my opinion the death penalty...I believe his position should have nothing to do with sentencing and he should have been treat just like you and me..Corruption is still rampant in the justice system and in law enforcement is here for us all to see...
If the incident with Bubba having the chicken in his mouth was the last time you ever saw & spoke to your wife while she was still alive, you would think that you'd remember everything that was said. Knowing that just minutes later she was brutally murdered, you'd be racking your brain to recall every detail.
I think because the last words he spoke to Maggie was something hateful. I think they were arguing. Of course, he can’t say that on the stand, that he was arguing with his wife before he murdered her. I think Paul and Maggie were onto him and his pill addiction, and I believe they found his stash, and I believe he was pissed off about it, and went down there to confront them about where his pills were.
So true. I imagine it would haunt you for remembering every word and nuance and detail of the last time you saw and heard their voices. It would be PRECIOUS, and possibly some regret, we don't always say I love you when you're expecting to see them shortly but ppl always say I was running late...think the last thing I said as I was leaving was "don't forget the dry cleaners ",or something else mundane, never thinking those will be the last between you. However this guy can't remember their last meal, conversation or ANY DETAILS a normal human being would recall and CHERISH
When he says “I was getting ready to do what I didn’t want to do” sent chills down my spine. Of course he tries to cover it by saying he was getting ready to sweat. I call bull if he was on so many pills he would have already been sweating.
I do not like heat as I passed out and was taken to the hospital by ambulance for heat exhaustion and dehydration. So I understand why Alex didn't want to go to the kennel and get all hot and sweaty after he had a shower and deal with stinky animals.
As a lawyer and a prosecutor Alex has to know he sounds guilty. The jury is not stupid. He's constantly saying I don't remember everything the prosecutor asks but yet remembers everything his lawyer asked. But this is America we've seen Casey Anthony, OJ and plenty of other people get off who were obviously guilty
"I don't believe I checked them before I called 911" has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. One hundred percent of people wold remember how that went down.
I saw the first interview in the car with police that night. He said he touched both, made a half-assed attempt to turn Paul over, and Paul's phone fell from his pocket. It's on here!
Remember what they say about this: They are either telling you a story to convince you of their innocence; or They are conveying the recollections to assist in your determining the truth.
Anyone else notice after he’s asked a question, he repeats that question before answering. That’s him trying to think about how to answer. Hes giving himself time to think. He’s so manipulative. People like this who murder their family and then try to defend their “innocence” definitely deserve to sit and rot.
This poor man was FRAMED! He loved his wife and so much, he was forced to show them how much he TRULY CARES! He wasn't gonna waste 'bullets' on that TRAMP!
I believe that if two loved ones were brutally killed, one would remember every single details of the last moments with them. He has a very selective memory.
My cousin was murdered 18 years ago and I remember the last day we hung out and remember the exact thing we were talking about when I walked him to his car. Alex remembers every damn thing!
@@ninacal God bless you for making this revelation. When I watch this and Anthony Todt-also a family killer- I am baffeled at that they dont remember. Like, really I know what time I get home EVERY NIGHT . around 530 some days sooner some days later but if I follow the same routine, I am home and I know when. He has NO CONCEPT of time. But he knows that he was working on his 'biggest case ever' BS!!!!
Some might, some might not. Without foresight something bad was going to happen… all of us take life and everyday events for granted so don’t always remember everything. My best friend died in a car wreck.. I was with him always and was with him 3 hours before it happened. I lived with survivors remorse for years because I normally drove him home if he was drinking, that night I felt ill and went home.. but before it happened it was just another day, nothing out of ordinary and I struggled to remember certain things about that night. My point is unless you know in advance something bad is gonna happen it’s not a guarantee we remember every little thing or conversation. It’s also very easy to make someone look guilty not knowing something when on a grand stage and an attorney pointing out the smallest things. Attorneys are very good at making anything sinister. For the record I have no doubt Alex was 100% guilty.
When my mom died, I can tell you everything I done and talked about that last day I was with her.I relived that over and over in my mind everyday almost for a year. Trying to see if I noticed anything wrong. If she acted funny or said anything outta the norm. I remember those last 12 hours with her and every hour what we done. Even when I went home that night and she went home, I remember everything I done who I called and talked with , what I ate everything. It was such a sudden and tragic loss I couldn’t forget anything. I was on pills myself then too!! I was addicted to opioids myself and that didn’t cause me to forget one damn thing. I don’t even wanna hear that bs pill excuse he tries using at times.. He wouldn’t forget anything either!! To remember things that people don’t even think twice about but not remember very important things is absolutely bs!!He killed his family and his lies shine bright!!
I thought the same thing. I know when I say huh or repeat question, 95% of time im tryin to think longer before answering especially in a stressful situation if im being honest
I'm not buying anything he's selling. He has been pushing his power & intimidating people for years. His entire family has a reputation for such. Also, If anyone in fact had a 50k a week addiction, they'd be dead, imho
Is that what he said he was doing!? Goddamn yeah that is a stretch, I guess if someone was vastly overcharging someone (like 100$ per pill) who wasn't all that streetwise, and had the resources to maintain a habit that large, as well as having worked up to it over a long period of time, then it might be possible. I've certainly never heard of anyone that was doing that much dope (let alone living to tell about it), but in theory it could be done without killing oneself if done in a certain way, as unfathomable as it sounds.
Mr.Waters is extremely patient, the way Alex make him repeat almost every question, or the way Alex repeated the questions to buy time to come up with a answer would’ve driven me to the point of yelling at him
Mr Waters and every lawyer who participated in this trial on either side were extremely annoying; from the phrasing of questions by making statements such as "So, you'd agree with me if I said..." were all designed to trap witnesses into saying something they didn't mean or that would be taken out of context or the wrong way. The repetitiveness of their questioning was uneccessary and they did it themselves without prompting from Alex plenty of times and it was done simply because they themselves were stumbling and ineffective. It was a show trial and not a very good one. I don't know if Alex was the killer or not; he could have been although it makes no sense for him to have done it, but had he better defense attorneys he would have been found not guilty. The evidence was lousy, the investigation shoddy and the 'expert witnesses', laughable~!
Honestly, he’s very good. He makes solid eye contact, he shows emotion. He makes things sound reasonable. This is how he conned so many people out of so much money for so many years.
Wow, Alex is almost telling the truth here. "After Maggie asked me to leave, I got into the golf cart". HE SLIPPED. They got into a fight at the house, she asked him to leave, then Maggie and Paul went to kennels to get out of a tense situation, and Alex followed soon after in his golf cart, got the bird from the dog's mouth, and then "did what he did" (his words) and got out of there quick. This is why forensics thinks the shooter was shorter, because Alex was sitting down. And in the golf cart, he could prop 2 guns up in front of him inside the cart, and easy access to both weapons. Then he went back up to the house and started texting Maggie that he was going to his Mom's house. But he didn't tell Maggie that when he was down there at the kennels?? How is anyone buying this? I hope these lawyers are picking up on this stuff.
@@karencrooks6474 It was a slip, and then he quickly corrected, I mean "when maggie asked me to go with her" (to the kennels and apparently he said no at first)
Two human beings died that night, which is the sad part of all of this. Not once did I hear this man say: "I feel guilt guilty for not having checked up on them that night or I feel guilty for having left them there alone that night". Not once. But what he did instead he fixing his story to make himself look like the "perfect" victim.
I don't think he did it bc Maggie sounds happy in the video if he came with guns there would have been commotion. Also he's a smart lawyer I would think he would get the shells up. Also they said there cell service wasn't good there so there not always true.
@@jillianrussell3321 Did you know them personally? No one deserves to die like that,regardless of what they’ve done. Shame on you for being so judge mental. Maggie and Paul didn’t do anything to deserve that
Can someone please explain to me, why would Alex feel the need to lie about going down to the kennel before he left? If he wasn’t the murderer, and only just happened upon the scene, he wouldn’t have knowledge as to when those murders took place. Could have been 5 mins after he left or 5 minutes before he came back home. There’s a huge window of time in between. The only explanation for him lying about him being down there earlier, was because he knew they were murdered before he left, and he didn’t want to put himself anywhere down there in that time frame. Only the murderer would need to lie about this. Case closed!! This man is a pathological liar, thief, and murderer.
If he's accustomed to hiding and being paranoid about cops (as an addict would be), I can see where he might instinctively lie to them. He knows he's about to be the #1 suspect.
Yeah that's what gets me. It makes no sense to lie about that, unless you knew. I think he either did it himself or hired someone. Either way he knew they were no longer alive, imo.
This man is a trip. I would go bananas if I had to spend one day with him let alone be married to him. He disputes everything he says. He just wears you out with all of his rattling on and on and especially on things that are probably not that important. Whew!!!!
"I would go bananas if I had to spend one day with him let alone be married to him." I was thinking the same thing. I bet she grew to hate him, though. I think maybe she had something to do with, indirectly, the death of the housekeeper.
I thought I'd seen it all when globs of nasal fluid poured down onto his lap when he took the stand but then he talked about getting up to fetch his spit cup on the night of the murders but he couldn't remember his last conversations w/his wife & son. Good grief, how grotesque!🤢
@@isabellind1292 Another obvious clue of his guilt. Notice he never said he felt horrible about leaving them there. "If only I would have stayed", was never uttered from his lips. He was never in a state of panic, or impulsive to find the "killer". I mean, I knew he was guilty when I was watching the initial SLED interview the night of the murders.
No one who actually lost a loved one could talk for this entire time on the stand without getting choked up talking about his final conversations and time that he spent with his wife and son in their final minutes. Dude is a cold blooded killer.
He can’t even remember whether he took a nap? All I hear from him is deny deny deny. In dealing with a narcissist I see many of the same traits here. Crazy to see how they can see what time he was walking around with his health data. All the times I’ve been through a traumatic experience I can remember what time of day when and where and who was around and what I was doing before and after. When in doubt, just tell the truth. And obviously don’t murder people.
Yea and he seen them dead bleeding out. Look how bad Paul was shot!! To see his brains everywhere and he can talk about them is n the stand like he is talking about what he ate!! Ohh bs!!
If I was innocent of something like this, I would be an absolute blubbering mess, full of regret that I wasn't there to save my family. I would be doing my absolute best to recall absolutely EVERYTHING that I could to help the investigation. I would not lie AT. ALL. This is why I can't believe he's innocent.
Yep me too. All he ever says is " i beleive i did this , i believe i did that , i beleive i parked the car where i parked it " .....duh ! 😆 He planned their murder for 6 months . Im amazed he slipped up so many times... ..made so many mistakes after all that planning.. ...and cant even fake remorse .... Hes a rubbish actor and lawyer . Not very bright . Look at how he still hoped we wouldl beleive all his lies. ....he didnt own up like many of us would . Idiot . He wanted all this time and money spent on him to fight this case. ....because he thought he was that important . His ego must be enormous. . That happens if you are born into a dynasty that is too powerful and rich. They really think they are all that . He wanted to go on having a nice life after blowing their brains out. He wanted his flash cars, big house, fancy boats, nice clothes ...luxuries , power trips, drugs , pamper treatments forever . Yes alex thought he deserved to have his feet massaged and pedicures ... Thats why he begged so much here at court ... If i killed my family , i would not want to live . Some people value their lives too high , its beyond stupid .
knee jerk reaction. Prob even though SEEING his brains, etc we STILL can be in 'shocked' disbelief and double check ourselves...'if you're not guilty..............he's GOOD if he's guilty!!!
This dude is so guilty, he’s never been held accountable, and doesn’t understand why people don’t just believe him! What kind of a man can murder his own wife and child. This whole case is so unbelievable and hard to grasp!
I still can't believe it! His great, great, grandfather built the legacy and every generation worked Soo hard to keep that legacy...and only to tarnish it with his senseless, devil actions! 🤯 Like how is murdering your wife and kid going to make things better? How the heck did he think he would get away with it? Not only that... Why on earth would those thoughts come in his head in the first place! And then have to live with that for the rest of his life! And it's not sunshine and rainbows in jail.....of all people he should know that been a lawyer! And ruined his only son left and literally the entire family, close friends and the whole community forever!! A divorce could of been less complicated...jeez! . 😞
@@gs8133 What makes Paul anymore culpable than anyone else who go onto that boat? They were all legal adults & they'd all been drinking (albeit under the drinking age). It's not as if Paul was the adult who took a bunch of underage kids out on the boat. They all made the personal choice to knowingly get onto a boat being operated by a drunk at the wheel, not to mention they'd already nearly collided w/the Woods Swing Bridge, earlier in the night aboard the boat on their way to go bar-hopping before they later re-boarded & crashed. It was terrible what happened but anyone who knowingly gets into any mode of transportation w/a drunk at the wheel has no one to blame but themselves for their poor choices. And everyone who was aboard the boat made a poor choice.
He killed his housekeeper of over 20 years and told her family to sue him since he had 'liability insurance', then he stole/embezzled the insurance money that was granted to the family - guy is the biggest POS in the world.
He killed his housekeeper. The eldest son killed a kid from high school. The youngest son; a girl on a boat. He embezzled from the family firm. Kills his wife and child with a large insurance policy. This is a family use to doing whatever they want with no consequence. It’s mind boggling for us regular folk to comprehend but most entitled people understand this.
This is a case of the "vanishing perpetrator" He never demanded to know who gunned down his family. He never exclaimed "who would do this we need to find them!" He never said to the Police "Stop looking at me and figure out who killed my family!" He never feared for his life standing out there in the dark after seeing his wife and son gunned down, and he NEVER feared for Busters safety by calling him to ask if he was okay, or to tell him to get to safety. I find that hands down the most telling aspect of his guilt. Often times, you can learn a lot from what people in these situations DON'T say. As much as Alex talked, he sure didn't say a lot. Plus, he lied about being at the kennels. No innocent person would do that.
Definitely agree. I imagine I would have said something to the effect of, "I was just down here with them," while speaking to the 911 operator. Even in shock, you'd relay information like that. You'd recall the last time you actually saw them alive. You'd hope this helps narrow down a timeframe so investigators can use it to find the culprit. I think it hurts his credibility greatly to have continued to lie up until taking the stand. The only time I can see something like this being "okay" is in the case of someone who could become the scapegoat for poor police work. AM had a good record, wealth, connections, and all the privilege of a cis, white male. He had no reason to lie out of fear, etc.. so what's the excuse? Why try to distance himself if he wasn't involved in something illegal? Seems suspect to me.
besides the sheer amount of lies leading up to and after the murders what's the probability of someone coming onto your large property in the dead of night and murdering two people at the kennels within a brief period that he decides to not be there . very unlikely. and the fact he was trying to hold up under interrogation even over mere minutes as to how long he was down at the kennels. He definitely did it. from what i gather though from the testimonies of his family and the caretaker at his mothers i don't know wether it was planned well in advance I think he had been contemplating and went through with it when a moment was created. because honestly you couldn't think of a worse set up and the fact he tried to bribe the caretaker at his mothers that she didn't see him he was trying to stash weapons and having his brother manufacturer the weapons for his sons to then use them on the wife and son and think it would not lead back to him, surely with the amount of money and connections through drugs he could have got a weapon that would have been more difficult to trace
And he was right that no one else was in the vicinity of the property. Just 3 people, and 2 of them are no longer alive. I’m surprised Alex didn’t push for law enforcement to check the property for the killer or killers. In that interview inside the vehicle, not once does Alex seemed afraid of who might have killed his wife and son. Had it been me, I would’ve been terrified of the murderer on the loose. But, he was the killer all along.
@@alvaroq2024 he also said guineas made great guard animals because they would make tons of racket when someone was nearby, and of course they didn’t make any noise that night.
@@nancyp3949 That’s correct. Law enforcement has the manpower to measure and calculate every word spoken by defendants or persons of interest. It’s a very tedious process, and this is why it took almost a year and a half to bring up charges.
@@alvaroq2024 exactly… I said the same! He had absolutely no fear that the gunman/men were still in the property… but I suppose it’s difficult to be fearful of yourself!
I read an account that said Magi asked 3 different people if she should meet Alex that night. She did not want to go and said Alex was acting fishy and that he was up to something. Her understanding was not that she was going home to go to dog kennrls that night but that she was going home to see Alex's father who was very ill. She said Alex told her he had pnemonia and it was very serious. She thought she was going to see a dying man. I wonder why this was not brought up at all about how he actually lured Magi back that night? She would never have driven all that way to go to a dog kennel that night. She had wanted to stay at the beach house and continue her work there getting ready for a July 4 party. Alex lured her home and the 3 people she checked with about whether she should tell Alex she would come home that night (as he requested) should havr verified the true reason why she went back there and verify that Alex did indeed lure Magi back using his sick father as the bait.
So on point. I was wondering the same. Especially the "Fishy" comment. If only she had listened to herself. Just proves how Manipulative he was. Diabolical really.
You are so right and my question is if he asked her to come home bc his father was sick and he went to visit his mom then why didn’t she go with him. Also he was asked if he told Maggie he was leaving to visit his mom and he said he never told her why wouldn’t he tell her when he was leaving the kennels to go to his moms. He got rid of Maggie’s phone on the drive to his moms the missing guns they never found at his house and his clothes he did use the hose to clean up the man that works for him said the hose was not the same way he left it on the night of the killing
He answers questions like a kid who did something wrong and they just kind of worm around and weave some kind of story to fit what you already know? How sad.
@@TheresaofTheWorld It was towards the beginning of this video and he was referring to not wanting to get sweaty, but, yes, it was an odd phrase to use!
Never gives a simple yes or no to questions..always gives a long explanation to question..if he had nothing to hide he would not need to turn things around for jury..not convincing..hope the jury sees through him.
He knows that the prosecutor is using innuendo to twist the facts and rely on the ignorance of people who fail to pick up on differences between factual meaning and easy grandstanding tactics of innuendo. Thereby, innuendo will supplant as truth in the minds of people who are far too many and fail to think and analyze just a little bit. Is it ThAt hard to just look and listen a little deeper? Just a little?
He thinks he can charm his way out of his situation. Which he may succeed. I find him very charming and charismatic. Like, you don't want to believe he's capable of this. However, his defense is so weak. But it wouldn't surprise me if the jury voted not guilty. Also there's the factor of bribes or threats. He has major connections. I wouldn't rule out that someone gets to at least a couple of jury members ,to vote not guilty. It's likely this could all be a clown show put on by a thoroughly corrupt judicial system of South Carolina.IF the judicial system is corrupt. I absolutely do not know if it's any less or more, corrupt or uncorrupt, as any other States judicial system. But if it is corrupt, then Alex probably has the inside info on that and why he may ultimately be protected actual punishment.
He is unbelievably confusing. I believe totally on purpose. If he can create confusion, he thinks he can create doubt. Oh, well. Didn’t work because jurors are smarter than him. Hats off to the prosecutor! Legal superhero.
First he drove the golf cart to the kennels, then he tripped up and said he drove the white pick up truck. This man, there is a special in hell for his kind. I hope he has nightmares of Maggie and Paul for the rest of his natural life. What he did to his wife and son was beyond horrible
Me too. Everything looks so messy and disorganized. I don’t know how the judge can focus staring into all that mess. Compare that to the Depp vs heard trial. The Depp lawyers were organized.
If he can call them a pretend name then it not like he is talking about the wife and son he killed. These names allow him to seperate who he killed and who is talking about.
By his own admission, he has placed himself at the scene of the crime at the time that it all went down. That's what we call self-incrimination -- the biggest pitfall of a defendant taking the stand, which is why the 5th Amendment is a SACRED RIGHT. He chose to waive it. In this case it did not work in his favor.
How does he put himself at the time of the crime? Plz explain? He said after the chicken thing he left went back home then left to his moms..came back and found them at the Kimmel,so how does he put himself at the crime.
@@elizabethreece8003 he lied to the police about being there..when the snapchat video came out he now admits he was there because there's no other avenue.. So he left to go to his moms and they were instantly murdered? Lied about the amount of time he was gone, tried to coach the caregiver and offered to pay for her wedding etc. Then when he "discovered them" the ping from the Suburban and the 911 call are 20 seconds apart, meaning he knew what he was coming upon and called 911 without doing any of the things he said he was doing in regards to the victims. It doesn't pass the smell test.. but "beyond a reasonable doubt" i'm not confident..
Rewatching this and wow. They were separated. He keeps saying “she knew I always wanted her to come home”; “I didn’t ask her to come home that day”; “she knew I wanted her home, with me”. One thing that sets family annihilators off is the breakup or breaking up of a family.
My thoughts as well. They were quietly separated. Maggie living at Edisto. Alex living at Moselle. I'd bet it's likely only very few, if any people ever truly knew because it was about keeping up appearances & the family name. Some anonymous person did say Maggie consulted a divorce lawyer & was looking into their assets too. Alex & Maggie probably did still go do stuff like go to a weekend baseball game with another couple. Maggie might've still loved Alex too, but there were obviously problems in that relationship. And I believe he lured Maggie there using his dad's illness. Lured Paul with the field of dead sunflowers needing replanting.
@@maureenbrown6697 Maureen. I got a question for ya. Where do u think all that money is from all those checks Eddie cashed?? I don’t even know if he said he said the money back to Alex but he did that for TEN YEARS!!! Ten days before the murders he cashed a check for around $25,000 so, where the hell is all that cash??????
What I wanna know is WHY he cannot remember what would end up being the last conversation with your wife??? How convenient he doesn't recall extremely important details the prosecutor asks but within that same timeline he vividly remembers details that he "thinks" will help himself. Such a narcissist😡
@@robinflood7334 I think the same. He was obviously annoyed that evening which I understand. He worked all day, came home and worked on their land for hours, finally goes in to shower, have dinner and relax and he didn't want to go back out after showering, but he felt bad as he said and went out there and it was chaos with all the dogs. He said he remembers saying something to the effect of "I'm leaving, bye". I wouldn't remember the exact way I said that either
Everyone remembers the last conversation with a loved someone abruptly taken from your life, for years, for a lifetime, you remember those last words regardless how trivial they might be.
He had been gobbling up oxy pills like mad. That had to have influenced his memory.. That and the fact that the trauma of finding Maggie and Paul butchered, put him into a state of shock.
The more I read and watch the news about this family I believe that Alex is not the only crook and villain in the family, his brothers and many of his friends are crooks. I believe his brothers should lose their law license also. That whole law firm should be turned up side down with investigation.
If AM would have wanted a real killer found, he would have never lied to the police. Your family is shot to death…you could care less about how it looks for you. He would have been afraid and overwhelmed with shock. His memory of every detail would be ingrained in his mind due to the emotions from that day. The timeline, phone and OnStar data, his behavior all confirms his guilt to me. This is not the result of him being an innocent man. I hope the jury can see through him, but you never know. I would have never dreamed Casey Anthony would get away with her daughter’s murder. Selfish people consider family expendable.
I'm so glad you mentioned Casey Anthony. I feel these cases are so similar in so many regards. It was obvious that Casey did something very sinister to her daughter and that she was a liar. It's obvious Alex is a horrible lying thieving jerk. The trial against Casey was ALL about how she lied, partied and scandal after scandal, but absolutely nothing presented that was proof she murdered that poor baby and I feel like this trial is going down the same path. It's all about how they can prove 100% he lied, stole and was a bad guy, but they don't have that 100% proof he murdered them and they're presenting the case as if he was on trial for being a thief and he's not. Legally speaking, I don't know how anyone could come to a guilty verdict with the evidence they presented so far. There's not even a motive. I have the unpopular opinion being that I do not believe he is guilty, but regardless, I don't like how this is unfolding. I don't agree that if he wanted the real killer to be found he wouldn't have lied. Not necessarily, imo, he was a lawyer himself and comes from a very legal background from birth so he knew any time a wife is murdered, the significant other is always the #1 suspect no matter what. He was trying to make sure there was no implications his way so that they didn't jump on that bandwagon and miss the opportunity looking for real killer.
Yes I agree. And if he had nothing to do with it I imagine there would be more urgency and shock in his description. Meaning he would be incredulous, letting cops know he was just there, that he was gone less than an hour. Shock that they were fine a few minutes before...that someone did a hit on his family, he'd want them to take bloodhounds in the woods, set up road blocks, something like that...I dont want to believe it, but the timing, or believing it's a random senseless killing..even the police didnt seem to think there was anyone to look for.
21:16 💥 That's a clincher right there, not sure if Alex caught onto where the prosecutor was going with the questioning about the dogs. Anyone who has ever had a dog(s) knows thar IF a strange person is near the property or their people they will act different, sometimes dogs will act straight up CRAZY & out of character. Dogs are very reliant on their senses to guide them and their owner(s) away from any possible danger. Keep in mind Alex had numerous dogs, many of them labs, hunting dogs, fetch dogs, etc.. dogs that are very intuitive to their surroundings (including sights, smells, sounds, temperatures, etc...).
Great point! Im a dog person,had dogs my whole life & they Definitely Have different type barks for different type situations. In a split second they can change.
I thought about their reaction as he killed his wife, who was close to those dogs. No one talked about their condition, if they were barking and upset etc
I picked up on it immediately and was a great question I thought. A way to indirectly rule out a possible 2nd person theory. He also brought up the "Duck Pond" 9 different times in a 20 min span, without being asked, almost as if it's a subconscious admittance of something. I bet if they check the bottom of that pond there lies the guns and clothes used.
@@heybeaches …and you’re NUTS Leave this comments section to the adults. You go up to your room & play computer games. Mommy will call you when lunch is ready🤪🤪🤪
@@stellakowalski1 you had to edit it so I guess you didn’t think it would offend me enough lol what I said wasn’t true? Lol Carry I’m with your little life
I feel bad for the dogs that they did not live in the house, like pets and family members. I never trust friendship with those who treat animals with detachment.
I forget wich lady said she has one of the dogs now. I think it was the housekeeper lady. The one who had made him the dinner that night. Im pretty sure it was
The only other people with motive were Mallory’s parents, and I’m sure that they were looked at hard. That only leaves Alex or armed Hens taking revenge. Pathological liar.
However their motive is diluted by the fact that Paul was to be tried and presumably held accountable the same week he was murdered. It’s more believable that his daddy would be trying to protect him from the hell he was set to endure and the financial burden that came with it for Alex.
@@marvalousmarva6190 yes the trial had been delayed and was set to start the end of that week or beginning of the next. It was discussed at the beginning of this trial as another possible motive.
When Alex's lawyer asks him did you kill Maggie did you kill Paul he never said he killed them he said I would never hurt Maggie I would never hurt Paul that gets around lying on the stand
The fact that the dogs weren’t alerting that some stalker was in the bushes waiting for Alex to walk away to pull the trigger as they ran free is beyond the pale of any realm of reality.
He wouldn't have started lying about where he was and he most certainly would have thought of the last words they said to each other , before being on the stand in court. If your wife and kid are murderd everyone would just naturally think of the last words they spoke. And this dope is pretending he is just now thinking about it , and he dont remember. BS
Key phrases: “I always wanted Maggie to stay with me, always!” Is he possessive? Kids were adults and living their own lives and Maggie started staying at Edistoe Beach house. She was having it renovated. I believe I heard that house needed to be sold to free up cash. But it was Maggie’s new place to live, to be free from Alec, the controlling husband. Was she slowly removing herself from his grip? She hired a financial analyzer to get a picture of the finances. She was seeing irregularities. Alec was using Oxy….she wanted to know why he was so stressed out. She was getting close to finding out. Boat case & wrongful death suit was going to ruin him. “She came home because she was worried about me, I didn’t learn that until after she was killed!” As he starts to cry again. Is this Alec feeling guilty now? He needs to be the center of attention. He’s the bread winner. But now his family is slowly moving farther away from him. His dad is gone and with dementia, so is his mom. He is alone at the house on many days. He’s freaking out the house of cards is crashing down. He wants his family with him, always!!! This was possibly suppose to be a murder suicide but he just couldn’t kill himself. The assets were suppose to go to Buster who would carry on the family legacy. Alec is a failure despite looking successful on the outside!!!!
Spot on, but suicide was never on his table. He was pissed at them in the kennel, they were closing him out of their club. He snapped and went into stupid narcissist mode.
When I watched the Murdaugh documentary on Netflix (that had a lot to do with Paul) it became clear pretty early on that Paul was an alcoholic and narcissist along with being an abusive boyfriend. His death and Maggie’s death are tragic. But you can see how Paul became the way he was, he was a lot like his father. Alex had many issues, it was clear he was a drug addict. He did things above the law to try to protect Paul initially. When he felt his life unraveling and his family might turn on him that’s when he turned on them. He is cold without any emotion while giving testimony. And like many others have said…he was never intent on finding the “killer”. Bc he is the killer lol
AMEN to everything you said! I am getting ready to watch the Netflix documentary you are referring to after I finish viewing this. So many lives either destroyed or affected all because of him. SMH.
@sara you hit on the head.The Documentary connected dots you didn’t know needed to be connected. The whole family was the definition of privilage. Hearing the interviews of those on the boat was rough and then seeing the Steven Smith portion. I felt either Netflix is really good at this or these are some the most vile ppl I have heard of.
Yeah I deduced that as well. Alex blamed Paul and the boat wreck for uncovering his mis deeds and Maggie saw a divorce attorney 6 weeks prior so i think he knew that he might be going down and sacraficed them to try and save his ass and if not then everything gets left to Buster his first and probably favorite son
By the way, I truly enjoyed joining this channel with everyone who watched the trial here. Nice folks with a sense of humor made it much more bearable! I guess we will regroup at the appeal.
I think an innocent person would be breaking down on the witness stand and crying because if they had been there minutes before Maggie and Paul killed they would be regretful that they hadn't been there to help. Mr. Murdoch has never stated I regret not being there to help them. I think that's very telling.
"Telling"...????? That's-regret'-is ALMOST implied bc he HAS broken down crying when he first described seeing them AND leaving to go get his gun...ready to kill? IF he'd displayed 'regret' finding them thus not protecting them THAT cld be MISconstrued as GUILTY vs REGRETFUL of helping them.
Dude. Everyone that heard this video can tell you the order things happened in while it was recorded, you don't have to act as if you don't know on this one. This guy is exhausting, Stumbling over every sentence, not remembering anything important, but going on and on into great detail about inconsequential things. Not remembering what was said during the short few minutes of what turned out to be the last conversation you ever had with your wife. All the scheming he did, fooling everybody, his mind is as sharp as a knife, all he forgets is everything that makes him look bad. Surely the jury will see through this act of his.
I cant imagine how his son felt staring at the father he loved, the man who raised him, the one he would never doubt and always trust... My condolences to the families.... SAD!!!
Yes, it's so hard to imagine that. Today, my sympathies are with Buster. It felt almost obscene being able to see him watch the man who he thought was his father receive the guilty verdict. The realization that his family is gone. Heavy stuff.
I have sons and daughters. The biggest conflict in my family has been who stole who's shirt. I can't imagine aiming a thing at their brain and making a lightning fast decision to f^&% it. Can I even imagine such a scenario? No way would I consider eating my young to stay alive. Quite the opposite.
That's fascinating to see law professionals going at each other's throat like this. The mind games, the behaviours, the tell signs or lack of, the stares, the skewed questions, the biased answers. There is a ton to learn about how to answer questions or behave if you are suspected of a crime.
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He should get a life sentence just for saying PAU PAU a million times.
Its hard to believe that this idiot is a lawyer! Buba , pua pua ACT like a freaking man for once!
I know... I saw clearly what he was trying to do by calling Paul that ridiculous nickname!
that was such a red flag. he really thought that was going to help. made things worse for him in my opinion. should have just called him my son or 'Paul'
@@Willl_b_ I think he thought it would be endearing but it actually seemed to dehumanize Paul.
Not using his name.
So true…it was so obvious what he was trying to do. It got on my last nerve.
It’s really disgusting to me that he keeps referring to Paul and Maggie as “Maggs and PauPau” when he MURDERED them! This man is sickening! 🤢
He’s innocent until proven guilty
The monster is doing it to try to garner sympathy if you noticed the prosecuting attorney pointed it out and how he never referred to them as those names until in front of a jury
I agree with you 💯 but what if he didn’t ? How awful would that be? There must be people in the wrongly accused…
@@rarasworld1679 well he did.
@@workingman9745 are you the jury? Until they come back with their decision you’re assuming and finding him guilty in your own brain that’s not how our justice system works.
The one thing he’s never been interested is in finding out who did this to his wife and son.
And you know this? I think otherwise.
Yes, through out - from the police arrival at his estate right through the trial AM is never concerned with Busters safety or finding the killers, and strangely Buster seems to mimic and corroborate what ever Alex says.
He is a 1st class POS! Cares for only himself! I do hope the jury finds him guilty of this brutal crime
@@karencrooks6474 When has he asked? He made his swiss cheese of his family.
The "Vanishing Perpetrator"!
I want to puke when he says "pa pa" and he's the one who put the boys brain on the floor.
Right!
Exactly! All that performance he does saying "I could see his brains on the floor"...Umm yes, what else did you expect to happen when you did that to him at such close range??? YOU put his brain there.
That is "right right" , this ginger is a skunk of the first order.
I know
Paul pau sounds like a cute nickname you give someone you adore
It doesn't match up with how he treated him..
He wasn't pau pau to Alex
..he was just " a disposable thing "
"After Maggie told me to leave"
"I drove down there and did what I did and drove away"
"I knew I was going to have to do what I didn't want to"
"Who ever did this hated Paul"
"Who ever did this planned out for a really long time"
All accidental quotes that Alex Murdaugh said because of his conscious
(This is just a few there was many more secret guilt of consciousness quotes)
I caught most of those too
Mask slips sometimes
Segment Fraud would’ve definitely enjoyed dissecting that testimony.
The “ hated Paul” comment
Really made my hair stand on end
How sad
His child
Michael you're spot on .
The fact that he tried so hard to deny that he was at the kennel for even more than ONE minute is a huge🚩
Riveting!
Agreed
Yea but if you know they are solely looking at you,you’re not gonna admit you were there longer than need be. He came clean and admitted he was there just long enough to greet his family and help them with the chicken. He was still in his work clothes. Makes sense that he was ready to go back to the house than stay out there and get dirty
@@robinflood7334 agree 💯
@@robinflood7334 what about the other 100 lies? Lmao
Throw this sinister murderer in prison. Have bubba ma
This clown has been a lawyer for 29 years and he needs friends to tell him not to talk to police without a lawyer?!?! Smh
I find it disturbing he got away with so much before, so there must have been a lot of corruption before, which gave him the confidence about what he could get away with. His father and grandfather were powerful in the legal world, so maybe he's the result of what happens if you spoil a child?
love love love the way the prosecutor keeps saying, ".....these new facts that you have all of a sudden." LOVE IT
They were setting him up, just like they did with Lee Harvey Oswald. It's rumored His wife FAKED her death, and runoff with all that MONEY that SHE embezzled.
He spent longer describing how the golf cart is parked normally than his last conversation with his loved ones, that's sad.
Nope because where you park I'd not remembering specific words or stuff a year later
Tell me what you were doing on this day one year ago
Right? That is spool sad
@@kellybader6315 if it was the day you found you family dead you'd remember a lot and you'd seek to tell every detail you remember, but not with Alex
I agree... he brushes off pertinent times, saying I don't know, I don't remember. But he gives Many Details of other things like about his grandfather, and looking at pigs, taking a chicken from the dog, etc. -C
His conscience just won’t let him SHUT UP! He talked himself right into a guilty verdict. If you ask me, he made the prosecution’s job a lot easier.
Too easy
He’s been fooling people for so long that he thinks all he’s has to do is be heard and he will get away with it. Total opposite of reality.
Correct. So many people thought the prosecution didn't do enough. I though the prosecution was masterful. They knew he did it. They gave him a lot or rope to hang himself, and he used every inch of it. I've listened to this cross about 15 times. It had me intrigued from the get-go.
@@misterwallace3479 Absolutely. I think they did a phenomenal job! Everyone wondered why they focused so much on his fraud activities, but truthfully it took all of that to get a guilty verdict. The cross was very interesting, I was glued for days.
I think there was a decent chance he would have been acquitted had he not taken the stand.
If he took the 5th, there's a chance he would've gotten off. But, that video evidence placing him where he denied being was powerful.
It’s striking how, Maggie’s sister testified with so much regret and anguish about persuading her sister to go to Moselle to be there for AM. He, however, sounds irritated, annoyed and offended when recalling that night. Guarantee that if he were innocent, he’d be choked up saying, “I wish the dogs had alerted me” “I regret that I left so quickly” “had I known that was the last moment with my wife and son…” “the dogs should have alerted me to someone else being on the property, they had to have been and I don’t know why they didn’t change their behavior.”
Nope. Him testifying is because this is the last moment all attention is on him. He’s a narcissist, and a murderer on top of that.
@@geebee3100 wtf are talking about? Humannees? Please stop embarrassing yourself u fool.
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Very true Rachael!!!
she wasn't on trial, he was, after being in jail after going through series of tragedies. I don't think anyone else can imagine the pressure he was in
YES! And watch him on video of moments when police arrived on scene.
His interest is in creating a storyline, with details, with some added intermittent crying, walk-aways, words into police body cams.
Evil.
(& this ain'tust from drug use ... it's his lifestyle ... his life-time character. YES! narcissist ... & more.)
The evil looks that Alex gives not only the Prosecutor, but his own Defense team!!! Scary. Very vicious, evil man!!
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Every time he calls Paul PauPau, I kinda want to rage. I know his lawyers told him to try and seem like a loving father, but it feels so forced and disingenous
He’s doing it to obviously look sympathetic but he looks and sounds stupid. Paw 🐾 paw 🐾 was a grown man not a little puppy dog.
AGREED! 💯
Sounds stuoid… even the lawyer was irritated and called him on it 👍
Thank you!!! That's driving me crazy. This is a court of law, actual names should only be used not nicknames.
It’s interesting he never used those nicknames in the police interviews, isn’t it?
I love how the prosecutor just responds with "ok" every time he tries to clarify one of his lies.. he ain't having it lmfao!🤣
Really reminded me of the prosecutor in the Tony Todt case. He did so much damage to himself every time he opened his mouth, she didn't even need to say anything more than a skeptical "ok" after every answer lol. Alex comes across similarly terrible here and it's obvious he's lying.
This man is so completely detached from reality which explains how he was able to do what he did.
Agreed.
Best statement ever
Drugs
High doses of opioids can do this! I can attest but not in this capacity
18:27 ... wow he left out a lot of detail between the dog kennel and going back to the house right there!
When the prosecutor asks Alex why he was in such a hurry to leave the kennels and go back to the house he says “I was getting ready to do what I didn’t want to do”. What a strange thing to say with no explanation. If I were on trial for murder and made that type of statement, I would certainly clarify what I was talking about.
I noticed how ironic that statement was as well
@rajivgotti7615 yes, was it about being in the sweat down there and it always being more work with the dogs than expected. It's not a good explanation to make that statement though, certainly not given the circumstances. he's the murderer is the much better explanation.
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It could go either way so it is indeed an ironic statement. The thing about irony is that it plays along with the old Freudian slips.
In this case he actually went to do exactly what he WANTED to do which was to kill his wife and child
He said it meant he was getting ready to sweat because it was hot there.
I heard a lot of lawyers' criticizing how silent Mr. Waters was, and how long he allowed Murdaugh to explain himself, when answering each question. it was genius imo. Interrogators do it all the time. It's an actual interrogation technique, and it often works when it comes to those chatty people who are uncomfortable with silence, like Murdaugh..
You're right about that interrogation technique. I have watched so many full-length murder interrogations on UA-cam and that's exactly the reason. There are so many techniques and tactics the detectives use and it is normally explained somewhere in the videos.
Agree he is letting him trip himself up
If u paid attention there was one question in particular when asked aboht the dogs not sniffing anytbing unusual... and prosocutor said ur sure they didnt... remember he said someobe else did it... that prooves noone was there
Indeed it is a well known tactic . 👌🏾💯 The person then feels the need to overly talk to fill the gap with what is usually lies . They pretty much gang themselves .
Yeah! I like that technic! AM walked straight into that tramp!!
Who else is sicken with these nicknames?
Pew Pew
Poor dogs
Whose paw paw
@@jeanettedellicarpini5616 his deceased son, pawpaul. Paul.
@@ronaldmac2040 😂 😂 😂
The "ah-ha" moment for me was when the prosecuter painted the picture of timing and that the dogs (or any of the animals) were not sensing any intruders or people they didn't know on the property. 9 minutes... it was a great point!!
I too, thought it was a missed opportunity to show someone was waiting out there to shoot them…
Me too!
Facts!!!
Yes ! And Alex didn't even get where he was going with that
Yep! "There would have been no one around for the dogs to sense."-Alex M.....Wow!
He literally admits "there was NO ONE else around for the dogs to sense", and if they were murdered immediately following that, he had to have done it.
Yea I don't think he realized what he said..that's the point he should have lied lol
I feel like everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie
Me too, but (sigh) feelings are not facts and that's what is needed for a guilty verdict.
🛎️: Who is Donald Trump!
Of course, he's a lawyer, or Liar, whichever you choose.
Q: “Alex, what does 2 x 2 equal?”
A: “Did you say 2 x 2? It’s whatever I wrote on the test yesterday.”
Q: “Yes, what does 2x 2 equal?”
A: “Listen, you could go through all the math tables one by one, but I already told you I’m not good with Math.”
Q: “Alex, just answer the question.”
A: “Listen, I didn’t cheat on that exam. I never would do that. I love Math. I would never betray Archimedies. 2 x 2 is whatever the calculator says. I don’t remember what I wrote on that test but whatever I put on that test was from the heart.”
Comment of the year! 😂
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Basically every other answer..lol 😂😂😂
Amazing. 😂👌🏼
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The “according to your new story” qualifiers the prosecutor is using are amazing. It looks like Alec wants to kill him with his eyes every time he says it.
He had shark eyes. That man is evil
" According to your NEW story "...Dude is killing me.
Put himself at the scene, has motive, found the bodies, admitted to lying to law enforcement but yet cannot remember the last words he had with his wife and son....🤔🤔🤔
The one thing you would remember.
Motive he would have would be only if he were stupid. There is no possible gain and any intelligent person would see that.
she kicked him out!
Pluss the clothing he had on at the time he was a the dog kennels and the other family gun that went missing. You just can't make this up.
@@karencrooks6474Everyone knows the spouse is ALWAYS first suspect. Suspects lives are deeply dug into. Total opposite of divert.
So Alex does not remember HIS LAST WORDS TO HIS WIFE AND SON?
I wonder if he told her “i love you”. She already suspected he was up to something suspicious. She shoulda ran.
Alex is a dangerous man and should never get out of prison
He won't. For the financial crimes, he is looking at over 700yrs! He originally plead not guilty but opened his big, lying mouth on the stand and admitted to loads of them. He is such a piece of sh*t!
He didn't do this alone. There are lackeys who covered for him for years. What justice will they face?
Agreed
He was sneering, defensive and not giving one piece of or sentance of his details that day beyond what they knew. His eyes are glaring sociopathic stare was chilling. He couldn’t say their names or that they were even murdered omg the list is too long. He must never get out he is frightening
He doesn't kill for no reason. You just don't ever want to be in a position where he can personally gain from your death.
What a complete monster. He butchered his WIFE and SON because he accumulated debt. Absolute madness 😢
What an excellent prosecutor. Confident, direct, thorough. Great stuff.
Yes indeed
Mr. Waters did an outstanding job prosecuting this case.
I like him enough but he should've interrupted him more and insisted on a yes or no.
@Deena D it's part of his strategy to let him talk and talk. He also took long pauses on purpose, so Murdough would talk more. It worked perfectly. Great strategy.
…sounds like when most men recount an argument or discussion with their wife 😂
"Maggie told me to leave" "I did what I did"
Listening to this a second time, it sounds absolutely ridiculous. He's guilty as sin. I'd rather be poor and love my family than be rich and kill them. Greed and ego doesn't equal love.
I really think in his own head he thought he was above the law and was probably thinking about spending the insurance money before he even shot them...He is definitely a very cold dangerous individual who deserves in my opinion the death penalty...I believe his position should have nothing to do with sentencing and he should have been treat just like you and me..Corruption is still rampant in the justice system and in law enforcement is here for us all to see...
He loved himself more than any of them!!!
Absolutely 💯
My second time watching too. It does sound absolutely ridiculous!
He was told to leave so she can count all that money SHE embezzled. She FAKED her death.
If the incident with Bubba having the chicken in his mouth was the last time you ever saw & spoke to your wife while she was still alive, you would think that you'd remember everything that was said. Knowing that just minutes later she was brutally murdered, you'd be racking your brain to recall every detail.
Absolutely! Well-said.
@M Holla probably!
@M Holla nah, that high for him was really just normal. He wants you to think that though.
I think because the last words he spoke to Maggie was something hateful. I think they were arguing. Of course, he can’t say that on the stand, that he was arguing with his wife before he murdered her. I think Paul and Maggie were onto him and his pill addiction, and I believe they found his stash, and I believe he was pissed off about it, and went down there to confront them about where his pills were.
So true. I imagine it would haunt you for remembering every word and nuance and detail of the last time you saw and heard their voices. It would be PRECIOUS, and possibly some regret, we don't always say I love you when you're expecting to see them shortly but ppl always say I was running late...think the last thing I said as I was leaving was "don't forget the dry cleaners ",or something else mundane, never thinking those will be the last between you. However this guy can't remember their last meal, conversation or ANY DETAILS a normal human being would recall and CHERISH
Mr. Waters is a Savage Beast! He did a hell of a job!
When he says “I was getting ready to do what I didn’t want to do” sent chills down my spine. Of course
he tries to cover it by saying he was getting ready to sweat. I call bull if he was on so many
pills he would have already been sweating.
I thought the same thing!
I do not like heat as I passed out and was taken to the hospital by ambulance for heat exhaustion and dehydration. So I understand why Alex didn't want to go to the kennel and get all hot and sweaty after he had a shower and deal with stinky animals.
Noticed this as well, fredium slip?
@@ML-kx9gz not fredium slip. Freudian slip.
@@ML-kx9gz I know what you meant 😊
As a lawyer and a prosecutor Alex has to know he sounds guilty. The jury is not stupid. He's constantly saying I don't remember everything the prosecutor asks but yet remembers everything his lawyer asked. But this is America we've seen Casey Anthony, OJ and plenty of other people get off who were obviously guilty
What about that .. forgive the stupid ones, for they not have a clue. ?
you're a lawyer and prosecutor?
@@d3maccus Yeah and an astronaut firefighter. Dude I'm crushing life
@@caseyaylward8853 lol
He's a narcissist, no, he thinks he's winning.
"I don't believe I checked them before I called 911" has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. One hundred percent of people wold remember how that went down.
Yea ok because there's no such thing as shock or people that have a poor memory? You must be a physic
I saw the first interview in the car with police that night. He said he touched both, made a half-assed attempt to turn Paul over, and Paul's phone fell from his pocket.
It's on here!
Remember what they say about this: They are either telling you a story to convince you of their innocence; or They are conveying the recollections to assist in your determining the truth.
He said before he checked Paul's pulse,what with his brains spilt all out,omg....
Not if you’re in a panic. Some people freeze up at the site of blood. It’s feasible that he wouldn’t remember exact sequences.
Anyone else notice after he’s asked a question, he repeats that question before answering. That’s him trying to think about how to answer. Hes giving himself time to think. He’s so manipulative. People like this who murder their family and then try to defend their “innocence” definitely deserve to sit and rot.
This poor man was FRAMED! He loved his wife and so much, he was forced to show them how much he TRULY CARES! He wasn't gonna waste 'bullets' on that TRAMP!
Honey all men do this when lieing or cheating
Totally agree
This is a huge red flag
..if you want to spot liars and murderers...
..the repeat and delay technique
I believe that if two loved ones were brutally killed, one would remember every single details of the last moments with them. He has a very selective memory.
My cousin was murdered 18 years ago and I remember the last day we hung out and remember the exact thing we were talking about when I walked him to his car. Alex remembers every damn thing!
@@ninacal God bless you for making this revelation. When I watch this and Anthony Todt-also a family killer- I am baffeled at that they dont remember. Like, really I know what time I get home EVERY NIGHT . around 530 some days sooner some days later but if I follow the same routine, I am home and I know when. He has NO CONCEPT of time. But he knows that he was working on his 'biggest case ever' BS!!!!
@@elizabethantoine9652 Exactly! God bless you as well.
Some might, some might not. Without foresight something bad was going to happen… all of us take life and everyday events for granted so don’t always remember everything. My best friend died in a car wreck.. I was with him always and was with him 3 hours before it happened. I lived with survivors remorse for years because I normally drove him home if he was drinking, that night I felt ill and went home.. but before it happened it was just another day, nothing out of ordinary and I struggled to remember certain things about that night. My point is unless you know in advance something bad is gonna happen it’s not a guarantee we remember every little thing or conversation. It’s also very easy to make someone look guilty not knowing something when on a grand stage and an attorney pointing out the smallest things. Attorneys are very good at making anything sinister. For the record I have no doubt Alex was 100% guilty.
When my mom died, I can tell you everything I done and talked about that last day I was with her.I relived that over and over in my mind everyday almost for a year. Trying to see if I noticed anything wrong. If she acted funny or said anything outta the norm. I remember those last 12 hours with her and every hour what we done. Even when I went home that night and she went home, I remember everything I done who I called and talked with , what I ate everything. It was such a sudden and tragic loss I couldn’t forget anything. I was on pills myself then too!! I was addicted to opioids myself and that didn’t cause me to forget one damn thing. I don’t even wanna hear that bs pill excuse he tries using at times.. He wouldn’t forget anything either!! To remember things that people don’t even think twice about but not remember very important things is absolutely bs!!He killed his family and his lies shine bright!!
Repeating almost every question is a red flag for deception. He uses that time to formulate the rest of his story
That was so god damn irritating every fricken time he did it. And his cocky attitude like he couldn’t be bothered with such questions.
He’s a lawyer. It’s to make sure you’re answering to the exact question and not leaving it open to interpretation to the jury
I thought the same thing. I know when I say huh or repeat question, 95% of time im tryin to think longer before answering especially in a stressful situation if im being honest
My lying boyfriend does that..
@@ginabarrows1286 you deserve better..
I'm not buying anything he's selling. He has been pushing his power & intimidating people for years. His entire family has a reputation for such. Also, If anyone in fact had a 50k a week addiction, they'd be dead, imho
Yeah. 50k a week! That makes zero sense. No one can take that many pain pills in a week. Even 50k a month is a huge stretch
So true. Any time a man or women spend that kind of money there's always the opposite sex. Just saying .
Is that what he said he was doing!? Goddamn yeah that is a stretch, I guess if someone was vastly overcharging someone (like 100$ per pill) who wasn't all that streetwise, and had the resources to maintain a habit that large, as well as having worked up to it over a long period of time, then it might be possible. I've certainly never heard of anyone that was doing that much dope (let alone living to tell about it), but in theory it could be done without killing oneself if done in a certain way, as unfathomable as it sounds.
Mr.Waters is extremely patient, the way Alex make him repeat almost every question, or the way Alex repeated the questions to buy time to come up with a answer would’ve driven me to the point of yelling at him
He’s an attorney, of course he’s going to clarify the details. He’s not “saving time” ….that wouldn’t accomplish anything.
Mr Waters and every lawyer who participated in this trial on either side were extremely annoying; from the phrasing of questions by making statements such as "So, you'd agree with me if I said..." were all designed to trap witnesses into saying something they didn't mean or that would be taken out of context or the wrong way. The repetitiveness of their questioning was uneccessary and they did it themselves without prompting from Alex plenty of times and it was done simply because they themselves were stumbling and ineffective. It was a show trial and not a very good one. I don't know if Alex was the killer or not; he could have been although it makes no sense for him to have done it, but had he better defense attorneys he would have been found not guilty. The evidence was lousy, the investigation shoddy and the 'expert witnesses', laughable~!
It’s for the record tho
His eyes are soulless 😮
Two black holes
He is only responding like criminals do trying to act normal
He has shark's eyes.
Honestly, he’s very good. He makes solid eye contact, he shows emotion. He makes things sound reasonable. This is how he conned so many people out of so much money for so many years.
Exactly!
I have to agree. He is weird but he’s likable, I can see how they were taken by him
Absolutely! With his experience he knows EXACTLY what to say!!
He’s very hard NOT to like.
@Kate Hanley It's his whole shtick. A good ol boy doin a very good job of bein a good ol boy...
Wow, Alex is almost telling the truth here. "After Maggie asked me to leave, I got into the golf cart". HE SLIPPED. They got into a fight at the house, she asked him to leave, then Maggie and Paul went to kennels to get out of a tense situation, and Alex followed soon after in his golf cart, got the bird from the dog's mouth, and then "did what he did" (his words) and got out of there quick. This is why forensics thinks the shooter was shorter, because Alex was sitting down. And in the golf cart, he could prop 2 guns up in front of him inside the cart, and easy access to both weapons. Then he went back up to the house and started texting Maggie that he was going to his Mom's house. But he didn't tell Maggie that when he was down there at the kennels?? How is anyone buying this? I hope these lawyers are picking up on this stuff.
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MAGGIE asked him to leave? An argument? I missed that. True?
I thought something similar to this. The “5’2” person was his 6’5 self sitting in a golf cart and shooting them. This is a good assessment.
@@karencrooks6474 It was a slip, and then he quickly corrected, I mean "when maggie asked me to go with her" (to the kennels and apparently he said no at first)
I love your observation!!
Alex always goes “Yes sir, that’s what the data says”.
Two human beings died that night, which is the sad part of all of this. Not once did I hear this man say: "I feel guilt guilty for not having checked up on them that night or I feel guilty for having left them there alone that night". Not once. But what he did instead he fixing his story to make himself look like the "perfect" victim.
Maybe he said it to his family in private. We don’t know that he didn’t
I don't think he did it bc Maggie sounds happy in the video if he came with guns there would have been commotion. Also he's a smart lawyer I would think he would get the shells up. Also they said there cell service wasn't good there so there not always true.
It’s not sad that they died, they were awful people. Good riddance to them.
@@jillianrussell3321 Did you know them personally? No one deserves to die like that,regardless of what they’ve done. Shame on you for being so judge mental. Maggie and Paul didn’t do anything to deserve that
@@emilyheather328 it’s a hunting property. Plenty of guns around. Would not be an issue to see guns there.
Can someone please explain to me, why would Alex feel the need to lie about going down to the kennel before he left? If he wasn’t the murderer, and only just happened upon the scene, he wouldn’t have knowledge as to when those murders took place. Could have been 5 mins after he left or 5 minutes before he came back home. There’s a huge window of time in between. The only explanation for him lying about him being down there earlier, was because he knew they were murdered before he left, and he didn’t want to put himself anywhere down there in that time frame. Only the murderer would need to lie about this. Case closed!! This man is a pathological liar, thief, and murderer.
he lied about going to the kennels cause he was expose, if the video didnt existed he wouldn't have said anything about it
Because he knows they would accuse him and him only and that’s exactly what they’ve done. I am giving him the benefit of the doubt
If he's accustomed to hiding and being paranoid about cops (as an addict would be), I can see where he might instinctively lie to them. He knows he's about to be the #1 suspect.
Yeah that's what gets me. It makes no sense to lie about that, unless you knew. I think he either did it himself or hired someone. Either way he knew they were no longer alive, imo.
Wow great point
This man is a trip. I would go bananas if I had to spend one day with him let alone be married to him. He disputes everything he says. He just wears you out with all of his rattling on and on and especially on things that are probably not that important. Whew!!!!
When he went into how Rogan helped him change his tire one time made me eye roll so hard🙄🤦🏽♀️
@@sunnyboknow You mean "RO-RO"?
"I would go bananas if I had to spend one day with him let alone be married to him."
I was thinking the same thing. I bet she grew to hate him, though. I think maybe she had something to do with, indirectly, the death of the housekeeper.
I thought I'd seen it all when globs of nasal fluid poured down onto his lap when he took the stand but then he talked about getting up to fetch his spit cup on the night of the murders but he couldn't remember his last conversations w/his wife & son. Good grief, how grotesque!🤢
@@isabellind1292 Another obvious clue of his guilt. Notice he never said he felt horrible about leaving them there. "If only I would have stayed", was never uttered from his lips.
He was never in a state of panic, or impulsive to find the "killer". I mean, I knew he was guilty when I was watching the initial SLED interview the night of the murders.
No one who actually lost a loved one could talk for this entire time on the stand without getting choked up talking about his final conversations and time that he spent with his wife and son in their final minutes. Dude is a cold blooded killer.
Not only that but he didn’t remember the final words with his wife and son
He can’t even remember whether he took a nap? All I hear from him is deny deny deny. In dealing with a narcissist I see many of the same traits here. Crazy to see how they can see what time he was walking around with his health data.
All the times I’ve been through a traumatic experience I can remember what time of day when and where and who was around and what I was doing before and after. When in doubt, just tell the truth. And obviously don’t murder people.
He’s super successfully ambulance chaser . Guy can k doe days without saying anything
I bet he remembers what he was doing and where he was during the OJ chase.
Yea and he seen them dead bleeding out. Look how bad Paul was shot!! To see his brains everywhere and he can talk about them is n the stand like he is talking about what he ate!! Ohh bs!!
He was close to blaming the chicken!
Or dogs
Lolol
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@@CandyDaAquarius chicken used.to be dinosaurs,would you be laughing back them?
Thought this pathetic loser was gonna say looks like pawpaw killed his mom then himself
If I was innocent of something like this, I would be an absolute blubbering mess, full of regret that I wasn't there to save my family. I would be doing my absolute best to recall absolutely EVERYTHING that I could to help the investigation. I would not lie AT. ALL. This is why I can't believe he's innocent.
He's a sociopath... exactly like Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer.
Never once did he say anything like,, "I should have gone with them" or voice any regrets
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I would be intense anger trying to help find whoever did it. Even hiring private investigators. He never showed any interest.
Yep me too.
All he ever says is " i beleive i did this , i believe i did that , i beleive i parked the car where i parked it " .....duh ! 😆
He planned their murder for 6 months .
Im amazed he slipped up so many times...
..made so many mistakes after all that planning..
...and cant even fake remorse ....
Hes a rubbish actor and lawyer . Not very bright .
Look at how he still hoped we wouldl beleive all his lies.
....he didnt own up like many of us would .
Idiot .
He wanted all this time and money spent on him to fight this case.
....because he thought he was that important .
His ego must be enormous. .
That happens if you are born into a dynasty that is too powerful and rich.
They really think they are all that .
He wanted to go on having a nice life after blowing their brains out.
He wanted his flash cars, big house, fancy boats, nice clothes
...luxuries , power trips, drugs , pamper treatments forever .
Yes alex thought he deserved to have his feet massaged and pedicures ...
Thats why he begged so much here at court ...
If i killed my family , i would not want to live .
Some people value their lives too high , its beyond stupid .
How could Murdaugh say he tried to check his son’s pulse when he clearly stated he saw Paul’s brain on the ground????
Because he wanted make sure he is dead…
knee jerk reaction. Prob even though SEEING his brains, etc we STILL can be in 'shocked' disbelief and double check ourselves...'if you're not guilty..............he's GOOD if he's guilty!!!
People can survive wihile missing a portion of their brain.
What would you do?
@@DemonEvidence his entire brain was blown out of his head! His brain arrived at the coroner’s office in a bucket. Literally!
This man is unbelievable. I keep watching this video and I see something different every time. He is unbelievable is all I can say. Wow
Satanic. Period. Just like Manson murders in 69.
This dude is so guilty, he’s never been held accountable, and doesn’t understand why people don’t just believe him! What kind of a man can murder his own wife and child. This whole case is so unbelievable and hard to grasp!
I still can't believe it! His great, great, grandfather built the legacy and every generation worked Soo hard to keep that legacy...and only to tarnish it with his senseless, devil actions!
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Like how is murdering your wife and kid going to make things better?
How the heck did he think he would get away with it?
Not only that... Why on earth would those thoughts come in his head in the first place! And then have to live with that for the rest of his life!
And it's not sunshine and rainbows in jail.....of all people he should know that been a lawyer!
And ruined his only son left and literally the entire family, close friends and the whole community forever!!
A divorce could of been less complicated...jeez! . 😞
I know. So tragic this case.
His some recklessly killed a girl in a boat accident so I don’t feel sorry for the son.
@@gs8133 What makes Paul anymore culpable than anyone else who go onto that boat? They were all legal adults & they'd all been drinking (albeit under the drinking age).
It's not as if Paul was the adult who took a bunch of underage kids out on the boat. They all made the personal choice to knowingly get onto a boat being operated by a drunk at the wheel, not to mention they'd already nearly collided w/the Woods Swing Bridge, earlier in the night aboard the boat on their way to go bar-hopping before they later re-boarded & crashed.
It was terrible what happened but anyone who knowingly gets into any mode of transportation w/a drunk at the wheel has no one to blame but themselves for their poor choices. And everyone who was aboard the boat made a poor choice.
18:27 ...
He killed his housekeeper of over 20 years and told her family to sue him since he had 'liability insurance', then he stole/embezzled the insurance money that was granted to the family - guy is the biggest POS in the world.
connie for real.. he's done
He killed his housekeeper. The eldest son killed a kid from high school. The youngest son; a girl on a boat. He embezzled from the family firm. Kills his wife and child with a large insurance policy. This is a family use to doing whatever they want with no consequence. It’s mind boggling for us regular folk to comprehend but most entitled people understand this.
He a scumbag con artist 🤬
Truly.
He's playing chess while we're still playing marbles in the schoolyard
This is a case of the "vanishing perpetrator"
He never demanded to know who gunned down his family. He never exclaimed "who would do this we need to find them!" He never said to the Police "Stop looking at me and figure out who killed my family!" He never feared for his life standing out there in the dark after seeing his wife and son gunned down, and he NEVER feared for Busters safety by calling him to ask if he was okay, or to tell him to get to safety.
I find that hands down the most telling aspect of his guilt.
Often times, you can learn a lot from what people in these situations DON'T say. As much as Alex talked, he sure didn't say a lot.
Plus, he lied about being at the kennels. No innocent person would do that.
Definitely agree. I imagine I would have said something to the effect of, "I was just down here with them," while speaking to the 911 operator. Even in shock, you'd relay information like that. You'd recall the last time you actually saw them alive. You'd hope this helps narrow down a timeframe so investigators can use it to find the culprit.
I think it hurts his credibility greatly to have continued to lie up until taking the stand. The only time I can see something like this being "okay" is in the case of someone who could become the scapegoat for poor police work. AM had a good record, wealth, connections, and all the privilege of a cis, white male. He had no reason to lie out of fear, etc.. so what's the excuse? Why try to distance himself if he wasn't involved in something illegal? Seems suspect to me.
Very true. The only thing he has said is that....HE DID NOT KILL HIS WIFE AND SON.
For a "so called educated person" he is dumb as box of rocks.
He actually did it you go back to the interrogation interviews.
Good points
besides the sheer amount of lies leading up to and after the murders what's the probability of someone coming onto your large property in the dead of night and murdering two people at the kennels within a brief period that he decides to not be there . very unlikely. and the fact he was trying to hold up under interrogation even over mere minutes as to how long he was down at the kennels. He definitely did it. from what i gather though from the testimonies of his family and the caretaker at his mothers i don't know wether it was planned well in advance I think he had been contemplating and went through with it when a moment was created. because honestly you couldn't think of a worse set up and the fact he tried to bribe the caretaker at his mothers that she didn't see him he was trying to stash weapons and having his brother manufacturer the weapons for his sons to then use them on the wife and son and think it would not lead back to him, surely with the amount of money and connections through drugs he could have got a weapon that would have been more difficult to trace
I was really sick to death of him repeating every question the Prosecutor ask. Clearly this strategy is to buy time to come with a blatant lie.
Wife and son found out about more of his lies, he just said she told him to leave. Wow.
I caught that too let's hope the jury did
i heard it too ! like "WHAT" there's so much more to this & his pill popping.
Same
@@Chaparra1101I hope they ask themselves were are his clothes and family gun that killed one of his family members.
Absolutely! Thought I imagined it as he changed his wording so quickly I watched again. Commented on another channel.
I like how when asked if the dogs sensed another person in the vicinity he said, “No. There was no one else there to sense.”
And he was right that no one else was in the vicinity of the property. Just 3 people, and 2 of them are no longer alive.
I’m surprised Alex didn’t push for law enforcement to check the property for the killer or killers. In that interview inside the vehicle, not once does Alex seemed afraid of who might have killed his wife and son. Had it been me, I would’ve been terrified of the murderer on the loose. But, he was the killer all along.
@@alvaroq2024 he also said guineas made great guard animals because they would make tons of racket when someone was nearby, and of course they didn’t make any noise that night.
@@nancyp3949 That’s correct. Law enforcement has the manpower to measure and calculate every word spoken by defendants or persons of interest. It’s a very tedious process, and this is why it took almost a year and a half to bring up charges.
I was thinking that too, wouldn't the dogs be barking if there were strangers on that property??
@@alvaroq2024 exactly… I said the same! He had absolutely no fear that the gunman/men were still in the property… but I suppose it’s difficult to be fearful of yourself!
This prosecutor is loving every minute of it
He lied even to family and friends. Why not lie to jury too.
He lied to the 🐷 as well!
I read an account that said Magi asked 3 different people if she should meet Alex that night. She did not want to go and said Alex was acting fishy and that he was up to something. Her understanding was not that she was going home to go to dog kennrls that night but that she was going home to see Alex's father who was very ill. She said Alex told her he had pnemonia and it was very serious. She thought she was going to see a dying man. I wonder why this was not brought up at all about how he actually lured Magi back that night? She would never have driven all that way to go to a dog kennel that night. She had wanted to stay at the beach house and continue her work there getting ready for a July 4 party.
Alex lured her home and the 3 people she checked with about whether she should tell Alex she would come home that night (as he requested) should havr verified the true reason why she went back there and verify that Alex did indeed lure Magi back using his sick father as the bait.
So on point. I was wondering the same. Especially the "Fishy" comment. If only she had listened to herself. Just proves how Manipulative he was. Diabolical really.
He still would have arranged another ambush at a later date to murder them if Maggie didn't show up that evening.
You are so right and my question is if he asked her to come home bc his father was sick and he went to visit his mom then why didn’t she go with him. Also he was asked if he told Maggie he was leaving to visit his mom and he said he never told her why wouldn’t he tell her when he was leaving the kennels to go to his moms. He got rid of Maggie’s phone on the drive to his moms the missing guns they never found at his house and his clothes he did use the hose to clean up the man that works for him said the hose was not the same way he left it on the night of the killing
He was FRAMED! He covered for his son's gambling and alcohol addiction. The people he owed money too were the TWO killers.
Beside's .... she 'Maggie,' FAKED HER DEATH.
He answers questions like a kid who did something wrong and they just kind of worm around and weave some kind of story to fit what you already know? How sad.
I thought the same thing. He probably got away with a lot with his parents and growing up, that's why he is the way he is.
Dennis the Menace.
He most definitely was giving young boy vibes in his vocal tone. And demeanor like a scared kid. If that makes sense.
"i called 911,she was really good" said no one ever who calls 911 to report the murders of their wife and son.
right
He said it.
@@ghoulgoon2889really
Freudian slip by Alex, "getting ready to do what I didn't want to do"
Exactly.
I was wondering why he would say that about being hot and sweaty. Freudian slip ha
Wish there was a time stamp…I can’t follow all this.,,
@@TheresaofTheWorld It was towards the beginning of this video and he was referring to not wanting to get sweaty, but, yes, it was an odd phrase to use!
14:30 What about this??
"When you go down to the kennels you always end up getting SHOT".................
Never gives a simple yes or no to questions..always gives a long explanation to question..if he had nothing to hide he would not need to turn things around for jury..not convincing..hope the jury sees through him.
He knows that the prosecutor is using innuendo to twist the facts and rely on the ignorance of people who fail to pick up on differences between factual meaning and easy grandstanding tactics of innuendo. Thereby, innuendo will supplant as truth in the minds of people who are far too many and fail to think and analyze just a little bit. Is it ThAt hard to just look and listen a little deeper? Just a little?
He thinks he can charm his way out of his situation. Which he may succeed. I find him very charming and charismatic. Like, you don't want to believe he's capable of this. However, his defense is so weak. But it wouldn't surprise me if the jury voted not guilty. Also there's the factor of bribes or threats. He has major connections. I wouldn't rule out that someone gets to at least a couple of jury members ,to vote not guilty. It's likely this could all be a clown show put on by a thoroughly corrupt judicial system of South Carolina.IF the judicial system is corrupt. I absolutely do not know if it's any less or more, corrupt or uncorrupt, as any other States judicial system. But if it is corrupt, then Alex probably has the inside info on that and why he may ultimately be protected actual punishment.
He is unbelievably confusing. I believe totally on purpose. If he can create confusion, he thinks he can create doubt. Oh, well. Didn’t work because jurors are smarter than him. Hats off to the prosecutor! Legal superhero.
First he drove the golf cart to the kennels, then he tripped up and said he drove the white pick up truck. This man, there is a special in hell for his kind. I hope he has nightmares of Maggie and Paul for the rest of his natural life. What he did to his wife and son was beyond horrible
The reference to the pickup truck were regarding different times. He didn’t trip up.
All the clutter in the court room is driving me insane
Ugh, same!
Me too. Everything looks so messy and disorganized. I don’t know how the judge can focus staring into all that mess. Compare that to the Depp vs heard trial. The Depp lawyers were organized.
There are tons of monitors, exhibit binders, etc. That is typical, particularly with forensic accounting
@@washcaps71 yep and take into account it's a very small courthouse. Probably 100 yrs old. I think these ppl have OCD 😆.
Cases of trash water
Everytime he says "Paw Paw"...it grinds my gears.
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Drives me up the wall
If he can call them a pretend name then it not like he is talking about the wife and son he killed. These names allow him to seperate who he killed and who is talking about.
Every time he smacks his mouth, it boils my peanuts
By his own admission, he has placed himself at the scene of the crime at the time that it all went down. That's what we call self-incrimination -- the biggest pitfall of a defendant taking the stand, which is why the 5th Amendment is a SACRED RIGHT. He chose to waive it. In this case it did not work in his favor.
How does he put himself at the time of the crime? Plz explain? He said after the chicken thing he left went back home then left to his moms..came back and found them at the Kimmel,so how does he put himself at the crime.
Good, give him enough rope to hang himself. I bet his oldest son knows he did it but is too afraid to be alone.
@@elizabethreece8003 he lied to the police about being there..when the snapchat video came out he now admits he was there because there's no other avenue.. So he left to go to his moms and they were instantly murdered? Lied about the amount of time he was gone, tried to coach the caregiver and offered to pay for her wedding etc. Then when he "discovered them" the ping from the Suburban and the 911 call are 20 seconds apart, meaning he knew what he was coming upon and called 911 without doing any of the things he said he was doing in regards to the victims. It doesn't pass the smell test.. but "beyond a reasonable doubt" i'm not confident..
Agree he placed himself at the crime scene but is the jury smart enough to realize they are gaslight.
Nothing Sacred about hiding the truth behind a LAW that serves to sever the continuum of a truth.-- facts.---Factual. Truth.
Rewatching this and wow. They were separated. He keeps saying “she knew I always wanted her to come home”; “I didn’t ask her to come home that day”; “she knew I wanted her home, with me”. One thing that sets family annihilators off is the breakup or breaking up of a family.
And sis in law clearly said her sister MAGS told her the AM wanted her come to the house. He lies
Yes. You’re right. He texted Mags and told her to come home. He set it up and killed her
My thoughts as well. They were quietly separated. Maggie living at Edisto. Alex living at Moselle. I'd bet it's likely only very few, if any people ever truly knew because it was about keeping up appearances & the family name. Some anonymous person did say Maggie consulted a divorce lawyer & was looking into their assets too. Alex & Maggie probably did still go do stuff like go to a weekend baseball game with another couple. Maggie might've still loved Alex too, but there were obviously problems in that relationship. And I believe he lured Maggie there using his dad's illness. Lured Paul with the field of dead sunflowers needing replanting.
@@maureenbrown6697 Maureen. I got a question for ya. Where do u think all that money is from all those checks Eddie cashed?? I don’t even know if he said he said the money back to Alex but he did that for TEN YEARS!!! Ten days before the murders he cashed a check for around $25,000 so, where the hell is all that cash??????
If only those poor dogs could talk what they witnessed that night .. 😢😥
And Nicole Simpsons dog
Call cesar Mila n he will tell what the dogs we’re saying at the time of the kennel video with cash the dog
They would ask for treats.
The technology is coming, folks.
What I wanna know is WHY he cannot remember what would end up being the last conversation with your wife???
How convenient he doesn't recall extremely important details the prosecutor asks but within that same timeline he vividly remembers details that he "thinks" will help himself.
Such a narcissist😡
I don’t remember specific conversations from 2 yrs ago. It’s not uncommon
@@robinflood7334 I think the same. He was obviously annoyed that evening which I understand. He worked all day, came home and worked on their land for hours, finally goes in to shower, have dinner and relax and he didn't want to go back out after showering, but he felt bad as he said and went out there and it was chaos with all the dogs. He said he remembers saying something to the effect of "I'm leaving, bye". I wouldn't remember the exact way I said that either
Everyone remembers the last conversation with a loved someone abruptly taken from your life, for years, for a lifetime, you remember those last words regardless how trivial they might be.
He had been gobbling up oxy pills like mad. That had to have influenced his memory.. That and the fact that the trauma of finding Maggie and Paul butchered, put him into a state of shock.
@@kimberlysamuel474 I don’t remember the last conversation with my father but it wasn’t the same day he died either.
The more I read and watch the news about this family I believe that Alex is not the only crook and villain in the family, his brothers and many of his friends are crooks. I believe his brothers should lose their law license also. That whole law firm should be turned up side down with investigation.
If AM would have wanted a real killer found, he would have never lied to the police. Your family is shot to death…you could care less about how it looks for you. He would have been afraid and overwhelmed with shock. His memory of every detail would be ingrained in his mind due to the emotions from that day. The timeline, phone and OnStar data, his behavior all confirms his guilt to me. This is not the result of him being an innocent man. I hope the jury can see through him, but you never know. I would have never dreamed Casey Anthony would get away with her daughter’s murder. Selfish people consider family expendable.
I'm so glad you mentioned Casey Anthony. I feel these cases are so similar in so many regards. It was obvious that Casey did something very sinister to her daughter and that she was a liar. It's obvious Alex is a horrible lying thieving jerk. The trial against Casey was ALL about how she lied, partied and scandal after scandal, but absolutely nothing presented that was proof she murdered that poor baby and I feel like this trial is going down the same path. It's all about how they can prove 100% he lied, stole and was a bad guy, but they don't have that 100% proof he murdered them and they're presenting the case as if he was on trial for being a thief and he's not. Legally speaking, I don't know how anyone could come to a guilty verdict with the evidence they presented so far. There's not even a motive. I have the unpopular opinion being that I do not believe he is guilty, but regardless, I don't like how this is unfolding. I don't agree that if he wanted the real killer to be found he wouldn't have lied. Not necessarily, imo, he was a lawyer himself and comes from a very legal background from birth so he knew any time a wife is murdered, the significant other is always the #1 suspect no matter what. He was trying to make sure there was no implications his way so that they didn't jump on that bandwagon and miss the opportunity looking for real killer.
He was greedy, and wanted the insurance $ more than his wife and son. I pray that he is found guilty!
@@amorin329 AM testified there was no insurance on the wife or son but he had $12 million on himself. (???)
Suzanne Carpenter - Excellent points made!!
Yes I agree. And if he had nothing to do with it I imagine there would be more urgency and shock in his description. Meaning he would be incredulous, letting cops know he was just there, that he was gone less than an hour. Shock that they were fine a few minutes before...that someone did a hit on his family, he'd want them to take bloodhounds in the woods, set up road blocks, something like that...I dont want to believe it, but the timing, or believing it's a random senseless killing..even the police didnt seem to think there was anyone to look for.
Lying through his teeth. He’s got evil in his eyes.
Yes he has shark eyes. Black and soulless.
You can hardly even see his eyes
Why is Alex repeating what the lawyer asking him, so he can have enough time to lie?
To buy time to make up a story or make sure he doesn't say anything incriminating.
Thats the tactic
Also to exhaust and confuse the jury with word salad, the ol' blather flim-flam, another classic narcissistic sociopath behavior.
Exactly, just giving himself an extra second or two to figure out how to lie....again.
He would rather climb a tree and tell a lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth
"I was getting ready to do something I didnt want to do". Finally a bit of truth comes from Alex.
He talking about going to get high. Duhhhhh…
@@lapislazuli33sounds like you're high.
truth
It’s “Elic” 🤭
21:16 💥 That's a clincher right there, not sure if Alex caught onto where the prosecutor was going with the questioning about the dogs. Anyone who has ever had a dog(s) knows thar IF a strange person is near the property or their people they will act different, sometimes dogs will act straight up CRAZY & out of character. Dogs are very reliant on their senses to guide them and their owner(s) away from any possible danger. Keep in mind Alex had numerous dogs, many of them labs, hunting dogs, fetch dogs, etc.. dogs that are very intuitive to their surroundings (including sights, smells, sounds, temperatures, etc...).
Damn, exceptional point.
Spot on
Great point! Im a dog person,had dogs my whole life & they Definitely Have different type barks for different type situations.
In a split second they can change.
I thought about their reaction as he killed his wife, who was close to those dogs. No one talked about their condition, if they were barking and upset etc
I picked up on it immediately and was a great question I thought. A way to indirectly rule out a possible 2nd person theory. He also brought up the "Duck Pond" 9 different times in a 20 min span, without being asked, almost as if it's a subconscious admittance of something. I bet if they check the bottom of that pond there lies the guns and clothes used.
He was SO transparent on the stand & the jury SAW right thru it....good job jurors!
The one juror was direct: "He wasnt crying. He was just blowing snot " 😂
That's what happens with CLOSED-MINDED Americans. Alway's too quick to Crack that whip.
He can remember what he wants to remember. oh lord here comes the tears.
Prosecutor Creighton is giving an EPIC TakeDown 💯
Creighton is one of the greatest prosecutor in the history of South Carolina 💯
He literally repeated things over and over looking for a different answer lol you're delusional
@@heybeacheshe had to. AM would never give a straight answer
@@heybeaches …and you’re NUTS
Leave this comments section to the adults. You go up to your room & play computer games. Mommy will call you when lunch is ready🤪🤪🤪
@@stellakowalski1 you had to edit it so I guess you didn’t think it would offend me enough lol what I said wasn’t true? Lol Carry I’m with your little life
@@marshapieroni6677 he kept cutting him off lol did you watch the trial? He was called out on it several times
I feel bad for the dogs at the kennel witnessing the murders a few feet in front of them. These dogs knew these people!
I feel bad for the dogs that they did not live in the house, like pets and family members. I never trust friendship with those who treat animals with detachment.
I know. I hope they are okay now . He should not be their care taker
I forget wich lady said she has one of the dogs now. I think it was the housekeeper lady. The one who had made him the dinner that night. Im pretty sure it was
very true have you heard them hauling on the night of the murder video of body cam?
I 100% agree. I was thinking about those poor animals locked up amid the horrible scene of death and blood. It made me feel sick.
The only other people with motive were Mallory’s parents, and I’m sure that they were looked at hard. That only leaves Alex or armed Hens taking revenge. Pathological liar.
However their motive is diluted by the fact that Paul was to be tried and presumably held accountable the same week he was murdered. It’s more believable that his daddy would be trying to protect him from the hell he was set to endure and the financial burden that came with it for Alex.
@@JakeDrives1 Paul was due to be held and tried the week he died?? I didn't know that.
@@marvalousmarva6190 yes the trial had been delayed and was set to start the end of that week or beginning of the next. It was discussed at the beginning of this trial as another possible motive.
I think the town was full of people willing to kill a Murdaugh.
He’s an attorney. Everyone has a motive.
"The dogs didn't sense anyone else around. There was nobbody else around that they didn't know." Straight out of the horse's mouth. Done deal.
When Alex's lawyer asks him did you kill Maggie did you kill Paul he never said he killed them he said I would never hurt Maggie I would never hurt Paul that gets around lying on the stand
I don't think he's worried about lying on the stand lol.
He killed his son and wife
...and Gloria?
..and helped cover up Stevens murder
The fact that the dogs weren’t alerting that some stalker was in the bushes waiting for Alex to walk away to pull the trigger as they ran free is beyond the pale of any realm of reality.
The stalker would be a person that the dogs would be familiar with 🤔
they would of killed alex also if it was a revenge kill he is the killer of his wife and kid
He wouldn't have started lying about where he was and he most certainly would have thought of the last words they said to each other , before being on the stand in court. If your wife and kid are murderd everyone would just naturally think of the last words they spoke. And this dope is pretending he is just now thinking about it , and he dont remember. BS
@@karencrooks6474 But they leave Alex alive? Come on, that makes no sense.
could have been stupid dogs?
Key phrases:
“I always wanted Maggie to stay with me, always!”
Is he possessive?
Kids were adults and living their own lives and Maggie started staying at Edistoe Beach house. She was having it renovated. I believe I heard that house needed to be sold to free up cash. But it was Maggie’s new place to live, to be free from Alec, the controlling husband. Was she slowly removing herself from his grip? She hired a financial analyzer to get a picture of the finances. She was seeing irregularities. Alec was using Oxy….she wanted to know why he was so stressed out. She was getting close to finding out. Boat case & wrongful death suit was going to ruin him.
“She came home because she was worried about me, I didn’t learn that until after she was killed!” As he starts to cry again.
Is this Alec feeling guilty now? He needs to be the center of attention. He’s the bread winner. But now his family is slowly moving farther away from him. His dad is gone and with dementia, so is his mom. He is alone at the house on many days. He’s freaking out the house of cards is crashing down.
He wants his family with him, always!!!
This was possibly suppose to be a murder suicide but he just couldn’t kill himself.
The assets were suppose to go to Buster who would carry on the family legacy.
Alec is a failure despite looking successful on the outside!!!!
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Spot on, but suicide was never on his table. He was pissed at them in the kennel, they were closing him out of their club. He snapped and went into stupid narcissist mode.
Yup, you definitely have a gift. Right a book! 😊
Love watching this after his guilty conviction and fully realize how the jury got it so right!
And how the prosecution along with SLED knew they had their guy. They just gave him the rope, then he hung himself with it.
Yes!!!
Yes,me too!
same.. have watched it over and over and everytime i watch it i see just how much of a lying murderer he is / was and always will be
@@LittleMsTreeHugger I am with you! LOVE to watch these LIARS. Learn so much
When I watched the Murdaugh documentary on Netflix (that had a lot to do with Paul) it became clear pretty early on that Paul was an alcoholic and narcissist along with being an abusive boyfriend. His death and Maggie’s death are tragic. But you can see how Paul became the way he was, he was a lot like his father. Alex had many issues, it was clear he was a drug addict. He did things above the law to try to protect Paul initially. When he felt his life unraveling and his family might turn on him that’s when he turned on them. He is cold without any emotion while giving testimony. And like many others have said…he was never intent on finding the “killer”. Bc he is the killer lol
The apple didn't fall far from that tree, not the one he was swinging, also Buster got kicked out of Law school for cheating, this family is TRASHOLA.
AMEN to everything you said! I am getting ready to watch the Netflix documentary you are referring to after I finish viewing this. So many lives either destroyed or affected all because of him. SMH.
Yeah, neither Paul NOR Maggie were good people. This family is disgusting.
@sara you hit on the head.The Documentary connected dots you didn’t know needed to be connected. The whole family was the definition of privilage. Hearing the interviews of those on the boat was rough and then seeing the Steven Smith portion. I felt either Netflix is really good at this or these are some the most vile ppl I have heard of.
Yeah I deduced that as well. Alex blamed Paul and the boat wreck for uncovering his mis deeds and Maggie saw a divorce attorney 6 weeks prior so i think he knew that he might be going down and sacraficed them to try and save his ass and if not then everything gets left to Buster his first and probably favorite son
By the way, I truly enjoyed joining this channel with everyone who watched the trial here. Nice folks with a sense of humor made it much more bearable! I guess we will regroup at the appeal.
Highly unlikely he will get appeal.
He can file 50 appeals and none of them are going to work. You cannot win a appeal by lying about the evidences against you 🤔
I think an innocent person would be breaking down on the witness stand and crying because if they had been there minutes before Maggie and Paul killed they would be regretful that they hadn't been there to help. Mr. Murdoch has never stated I regret not being there to help them. I think that's very telling.
He did break down several times
"Telling"...????? That's-regret'-is ALMOST implied bc he HAS broken down crying when he first described seeing them AND leaving to go get his gun...ready to kill? IF he'd displayed 'regret' finding them thus not protecting them THAT cld be MISconstrued as GUILTY vs REGRETFUL of helping them.
He is the devil, but he did cry, or faked crying or whatever.
No proof has been shown as far as I'm concerned.
He turns the emotion on and off on a dime... No tears... And then he shakes his head the opposite way when hes lying
Right an no one can turn it off that quickly if they are upset. He’s so stupid
1:34:41
Oh absolutely
No tears
..and covers his face with hands
..cos he can't keep up the pretense
Not a single tear ...
Dude. Everyone that heard this video can tell you the order things happened in while it was recorded, you don't have to act as if you don't know on this one. This guy is exhausting, Stumbling over every sentence, not remembering anything important, but going on and on into great detail about inconsequential things. Not remembering what was said during the short few minutes of what turned out to be the last conversation you ever had with your wife. All the scheming he did, fooling everybody, his mind is as sharp as a knife, all he forgets is everything that makes him look bad. Surely the jury will see through this act of his.
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I cant imagine how his son felt staring at the father he loved, the man who raised him, the one he would never doubt and always trust... My condolences to the families.... SAD!!!
Yes, it's so hard to imagine that. Today, my sympathies are with Buster. It felt almost obscene being able to see him watch the man who he thought was his father receive the guilty verdict. The realization that his family is gone. Heavy stuff.
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I have sons and daughters. The biggest conflict in my family has been who stole who's shirt. I can't imagine aiming a thing at their brain and making a lightning fast decision to f^&% it. Can I even imagine such a scenario? No way would I consider eating my young to stay alive. Quite the opposite.
He was also a murdered. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Alex has a day of reckoning coming and he knows it.
For someone who claims to be innocent, he has no emotion when recalling his last moments with his wife and son. Very telling
Or no clear recollection of events
His eyes are so dead cold looking... creepy
Like a shark’s eyes!
That's fascinating to see law professionals going at each other's throat like this. The mind games, the behaviours, the tell signs or lack of, the stares, the skewed questions, the biased answers. There is a ton to learn about how to answer questions or behave if you are suspected of a crime.
Professionals? The prosecuter is,alex is a 2 bit shister should of been a car salesman.he is not bright
I thought the same has giving a master class on how to answer questions is just too much against him
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He was cooperative in every aspect except not making the police waste time and resources uncovering his ridiculous lies.
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