Plot Synopsis

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDAUGH is a three-part docuseries that chronicles the trial, crimes and complicated life of Alex Murdaugh who was found guilty earlier this year of murdering his wife, Margaret "Maggie," and son, Paul, at their sprawling estate known as Moselle in Islandton, South Carolina. Martha MacCallum fronts the series and sat down with Murdaugh's only living son, Richard Alexander "Buster" Murdaugh, for his first television interview since being thrust into the spotlight. In this series, viewers gain exclusive access to Alex Murdaugh's defense team Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin, behind-the-scenes footage before and during the trial, never-before-seen home movies, as well as intimate prison revelations from Alex himself. Viewers also go behind the veil of the Murdaugh's legal strategy as it happened in real time and will be interwoven with sit-down interviews with the same legal team, as well as the lead prosecutor on the case, Creighton Waters, and Attorney General Alan Wilson, who discuss their current strategy. In addition to the legal component, the series aims to dive into the fraught life of Alex, Maggie, Paul and Buster and their own scandals as a family, including a string of crimes, deaths and mysteries that continued to weave the Murdaugh's tangled web. Additional interviews throughout the series include court clerk Rebecca Hill, local attorney Joe McCulloch, Moselle dog kennel manager Roger Dale Davis Jr., Walterboro Mayor William T. Young Jr., the prosecution's forensic expert Dr. Kenneth Kinsey and more. All three episodes of THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF MURDAUGH dropped on Thursday, August 31, 2023 on Fox Nation.