The search for Mallory Beach reveals Paul Murdaugh’s dark murderous behavior, while his family moves to sweep everything under the rug. But we have a feeling they'll need a bigger rug.
The search for Mallory Beach reveals Paul Murdaugh’s dark murderous behavior, while his family moves to sweep everything under the rug. But we have a feeling they'll need a bigger rug.
This podcast contains sensitive information about violence, sexual assault, and domestic abuse.
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SYD: This podcast is intended for mature audiences episodes discuss
emotional physical and sexual violence listener discretion is advised
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SYD: Welcome To Dark Dynasty's the podcast where we focus on different
rich and Powerful
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SYD: Powerful families who have ultimately exposed themselves to be
corrupt messed up and you know very dark OLIVIA: in this episode will
continue talking about the Murdoch family
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OLIVIA: Family and the aftermath of the boat crash that led to the
discovery of even more heinous crimes SYD: I'm said OLIVIA: I'm Olivia
and this is Dark Dynasty
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SYD: Hello OLIVIA: hello how are you SYD: I'm just fine how are you
OLIVIA: I'm alright SYD: So the last episode we were talking about the
Murdaugh family
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OLIVIA: Yeah the Murdaugh boat crash SYD: The Murdaugh family was a
powerful family OLIVIA: Of District Attorneys in South Carolina
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SYD: They had been basically running this place OLIVIA: They had
practically been the law for 100 years. The youngest son- Paul-
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OLIVIA: was about 19 at the time
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OLIVIA: and he and a bunch of friends got into a boat at his
grandfather's place and he crashed the boat ultimately at the end of
the night
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OLIVIA: While severely under the influence
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SYD: And basically three people are ejected from the boat three people
stay in but severely injured
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SYD: One of eople who is a ejected from the boat
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SYD: Is a girl named Mallory and she's now missing
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OLIVIA: As we were talking about last time, Paul Murdaugh had this
very awful side of him when he was drunk and he called his grandfather
to
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OLIVIA: Try to pin
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OLIVIA: This drunk driving incident on his friend Connor who was there
at the time too but was not driving SYD: And then his father and
grandfather Alex and "Handsome"
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OLIVIA: Right, his grandfather's name is Handsome, if you didn't
listen last time. SYD: Alex and Handsome have the audacity to go up to
Connor when he's in the hospital and say, "Don't worry."
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SYD: "We're going to take care of you." Although... OLIVIA: They're
planning to pin it on Connor. SYD: Totally. So. Where we left off,
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SYD: This poor girl Mallory OLIVIA: Has been missing and her boyfriend
Anthony
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OLIVIA: Is just devastated SYD: absolutely devastated. Her
disappearance is just tearing everyone up. OLIVIA: Yeah it's a small
town. SYD: The whole town is so upset. Obviously.
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SYD: Finally she's found
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SYD: She's found dead OLIVIA: yeah
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SYD: The coroner's report
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SYD: Is a blunt force trauma and drowning
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SYD: And hundreds of people come to the funeral or the family the
community comes together they're all super devastated OLIVIA: really
really affected by
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OLIVIA: it
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SYD: Now a blunt force trauma does that sound to you like someone had
something to do with it OLIVIA: sounds at the very least
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OLIVIA: like she got ejected from the boat, hit something
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OLIVIA: The craziest thing is when you look back at this night because
they're ends up being even more security camera footage and even more
you know things that we end up unpacking no one else
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OLIVIA: Is that in the mindset Paul is in everyone is in a much safer
mindset and Paul is completely wasted and driving recklessly and
everyone is asking him not to
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OLIVIA: asking if Anthony can drive telling him not to drive so fast
and he's just not listening so which is crazy because we do have
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OLIVIA: Footage of a lot of the night before the crash which is really
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OLIVIA: Chilling and creepy to watch SYD: yeah so in the Murdoch
murders in episode 211 or to OLIVIA: the first really obvious thing
that's wrong
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OLIVIA: Everyone is underage and they're all drunk as drunk driving he
cannot legally drink he definitely cannot legally buy alcohol
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OLIVIA: He got alcohol earlier that day by going to a
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OLIVIA: Gas station
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SYD: Yeah OLIVIA: with his older brother Buster's ID cuz he looks
creepy like his brothers who just shows his brother's ID gets a bunch
of booze goes to the car and there's this creepy footage
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OLIVIA: of him going to the car and he puts his hands up and he's like
SYD: victory OLIVIA: yeah and it's like oh boy I hope you have no idea
what
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OLIVIA: You're going to do tonight at some point SYD: there's also
footage of I think at some point - I think it's when they're coming
back
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OLIVIA: They leave the oyster roast. Everything is kind of normal
until then. They leave the oyster roast at midnight. Instead of going
home which I think a lot of the kids said that they wanted to do. SYD:
They stop at a bar OLIVIA: Paul made them drive to a bar
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OLIVIA: Downtown and you see them all get off the boat Paul and Connor
and the three girls and Anthony are like
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OLIVIA: Screw this I don't want to like be drunk right now so they
just go and hang out at the swing set
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SYD: The footage of Paul and Connor inside the bar shows them drinking
heavily
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OLIVIA: Drinking jager shots, lemon drops SYD: It's disgusting OLIVIA:
Yeah they're drinking a lot SYD: a lot of like gross drinks too
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SYD: It makes you think like oh yeah that's what a child would order.
What a child would order who wants to be reckless. OLIVIA: To the
point where other people are looking at them and being like you guys
are drunk.
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SYD: Yeah you can see it in the footage of people are clearly looking
at them like this is something wrong here. So you know they leave and
Paul is like
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SYD: I'm going to drive this boat. OLIVIA: Everyone is asking him not
to. Anthony is saying can I drive. SYD: Yeah please let someone else
drive you're way too drunk
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OLIVIA: And he's like nope I'm driving. SYD: He's like it's my boat,
I'm driving. OLIVIA: But it's not his boat. SYD: It's not his boat.
It's grandfather's boat. OLIVIA: They get back on the boat and the
footage is so... oh my God like
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OLIVIA: Mallory and Anthony getting back on the boat and you can just
you're just in love with each other like they're walking
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OLIVIA: Side-by-side and it's the last time you see her. SYD: It's so
fucking sad. It looks like a young couple and they're just happy to be
together.
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OLIVIA: And meanwhile Paul is doing this weird thing that everyone
says he does when he's drunk. He does this weird thing with his hands.
SYD: Yeah he like clenches his fist. OLIVIA: And then like opens them
really wide
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OLIVIA: Like opens his hands, splays his fingers, then clenches his
fists again. SYD: If you watch it, the only way I know how to describe
it, is like that mean with D.W. Arthur
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SYD: Has like her fist near the bottom of her leg OLIVIA: Yes. SYD:
It's like that. OLIVIA: It's like a rage. It's like someone getting
super powers and seeing
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OLIVIA: their hands SYD: pretty creepy and weird
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SYD: After all of this, when we find out about Mallory Beaches' death
OLIVIA: Yeah and the whole town comes together. SYD: The estate of
Mallory Beach sues all parties OLIVIA: everyone involved SYD:
including the Murdaughs, even Paul's
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alcohol. OLIVIA: Even the gas station where he bought the alcohol.
They sue everyone involved. Which is totally fair.
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SYD: And on social media everyone starts commenting that Paul should
be indicted OLIVIA: but he isn't because his family is super powerful
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OLIVIA: they are the District Attorneys SYD: And they have been for 86
years. OLIVIA: Exactly. And everyone knows there's no way he would get
indicted.
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OLIVIA: Until. About two months after the crash. He's actually
indicted. And everyone is
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OLIVIA: Shocked like everyone in the town is shocked SYD: because he
would actually be facing a felony
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OLIVIA: He's facing a
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OLIVIA: Felony, DUI SYD: B-U-I OLIVIA: BUI, boating under the
influence SYD: Which I had never heard of before this. OLIVIA: This is
the first time for me too here. SYD: But I've never been a person who
boats, so that's probably why I didn't know that. OLIVIA: So he has a
felony BUI of a
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OLIVIA: Drunk boating that results in death and then two BUIs about
serious bodily injury in the same crash and he's facing about twenty
years.
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SYD: And he's obviously, as somebody who is facing that serious of a
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SYD: Felony, would be kept in jail. OLIVIA: They would legally be in
jail. SYD: And is he? OLIVIA: Oh God no. Because his family - even
though they can't make the indictment not happen, they can keep
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OLIVIA: him out of jail.
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OLIVIA: He never posted bail. SYD: So he's treated wildly better than
other criminals. OLIVIA: His mugshot is taken in the court room and
he's in like a full suit. SYD: Yeah he's not in like a prison jumpsuit
or anything. OLIVIA: One of the things that the court order is that if
you're going to be
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OLIVIA: Released on bond SYD: Oh sure OLIVIA: you just cannot be
drinking SYD: I would also say already he is 19
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OLIVIA: Oh yeah he shouldn't be drinking legally at all
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SYD: It kind of a implied. Like. You shouldn't be drinking. OLIVIA: Oh
yeah but we live in the real world. And 19 year olds do drink a lot.
SYD: Absolutely. But the fact that the court had to be like
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SYD: Hey my guy can we not. OLIVIA: Please do not drink. SYD: It is
wild.
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OLIVIA: which is crazy too because they say that
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OLIVIA: Right? They order him not to. And there are so many videos of
him just at bars, getting wasted, just while he's supposed to be in
jail but he's not.
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SYD: He's not thoughtful about this. OLIVIA: It is one of those things
that we see over and over again with these
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OLIVIA: Types of really rich
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OLIVIA: Powerful Dynasty families where it's just this Reckless
Behavior that's very like I am the law that nothing will happen I
can't get caught SYD: exactly
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SYD: What's also a recurring thing around this story is there's a lot
of Snapchat videos and social media posts because these are kids.
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OLIVIA: Yeah exactly. This was in 2019. SYD: People are recording
stuff. OLIVIA: Everyone is recording everything. SYD: So on May 6th,
he pleads not guilty.
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SYD: Let's talk about Paul as a child like in the docu-series
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SYD: They talked to a lot of people who know Paul or have known Paul
or know of his housekeeper or his parents
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SYD: So a lot of neighbors say Paul would kill baby animals as a kid
OLIVIA: Apparently he would take a kitchen knife and he would kill
frogs and lizards and squirrels and was very into that as a kid
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OLIVIA: Which is always A: a bad sign. SYD: Bad sign. That's a really
common... OLIVIA: Serial killer red flag? SYD: Yes.
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SYD: And then, to handle all of the weird s*** that's going on in his
family or whatever, Paul starts drinking
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OLIVIA: Putting videos of pictures of himself drinking he is open
about the fact that he is drinking since he's 14 SYD: it just kind of
makes everything worse OLIVIA: he already has a
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anyone else's safety or
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SYD: So Morgan his girlfriend and all of his friends would always talk
about how Paul was this vicious drunk OLIVIA: That's not good at all.
I wouldn't want to know
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OLIVIA: Someone that is that SYD: so you know his friends apparently
because he would get blacked out blacked out just do Awful stuff
OLIVIA: to the point where they were like
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OLIVIA: We're not even going to call this guy Paul anymore SYD: they
gave his alter-ego
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SYD: A name.
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SYD: The name is Timmy. OLIVIA: let's take a moment to talk about
alter egos
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OLIVIA: I'm going to say that that's a way less threatening name why
did you choose a name that's like a silly little boy name
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OLIVIA: When what he's doing is like beating people up and like
screaming. SYD: It's a way too cute name to give to a sociopath.
OLIVIA: It's like that Jekell and Hyde thing. Like if you have two
names and you just name
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OLIVIA: All your bad actions under a silly name then it's ok because
that wasn't you it was your alter ego? What's happening? SYD: Jekell
and Hyde is fictional.
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OLIVIA: If I was my normal self and after we were recording this I
went and robbed a bank
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OLIVIA: And I was like. That wasn't me. That was Chartreuse. SYD: Well
Chartreuse has your DNA. OLIVIA: It would be like there's no
difference. If I was like Chartreuse is who I am when I'm on acid.
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OLIVIA: Then it's like cool. That's still not allowed. That's still
you. SYD: I think the only good version of an alter ego is
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SYD: Sasha Fierce. If you're going to be Beyonce and that gives you
confidence. First of all. I don't really know why you need extra
confidence when you're Beyonce, because everyone wants to be you. But
sure. At the same time it's like
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SYD: That's totally fine. OLIVIA: If you have an alter ego that makes
you better, then sure. I'm fine with that. Whatever. SYD: But you
can't get black out drunk and do awful things like hurt your
girlfriend. OLIVIA: No. Like spit on your girlfriend and hit her. No.
SYD: That's not allowed.
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OLIVIA: That's just like this guy is a sociopath who also has a very
bad alcohol problem. SYD: This guy is coming from the family with the
guy who also calls himself Handsome. And has
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SYD: Everyone else call him handsome. OLIVIA: This is a family of
weird nicknames. SYD: This is a family that gives themselves weird
nicknames and they make you
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SYD: Call them that. And they're not good.
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OLIVIA: There's all these Busters. There's a grandfather Buster and a
brother Buster. There's lots of nicknames.
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OLIVIA: Timmy is by far the worst SYD: I think Timmy needs to be
rebranded and he needs a clearer nickname
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SYD: Like Bad Paul. OLIVIA: Like Bad Drunk Paul We Get Away From Now.
SYD: Like Bad Drunk Paul Belongs in Jail Please.
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OLIVIA: And that was a moment where we talked about alter egos. SYD:
so a quick recap of what happens after the crash
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SYD: Mallory is missing OLIVIA: all the kids are bloody and wet and
yelling and confused and the cops are trying to figure out what's
going on SYD: firefighters are there
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SYD: Ambulances are there cops were there they go to the hospital
OLIVIA: Anthony basically is just - he doesn't even go to the hospital
- he is just waiting for Mallory, is trying to find Mallory, waiting
for the cops to try to find her
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OLIVIA: Connor Miley
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OLIVIA: Paul and Morgan all go to the hospital
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SYD: Paul's father and grandfather show up at the hospital OLIVIA: who
are also going to be his lawyers
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OLIVIA: Allegedly Paul's
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OLIVIA: Father Alex and grandfather Randolph AKA handsome come to the
hospital and are
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OLIVIA: Going and trying to get into everyone's rooms to try to talk
to the kids to get them to either change their story or just be quiet
so that they can pin the whole thing on Connor
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OLIVIA: that's just one of the guys he did not drive the boat
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SYD: so that Paul seems innocent OLIVIA: because they don't want any
of the criminal liability that Paul would
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OLIVIA: You know they don't they don't want Paul to get in trouble but
we don't know yet
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SYD: So fast forward 2 years from the boat crash
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SYD: Paul has his first hearing scheduled after pleading not guilty to
all of the charges is in his indictment
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OLIVIA: As we were saying he's never had to go through the normal
things someone has to go through when they were arrested and indicted
and awaiting trial
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SYD: right when it seems like there might be some momentum towards
justice OLIVIA: Oh maybe this kid will actually face consequences SYD:
for once. 3 days before Paul
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SYD: is supposed to stand trial OLIVIA: 911 gets a phone call
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OLIVIA: From Paul's father
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OLIVIA: Alex
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OLIVIA: Freaking out
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SYD: This 911 call is in the episode of Murdaugh murders and it is
insane Alex is screaming
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SYD: He's saying my wife
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SYD: They're on my property
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OLIVIA: Get over here right now and figure out who did this and this
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SYD: This is 3 days
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OLIVIA: Before Paul is supposed to go to court so what does that mean
how does that all tie SYD: it makes you think who did this? OLIVIA:
why did they do it?
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SYD: and is there an ulterior motive here OLIVIA: even crazier SYD:
this 911 call isn't even the weirdest part of the story
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OLIVIA: No and it's far from the last. This leads to so many more
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OLIVIA: Crazy things that have been forgotten or cases that have
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OLIVIA: Opening back up again because of this phone call because of
that
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OLIVIA: Boat crash SYD: so much has been hidden about the Murdaugh
family and finally it's all coming to the surface OLIVIA: so if you
guys Tune In
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OLIVIA: Next time we will be getting even more into that getting more
into this 911 call about Maggie and Paul Murdaugh being shot and
there's so much more SYD: I've been Syd.
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OLIVIA: I've been Olivia SYD: and thank you for listening we will see
you next time on Dark Dynasties
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