Netflix · 22 February 2023 · Docuseries · 3 episodes

Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal

The first season examines events in South Carolina’s Lowcountry, beginning with a fatal boating accident involving Mallory Beach and continuing through the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. First-hand accounts from people connected to those events frame the story of the family’s local prominence and its unraveling.[Netflix Media Center]

Interviewees

4 publicly named · coverage checked 8 November 2026

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Timeline

  1. 2023-02-22

    Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal released on Netflix[Netflix Media Center]Single source

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Episodes

  1. Episode 1: Where Is Mallory?
  2. Episode 2: Murders at Moselle
  3. Episode 3: No Secrets Are Safe

This guide covers season one only; Netflix also lists a later second season.

Credits

Directors
Julia Willoughby Nason, Jenner Furst[Netflix Media Center]

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Sources

  1. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal — Netflix Media Center, publication date not recorded. Accessed 2026-11-08.Official production sourceHigh reliability
  2. ‘Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal’ Directors on Why the Story Won’t Be Over Even When the Verdict Is Read — Variety, published 2023-02-22. Accessed 2026-11-08.Entertainment trade pressHigh reliability
  3. Watch Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal — Netflix, publication date not recorded. Accessed 2026-11-08.Official production sourceHigh reliability

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