Sandy Smith found herself mostly on her own as she tried to understand what happened to her son, Stephen Smith, in July 2015. With conflicting reports between the investigative agencies, apparent disagreement between officers and the medical examiner, and the...
How to Create a Timeline: Getting The Facts Straight and Keeping Track of your Information
When Mandy and Liz left Sandy Smith’s home in 2019, there was a massive amount of information that needed to be broken down, contextualized, and further expounded on. Sandy had been trying for more than four years at that point to find out what had happened to...
October Soundbites With Beth Braden
Transcript Recorded by Otter.Ai Hello, and welcome to the monthly recap for October 2023. I'm Luna Shark journalist and researcher Beth Braden. Much like September, October was popping as we kept tabs on Alex Murdaugh and his associates, got word of Bowen Turner's...
Help Wanted: Voice Your Complaints about David Miller
South Carolina Second Circuit Solicitor David Miller — the same solicitor who dropped the charges against Bowen Turner after one of his alleged victims, Dallas Stoller, died and couldn’t testify — is running for a circuit judge seat and time is running out for the...
12 Facts Lifetime Got Wrong in the Murdaugh Murders Movie
Lifetime Network's Murdaugh Murders is a made-for-TV version of Alex Murdaugh's spiral from an elite South Carolina lawyer to a convicted murderer and accused thief. Billed as a two-night, four-hour movie event, the Lifetime...
Scholarship Fund Established in Stephen Smith’s name; Killer Still At Large
Sandy Smith has established a scholarship fund as she waits for justice in her son’s 2015 murder. “It came to be through the generous people of the GoFundMe" Stephen Smith was discovered deceased in the early morning hours of July 8, 2015 on Sandy Run Road in...