WHERE: The foothills of Walhalla, South Carolina WHAT: Mysterious deaths of 3 people and the town's drug epidemic WHO: That gets a little more complicated.. Luna Shark Media contributor Eric Alan Daume traveled to South Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains to investigate...
A Guide to Murdaugh, Laffitte, Fleming Prison Sentences
Alex Murdaugh and his co-conspirators Cory Fleming and Russell Laffitte have all been found guilty in federal prison for stealing millions from client settlement funds. Murdaugh and Fleming have also both pled guilty to the same charges in South Carolina state...
FOIA Requests: Where to look, who to ask, and how much we can find in the public records
When you need information from the government, FOIA and your state’s open records laws are your most important tool. FOIA is short for Freedom of Information Act, a federal law that ensures citizens have access to government records. Each state also has its own laws...
What Can Inmates Expect in Federal Prison?
After months of legal chess, Alex Murdaugh’s co-conspirators Russell Laffitte and Cory Fleming are finally in federal custody for their roles in helping Murdaugh allegedly steal from his law clients, and it appears that he wants to join them—but why? Fleming, a...
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...