Thanks to the email nudge, Mandy and David started recording the first podcast episode. While the process took hours and multiple re-records of the same sentences, on June 22, 2021 the first episode of Murdaugh Murders Podcast was published, "South Carolina’s...
Chapter 10 – What Are You Hearing?
Although she imagined it happening while they were in Puerto Rico for her thirty-first birthday on June 4, 2021, David surprised her with a Memorial Day weekend proposal, and they spent their tropical vacation celebrating their engagement. It was Mandy's first real...
Chapter 9 – On Archers Creek
At the end of 2019, Mandy found herself craving a pivot in life and reached out to Will Folks, the founder of FITSNews, about a position. By January 2020, she was hired as an editor and took over on the Murdaugh beat. While it felt good to be supported in her...
Chapter 8 – Sandy Run Road
Mandy gleaned very quickly that Investigator Todd Proctor "was the only one who seemed to ..grasp the bigger picture." Mandy and Liz traveled again to Hampton to talk with Stephen's twin sister, Stephanie, which ended in a nerve-racking encounter on their drive home....
Chapter 7 – Gentleman’s Treatment
After witnessing first hand, the privilege that Paul received, Liz couldn't help but report on the main takeaway from Paul's arraignment hearing regarding the boat crash in Beaufort County. Click here to read Liz's article that got people talking If you listen to the...
Chapter 6 – Bring Him Up to Speed
Following Mandy and Liz's first meeting with Sandy Smith, the two created a timeline of events related to Stephen Smith's suspicious death while they balanced full-time jobs. But after Mandy's editor at The Packet assigned the Mallory Beach and Stephen Smith story to...