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TSP #42 – Bowen Turner Is Arrested Again + the 911 Call from the Night of Sara Lynn Colucci’s Death
On today's True Sunlight Podcast, Co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell talk to South Carolina Victims Assistance Network attorney Sarah Ford and Karl Stoller, a father who continues to seek justice for his daughter’s sexual assault, about the latest arrest of Bowen...
TSP #41 – Who Killed Stephen Smith? Part Eleven… The Voice We Have Not Heard Yet + The Colucci Case
On today's True Sunlight Podcast, Co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell continue their investigation into the photos and screenshots found on Stephen Smith’s phone, learning more about what the Hampton, S.C., teen’s life was like leading up to his mysterious death in...
TSP #40 – Who Killed Stephen Smith? Part Ten… Newly Recovered Photos Tell Us About Who He Was And Could Have Been
True Sunlight Podcast co-hosts True Sunlight Co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell continue to unpack the evidence in the Stephen Smith case file. On today’s episode they take a look at the thousands of photos downloaded from Stephen’s iPhone and iPad in 2015 and...
FEED DROP: CBC’s Crime Story: Mandy Matney On What It Took To Cover The Infamous Murdaugh Dynasty
Just like in our Cup of Justice Episode 69 that published Tuesday on the separate feed, we’re going to do something a little different with today’s show. Today we'll 'Feed Drop' the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Podcast called Crime Story whose host, Kathleen...
TSP #38 – Who Killed Stephen Smith Part Nine + The Murdaugh Murders Bloody Towel No One Knew About
It’s FOIA around and find out time again on True Sunlight Podcast! True Sunlight Co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell unpack the latest round of records reporter Beth Braden received from Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill’s emails. In the stack of documents,...
TSP #37 – Who Killed Stephen Smith? Part Eight… Red Flags and Red Herrings
True Sunlight Co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are finally free from the constant noise of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh and ready to once again focus on the case that deserves all the sunshine: Who killed Stephen Smith? It’s been nearly nine years since...
TSP #36 – End Of An Era (Seriously…) Alex Murdaugh’s Motion For New New Trial Denied by Justice Toal
The Alex Murdaugh Rollercoaster (finally) comes to a stop. True Sunlight Co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down everything that happened at the very weird and very wild evidentiary hearing where Justice Jean Toal brought much-needed sanity to the state of...
TSP #35 – Anatomy of A Broken System: How A Prosecutor Who Gave Thrice Accused Rapist A Sweetheart Deal Keeps Failing Up
So while we have a bit of an Alex Murdaugh break this week, True Sunlight Co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell wanted to talk about something really important that’s expected to happen the week after his evidentiary hearing. With South Carolina’s judicial elections...
TSP #33 – A Rapist and Killer Let Off Easy + Can the Justice System Withstand the Weight of Alex Murdaugh?
On today’s show, True Sunlight Co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell discuss Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin’s latest filing with the court ahead of the Jan. 16 status conference in Columbia. Did Team Murdaugh just admit the evidence against Alex in the murder case...
COJ #73 – Redemption for Bowen Turner? Alex Murdaugh’s Big Bet, The Colucci Case and Kate Gate
Cup of Justice co-hosts Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell and Eric Bland — talk about what happens when lawyers want to back out of representing their criminal defense clients. The three also dive straight down the rabbit hole on the Kate Middleton mystery and look at why...
COJ #72 – The Devil Is In the Details: How Solving Stephen Smith’s Case is Within Reach + Privilege Is Back on Trial in SC
Typically whenever we go out of town some sort of breaking news happens – as it did this weekend... Thrice accused rapist Bowen Turner was arrested AGAIN – this time by the highway patrol. We will talk about this in more detail on True Sunlight, but Turner was...
COJ #71 – ‘The Unbiased Journalist Doesn’t Exist’ Tamron Hall Talks True Crime Reporting, Her New Book
On this highly anticipated episode of COJ, Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell interview Emmy Award-winning television host, executive producer of her acclaimed and syndicated talk show, veteran Journalist and Bestselling Author, Tamron Hall about her first Jordan Manning...
COJ #70 – Dr. Kenny Kinsey on Messy Crime Scenes, Connecting with Juries and the Stephen Smith Case
True Sunlight Podcast co-hosts Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell and everyone’s favorite attorney Eric Bland — check another item off their interview bucket list this week with one of the star witnesses from the Alex Murdaugh murder trial. Crime scene expert Dr. Kenny Kinsey...
COJ #69 – Inspiring Women In the Justice System: Crossover Episode with Attorney Sarah A. Ford and Pesky P.I. Mackenzie Fultz
Today, you’ll hear from two inspiring women from different parts of the justice system: Attorney and Legal Director for the South Carolina Victims Assistance Network Sarah Ford and Private Investigator Mackenzie Fultz aka Freedom Barbie on TikTok and Instagram. Sarah...
COJ #68 – Karma is a Relaxing Thought + Scratching the Surface on Alex Murdaugh’s Crimes
Cup of Justice co-hosts Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell and Eric Bland discuss Taylor Swift’s boyfriend’s big win at the Super Bowl; what a Hilton Head Island attorney’s plea deal with the feds might mean for finding Alex Murdaugh’s missing money; why a judge’s removal from...
COJ #67 – What’s Next For Alex Murdaugh After Retrial Denied + An Update On Stephen Smith
On the one-year anniversary as a Cup of Justice team, Cup of Justice co-hosts Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell and Eric Bland — and everyone’s favorite attorney Eric Bland reflect on the continued success of the show and why judges, politicians and lawyers have been...
COJ #66 – Toal Ya So Part Two – Justice Jean Toal (Finally) Denies Alex Murdaugh’s Motion For A New Trial
Cup of Justice co-hosts Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell and Eric Bland have been vindicated … once again. After four long months of screaming from the rooftops that Team Murdaugh did not have evidence of jury tampering, COJ finally gets to close the lid on that debate:...
COJ #65 – The Presumption of Guilt – Defense Attorney Noah Pines Talks About Client Joey Watkins and Overturning Murder Convictions
This week’s #CupofJustice is a little different as we invite new contributors to expose the truth, give voice to victims and get the story straight. On today’s show, Mandy Matney and everyone’s favorite attorney Eric Bland explore ethics in defending clients with...
MMP #85 – Who Murdered Stephen Smith? Part Seven: Stephen Smith’s Death Now Officially A Homicide
Eight years after 19-year-old Stephen Smith’s body was found on a rural South Carolina road, investigators are finally saying the thing his family has known all along: He was not killed in a hit-and-run... STEPHEN WAS MURDERED.MMP co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell...
MMP #84 – The Latest on Stephen Smith, SLED’s Investigation into the Murders and Russell Laffitte’s Future
Thank you for your patience as this episode is publishing later than usual. As I said on social media, our team is in adjustment mode after the adrenaline and the chaos of the trial slowed down and we’re all still trying to all recenter our focus.Now that Alex...
MMP #83 – Alex Murdaugh Verdict: How We Got to Guilty + Creighton Waters Interview
Now that Alex Murdaugh has been convicted in the murders of his wife and son, it’s time to take a look back on all the pieces that had to come together for the jury to deliver that guilty verdict.Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell talk about key testimony in the case and...
MMP #82 – Week Six of the Alex Murdaugh Trial: ‘What A Tangled Web We Weave’
The trial of Alex Murdaugh is coming to an end and soon the jury will deliver its verdict.Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down the best and worst moments of the last week of testimony — including Alex’s big reveal that he was, as we all knew, down at the kennel...
MMP #81 – Week Five of Alex Murdaugh’s Trial: Maggie’s & Paul’s Last Day on Earth And The Timeline That Traps The Defense
The trial of Alex Murdaugh is now in its fifth week and the defense is trying its hardest to convince the jury that all of Alex’s big lies about what happened at Moselle that night don’t add up to life in prison.Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell unpack the state’s timeline...
MMP #80 – Alex Murdaugh Trial Week Four: How many lies will the jury buy?
We’re in the middle of week four of the Alex Murdaugh trial and it’s been – very on brand in the last week. Since the last podcast, the courtroom drama has been cranked up several notches.In this episode 80 of the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell...
MMP #79 – Alex Murdaugh Trial Week 3: Trust, Brotherhood & Understanding The Motive
The third week of Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial started with a big blow to the defense after Judge Clifton Newman agreed to let the prosecution present evidence of the financial pressures Alex was facing at the time of the murders. Murdaugh Murders Podcast co-hosts...
MMP #78 – Evidence Stacks Up Against Alex Murdaugh In Week 2 Of Trial
We’re in week two of the trial against Alex Murdaugh and it’s been one heck of a high-speed rollercoaster ride as we learn more about the investigation into one of South Carolina’s most notorious crime sagas.Murdaugh Murders Podcast Co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz...
MMP #77 – It’s Finally Here: The Trial of Alex Murdaugh Begins with Big Revelations
The trial of Alex Murdaugh has begun and already a lot has been revealed about the night he allegedly killed his wife, Maggie, and son Paul. Co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell discuss how jury selection went, why Alex’s family was suddenly there, the 255 witnesses...