Photo. courtesy of Crosby Land Company
The South Carolina hunting lodge where a scandal-plagued lawyer’s wife and son were shot to death and a housekeeper mysteriously died is about to make its way out of legal purgatory as the blockbuster trial against Alex Murdaugh continues.
Netflix will drop its three-part series “Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal” on Wednesday, about the prominent attorney accused of stealing millions from his clients and the mysterious deaths swirling around his family. The series is expected to generate renewed interest in the $3.9 million sale of the family’s nearly 1,800-acre hunting farm, which is expected to close next month.
Alex Murdaugh is currently on trial for the murder of his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, 52, and son Paul Murdaugh, 22, on June 7, 2021. He is also accused of swindling millions of dollars from his clients to help fund a drug addiction and hiring a hit man to kill him so his surviving son, Richard “Buster” Murdaugh, could collect a $10 million life insurance policy.
Alex faces more than 100 charges ranging from the murder of his wife and son to tax evasion and could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted.