# Alex Murdaugh Was Already Framing People the Night of the Boat Crash

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Published: 2026-05-12T01:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

James Lasdun spent years investigating the Murdaugh case for The New Yorker and then for his new book The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh . What he found goes deeper than anything that came out at trial — and it starts long before the night at Moselle. The night of the boat crash that killed Mallory Beach, Alex was already in damage-control mode. While his injured son Paul was ranting at hospital staff, Alex was prowling the hallways trying to get into the rooms of every passenger on that boat. Morgan Doughty — Paul's girlfriend — specifically asked nurses to keep him out. She could hear him in the hallway, saying he needed to tell her what to say. A nurse told DNR officers she had the impression Alex was trying to "orchestrate something." Lasdun dug into the first statements given that night — before Alex got to anyone — and found that Morgan originally said Connor Cook was driving when the boat crashed. That version disappeared the next day. The book also surfaces details no one has reported. A check Alex wrote to a police chief at the crime scene, backdated and unexplained. Connections to a jellyfish business with ties to convicted drug launderers. Key evidence that SLED placed in two different locations when speaking to Alex's own brother. This is Part 1 of three. The pattern was always there. The book just shows you where to look. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twit…

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