{"podcast":{"title":"The Re-Trial Of Alex Murdaugh","slug":"the-re-trial-of-alex-murdaugh-5989088","podcast_index_feed_id":5989088,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5097527.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5097527","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43644379/s=1400x1400/el=1/rt=fill.png","author":"Tony Brueski","episode_count":500,"summary":"The South Carolina Supreme Court threw out Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions. Unanimously. Now the most-watched criminal case in state history starts over — new judge, new jury, new rules — and this is where you follow every step of it. From Hidden Killers host Tony Brueski, The Re-Trial of Alex Murdaugh delivers real-time legal analysis, courtroom coverage, and expert interviews as the State decides whether and how to retry the disbarred attorney for the June 2021 killings of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. The Supreme Court didn't just reverse the verdict — it rewrote the playbook. The financial crimes evidence that dominated the first trial has been sharply restricted. The jury tampering by former Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill, who pled guilty to perjury, has been laid bare in a devastating 27-page opinion. Everything about this case is different now. This podcast covers what matters: pretrial motions, venue fights, evidentiary rulings, witness strategy, jury selection, and the legal collisions that will determine whether Murdaugh is convicted again or walks on the murder charges. No filler. No recycled takes. No speculation dressed up as analysis. Just the case, the law,…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T10:17:19.370813+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-re-trial-of-alex-murdaugh-5989088"},"episode":{"title":"Murdaugh Retrial Ordered — What Does Alex Former Housekeeper Think?","slug":"murdaugh-retrial-ordered-what-does-alex-former-housekeeper-think","published_at":"2026-05-17T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-re-trial-of-alex-murdaugh-5989088/murdaugh-retrial-ordered-what-does-alex-former-housekeeper-think","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-re-trial-of-alex-murdaugh-5989088","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8903761","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8903761.mp3?modified=1778792448&sid=5097527&source=rss","summary":"AG Alan Wilson confirmed the State will retry Alex Murdaugh for the murders of Maggie and Paul. But the South Carolina Supreme Court attached a condition that could reshape the entire case. Prosecutors spent over twelve hours presenting financial crimes evidence at the first trial. The court called that excessive and ordered any retrial to limit financial testimony to evidence that directly supports the motive theory — no more lengthy, inflammatory detail designed to make the defendant look bad rather than prove the charge. The reversal itself was unanimous. All five justices found that Colleton County Clerk Becky Hill made improper comments to jurors during the original trial, telling them not to be fooled by the defense, to watch Murdaugh's body language, and that deliberations shouldn't take long. The court found Hill was driven by a book deal that a guilty verdict would help sell. She pled guilty to perjury in December 2025. The justices also found that former Chief Justice Jean Toal applied the wrong legal standard when she denied Murdaugh's new trial motion. Toal required Murdaugh to prove harm. The law requires the State to prove no reasonable possibility the verdict was influenced — and the court said the State couldn't do it. Toal also violated jury deliberation protections by questioning individual jurors about whether the Clerk's comments changed their votes. Murdaugh remains incarcerated on financial convictions while retrial proceedings move forward. While the legal fight resets, our interview with Blanca Simpson — fifteen years as the Murdaugh family's housekeeper — is raising questions the investigation never answered. She walked into the house twelve hours after the murders and found evidence of staging, an unidentified vehicle at the property, and a pa…","meta_description":"AG Alan Wilson confirmed the State will retry Alex Murdaugh for the murders of Maggie and Paul. 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