In an aluminum-sided warehouse last month, dozens of people paid good money for various items from Alex Murdaugh’s hunting estate, where his wife Maggie and youngest son Paul were shot to death with a shotgun and rifle. In this bonus episode of Understand Murdaugh, host Kelly Jean Kelly takes you inside the Liberty Auction house during the auction.

Watchdog and public service editor Glenn Smith and reporters Jocelyn Grzeszczak, Thad Moore and Avery Wilks discuss the conclusion of Alex Murdaugh's double murder trial, the potential appeal and several other lingering questions surrounding the aftermath of the guilty verdict. They also answer a few listener questions.

Disgraced former attorney Alex Murdaugh will spend the rest of his life behind bars after his conviction in the June 2021 murders of his wife and son, sealing his stunning downfall in a courtroom where his father, grandfather and great-grandfather once tried cases as this region's top prosecutors.

Alex Murdaugh, the wealthy scion of a powerful Lowcountry legal dynasty, was found guilty of murdering his wife and son in a pair of grisly June 2021 slayings that captured international attention and kickstarted the former Hampton lawyer's precipitous downfall.

Disgraced former attorney Alex Murdaugh is a gifted liar who spent a decade concealing his true identity as a white-collar thief and opioid addict, prosecutor Creighton Waters told a Colleton County jury March 1.

In this bonus episode, public service and watchdog editor Glenn Smith answers questions surrounding the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial. Readers wrote in about the Walterboro Cowboys gang, DNA evidence and other aspects of the trial.

On the final day of testimony in Alex Murdaugh's double-murder trial, state prosecutors and a crime scene expert worked to debunk theories Murdaugh's defense lawyers have floated in recent weeks to blame unknown assailants for the June 2021 slayings of his wife and son.

As John Marvin Murdaugh cleaned his nephew’s blood and brains off a feed room floor on June 8, 2021, he made a silent vow. “In my mind, I told Paul I loved him,” he tearfully testified to a Colleton County jury on Feb. 27. “I promised him that I’d find out who did this to him.” “Have you found out?” asked Jim Griffin, a defense attorney representing John Marvin’s brother, Alex Murdaugh. “I have not,” John Marvin replied.

There are still many questions surrounding the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial even as it draws closer to closing arguments. In this bonus episode of Understand Murdaugh, hosts Glenn Smith answers some of the questions from readers about the trial and testimony the jury has heard so far.

Alex Murdaugh's testimony wrapped up on Friday afternoon. Prosecutor Creighton Waters continued to question Murdaugh about his money issues and the lies he admitted to telling about the night of the murders. In this daily update episode, hosts Jocelyn Grzeszczak and Eric Russell discuss the prosecutions cross-examination of Murdaugh.

Alex Murdaugh took the stand and addressed the lies he told investigators following the deaths of Maggie Murdaugh and Paul Murdaugh. He also admitted to stealing from several of his clients. However, Alex denied killing his wife and son on June 7, 2021. In this daily update episode, hosts Jocelyn Grzeszczak and Eric Russell break down the highly anticipated testimony.

The day started with defense attorney Jim Griffin letting it be known that Alex Murdaugh is considering whether or not to take the stand. Jurors also heard from several more defense witnesses on day 22 of the trial, including Murdaugh’s former law partner Mark Bell. In this daily update episode, hosts Jocelyn Grzeszczak and Eric Russell discuss everything that went on in the courtroom on Wednesday.

The defense continued to call its witnesses Tuesday, starting with Alex Murdaugh's oldest son Buster. His testimony bolstered some of the defense team's case. In this daily update episode, hosts Jocelyn Grzeszczak and Eric Russell recap the testimony from Buster and others on day 21 of the trial.

Alex Murdaugh seemed to be in a hurry in the hour after his wife and son were brutally shot to death. The soon-to-be-disgraced Hampton trial attorney sped down a pothole-riddled country road at more than 74 mph on the way to visit his mother that evening, according to new data gleaned from his 2021 Chevrolet Suburban. His speedometer touched 80 mph on the way back home, well over the 55 mph speed limit.

Jurors in Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial on Feb. 16 heard the once-prominent Hampton attorney confess to an entirely different crime: trying to orchestrate his own murder to leave behind a $10 million life insurance payout for his son.

The lead investigator of the high-profile murders of Alex Murdaugh's wife and son admitted Feb. 15 he was unaware until four months after Murdaugh’s indictment that the defendant’s white T-shirt from the night of the slayings had tested negative for human blood.

In the weeks after Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were brutally shot to death, their relatives were terrified, Maggie’s sister testified Feb. 14. Investigators had made no arrests nor named any suspects. No motive was clear for the shocking slayings of two members of the prominent Hampton family.

Judge Clifton Newman’s dismissal of the two jurors set off alarms that an outbreak in the jury room could require a suspension of the weeks-long proceedings or, worse, a mistrial. A court employee also tested positive, Newman said.

The jury heard testimony from Blanca Simpson, the Murdaugh family’s housekeeper. Simpson testified about returning to Moselle the day after the murders as well as some of Alex Murdaugh's actions in the weeks and months following the murders. In this daily update episode, hosts Jocelyn Grzeszczak and Eric Russell discuss Simpson's testimony as well as the other key moments in the courtroom on Friday.

The vast majority of today’s testimony was taken up by four witnesses who each had already spoken during Judge Clifton Newman’s separate hearing on whether evidence of Alex’s alleged financial crimes could be admitted in the double murder trial.

In a day disrupted by a courthouse bomb threat, state prosecutors on Feb. 8 served jurors a smorgasbord of financial, digital and forensic evidence in their effort to prove once-respected Hampton attorney Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son.

Forensic scientists found copious amounts of gunshot residue inside a jacket Alex Murdaugh allegedly stashed at his parents’ house just days after his wife and son were shot to death, jurors learned Feb. 7. Jocelyn Grzeszczak and Nathan Stevens discuss the evidence and today's motions at the trial.

In the coming days of Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial, jurors will hear testimony accusing the once-prominent Hampton lawyer of secretly stealing millions of dollars from friends, family, clients and others who trusted him for the better part of a decade. Hosts Jocelyn Grzeszczak and Nathan Stevens discuss what this might mean for the third week and beyond of the trial.

The court, still without jurors, went over the alleged financial crimes of Alex Murdaugh, including his connections with Palmetto state bank and the possible embezzlement of money from his law clients. Whether or not this evidence can be used in the double murder trial as character evidence is still to be seen. But jurors were allowed back in to hear further testimony from law enforcement.