Haylee Barber

It started with a call to 911 with Alec Murdaugh, who is a very prominent Hampton County attorney.

And he's saying that his wife and son are dead and he's found their bodies and dead.

Investigators rush in.

It starts a very intensive investigation led by the state law enforcement division.

And we learn that, in fact, it's Alec who is the chief suspect in this case, that all of the information from his car put him at the scene.

And then, of course, we get to the trial and we had the verdict that was seemingly conclusive.

Well, they straddled two legal universes.

On the one hand, you had Alec's dad, who'd been the district attorney for years and years and years.

And then the law firm that...

certainly made a name for themselves in so many product liability and other personal liability cases.

I mean, just have made a fortune.

And there's so many courtroom stories about Alec's dad.

I mean, he would walk up to a jury, and while he was waiting for things to go, he'd say, hey, Elaine, how's the baby?

You know, he just knew everybody, and they all knew him.

So it's very deep.

It's generational.

And, you know, now books, movies, podcasts about this.

It's everywhere.

Well, they did not seal off the house immediately for the crime scene.

They sealed off where the bodies were found, but friends and family were gathering already quickly because the news spread amongst their circle, and people rushed to the house, and that was not—