Matt Murphy (The Book of Murder) is a former Homicide prosecutor and current legal analyst for ABC News. Matt joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the importance of telling the victims stories over the killers, the craft of picking a jury, and his nerves the first time he was at a crime scene. Matt and Dax discuss the parallels between their childhoods, the experience of working with detectives, and the horrific crimes of Rodney Alcala. Matt discusses how his job skews his worldview, the mental toll of not having enough evidence when you know someone is guilty, and if murder is reflective of the times. Follow Armchair Expert on the Wondery App or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch new content on YouTube or listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free by joining Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Start your free trial by visiting wondery.com/links/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard/ now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to Armchair Expert early and ad-free right now. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. Or you can listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome, welcome, welcome to Armchair Expert, experts on expert. This is a real departure from previous experts in the most exhilarating way. This was riveting.
Mm-hmm. And it's a ding, ding, ding from Monday's episode.
Yes, from Anna Kendrick. Because of her new movie, Woman of the Hour, our guest Matt Murphy was a technical advisor on it, as well as an actual prosecutor on the case. Matt Murphy is a former homicide prosecutor who, and a current legal analysis for ABC News. Maybe you've seen him there.
And he spent two decades assigned to the sexual assault and homicide units of the Orange County District Attorney's Office, which you'll learn in this, is the third biggest in the country. Three million people under their purview.
Yes.
He has tried some of the most headline-y murder cases of all time. A lot of shit was happening in Orange County that I kind of... Didn't realize.
Yeah, he's like Golden State Killer. A lot of them.
Dirty John.
Yeah.
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