New podcast will tell stories of true crime, cold cases, unsolved mysteries in Lowcountry & beyond
ABC News 4 (WCIV-TV) in Charleston is announcing the launch of a new podcast project, Unsolved South Carolina.
The podcast will delve into true crime stories, unsolved murders, mysterious disappearances and other cold cases in the Charleston Tri-County area, the Lowcountry region, and beyond.
The Unsolved South Carolina podcast will be in an episodic format, with new seasons released multiple times each year.
Each season will be dedicated to deep dives on a single topic, featuring investigative reporting and in-depth interviews, hosted by veteran journalist Anne Emerson.
Emerson is an EMMY winning reporter and producer for the ABC network and ABC News 4 in Charleston.
Season one premieres Oct. 14, focus on Murdaughs
The first season of Unsolved South Carolina, entitled "The Murdaughs," premieres Thursday, October 14, 2021, on major podcast platforms. Episodes also will be available on ABC News 4's website.
Season one will examine the ever evolving case of suspicious deaths, missing money and other bizarre happenings tied to the Murdaugh legal family of Hampton, South Carolina.
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In June 2021, Alex Murdaugh called 9-1-1 to report he'd found his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul, dead outside their home in rural Colleton County, South Carolina. Both Maggie and Paul had been brutally murdered.
As months have passed, what began as a criminal investigation into Maggie and Paul Murdaugh's deaths has expanded into several additional criminal probes focused on Alex Murdaugh as a member of the Murdaugh family, a powerful South Carolina legal dynasty with generations of influence over the criminal justice system across a large area of the state.
Those investigations into Alex Murdaugh include claims of embezzled money from his family's law firm, a chronic drug addiction, a failed assisted suicide attempt and insurance fraud plot, a stolen life insurance settlement, and his ties to three other local deaths: Mallory Beach in 2019, Gloria Satterfield in 2018, and Stephen Smith in 2015.
The trailer for season one of the Unsolved South Carolina podcast, The Murdaughs, is available for listening in the embedded players at the top of the page. You can also listen and subscribe by visiting the show's page directly,