Overview
- After a three-episode premiere on October 15, Murdaugh: Death in the Family is releasing new episodes every Wednesday through November 19 on Hulu.
- Recent fact-checks highlight notable liberties, including portraying housekeeper Gloria Satterfield as alive after the 2019 boat crash despite her 2018 death, shifting the jellyfish business timeline, relocating Mandy Matney’s confrontation with Alex from the courthouse to a crash-site scene, and misdating a family vacation.
- Co-creators Michael D. Fuller and Erin Lee Carr describe the approach as mixing literal events with “emotional truth,” with journalist Mandy Matney serving as a producer and portrayed on-screen by Brittany Snow.
- Viewership data cited by FlixPatrol shows strong audience interest, renewing discussion about the ethics of true-crime dramatizations and how to center victims rather than perpetrators.
- Jason Clarke plays Alex Murdaugh, who is serving two consecutive life sentences after his 2023 murder convictions and still faces additional fraud charges, while Patricia Arquette says her portrayal of Maggie Murdaugh aims to honor victims of intimate-partner killings.