Blood on Their Hands
Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · November 14, 2023
The highly anticipated inside look at the collapse of the Murdaugh dynasty by the celebrated investigative journalist and creator of the #1 hit Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy Matney.
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- Who it’s for
- Follow investigative reporting into a powerful South Carolina family and the systems that protected it.
- Themes
- Murder and corruption, A dynasty's collapse, Systems enabling a criminal network
- Pacing
- Fast
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The highly anticipated inside look at the collapse of the Murdaugh dynasty by the celebrated investigative journalist and creator of the #1 hit Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy Matney. Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major media outlet in America, local South Carolina journalist Mandy Matney had an instinct that something wasn’t right in the Lowcountry. The powerful Murdaugh dynasty had dominated rural South Carolina for generations.
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No one dared to cross them. When Mandy and her reporting partner Liz Farrell looked closer at a fatal boat crash involving the storied family’s teenage son Paul, they began to uncover a web of mysteries surrounding the deaths of the Murdaughs’ long-time housekeeper and a young man found slain years earlier on a backcountry road. Just as their investigations were unfolding, the brutal double murder of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh rocketed Alex Murdaugh onto the international stage. From the newsroom to the courtroom, to the kitchen-table studio where Mandy recorded her #1 Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Blood on Their Hands is a propulsive true crime saga, an empathetic work of investigative journalism, and an excoriation of the “good old boy” systems that enabled a network of criminals.
Power and Accountability
Follow investigative reporting into a powerful South Carolina family and the systems that protected it.
Come here for
- True crime shaped by years of local reporting
- A close look at power, corruption, and unanswered questions
Expect
- A propulsive path from newsroom to courtroom
- Empathetic journalism with a sharp eye on the good-old-boy system
Where it sits
| Murder & Homicide | 83% |
|---|---|
| Personal Memoirs | 25% |
| Criminals & Outlaws | 24% |
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Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Women's Lives
- Personal Memoirs
- The Americas History
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- Women's History
- Murder & Homicide
- Serial Killers
- Cons, Hoaxes & Scams
- Authors
- Mandy Matney
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- November 14, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Murder and corruption · A dynasty's collapse · Systems enabling a criminal network
- Reading lane
- Lives in History