Crime & Justice

The Untold Story of the Bomb Threat That Derailed Alex Murdaugh’s Murder Trial

‘DOES NOT ADD UP’

In the middle of the trial of the century, an inmate from a South Carolina jail made a very dangerous call.

Pilar Melendez
Pilar Melendez 

Senior National Reporter

A photo illustration showing Alex Murdaugh, the Colleton County Courthouse and a burner phone behind a police line.
Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images
Pilar Melendez

Pilar Melendez

Senior National Reporter

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