Murdaugh Murders-southern scandal: Netflix

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Anonymous wrote:I watched the Netflix documentary but somehow missed the part about Bubba the dog and the unnamed heroic chicken. I'm being 100% serious when I say I need to better understand this aspect!! Which episode were they in? Or does a kind person want to fill me in? FWIW, I think Alec and Buster and the whole family are abhorrent. I've spent some time in and around Beaufort SC (my in-laws life in Bluffton) and watching the doc gave me chills.

It has come out in the trial. In short, Just before the murder Paw Paw was taking a video of Ro Ro's dog Cash for Ro Ro and in the background you can hear Mags and Elick wrangling with Bubba who had gotten a chicken in his mouth. Paw Paw sent the video to Ro Ro which has been used as proof that Elick lied about being down at the kennels and as evidence that he is the likely murderer. I believe the heroic chicken did not survive. I believe Bubba is living with Mags' sister. I am unsure of the sister's nickname.

I didn’t follow any that, and I don’t think I want to!

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone really believe he is not guilty?

Not saying I believe he is "not guilty," but there is a lack of clear forensic evidence linking him to it, isn't there? The video puts him there minutes before the murders, and he has been discredited, certainly, but was there any blood spatter or forensic evidence linking him to the murders? I have not been following that aspect of this trial very closely.

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Anonymous wrote:

It has come out in the trial. In short, Just before the murder Paw Paw was taking a video of Ro Ro's dog Cash for Ro Ro and in the background you can hear Mags and Elick wrangling with Bubba who had gotten a chicken in his mouth. Paw Paw sent the video to Ro Ro which has been used as proof that Elick lied about being down at the kennels and as evidence that he is the likely murderer. I believe the heroic chicken did not survive. I believe Bubba is living with Mags' sister. I am unsure of the sister's nickname.

As someone who has not followed the trial, this was helpful and entraining. The last line = chef’s kiss!

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Well, that quote of a previous msg didn’t work out.

I was admiring the recap with all of the ridiculous nicknames, and I particularly appreciated the line about not knowing the sister’s nickname.

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I don’t understand how parents can be so unconcerned about underage drinking and especially drinking and driving. They were obviously above repercussions from harm done to other kids, but why didn’t they at least worry about their own kids?

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The whole Paw Paw thing confused the hell out of me. I guess I missed that it was Paul's nickname so when Alex was describing jaunting around the property with Paw Paw, "just spending time together" etc., I was like, I thought his dad was sick and in the hospital, how is he walking around the property?!! Eventually I figured out that Paw Paw was Paul's nickname.

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Why do you enjoy watching a bunch of rednecks OP? Are you from the south?

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Anonymous wrote:The main family aside, this is what I was thinking:

All those kids apparently had parents who had "no idea?" what their kids (and they were kids) were doing in the middle of the night, and how much drinking they were doing all the time, right? Why? Everyone knew how much drinking was happening, with all of them, with Paul- but not just Paul, and how dangerous plenty of situations they had already allowed themselves to be in. No boundaries, no curfew, supervision. Kids get up to things we don't all know about, but I'm pretty sure I would have eventually figured it out and the answer would be no.
All those kids knew he was drunk behind that boat wheel. An accident was not surprising. I was surprised how there weren't many car accidents, gun accidents, etc., up to that point.

Pat yourself on the back for your stellar parenting. These young adults were 19 years old and doing the same things that lots of high schoolers do. Most parents worry and don’t like what their kids get up to but they are adults. Who says no to an adult?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't really understand his motive, was it just to cover up the financial mess he was in? It just seems really drastic to off your kid and wife so you don't get exposed. And how could he not thing he would be the main suspect and it would all come out anyway?

So why are you assuming he did it? The prosecution has no direct evidence.

The fact that you are willing to condemn an entire family you never met based on a Netflix documentary and Mandy matney’s biased “reporting” doesn’t show very good critical thinking skills.

Alex is clearly a bad apple. But that doesn’t mean the whole family is awful. A lot of people in Hampton county, black and white, poor and rich, will tell you many other people in the family did a lot of good for the county and were good people.

Stop making assumptions based on a sensationalist documentary. And the people extrapolating this to the entire south are being ridiculous. Is everyone in Italy a horrible person because some people are in the mafia?

If you can’t tell that his family is lying in almost every interview they do then you are blind. It’s not hard to understand that protecting their “legacy” is the only thing to these people. Of course Murdaugh did it.

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Anonymous wrote:The main family aside, this is what I was thinking:

All those kids apparently had parents who had "no idea?" what their kids (and they were kids) were doing in the middle of the night, and how much drinking they were doing all the time, right? Why? Everyone knew how much drinking was happening, with all of them, with Paul- but not just Paul, and how dangerous plenty of situations they had already allowed themselves to be in. No boundaries, no curfew, supervision. Kids get up to things we don't all know about, but I'm pretty sure I would have eventually figured it out and the answer would be no.
All those kids knew he was drunk behind that boat wheel. An accident was not surprising. I was surprised how there weren't many car accidents, gun accidents, etc., up to that point.

Pat yourself on the back for your stellar parenting. These young adults were 19 years old and doing the same things that lots of high schoolers do. Most parents worry and don’t like what their kids get up to but they are adults. Who says no to an adult?

Do you have teenagers? Do you let them go to other teenagers' houses? Do they spend the night? Do you know what they are doing at all times? I mean, I can see contacting the parents and making sure they will be there, but beyond that, I think you would have to deny them from going in order to totally control the situation. Life 360 doesn't solve everything.

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What Paul (the son) did was an unfortunate accident. Not something that should’ve been worthy of jail time.

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I'm watching, or trying to. But I'm finding this very hard to follow. LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:What Paul (the son) did was an unfortunate accident. Not something that should’ve been worthy of jail time.

Domestic abuse -or abuse- is worthy of jail time.
BUI and killing someone is worthy of jail time.

The kid was a terrible drunk and person.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you enjoy watching a bunch of rednecks OP? Are you from the south?

These people are not rednecks lol.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The main family aside, this is what I was thinking:

All those kids apparently had parents who had "no idea?" what their kids (and they were kids) were doing in the middle of the night, and how much drinking they were doing all the time, right? Why? Everyone knew how much drinking was happening, with all of them, with Paul- but not just Paul, and how dangerous plenty of situations they had already allowed themselves to be in. No boundaries, no curfew, supervision. Kids get up to things we don't all know about, but I'm pretty sure I would have eventually figured it out and the answer would be no.
All those kids knew he was drunk behind that boat wheel. An accident was not surprising. I was surprised how there weren't many car accidents, gun accidents, etc., up to that point.

Pat yourself on the back for your stellar parenting. These young adults were 19 years old and doing the same things that lots of high schoolers do. Most parents worry and don’t like what their kids get up to but they are adults. Who says no to an adult?

Do you have teenagers? Do you let them go to other teenagers' houses? Do they spend the night? Do you know what they are doing at all times? I mean, I can see contacting the parents and making sure they will be there, but beyond that, I think you would have to deny them from going in order to totally control the situation. Life 360 doesn't solve everything.

Omg. These people were ADULTS! I have young adults, btw. I do not control what they do. I’m sure if I knew everything they did or do, I’d be worried and scared for them. I can just hope that I have given them a decent upbringing and good sense.