- 1 hour 3 minutes[DROP FEED] COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller - Unraveling Evidence Of Abuse
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COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller is a LUNASHARK® DROP-FEED from the award-winning team behind the Murdaugh Murders Podcast — investigative journalists Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell and Beth Braden — along with producers Kate Thomas, Grace Hills and David Moses. It’s a remastered, chronological retelling of more than 2 years of original reporting from the True Sunlight Podcast, built for listeners who want to follow one case.
On April 27, 2024, 30-year-old Mica Miller — wife of Myrtle Beach pastor John-Paul Miller — walked a mile into a North Carolina state park and made a 911 call that would be the last time the world heard her voice. Within days, her death was ruled a suicide — a ruling that would have ended the story for most true crime journalists.
In the premiere of our remastered Drop-Feed series, Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell return to where their reporting began: the bizarre sermon Pastor JP Miller delivered the morning after his estranged wife's death. An obituary that reads like a taunt. A criminal history that includes running over a woman with a car — twice. And a stack of police reports showing Mica tracked, harassed, and hospitalized against her will in the months before she died.
Police say that JP Miller didn't pull the trigger. But as Mandy and Liz explain — there's more than one way to end a life.
COERCED takes a deeper look at JP Miller’s dark past that includes rape allegations, alleged bestiality, an assault conviction and pardon, and a pattern of allegedly abusive behavior that can be traced back to his father — Rev. Wayne Miller. JP’s felon father once owned a Christian complex in South Carolina called Gloryland… before it mysteriously burned down.
Through exclusive interviews, 911 calls, court filings, and documents obtained through relentless FOIA requests, COERCED examines coercive control, medical and spiritual abuse, and the systems that dismissed a woman fighting for her life — and asks what accountability looks like.
Mica couldn't save herself. But her story could save others.
This series discusses domestic abuse, coercive control, and suicide. If you or someone you know needs support, please call or text 988 or contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. Support in South Carolina is also available through Liza’s Lifeline.
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28 August 2026, 7:00 pm - 1 hour 4 minutesNew Filings: Accused Killer Michael Colucci Pleaded the Fifth 100 Times After Skipping Two Depositions
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell take a break from the Alex Murdaugh retrial drama this week to revisit one of the most devastating cases they’ve covered in their careers: the 2015 death of 38-year-old Sara Lynn Moore Colucci.
Nine years after Sarah Lynn Colucci's mother Barbara Moore filed a wrongful death lawsuit, accused killer Michael Colucci finally sat for his deposition — after skipping two of them — and pleaded the Fifth roughly 100 times, refusing to answer everything from the color of his tie to his own birthday.
We break down the devastating questions he wouldn't answer about the autopsy findings, his shifting stories, and his financial troubles — and why Barbara’s new motion for summary judgment asks the judge to apply adverse inferences to 28 of them.
They also expose the staggering double standard of South Carolina justice: Colucci was fined just $1,283.00 for blowing off two depositions, while Mandy was ordered to pay $176,500.00 in a case she isn't even a party to.
Plus, an exciting announcement: COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller, the first LUNASHARK® “Drop-Feed”, launches Friday.
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27 August 2026, 11:29 am - 40 minutes 58 secondsLies Detected: Murdaugh Prosecutor Corrects the Record on Dick’s Deceptions
Part Two of Two
There's a new Creighton Waters in town… In Part 2 of Episode 161, Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down the stunning filing in which the lead prosecutor formally corrected Dick Harpootlian's false claim that Alex Murdaugh passed a polygraph "with flying colors" — complete with a savage citation noting defense co-counsel's incredulous reactions in real time.
Then, Joe McCullough pushes himself into the spotlight while pushing to unseal the Egg Lady records — conveniently trying to pull the in-camera transcripts from view that tell the real story.
Dots Connected: Judge McCaslin's change-of-venue ruling leans on the Beach v. Parker venue order that bashes Liz and Mandy’s opinions, the one built on months of purchased lawfare, harassment, and a landline survey of 333 people, and designed to blame journalists for publicity the villains created themselves.
Shenanigans? Shenanigans AF…
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Liz’s “Guess Whose Pants are on Fire!” FB post 🌐
DNA testing technology at Othram 🧬
Referenced Episode: TSP episodes 150 [PartTwo], 160, 161 [Part 1] and COJ 192 🎧
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23 August 2026, 1:23 pm - 58 minutes 44 secondsJudge Scolds Team Murdaugh for Courtroom Shenanigans Over Murder Weapon ‘Rumor’
Part One of Two
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down everything that happened at Alex Murdaugh’s most recent hearing.
Team Murdaugh came to Friday's retrial hearing armed with a "bombshell" that turned out to be a dud… a rumor from fitsnews claiming Murdaugh murder weapons were tied to a recent Allendale County killing. However, no article existed, prosecutor Creighton Waters had never heard of it, and SLED debunked the claim within minutes.
Mandy and Liz break down how the fumble unraveled in real time — and why so much of the media ran with it anyway. Then there's the venue circus: Dick Harpootlian putting his own associate on the stand to testify about budget hotels and Cracker Barrel commutes, insisting on Charleston-only... before pivoting to Richland County in a Monday letter to Judge McCaslin.
Plus, the ruling that matters most: Alex's sworn testimony from the first trial — the lies, the kennel video admission, all of it — is allowed into the record in Murdaugh 2.0. Testifying has consequences. So does lying about where you were when your family was murdered.
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Mandy’s Facebook post about the truth around Allendale murder 🌐
“Still no leads in April 2026 Allendale murder, SLED says” - WJBF, Updated Aug 14, 2026 📰
“Alex Murdaugh defense says murder weapon may be tied to separate killing as judge seeks answers” - FoxNews, Aug 14, 2026 📰
Referenced Episode: COJ 192 with Attorney Noah Pines 🎧
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20 August 2026, 9:45 am - 1 hour 9 minutesAlex Murdaugh Wants to Be Judged By Charleston. What to Know About Friday’s Murdaugh Murders Hearing (TSP160)
Alex Murdaugh is due back in court for another hearing this week and investigative journalist Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are more ready than ever. In today’s episode Mandy and Liz share the highlights from the stack of filings made by Team Murdaugh and the prosecution ahead of the Aug. 14th hearing in front of Judge Debra McCaslin.
Team Murdaugh's surprisingly polished 26-page motion to move the second murder trial of the century out of the 14th Circuit, and the state's pointed response asking what's so special about the Holy City top the list.
The co-hosts also dig into the state's bombshell request for a never-before-seen extraction of Alex's phone data citing former clients’ permission to waive privilege, the fight over the DNA under Maggie's fingernails, and so much more.
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Relisten to the OG podcast - Murdaugh Murders Podcast 🎧
SC State Constitution: Article I, Section 14 - Trial by jury; witnesses; defense ⚖️
SC Code of Laws: Title 17 - Criminal Procedures ⚖️
“This Day in History: Dec. 5, 2016: Judge declares mistrial in Michael Slager murder trial” - Live 5 News, Dec 5, 2025 📰
Urge SC Attorney General to PRIORITIZE the Re-Indictment of Michael Colucci - Change.org Petition ✍🏻
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13 August 2026, 10:49 am - 35 minutes 14 secondsThe Distraction Machine: Becky Hill's Win and Gregg Roman's Supreme Court Detour, TSP #159 [Part Two]
Part Two of Two
Some good news first: Judge Richard Gergel dismissed Alex Murdaugh's federal lawsuit demanding $600,000 from former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill, pointing to the "fatal flaw" sitting at the center of it.
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell explain why agreeing with the ruling isn't the same as defending Becky Hill — and why they always believed the suit was less about money than about spectacle, subpoena power, and keeping everyone's eyes off the double homicide case.
Then, Gregg Roman. The Middle East Forum executive director hired by billionaire gas station owner Greg Parker now calls himself an investigative journalist in court filings, and the South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to take his appeal to keep his bank records away from the Beach family.
Mandy and Liz walk through South Carolina's autopsy photo laws, the Dale Earnhardt and Kobe Bryant precedents, and the one question buried under all the noise: who gave Gregg Roman photos of Mallory Beach's body?
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Episode LinksWho is Gregg Roman? + list of blog posts 🌐SC Code of Laws ⚖️
- Section 17-5-535 - Persons authorized to view photographs or videos of autopsy
- Section 30-4-10 - Freedom of Information Act
Referenced Episodes: TSP 158 [Part Two] 🎧
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10 August 2026, 9:18 am - 1 hour 14 minutesWas Mandy Matney Punished By The Court For Speaking Out Against The SC Judiciary? TSP #159 [Part One]
[Part One of Two]
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell walk through the motion to reconsider filed by Mandy’s attorneys to combat the unprecedented and arguably unconstitutional $176,500 civil contempt sanction.
Mandy and Liz lay out how the process went sideways from the start: a rule to show cause with no verified petition, a hearing where her own compelled testimony was used to supply the missing foundation, and an order that cites her podcast and social media commentary as evidence against her — while conceding that speech was protected — it's a farce.
Liz Farrell adds context on the five-star hotel bills, the fees no one gets to inspect, and the one person who predicted this outcome on the day of the deposition before any proceeding began.
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Mandy’s FB announcement of motion to reconsider 📣
Meet Tristan M. Shaffer, Esq of Axelrod & Associates, PA 🔥
Evidence not allowed as evidence 🌐
The exceptional Pendry in Baltimore 🏨
“Legislative protection of news sources” from the Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press 📰
Referenced Episodes: COJ 190 🎧
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6 August 2026, 10:35 am - 39 minutes 36 secondsTSP #158 [Part Two] - South Carolina’s Warning To Whistleblowers + What’s Happening In the Alex Murdaugh v Becky Hill Lawsuit?
Part Two of Two
South Carolina fined journalist Mandy Matney $5,000 to “deter similar conduct in the future and promote respect for the law.” It fined Cory Fleming, $0. Becky Hill, $0. Alex Murdaugh — who stole more than $12 million from grieving clients — $0.
Mandy opens Part Two of Episode 158 by laying that math out plainly, and asking what message it sends to every whistleblower in the state trying to change its broken systems.
Then journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell turn to Murdaugh v. Hill, the federal suit in which Alex demands at least $600,000 from the former clerk of court for what his lawyers call “criminal jury tampering” — a charge prosecutors declined to bring, because the jurors telling the story couldn’t keep it straight.
Plus: Becky’s motion to dismiss, Phil Barber’s savage briefs, another sealed discovery order, and why a sourdough starter metaphor explains this entire mess.
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Judge Richard Gergel at Dick Harpootlian’s book signing - Facebook, Dec 18, 2025 📸
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1 August 2026, 1:44 am - 1 hour 13 minutesTrue Sunlight #158 [Part One] - Debbie Barbier Tells on Herself + Why It Matters that John Monk’s Son Was Arrested for CSAM
Part One of Two
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell have some questions about a Spartanburg County Police report… made by none other than Debbie Barbier…
When Greg Parker’s attorney Deborah Barbier told Spartanburg police she'd been “harassed” in a hotel lobby the morning of Mandy's contempt hearing on June 22, 2026, the department did something our team has never seen done so thoroughly for a harassment complaint made by a woman: it investigated.
Multiple officers. Multiple weeks. Untold public monies. Search warrants signed by magistrate judges with no explanation of what probable cause existed — including a search of Mandy's Marriott room records and private guest information divulged over the phone. Hours of surveillance footage later, police could not locate the confrontation Barbier described, and the case is now listed as "inactive".
We’re revisiting what South Carolina's harassment statute actually says, and ask why protected first amendment activities keep getting recast as crimes… and why behavior matching the statute is disregarded.
Then we relook at McClatchy reporter John Monk’s coverage of Mandy's contempt proceedings through the prism of his 44 year old son’s federal indictment on child sexual abuse material charges — to which Monk Jr. has pleaded not guilty. We have questions…
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SC Code of Laws - 16-3-1700: Harassment and Stalking ⚖️
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John Monk's Defamatory Article on Mandy's April 7th Hearing in Gaffney, SC - April 9, 2026
Another Article From John Monk Lobbing Ire At Mandy - April 30, 2026
Monk's Additionally Defamatory Article On Mandy's Contempt Proceedings - July 11, 2026
“Former Columbia Teacher Indicted for Attempted Production, Distribution, and Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material” - U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina, July 28, 2026 📰
Referenced Episodes: COJ 189 & TSP 12 🎧
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30 July 2026, 7:56 am - 1 hour 6 minutesTrue Sunlight #157 - 'Flee' Gilley Extends His Stay in Italy + The Strange Tale of a Mass Squatter
Ten days after an unprecedented contempt order shook South Carolina to its core, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are still standing — and they've got a lot of ground to cover.
First, Mandy updates listeners on jaw-dropping injustice as we dig our foxholes and announce a new addition to her growing legal team intent on defending the first amendment and due process.
Then, things get a little... cinematic… because the Lee Gilley saga has officially crossed into foreign territory. Lee is still in Italy. The extradition fight is stalling. Harris County keeps fumbling the ball. And somehow, a man named Matthew Jackson managed to squat inside Christa Bauer's million-dollar Houston home while all of this was happening.
It’s the WILD WILD WEST. It's lawless. It's outrageous. It's a lot. Christa deserved better — and we’re pressing on to uncover The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
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“Stereotypes About Belgium That People Get Wrong” - Culture Trip, Sept 21, 2025
“The Schengen Area: A Complete Traveler’s Guide for 2026” - Etias, June 5, 2026
“Lee Gilley’s extradition held up as Italian court questions whether death penalty is in play, attorney says” - Houston Public Media, July 21, 2026
“Houston man claimed ownership of a dozen vacant properties — including two homes tied to homicides” - Houston Chronicle, July 2, 2026
Referenced Episodes: TSP 146 [Part One]
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23 July 2026, 9:56 am - 48 minutes 6 secondsTSP #156 [Part Two] - Reasonable Fear of an Unreasonable Justice System: More on Mandy's $176,500 Punishment Without Process
[Part Two of Two]
In Part Two, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down exactly how Parker's attorneys weaponized a judge's old-fashioned notions of what a scared woman looks like — and why South Carolina's appointed judiciary has no reason to care what you think about it… Demand better!
Attorneys for a billionaire gas station owner allegedly billed $310,000 (allegedly because the invoices are secret) — the cost of approximately two murder defenses — in secret billings – to punish a journalist for wanting to feel safe at her own deposition. A deposition that was attempted in March and happened in April.
Judge R. Keith Kelly obliged them, ordering Mandy to pay $171,500 in attorneys fees and a $5,000 fine to coerce a deposition that already happened back in April. We believe that Mandy’s constitutional rights were violated and it makes us worry for all of us.
The contempt charge brought by attorneys who represented Alex Murdaugh's convicted co-conspirators and decided by the same judge who lets Gregg Roman continue to dodge his deposition… the lesson is clear: EVADE SERVICE at all costs and skate free. Cooperate to your best ability: and they’ll ruin your life in return.
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