- 1 hour 5 minutesTeam Murdaugh’s Hail-Mary Motion Reveals Juicy Insider Details Of Murder Investigation (171pt1)
While I breathe, I freaking hope: South Carolina just elected its first woman to the U.S. Senate — and Mandy’s got her spark back.
A much needed spark at that, because on the eve of Halloween, attorneys Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin filed their spookiest brief yet ahead of Alex Murdaugh’s pretrial hearing on Friday November 13th in the do-over of his double-murder trial. Now they’re straight-up claiming prosecutorial misconduct by SLED and the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office!
Team Murdaugh’s memo supporting their motion to dismiss the indictments was full of the usual soundbite-grabbing lines, indignance and accusations — but this time they went further, attaching some VERY INTERESTING exhibits.
On Part One of True Sunlight #171, Investigative Journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell share what they’ve learned from three of the juiciest attachments: SLED Special Agent David Owen’s daily notes — including signs that Alex was so rattled by his final interview, when Owen asked outright if he killed Maggie and Paul, that he appears to have had his mother-in-law call SLED… and mentions of Stephen Smith.
In Part Two: the State Grand Jury’s subpoena list and the story it tells about both investigations… plus so much more.
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Send Senator-elect Annie Andrews your Congrats 🎉 on Facebook and Instagram 💙
“...Annie Andrews wins South Carolina Senate race in major upset” - NPR, Nov 3, 2026 📰
Mandy celebrates Dr. Annie Andrews’ senate race win! 💙
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5 November 2026, 11:00 am - 1 hour 47 secondsThe Audacity of ‘The Gilleyship’: Christa’s Parents Fight for Custody of Grandchildren and File Lawsuit (170)
Part One of One (👻Because🧙Happy Halloween! 🎃)
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell give massive update on the Christa Bauer Gilley case and Lee Gilley’s Big 'Flee' to Italy.
On today’s episode, Mandy and Liz start by breaking down the big change implemented in Harris County, Texas, in response to Lee being able to cut off his ankle monitor this past May, pedal a bike to somewhere (!?), get himself to Memphis, take a private jet to Canada and then hop aboard a commercial airline to Milan, Italy.
Instead of tracking their ankle-monitored defendants from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday — as it was when Lee made his escape — defendants will now be monitored 24/7. Why didn’t this already exist in the country’s THIRD-LARGEST county by population? What is the point of having a PART TIME ankle-monitoring system?!?
Also, Liz and Mandy catch everyone up on the extradition situation in Italy and what happens next, the current custody fight happening in Harris County Family court as Christa Bauer’s parents seek full custody of their grandchildren, as well as details about the wrongful death complaint the Bauers have filed against Lee for allegedly strangling their daughter on the night of Oct. 7, 2024, killing her and her unborn child.
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Episode References“Harris County expands ankle monitor oversight after cases of defendants allegedly cutting monitors, fleeing” - ABC 13, Oct 26, 2026 📰
Follow Bryce Newberry of KPRC 2 News on Facebook and Instagram 🌐🌐
“Ira Einhorn, Counterculture Guru and Murderer, Dies in Prison at 79” - NYT, Updated April 9, 2020 📰
“Justice for Our Daughter Christa” - WSJ, Oct 6, 2026 📰
“‘Back to normalcy’: Grandparents detail caring for Lee Gilley’s children in custody fight” - Houston Chronicle, Oct 22, 2026 📰Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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29 October 2026, 9:00 am - 40 minutes 7 secondsDick Lies In Court Again: Did He Really Put An Informant On Blast And Throw PMPED Under the Bus? (169pt2)
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell continue to break down how Dick Harpootlian got admonished for lying to the court — and then, in the same Murdaugh Murders Retrial hearing, he may have done it again.
In Part Two, Mandy and Liz unpack the defense’s pile of motions to compel (a civil-case tool, as Judge McCaslin reminded everyone — the state is already compelled by law), the ruling that lets the defense consume the last of that tiny DNA sample, and the bombshell Dick dropped for the cameras: a man he described as a “drug dealer… doing federal time” who allegedly (according to Dick) said he sold $15,000–$20,000 a week in pills to the Murdaugh family and PMPED.
Then we checked the public record — the prison records, the federal docket, the plea agreement — and it tells a very different story.
Plus: Creighton’s “very, very damning” comment about one of Alec’s ride-or-die friends, and why we’ve reached the point of no return.
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Alex Murdaugh’s Fourth Pre-Trial Hearing on Fri, Nov 13, 2026 📅
Judge McCaslin’s “This is a court of justice. And candor with the court is NOT OPTIONAL” speech 🌐
“SC grand jury to look at drug money trail from Alex Murdaugh to Lowcountry gang, sources say” - The Island Packet, Updated Nov 1, 2021 📰
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26 October 2026, 10:00 am - 1 hour 3 secondsDick Gets Hammered: Judge McCaslin Changes Murdaugh Murders Case Going Forward - 169
At Friday's pre-trial hearing in the Murdaugh murders retrial, Judge Debra McCaslin corrected the record on Dick Harpootlian's claim that Alex passed a polygraph "with flying colors" — he actually failed the only polygraph he ever took on his financial crimes, and has never been polygraphed about the murders — and then Judge McCaslin delivered the reprimand we never let ourselves hope for: candor with the court is not optional (👀 Mebbie…?).
This case will be tried under the rules of evidence, "not in the press and not in the court of public opinion." Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down the polygraph saga fact by fact, the April 5, 2027 trial date showdown ("whether you like it or not"), and the legacy (old man) media coverage that buried the lede.
Part Two will open a whole can of wriggly worms about Ryan Spencer North, and Big Creighton Energy AKA BCE.
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Episode References
Mandy’s “Goodbye South Carolina” post 🌐
Relisten to LUNASHARK’s Colucci Case coverage on Spotify 🎧
Judge McCaslin’s “This is a court of justice. And candor with the court is NOT OPTIONAL” speech 🌐
South Carolina’s RULE 3.3: Candor Toward The Tribunal ⚖️
“Judge McCaslin at Murdaugh hearing: ‘I’ll not allow proceedings to become a circus’” - The State, Oct 16, 2026 📰
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22 October 2026, 1:05 pm - 45 minutes 55 secondsMo Mullen, Mo Problems: “I Didn’t Hear It on This Clip” - Mullen’s Testimony Meets The Recording (168pt2)
In Part Two of 168 covering Judge Carmen Mullen’s historic disciplinary hearing, ODC attorney Ericka Williams locks Mullen into the recording’s timeline — her first words to deputies captured from the 7:32 mark on — then asks the only question that matters: where on this tape do you ask officers to take Ernie to a hospital? Her answer, under oath: “I didn’t hear it on this clip.”
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down the verb tenses that undercut her I-learned-it-all-on-scene story, her “I sign warrants all the time” moment, the claim that jail was the best mental healthcare available, and a character parade featuring her husband and a former Chief Justice.
Plus: Eric Bland takes us inside the courtroom, and leaves a message for y’all.
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SC Office of Disciplinary Counsel FAQs ⚖️
SC Code 16-17-530 - Public Disorderly Conduct ⚖️
Previous Episode: TSP 168 [Part One] 🎧
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12 October 2026, 11:14 am - 58 minutes 35 secondsCommunity Caretaker Carmen? Judge Mullen Takes The Stand in ODC Hearing (168pt1)
Nearly four years after first reporting that South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Carmen Mullen was caught on video trying to find probable cause to arrest a mentally ill man in her gated neighborhood, Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are finally seeing justice start to take shape. But will there be consequences?
On Sept. 29, 2026, Judge Mullen appeared before the Commission on Judicial Conduct to answer for her actions on Dec. 7, 2017, on Hilton Head Island, when she inserted herself into a landlord-tenant dispute with sheriff’s deputies at the scene.
Judge Mullen says she was duty-bound to protect the man and get him medical help. Does the evidence show that? Not at all — in Mandy's and Liz's opinions, anyway. However, good ole’ legacy media, as always, seems to have her back.
On Part One, we share hearing testimony — including from the deputy on the scene that night — and go back to the receipts, comparing Judge Mullen's sworn story against what she actually said and did while suggesting ways to get the man charged and jailed — a man deputies said had committed no crime.
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“The law of the heart vs the law: SC Judge defends herself at discipline hearing” - The State, Oct 1, 2026 📰
“SC Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen to face rare disciplinary hearing for alleged abuse of power in 2017” - The Post and Courier, Sept 29, 2026 📰
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8 October 2026, 8:43 am - 34 minutes 28 secondsWho Leaked Greg Alexander’s Allegations and Why + Dick Outs Murdaugh Grand Jury Witnesses (167pt2)
Stay Tuned for our replay and analysis of Judge Carmen Mullen’s combative ODC hearing Monday for Premium Members.
We knew something was fishy about the Greg Alexander leak — and then Team Murdaugh told on themselves. Right as Part 1 wrapped, Dick and Jim filed a third motion to compel, accusing the state of a Brady violation for sitting on a 2023 witness statement they claim to have "learned of from a newspaper." But the motion does something reckless: it outs the names of alleged state grand jury witnesses and SLED's alleged source — the very secrecy meant to protect witnesses in a case involving the freaking Murdaughs.
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell walk through the subpoena timeline, the Joe McCulloch factor, and the Icarus problem at the heart of the defense's argument: to blow up the Alexander investigation, they have to treat allegations as true that would point straight back at Murdaugh.
Plus: Some words for SLED and the AG's office.
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Alex Murdaugh’s October 16th Status Conference 🗓️
“Pair of Lowcountry cops investigated for allegedly handling missing Murdaugh murder weapons” - The Post and Courier, Sept 27, 2026 📰
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5 October 2026, 10:03 am - 1 hour 11 minutesWhat’s Behind The Big Leaks About Police Chief Greg Alexander and Murdaugh Murder Weapons? (167pt1)
This week, The (Charleston) Post and Courier reported that Yemassee Police Chief Greg Alexander — a loyal ally of accused murderer Alex Murdaugh — is under State Grand Jury investigation on accusations that he transported the Murdaugh murder weapons and bloody clothing to his police station after Alex's wife and son were killed on June 7, 2021.
For years, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell have reported on Alexander's ties to Murdaugh — and huge questions have existed from the start about his movements that night and why he was at the murder scene at all.
Alex's little brother tried to answer those questions at the 2023 trial, but only added to the confusion.
While it's encouraging that SLED and the Attorney General's Office are finally investigating, Mandy and Liz smell something fishy. Why is this leaking now? Who benefits from these headlines six months before Alex's trial? And what role, if any, does Team Murdaugh have in making it public?
We'll get into more Murdaugh filings on Part Two with all the Mullen matters reserved for next week - tune in Monday 10/5/26 on Patreon, YouTube or Facebook to watch the redacted hearing.
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“Pair of Lowcountry cops investigated for allegedly handling missing Murdaugh murder weapons” - The Post and Courier, Sept 27, 2026 📰
“Murdaugh Retrial | Defense Attorneys Hold Press Conference” - Live 5 News, May 18, 2026 🎞️“Yemassee police captain found not guilty” - Hampton County Guardian, Nov 27, 2012 📰
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1 October 2026, 10:06 am - 44 minutes 40 seconds‘Let Me Find Some Charges’: Checking Judge Carmen Mullen’s Own Words Before Her Hearing (166pt2)
In her official answer to the ODC, Judge Carmen Mullen says she was just a good citizen worried about a mentally ill man's safety. In Part Two of True Sunlight #166, Investigative Journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell play the recording from that December 2017 night in Port Royal Plantation and let her own words do the talking.
Mullen tells deputies she has sentenced Ernie "the Attorney" before. She questions whether he has a lease and says she told the homeowner to press charges, then introduces herself to that homeowner… for the first time…? She says "you gotta get rid of him" and asks to "find some charges." According to the police report, she also suggests she could sign the warrant herself.
We also dig into the threat-filled lawsuit against Ernie that Mullen dismissed months earlier, and a Hilton Head real estate agent named Moose Rini whose name keeps coming up in police reports, trial transcripts, and sentencing memos.
Judge Mullen's hearing before the Commission on Judicial Conduct is Tuesday, September 29, in Columbia and our team will be there to capture and share all the details.
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What is breach of trust? - Legal Information Institute, Cornell School of Law
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26 September 2026, 7:07 am - 1 hour 5 minutesJudge Carmen Mullen (Finally?) Faces Formal Misconduct Charges By ODC (166pt1)
In part one of this two-part episode, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell finally get an answer to the question they've asked for years: when will South Carolina's Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) and Commission on Judicial Conduct (CJC) act on the ethics complaints against 14th Circuit Court Judge Carmen Tevis Mullen?
At 10 a.m. Sept. 29, 2026, Judge Mullen will appear before the CJC in Columbia to defend herself against at least four counts of judicial misconduct stemming from a 2017 tenant dispute in her gated Hilton Head Island neighborhood. According to a police report, she wanted a man known as “Ernie the Attorney” arrested, searched for probable cause, and even suggested she could sign a warrant on the spot.
Judge Mullen claims she only wanted Ernie to get mental health care. Mandy and Liz examine the charging document and her answers. In Part Two, the receipts come out.
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Refresh on LUNASHARK®’s reporting on Judge Carmen Mullen 🎧
“Legislative Appointments for Judges: Lessons from South Carolina, Virginia, and Rhode Island” - The Brennan Center for Justice, Sept 29, 2017 📰
The South Carolina ODC’s Disciplinary Process ⚖️
Rule 501: Code of Judicial Conduct ⚖️Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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24 September 2026, 10:37 am - 41 minutes 7 secondsProtect the Pastor: How Tricia Ross and HCPD Helped JP Control the Story (165pt2)
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell continue sharing details from the Mica Francis Miller case that the new Netflix documentary "Death of the Pastor's Wife" didn't include.
In Part Two of True Sunlight #165, Mandy and Liz talk about what went down when Pastor JP Miller's most prized church member assets — a couple in law enforcement — finally saw the light. JP not only seemed to think the Horry County Police Department existed to promptly respond to his needs and accept his version of the truth, he seemed to believe he could turn the department against one of their own in retaliation.
In 2024, JP and faithful sidekick Tricia Ross went after a former church member's job at HCPD — because the officer allegedly sinned by gossiping about "God's anointed". They appealed to now-former Deputy Chief Brandon Strickland — he who was “working in the shadows” of the Scott Spivey investigation — and Brandon apparently hopped to it.
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Rate and Review COERCED: The Devotion and Death of Mica Francis Miller on Apple Podcasts or Spotify 🎧
Mica’s List & Mica’s Law - June 5, 2024 💜⚖️
Beth Braden’s FB Post “JP Miller Appointed a Sex Offender to be ‘Care Pastor’ at Solid Rock” 🧾
National Sex Offender Public Website 🌐
“Grassroots group backs proposal to dissolve Horry County Police Department” - WBTW, Aug 20, 2025 📰
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