Could One Person Really Have Killed Both Murdaughs Alone?

Could One Person Really Have Killed Both Murdaughs Alone?

Author: Hidden Killers Podcast June 1, 2026 Duration: 15:57

Could one person really have killed both Maggie and Paul Murdaugh by himself? That's the question two FBI veterans take apart in this segment — and one of them carried a weapon on FBI SWAT for two decades, so she knows exactly what firing a shotgun at close range does to the person pulling the trigger. With Alex Murdaugh's convictions overturned and a new trial ordered, the original defense theory is suddenly relevant again: two different guns, used feet apart, and an argument that no single shooter could have done both.

Tony Brueski is joined by retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer — with former FBI Counterintelligence chief Robin Dreeke's behavioral lens in the room — to run the scenario the way the Bureau would. Forget the name for a minute. Two bodies at a set of rural dog kennels. With fresh eyes and no suspect locked in, where does that scene actually point? Coffindaffer reads the physical staging, the two-weapon problem, and the kind of person who'd have a reason to drive onto that land.

This is not a verdict on whether Alex Murdaugh is a decent human being — he admitted to stealing millions, and that conviction still stands. It's a clear-eyed look at whether the murder case holds up under a profiler's scrutiny, and at the question the defense has somehow never answered: if it was someone else, why have they never named a name?

If you want the investigator's read instead of the headline, press play. Two FBI veterans, one of the most analyzed crime scenes in the country, and a case that's wide open again.

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