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Alex Murdaugh person

Named in 42 reports across 1 story - 5 Aug – 19 Aug
5 Aug 202619 Aug 2026

The record - coverage naming Alex Murdaugh that changed after publication

4 edits, 1 article removed5 entries
  1. abcnews.comseen 5 Sept, 23:14article removedthe story

    last seen headlineFederal judge won't make disgraced clerk pay Alex Murdaugh's $600,000 in legal fees for 1st trial

  2. foxcarolina.comseen 14 Aug, 21:25description editedthe story
  3. eptrail.comseen 8 Aug, 19:58description editedthe story
  4. bostonherald.comseen 8 Aug, 17:42description editedthe story
  5. republicanherald.comseen 8 Aug, 16:34description editedthe story

The web around Alex Murdaugh

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Alex Murdaugh. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Alex Murdaugh.

Colleton County and South Carolina share 29 reportsCarolina Supreme Court and Colleton County share 24 reportsCarolina Supreme Court and South Carolina share 24 reportsBecky Hill and Carolina Supreme Court share 21 reportsBecky Hill and Colleton County share 19 reportsBecky Hill and South Carolina share 19 reportsBecky Hill and Supreme Court share 19 reportsBecky Hill and United States Court share 17 reportsColleton County and United States Court share 17 reportsSouth Carolina and United States Court share 17 reportsCarolina Supreme Court and United States Court share 17 reportsCarolina Supreme Court and Supreme Court share 16 reportsSouth Carolina and Supreme Court share 14 reportsColleton County and Supreme Court share 14 reportsSupreme Court and United States Court share 14 reportsCharleston and Colleton County share 10 reportsCharleston and South Carolina share 10 reportsBecky Hill and Richard Gergel share 10 reportsSouth Carolina and Spartanburg share 6 reportsColleton County and Spartanburg share 6 reportsCharleston and Spartanburg share 6 reportsCarolina Supreme Court and Debra Mccaslin share 5 reportsColleton County and Debra Mccaslin share 5 reportsCarolina Supreme Court and Charleston share 5 reportsCarolina Supreme Court and Richard Gergel share 5 reportsRichard Gergel and Supreme Court share 5 reportsDebra Mccaslin and South Carolina share 5 reportsCharleston and Debra Mccaslin share 4 reportsRichard Gergel and United States Court share 3 reportsColleton County and Richard Gergel share 3 reportsRichard Gergel and South Carolina share 3 reportsBecky Hill and Spartanburg share 1 reportBecky Hill and Charleston share 1 reportCarolina Supreme Court and Spartanburg share 1 reportAlex MurdaughColleton CountyColleton County - 29 shared reports (place)South Carol…South Carolina - 29 shared reports (place)Carolina Su…Carolina Supreme Court - 28 shared reports (organization)Becky HillBecky Hill - 27 shared reports (person)Supreme Cou…Supreme Court - 22 shared reports (organization)United States Cou…United States Court - 17 shared reports (organization)CharlestonCharleston - 10 shared reports (place)Richard Ger…Richard Gergel - 10 shared reports (person)Debra Mccas…Debra Mccaslin - 6 shared reports (person)SpartanburgSpartanburg - 6 shared reports (place)

The stories

Federal judge won't make disgraced clerk pay Alex Murdaugh's $600,000 in legal fees for 1st trial

15 outlets42 reports name Alex Murdaugh5 Aug – 19 Aug

People they appear with

Becky Hill27Richard Gergel10Debra Mccaslin6Dick Harpootlian4Paul Murdaugh4James Pollard3Margaret Maggie Murdaugh3Rebecca Hill2Adam Sabes1

Places in the same coverage

Colleton County29South Carolina29Charleston10Spartanburg6Houston4

Organisations in the same coverage

Carolina Supreme Court28Supreme Court22United States Court17Carolina Circuit Court4Othram Inc4Carolina Law Enforcement Division2

Who keeps naming them

iheart.com14foxnews.com3wach.com2bostonherald.com1republicanherald.com1krcrtv.com1wchstv.com1myfox28columbus.com1foxcarolina.com1foxreno.com1abc11.com1abc15.com1

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