Southern Gothic - Netflix Documentary on Murdaughs

Not since the murder of a preacher by his wife - Mary Winkler - has a saga from the South so fascinated the world. This true crime story is about the five murders associated with the influentiql Murdaugh family of lawyers in South Carolina. Also thrown in are small-town life, power, alleged fraud, an alternate sexual orientation, and addiction. The setting has a signature watermelon festival.

Now it is a three-part documentary on Netflix. Here is the review by Variety.

The ethos is the control a prominent wealthy well-connected legal dynasty has over Hampton County, SC. Of course that seems to extend to the government officials who should be neutral and whose service should be to the overall community.

The most poignant aspect is the death of a young beauty - Mallory - during a boating accident. Paul Murdaugh, operating at three times the legal limit of alchol, had been steering the vessel when it crashed. Mallory had been thrown overboard, hitting her head, and drowning. At the time when Paul and his mother had been murdered he was still awaiting trial. Never had he spent one day in jail.

The person most embedded with what we think of Southern Gothic strange is Alex Murdaugh. He is facing all sorts of legal whatevers. Those include the murder of his wife and son Paul. In addition he is accused of having sticky fingers at the family law firm. He had been tossed out of there. Alex contends he is not guilty.

Probably not even the strong identity of a Manhattan or Inside the Beltway could have created this distinct kind of darkness.

In career coaching those in professional services I recommend they avoid chasing power, at least for its own sake.

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