Impact of Influence: The Murdaugh Family Murders and Other Cases

Russell Lafitte was convicted of financial crimes that he committed with Alex Murdaugh. Lafitte appealed and is now out of prison.

There is more on juror #785, the egg juror, Myra Crosby.

A judge recuses himself from a lawsuit involving the Mallory Beach boat crash.

Monkeys escaped from the monkey farm in the low country of South Carolina.

In this episode attorney Matt Siembieda break down all the legal dealings.

Matt and Seton chat about the monkey farm and monkey island.

Matt Siembieda is an attorney and law professor at Temple Law School.

Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present fro the southeast region of the U.S.

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Susan Smith was convicted in 1995 of drowning her two young sons.

Smith was sentenced to life in prison but avoided the death penalty.

Smith had her fist parole hearing November 19th and her parole was denied.

In this episode you will from Susan Smith, her attorney, her ex husband, the prosecutors and more who made statements at her hearing.

Susan Smith's story shocked the nation in October of 1994 when she claimed a black man had kidnapped her two young sons.

For nine days, she made dramatic pleas on national television for their safe return but suspicious quickly turned to Smith herself.

Smith confessed on November 3, 1994 to murdering her two children.

There are two Impact of Influence podcast episodes the Smith case.

Feb 16 episode "The Story of Killer Mom, Susan Smith"

Feb 22 episode "Susan Smith's Spicy Phone Calls"

Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present from the southeast region of the U.S.

Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company.

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Joe McCulloch is the attorney for Myra Crosby. Crosby is also known as the "egg juror' and "juror 785". Crosby was dismissed from the Murdaugh jury just hours before deliberation.

McCulloch, on Crosby's behalf, has petitioned the South Carolina Supreme Court to give a reason as why the court has not allowed certain parts of the Murdaugh murder trial proceedings, including en camera discussions between Judge Newman and his client, to be released to the public. McCulloch maintains it is a violation of his client's rights to not have those records released.

The full interview with Myra Crosby is available in the August 28th episode "Dismissed Murdaugh Juror Speaks Out"

Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present from the southeast region of the U.S.

Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company.

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On October 28, 2022, Shanquella Robinson traveled with 6 people to Cabo,

Mexico for vacation. The next day she was pronounced dead in her vacation villa.

The first reports were that she died of alcohol poisoning.

Then an autopsy from Mexico listed her cause of death as violent and with severe neck and spinal injuries.

Her death became even more complicated when a video surfaced on social media of Shanquella being brutally beaten by one of her trip mates, Daejhanae Jackson, and filmed by another member of the group, named the Cabo 6.

An autopsy of Shanquella Robinson conducted in Charlotte on November 17, 2022, found Robinson’s spine intact, contradicting past claims by Mexican authorities who had initially said Robinson’s spine was broken

On Nov. 18, 2022 the FBI opened an investigation into the cause of Shanquella's death.

November 23, an arrest warrant was issued by authorities in Mexico levying charges of femicide in the Robinson case. No names were released.

Two years after Shanquella Robinson's death her mother's attorneys have filed lawsuits against "the Cabo Six", the U.S. State Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

In this episode you will hear from Shanquella Robinson's mother and her attorney.

Impact of Influence has released six episodes having to do with Shanquella Robinson's death.

Look for these past episodes

4/20/23 The Shanquella Robinson Case

4/28/2023 The Shanquella Robinson Case, The Video

5/03/2023 Shanquella Robinson Case, Expert Analyzes The Autopsy

5/11/2023 How Extradition Works and When and Why It Is Used

8/11/2023 Questions Remain in The Shanquella Robinson Case, her Father Speaks Out

10/30/2023 Remembering Shanquella Robinson and Still No Answers

Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present from the southeast region of the U.S.

Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company.

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Alex Murduagh's former home, Moselle, has a new owner. Seton talked to the new owner and he has some things he wanted to share.

Seton's Uber driver happened to have a connection to a man put to death by South Carolina in September. That lead to an interesting conversation.

There was a lot of response to the interview Impact did with Murdaugh juror Aimee Williams.

Plus, some clarification from another juror, Myra.

Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present from the southeast region of the U.S.

Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company.

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There was a settlement in a Mallory Beach fatal boat crash lawsuit. A judge in another Beach case recuses himself.

There are new filings in Buster Murdaugh's defamation lawsuit.

Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present from the southeast region of the U.S.

Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company.

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Amie Williams was the 12th juror during the Alex Murdaugh trial in which Alex was convicted of murdering his wife and son.

Williams has written a book about the experience, The Long Road to Justice: Unraveling Alex Murdaugh's Tangled Web.

Williams shares her thoughts on the trial and what it was like to be a juror in a case that was watched by the entire country.

What are her thoughts on exactly how the murder happened? Was there jury tampering? Which witness really affected her? How did she feel about the defense team and the prosecution team? What did she learn from her trip to Moselle?

To order her book https://thelongroadtojustice.com

Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present from the southeast region of the U.S.

Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company.

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In the sixth, and final episode, of the Jimmy Robertson series, you will hear the attorneys arguments for and against Robertson getting the death penalty.

In November of 1997, two days before Thanksgiving, Earl and Terry Robertson were brutally murdered by their son, Jimmy Robertson.

The story captivated the nation. The story of a well off couple being murdered by their math genius son caught the eye of the country.

The trial was covered gavel to gavel on CourtTV.

In the first episode of the series Matt and Seton gave you all that happened leading up to the gruesome murders, the scene of the crime, and the arrests that followed.

In episode 2, the lead solicitor, Tommy Pope discussed his memory fo the trial.

In episode 3, reporter Pete Kaliner talked about covering the trial and his run in with Robertson.

In episode 4 listen to parts of the trail. the defense closing on guilty or not guilty, unsettling testimony from the victims of Robertson's stalking, and a psychiatrist tries to keep Jimmy off of death row.

In episode 5 of the series, Matt and Seton cover Robertson's "accomplice", Meredith Moon.

Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present from the southeast region of the U.S.

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Attorney Mark Tinsley represents the family of Mallory Beach who was killed in a boat crash in which the alleged driver was Paul Murdaugh.

The Beach family is involved in an outage lawsuit with Parker's Convenience Store.

Tinsley is asking that the Judge in the step down from the case.

We discuss that with Seton's father and attorney Matt Siembieda.

Matt Siembieda is an attorney and law professor at Temple Law School.

Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present fro the southeast region of the U.S.

Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company.

Look for Impact of Influence on Facebook and Youtube.

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Alex Murdaugh receives a blow in his attempt for a lesser sentence on financial crimes..

Murdaugh's disgraced banker buddy, Russell Lafitte, asks for a new trail.

Buster Murdaugh's defamation lawsuit moved to state court.

We discuss with Seton's father and attorney Matt Siembieda.

Matt Siembieda is an attorney and law professor at Temple Law School.

Seton Tucker and Matt Harris began the Impact of Influence podcast shortly after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh. Now they cover true crime past and present fro the southeast region of the U.S.

Impact of Influence is part of the Evergreen Podcast Company.

Look for Impact of Influence on Facebook and Youtube.

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