Week In Review

The first substantive hearing of accused killer Alex Murdaugh’s retrial was full of fireworks. Founding editor Will Folks and research director Jenn Wood break down a busy status conference dealing with Murdaugh 2.0 venue, DNA evidence, polygraphs - and a surprise reference to a potentially related homicide.
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The Week In Review (WIR) is South Carolina's most indispensable news program — hosted by the independent media outlet that exposed the Alex Murdaugh crime and corruption dynasty. Each week, we break down the most impactful stories published to our website, FITSNews.com.

New episodes drop every Saturday at 9 a.m. EST.

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Founding editor Will Folks discusses how South Carolina is putting the ‘special’ in a special election for the U.S. Senate, specifically the seat vacated by last month’s sudden passing of Lindsey Graham. From cattle call to court drama, this race is off the rails! Will and research director Jenn Wood also discuss a flurry of filings in Alex Murdaugh’s looming retrial - as well as big developments in two Murdaugh-related civil cases. 

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Chapters:
0:00 - Senate Election Updates
9:50 - Murdaugh Saga Continued

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The Week In Review (WIR) is South Carolina's most indispensable news program — hosted by the independent media outlet that exposed the Alex Murdaugh crime and corruption dynasty. Each week, we break down the most impactful stories published to our website, FITSNews.com.

New episodes drop every Saturday at 9 a.m. EST.

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Founding editor Will Folks and research director Jenn Wood discuss a major scandal enveloping a coastal South Carolina church, updates in the ‘Rose Petal Murder’ appeal, a critical motions hearing in an upcoming quadruple homicide trial and horrific details associated with n alleged drowning murder. Jenn and chief photog Andy Fancher also take inventory of the latest accountability set to befall disgraced South Carolina sheriff Chuck Wright.

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0:34 - Sickening Church Scandal Rocks the South Carolina Coast
6:23 - Zachary Hughes and His Push For A New ‘Rose Petal Murder’ Trial
15:33 - Ross Vilardi Challenges Evidence Ahead of Quadruple Murder Trial
18:20 - Criminal Charges, Civil Probe of Midlands Foster Child
21:13 - Ex-Sheriff Chuck Wright Faces 65 Ethics Charges; Abandoned SLED Investigation

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The Week In Review (WIR) is South Carolina's most indispensable news program — hosted by the independent media outlet that exposed the Alex Murdaugh crime and corruption dynasty. Each week, we break down the most impactful stories published to our website, FITSNews.com.

New episodes drop every Saturday at 9 a.m. EST.

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Our founding editor, Will Folks, opens with a wide-ranging breakdown of the passing of U.S. senator Lindsey Graham and the fallout from it globally, nationally and in his home state of South Carolina. Then he breaks down the week's biggest South Carolina stories — including the Vilardi and Murdaugh sagas — with researcher Jenn Wood, followed by a candid conversation with investigative reporter Andy Fancher on the Flock camera scandal rocking the Upstate.

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Chapters:
0:00 - The Death of Senator Lindsey Graham
0:00 - Murdaugh's Civil Case and New Ross Vilardi Filings
0:00 - Allegations of Flock Abuse Envelop Upstate PD

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The Week In Review (WIR) is South Carolina's most indispensable news program — hosted by the independent media outlet that exposed the Alex Murdaugh crime and corruption dynasty. Each week, we break down the most impactful stories published to our website, FITSNews.com.

New episodes drop every Saturday at 9 a.m. EST.

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FITSNews founding editor Will Folks and researcher/chief photog. Andrew Fancher discuss a week in federal court where everything came to a head for ex-Sheriff Chuck Wright and two codefendants, who each received varying sentences ranging from 41 months in federal prison to five years probation. 

They further acknowledge the broader network of alleged criminal activity tied to Wright's 20+ years in office.

Then, Folks is joined by FITSNews researcher Jenn Wood to discuss the deeply disturbing murder of 4-year-old Javeayah Harris. They then switch gears to cover yet another arrest of the man now unofficially designated "The Folly Beach Menace," Ron Rallis.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Ex-Sheriff Chuck Wright Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison
0:00 - The "Deeply Disturbing" Murder of 4-Year-Old Javeayah Harris
0:00 - Yet Another Ron Rallis Arrest

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The Week In Review (WIR) is South Carolina's most indispensable news program — hosted by the independent media outlet that exposed the Alex Murdaugh crime and corruption dynasty. Each week, we break down the most impactful stories published to our website, FITSNews.com.

New episodes drop every Saturday at 9 a.m. EST.

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FITSNews founding editor Will Folks and researcher Jenn Wood break down the latest in the Alex Murdaugh case. With his double-murder retrial date set for April 2027, long-standing discrepancies in the state's evidence have drawn renewed interest.

Then, Wood is joined by FITSNews investigative reporter Andrew Fancher to discuss the death of Elena Moore and a decade-old police scandal tied to her husband, along with ex-sheriff Chuck Wright's incoming federal sentencing and the network of corruption that allegedly surrounds him.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Judge Sets Double-Murder Trial Date for Alex Murdaugh
8:42 - Murdaugh “Evidence" and a Federal Civil Lawsuit
16:11 - Elena Moore's Death and Her Husband's Decade-Old Police Scandal
23:04 - Chuck Wright's Federal Sentencing and the Network That Persists

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The Week In Review (WIR) is South Carolina's most indispensable news program — hosted by the independent media outlet that exposed the Alex Murdaugh crime and corruption dynasty. Each week, we break down the most impactful stories published to our website, FITSNews.com.

New episodes drop every Saturday at 9 a.m. EST.

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FITSNews founding editor Will Folks and researcher Jenn Wood break down a big night in South Carolina politics as Attorney General Alan Wilson wins storms to a runoff victory over Lt. Gov. (and Ohio native) Pamela Evette.

Folks and Wood then discuss the looming retrial of accused family killer Alex Murdaugh, including an upcoming status conference and the nonstop stream of new questions surrounding SLED's handling of the case.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Life’s a beach 
1:59 - Alan Wilson Wins Big, Trump Endorsement Falls Flat
11:49 - The Alex Murdaugh Retrial Process Begins
19:13 - Did SLED Drop the Ball on Murdaugh?

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The Week In Review (WIR) is South Carolina's most indispensable news program — hosted by the independent media outlet that exposed the Alex Murdaugh crime and corruption dynasty. Each week, we break down the most impactful stories published to our website, FITSNews.com.

New episodes drop every Saturday at 9 a.m. EST.

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FITSNews founding editor Will Folks and researcher Jenn Wood break down this week's biggest stories ahead of South Carolina's June 9 partisan primary.

As first reported on FITSNews.com -- The interplay between election year politics and the Alex Murdaugh retrial, the suspiciously timed death of political operative Chris Slick and allegations of a "corrupt bargain" shadowing Trump's endorsement for South Carolina governor.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Bracing for a Chaotic Partisan Primary
1:06 - Election Politics v. Murdaugh Retrial
8:07 - A Political Operative's Mysterious Death in Belize
15:15 - Trump endorsement fuels speculation of "corrupt bargain"
21:10 - Polls, Candidates, Dropouts and Greenbacks

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The Week In Review (WIR) is South Carolina's most indispensable news program — hosted by the independent media outlet that exposed the Alex Murdaugh crime and corruption dynasty. Each week, we break down the most impactful stories published to our website, FITSNews.com.

New episodes drop every Saturday at 9 a.m. EST.

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FITSNews' Will Folks and Jenn Wood weigh in on whether formerly convicted, now-accused killer Alex Murdaugh deserves the death penalty -- with Wood sitting down individually with attorney Phillip Barber and novelist James Lasdun to revisit the case.

Also this week: Clemson University inherits a DEI problem while simultaneously grappling with billion-dollar woes. Plus, South Carolina strikes down Trump's redistricting push.

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The Week In Review (WIR) is South Carolina's most indispensable news program — hosted by the independent media outlet that exposed the Alex Murdaugh crime and corruption dynasty. Each week, we break down the most impactful stories published to our website, FITSNews.com.

New episodes drop every Saturday at 9 a.m. EST.

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Chapters:
0:00 - The Groundwork
0:51 - South Carolina Bucks Trump on Redistricting
4:08 - Clemson University’s DEI Controversy and Billion-Dollar Woes
10:16 - Does Alex Murdaugh Deserve the Death Penalty?
16:58 - Murdaugh’s Case Re-examined with Attorney Phillip Barber and Novelist James Lasdun

As the second trial of accused killer Alex Murdaugh takes shape, FITSNews.com founder Will Folks sat down with S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson and lead prosecutor Creighton Waters -- the two men who secured his first convictions and who must now convince another jury he killed his wife and younger son after the S.C. Supreme Court reversed the original verdicts.

Filmed inside the S.C. Attorney General's Office in Columbia, S.C., Wilson and Waters discuss the challenges awaiting them as they prepare for what many are calling the Retrial of the Century.