Hulu limited drama Murdaugh Death in the Family premieres Oct 15

Hulu’s limited dramatization Murdaugh Death in the Family, which traces the rise and collapse of a prominent South Carolina legal dynasty around the 2021 killings of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, premieres October 15 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney. The eight-episode series launches with three episodes on day one and will release subsequent episodes weekly on Wednesdays through November 19 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern. A companion podcast hosted by Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell, creators of the original reporting that inspired the series, will debut the same day.

The series was created by Michael D. Fuller and Erin Lee Carr and produced by UCP. Jason Clarke stars as Alex Murdaugh and Patricia Arquette as Maggie Murdaugh, with Brittany Snow portraying podcaster Mandy Matney. The supporting cast includes J. SmithCameron, Johnny Berchtold as Paul, Will Harrison as Buster, Gerald McRaney and Noah Emmerich. Steven Piet directs several episodes; executive producers include Fuller, Carr and Matney, among others.

Murdaugh Death in the Family draws on the reporting that first exposed questions about the family's conduct and on public records while dramatizing private interactions and dialogue for...