Alex Murdaugh murder trial testimony Day 1: Full Video 

Can someone please give that man some damn water ! My misophonia cannot deal with those sounds coming from his mouth the ENTIRE time !!!!

His lip smacking is insufferable 😭

This is eventually going to make one hell of a movie. So much material

4:20:04 Lawyer deliberately called the injured person a paraplegic and Alex took the bait correcting him by stating he was actually a quadriplegic. Just shows how evil he was stealing from someone like that.

It’s so clear in watching this how tactical it was for him to call Paul “Paw Paw”. He starts the first two times calling him Paul and immediately corrects himself to Paw Paw, like oh yeah I’m supposed to be calling him the nickname for my theatrical story!

This is a cold hearted dude. You can’t make me believe that Alex was the only lawyer stealing.Alex learned this from his family.The federal government is should look into all the cases that firm ever had.

The outrage that should be displayed from a man whose wife and son were murdered just isnt there. Actions tell it all.

God the things this guy can blame on opiate drug addiction just defies belief. Millions of dollars stolen because he took pills?? Gimme a break.

I know this sounds odd, given the circumstances, but listening to Murdaugh testify I can see how people were charmed by him and trusted him.

Paul took that video and I'm so glad he did. Puts his dad right there.

Every time the lawyer asks if he shot his family members he replies “no I did not” while frantically nodding his head yes.

It's nice coming back and watching this knowing he's been found guilty

I must say. Through none of his police interviews does he call his son Paul, “Paul-Paul” he REALLY tried it! 😂 trying to make himself have affection for that boy. Shame!

One of the things that gets me and I think everyone agrees is, the lack of anger towards the 'real killer' and the lack of motivation on his part, or any Murdaugh's part, to find who allegedly did these henious murders. That alone speaks volumes as to his guilt.

I think an audit of payouts vs what clients actually received across the entire US would net an astronomical amount of attorneys guilty of these same exact crimes. I believe this to be a industry standard and an unwritten taught scam of the lawyer community.

This was the biggest L in legal history, how the hell are you a lawyer and you get up there with your pawpaw and mags and all that mess? He would have been so much better off had he not testified. I laughed my ass off when I saw this because I knew after he said he was there that his ass was fried.

Who else could have killed Maggie and Paul between 8:50 pm and 9:00 pm at the kennel location while Alex was supposedly napping on his couch in the house, without him hearing 7 rifle and shotgun shots?????????? His story is UTTERLY preposterous. WHY ARE THE FAMILY'S TWO SUSPECT GUNS MISSING? WHY are his shirt and shoes missing? That has never been explained. Am I the only one who keeps watching this learning something new each time I watch?? I'm somehow hooked on this, fascinated and APPALLED by THIS true life crime.

As an attorney, he knows how to chew a bowl of word salad. More words, more confusion for the jurors to try to sort out. What's pertinent, what's word salad? The man is just pure evil. IMO

This man is BEYOND a narcassist. He's absolutely diabolical.

He had it all. A wife, sons and money, and that wasn't enough for him. He is beyond sickening and evil. And now he has NOTHING!!!

If he took a Polygraph Test the machine would explode😂😂

I feel horrible for his family for their untimely deaths being murdered but my heart breaks for the people that trusted him and even those that resulted in death.My God.What evil is this?

Him saying paw paw is killing me

I just can’t believe he thought the bobbing of his head and smacking before talking would fool these jurors. He’s a lawyer and I guess he thought the jurors were gullible

If I was in on the stand being accused of a family murder I didn’t do, I would be so frustrated and angry and saying in every other sentence “you are wasting time! I did not do this! PLEASE reevaluate and GO FIND WHO DID THIS TO MY FAMILY!!!” We are watching a song and dance!

It's all the "addiction" causing everything. His mouth smacking classic when he is forced to pretend to tell the truth. Disgusting too. His paranoia would not come and go like he's describing.He got off ripping ppl. off & enjoying how he is fooling everyone. Just disgusting.

No reason to lie when it comes to your wife and son murder I would be honest about everything to catch the killers..HE DID IT 💯

He even ripped off longtime Nanny who raised his boys! Said there would be big insurance then pocketed it for himself! Maggie was going to divorce him then Paul's lawsuit would cost him $10M!! have no doubt he blew his own family away becuz they were liabilities to him!!

Even a non guilty person would get a tissue or ask for a tissue but he wanted people to see him “crying” because that was the most important thing to him even if it meant having snot all over him which a “typical” person wouldn’t do but someone that’s trying desperately to get you to believe their lie would.

This guy is the king of word salad avoidance.

I just realized this, when Alex is talking about those chickens being “Guard birds “ and making a lot of racket when anything unusual is going on or someone is around, those birds would have been making noise if a vigilante was lurking in the shadows and he would have heard that. Also those dogs would have been barking like crazy! They are hunting dogs! I’m surprised he didn’t shoot the dogs too. He gives me nightmares! Prosecution time was absolutely brilliant! Murdaugh you will meet the devil!

I watched this again. It is absolutely amazing to me that this case was solved by the victim. The person who spent the weekend with him was intuitive enough to document everything. What he wore, where he was, the exact time he died. The guns he used. The shot gun with buck shot and duck shot . He documented they went to duck pond. The blackout and the casings. Just in real. Heart breaking

Key words.... from his ENTIRE testimony..... "I would never INTENTIONALLY hurt my wife Maggie or my son, Paul Paul." He did himself ZERO favors by taking the stand.

He keeps saying he thinks the world of the people he stole from and I find it stunning how he can separate this.

Does Alex really think that the jury believes his stupid lies??

Notice that when talking about his wife, he never said how much he loved her or how he fell in love with her. She was just a goodun who could fit in with his crowd and the poor people. She didn’t take to childbirth like it was a choice. She never questioned the finances and just signed what she wanted her to. Second class, there to serve his needs.

Imagine the information that we didn't get to hear because it didn't make it into trial. I bet there's more and it points to him.

How many time has he said “ I would never intentionally hurt or kill the” oh ok so it was accidental cos you were drugged up? He did it

I have a certain sympathy for his lawyers who must have known they were defending a lying evil murderer and that they were going to get their asses handed to them. I’m sure they tried to get him to plead guilty for a lesser sentence and probably advised him strongly not to take the stand. But this narcissist truly believed he could talk his way out of this. He’s never been held accountable for anything in his entire life, no doubt he thought that would continue. But everyone gets their comeuppance and he got two life sentences worth. The judge gave it to him with both barrels making those sentences run consecutively.

He's comfortable running his mouth in the courtroom. "NO I DID NOT"Pure ignorance. No emotion in denying shooting his "loved ones" but when it comes to affecting his future and his alone the emotion shows.

He’s lied so much, how can we believe him now?

I noticed he won’t look the prosecutor in the eye when speaking to him “No I did not” What’s with all the smacking today? He lied because he was covering up. Why else would he lie. He’s guilty

He gives more detailed information than he needs to. He's trying to establish a rapport with the jury..."make them like me" "they will see that I'm just a normal guy" He gets an A+ for lying constantly and putting on a show. True Narcissist at work here. They got your number...how about Stephen Smith's life? What happened there Alex/Buster? I'm thrilled that case is being opened back up.

It would have driven me nuts him repeating the question and talking in circles. What the hell did he do with all the millions of dollars he stole?

Not once have I seen anyone ask where he got the pills as I am not sure he even had an opiate addiction.

No I did not shaking his head yes. That's body language right there.😒

Him testifying was a super terrible idea 😂 he seemed more guilty with every question An answer.

1 minute in and he’s nodding yes but saying no to if he killed his wife and son. 🤦🏼‍♀️

“I didnt shoot my wife or my Son anytime ever” Why even say the words “anytime” or “ever”? It’s like there was a possibility or a desire to in the past when he could’ve but he didn’t ever shoot them before. Even though he did. It just makes no sense. I don’t know. I can’t explain it. Just seems like those definitely aren’t the words you use to answer THAT question.

Alex Alex Alex you deserve an Oscar for this performance 🎭

He's actually apologizing to everyone for killing them.

There should be charges regarding Badge 570 Badge 571 Impersonating LE as County Soliciter..Caught in a trap...

The way his head has a slight nodding effect. When givin any questions about murdering Maggie and Paul or hiding guns. Is fascinating. His body betrays him

Pau!Pau!!! He’s playing emotional. Don’t believe him. As a seasoned attorney, he knew what would swing a jury

Well, this pillar of society has had his day in court. Amen.

Did anybody notice that Alex said I WILL NEVER INTENTIONALLY DO ANYTHING TO HARM THEM.

Such a wonderful family....his son doesn't even know when his dad's birthday is...

His own lawyer after he detailed his relationship with Maggie, had to point blank ask him if he loved her.

Mr Murdaugh what time did you get home? Well you see this watch is a Swiss watch and the mechanics are very delicate. There’s a historical factory that goes back hundreds of years that employs watchmakers. There was a young man who used to work there that one day was walking in the garden and got stung by a bee……

Today's extremely accurate second-by-second phone records, steps taken, texts repeated etc., reveals facts. And nothing but the facts.

9:14 does anyone else find his statement curious? “When the sunflowers got killed, when we knew they were dead” we knew Paul was coming home.

if he didn’t do it, he definitely knows who did & just don’t want that person to get caught. regardless, he knows exactly what happen to his son & wife

Notice how the prosecutor asks him a question and Alex repeats the prosecutors question before answering? Hes trying to buy himself time before answering. Liars use that delaying tactic....

Interesting how he says he's embarrassed about stealing money from clients not ashamed. Just shows he still doesn't have remorse for stealing.

Love how he thinks he can condense that timeline to fit the story once the video was discovered. Without the video his story works: with the phone in the house, getting up from a nap and txting his wife. The amount of steps he took in the time after the murder could have been explained by saying he woke up a bit late, had to rush around etc. Soon as the video was found none of it made sense.

To the Prosecutor....When Alex Murdaugh is saying he doesn't believe the person was even there is because they were incapacitated in some form from their Injuries, therefore they were not able to come info the office or lacked the mental capacity. That made it easier for him to carry out the criminal offenses as often as he did. This is why he can give the same response over and over..I almost forgot to mention Certified Mail was a way to do things back in the day.

"When you cry, let some snot drip outta your nose. No one would think someone would fake THAT!" ^ probable advice for Alex

I think the constant shaking of the head is his way of agreeing with the prosecution that he’s guilty - he’s a pathetic individual, I can only imagine the pure horror both Maggie and Paul must have experienced as he murdered them in cold blood

Alex has forgotten one HUGE human emotion: 💥ANGER!💥

he's angrier towards the dude who killed the sunflowers...

I honestly believe he planned this for months before he did. I think the ‘threats’ to Paul were what originally sparked the idea. That’s why he thought he could get away with it-and he stared talking about the ‘threats to Paul’ almost immediately. Unfortunately the lies was his undoing. I really thought HE THOUGHT HE WOULD LITERALLY GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Even if it was a spur of the moment - a paranoid moment of thinking Paul and Maggie were against him? EVEN IF he’s acquitted of the Murders, he’s not getting out of jail anytime soon with 99 plus indictments hanging over his head. The Murdaugh name went from something that could potentially ‘open doors’ around town, to being nothing but infamy. I feel for the innocent Murdaugh family members-whomever they are. I also feel for Mallory’s family, and all their/his victims including people like Maggie’s sister Marian Proctor.

I had wondered what actual evidence they had on him. However , the lies he told and the 20 seconds did it for me.

“I would never…intentionally…do anything to hurt Maggie and Paw Paw…” Says it all right there. But I think it’s served up with a huge side of minimizing because by manipulating and setting Maggie up to be there, using TWO different weapons….it was fully intentional.

5:27 I feel like he's saying sorry for the murders.. and he's genuinely sorry, but doesn't want to admit to the murders.

He actually thought he'd get on the stand and get off? He is the ultimate fool for a client, representing himself via the witness stand.

Buster was next in line to inherit the “thrown” of that town, that’s the only reason he didn’t die too

Sooo curious about Alex’s upbringing and his siblings true nature. Something about John Marvin and cleaning up the scene seems off? Maybe not. I’d kill to know more about Alex’s dad and how he supposedly threatened his wife Libby by putting her obituary in the paper when she threatened divorce…I wonder if there’s truth to that, I heard it in the Netflix doc. If true - how sinister and disturbingly frightening!!!

His consistent lies and contradictions, the obvious use of cute nicknames to make him more relatable, the abuse or over extension of his position of power and the fact that he admits to being there at 8:44 and not having a positive alibi until getting to his mothers. The fact that the guns used were missing his gun was loaded the exact same way the hose was touched it, the GSR, the blood spatter, the fact that he was about to lose everything for fraud it really is an open and shut case. There being no specific person that threatened Paul to point the blame at. It’s unreasonable to think he isn’t to blame. Open and shut case in my opinion the prosecution did a beautiful job presenting this case.

USA, what a great nation! A prosecution team outworking a team of expensive defense lawyers, honoring the Constitution, defending "we the people". In my opinion, Alec's demeanor and attitude during his testimony, show he feels and speaks like someone who thinks he already solved his problems and, after the trial, is free to go on and continue living his life. He has been able to get away with this attitude his entire life. IMHO every word of his testimony to his defense attorney was prepared, staged and rehearsed to the minimum detail. Even waiting a while before cleaning his nose was planned. His defense lawyer throws him the questions for him to score the goals, but there are no actors capable of doing that task in a successful way. He really thought that, once again, he would talk his way out of this situation. There is more than enough circumstantial evidence to convict him but IMHO the GIANT elephant in the room was the total absence of genuine tears and words affirming his innocence and never, not even once, shouted and pointed to the fact that "the real killers" of his wife and son are still out there. That should be the most important thing in his life right now, if he was really innocent. The purpose of his life should be to find the Monsters that shot his wife in the head with a shotgun and blew his sons brains off, killing both of them. The words he doesn't say, shows he is an evil cold blooded murderer that deserves what he got: spend the rest of his life incarcerated. Congratulations to the justice system in South Carolina. Congratulations to the Great Nation of the USA.

This is his lawyers giving him timelines about what to say when asked. He’s tying himself in a mess……yeah give them all the unnecessary information. It’s called distracting the jurors with fillers.

What did he do with all that money? It wasn’t all for drugs. There is some other situation going on when they’re stealing 10’s of millions and can’t pay it back. It’s not like his entire family and friends were buying pills also. This reeks of hidden money for Buster somewhere else.

The reason he tried to turn Paul over He had his phone, was trying to get a face recognition to open paul's phone.

Everything this guy does is annoying.

Murdaugh says "No I did not" while consistently nodding yes

Him shaking his head yes, but say no to the killing of Maggie and Paul is an indication to me of guilt.

Hmmmm, no one accept Paul and Maggie knew about Alec’s pills. You can’t walk around all the time masking opioids. He’s exaggerating it for his case

He could of saved all that dripping snot! It’s not convincing.. it’s just gross.

He was at the hospital trying to threaten the kids. His brothers were there and other lawyers & family trying to chnge the fact that Paul was diving they tried to convince them to say Paul was not driving. Alex walking around with his solicitor's badge hanging out getting unauthorized access to the kids to intimidate them and get his Paul off the hook. Typical Mur family action with coos in his pockets too. He hates the fact he got caught! That is the only thing he feels sorry about period. His lame I admit it, I stole money,i did wrong,I am embarrassed, I mislead ppl and I did wrong over and over again. He had to sit with these ppl. to hear their information to decide if he would accept them as a client. He had to then get them to trust him and his ability to take care of them. Documents had to be signed etc. His broken record is is so rehearsed it's disgusting. He might as well just plead the 5th. It would be better and quicker. The DA needs to say you are doing it right now. Trying to get the jury to believe from him he is sorry. He is not stopping him when he needs to, To allow his broken record to keep going is wrong. He is going to keep beating the point till they are going to be annoyed by it. They get it at this point. He can not continue this point. It is funny how toward the end he remembered many of those conversations many even though he couldn't remember any a few minutes earlier.

Very good cross, going with the actual answers, no way to prep for this hard to do on the spot, great job.

Ok but like why would anyone care about what he calls the truck that buster drives???😂😂

The very 1st questions he's asked he's saying no he didn't do this yet he's nodding his head as in yes I did do it. You'd think a supposed high flying attorney he'd know about basic body language 🤔🤣

You will notice that everytime he lies, he sniffs. Nearly everytime. When you begin to compare it with evidence we know contradicts, it is scary how telling that is.

How shocking to see you're dad holding the gun.did paul say anything to dad.what are your feelings for this. And Maggie. Betrayal to the max.she saw some one she thought she knew.no chance for either one.so sad, this whole saga of deceit and murder.

I don’t understand how you could just walk off from your deceased family and speak normally in this manner on the phone to answer questions and walk to the house etc. The whole 911 call is very “off” for someone that just found their loved ones deceased. That’s just my personal opinion and observations. This is so unbelievably sad.

Here we go, let’s cry a bit. We have to convince the jurors remember?!?

He sits on a throne of lies

His black eyes look so lifeless and evil

The badge testimony = Pure Gold!

Yes I was close to PawPaw. About 3 feet.

So we not gone talk about how his dad magically died days after his son and wife 😭😭 I think he killed his daddy too.