Podcast appearances and mentions of James Lasdun

[Part Two of Two] How does a pro–Alex Murdaugh troll theory end up in The New Yorker?  In Part Two of Episode #150, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠ trace exactly that.  James Lasdun's May 26 New Yorker story leaned into a years-old lie: that LUNASHARK®, Clerk Becky Hill, and attorney Mark Tinsley conspired to plant an "anonymous" email and get the “Egg Lady” booted from Murdaugh's jury. None of it is true — and this week, the receipts come out. For the first time, Mandy and Liz reveal the full story of whistleblower Christine Avery: the real timeline, what the team actually told her, demonstrating how the "Plan A / Plan B" framing falls apart. They expose the "narrative washing" that smuggled Christine's name onto a “Beach v. Greg Parker” witness list, the felon's Ai-generated "slop" and the lazy reporting that let a manufactured theory go national. As South Carolina barrels toward Murdaugh 2.0, this is how disinformation gets dressed up as journalism — and how we plan to punch back.  Let's dive in…

[Part One of Two] In Part One of this two-part episode, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠ break down James Lasdun's Becky Hill piece and explain why it reads less like journalism and more like the latest brick in Team Murdaugh's three-year 'narrative-laundering' project.  From the recycled "pizza conspiracy" to the false claim that Mark Tinsley has known Christine Avery since 2020, this is what happens when a writer for the New Yorker wanders onto a Murdaugh chessboard perhaps without realizing he's a playing piece.  Mandy and Liz connect the dots between Dick Harpootlian's subpoena-power threats, Greg Parker's attorneys, the Egg Lady juror's book written with a convicted felon, and the recycled smears designed to discredit the credible voices standing between Alex Murdaugh and an acquittal at his retrial. Receipts are coming in Part Two — out Friday. Get your pins ready...  Let's Dive in…

James Lasdun, the author of The Family Man, Blood and Betrayal In The House of Murdaugh, joins Impact. At the heart of the Murdaugh case lies the shocking act of a father allegedly killing his son, Paul Murdaugh. This tragic narrative is not just about the crime itself but also about understanding the psychological and emotional landscape that leads to such an act. Lasdun highlights the rarity of a father killing an adult son, noting that such occurrences usually involve younger children. This raises the question: what drives a seemingly loving father to commit such a heinous act? 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. Look for Impact of Influence on Facebook and YouTube. Please support our sponsors Elevate your closet with Quince. Go to Quince dot com slash impact for free shipping on your order and three hundred and sixty-five -day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researchers have identified a type of family annihilator called "anomic" — men who see their families as symbols of their own success and destroy them when the facade collapses. James Lasdun's new book The Family Man places Alex Murdaugh alongside documented cases that mirror his almost exactly. The most disturbing constant: in every single one, the people closest to the killer described him as a loving family man. Nobody saw it coming. Nobody believed it was possible.The book profiles Jean-Claude Romand, a Frenchman who faked being a doctor for eighteen years, stole money from everyone who trusted him, and killed his wife, both children, and his parents when the lies started to fall apart. The financial fraud, the decades of deception, the moment of exposure — the parallels to the Murdaugh case are specific and documented.Co-prosecutor John Meadors went off-script during closing arguments and suggested maybe Alex "just lost it" — that the murders weren't calculated. The book argues both could be true. The research on psychopathy lists planning and impulsivity as traits of the same condition. The first officer at Moselle described Alex's eyes as wrong — low blink rate, staring off as if reading from a script. Hours later, Alex was sobbing in a SLED agent's car and it looked completely real. The book suggests the grief and the deception were happening simultaneously. That both were genuine.But the manipulation went back years. Morgan Doughty's first statement allegedly said someone else was driving the boat the night Mallory Beach was killed. The story changed after Alex showed up at the hospital. He sat with a sketch artist and drew a composite of his "attacker" after the staged shooting — it allegedly looked like a boat crash survivor. He wrote a $5,000 backdated check to a police chief who was at the murder scene. The pattern didn't start at the kennels. It started years before.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #FamilyAnnihilator #TheFamilyMan #JamesLasdun #CriminalPsychology #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #MurdaughTrial #MaggieMurdaugh #MalloryBeach

Morgan Doughty's first written statement — given before Alex Murdaugh got to anyone — allegedly said Connor Cook took over driving the boat before the crash that killed Mallory Beach. By the next day, the story had changed. According to James Lasdun's new book The Family Man, a whispered conversation between survivors at the hospital happened while Alex was prowling the hallways, allegedly trying to force his way into patients' rooms and telling people what to say. The accepted narrative of who was behind the wheel may have been constructed after the fact.That's the kind of detail The Family Man is built on — patterns of manipulation that predate the murders by years and that have never been fully reported. After the staged roadside shooting, Alex sat with a sketch artist and created a composite of his supposed attacker. According to the book, the portrait looked like Anthony Cook, a boat crash survivor. With a bullet wound in his head, Alex was still allegedly pointing investigators toward specific people.Lasdun also uncovered a $5,000 personal check Alex wrote to a Yemassee police chief who was at the Moselle crime scene the night of the murders — backdated by months, never explained. And connections between Alex and a jellyfish-processing operation near Moselle, whose lawyer was convicted decades earlier of laundering drug money through offshore accounts.The book goes further into the psychology. Researchers have identified a type of family annihilator called "anomic" — men who see their families as extensions of their own success. When the empire falls, the family becomes obsolete. The documented cases that mirror Alex's profile share one constant: the people closest to the killer always described him as a loving family man. The first officer at Moselle said Alex's eyes were wrong — low blink rate, staring off like he was reading from a script. Hours later, he was sobbing in a SLED agent's car and it looked completely real. The book argues both may have been genuine simultaneously.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #TheFamilyMan #MalloryBeach #BoatCrash #JamesLasdun #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #MurdaughTrial #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh

The first officer at the Moselle crime scene described Alex Murdaugh's eyes as wrong — low blink rate, staring off as if reading from a script. Hours later, in dashcam footage from a SLED agent's vehicle, Alex was sobbing and it looked absolutely real. James Lasdun's book The Family Man argues that the grief and the deception may have been happening at the same time — and that both were genuine. The research on psychopathy lists planning and impulsivity as traits of the same condition, not contradictions.The book draws on decades of criminal psychology and places Alex alongside documented cases that mirror his profile almost exactly. Jean-Claude Romand faked being a doctor for eighteen years, stole from everyone who trusted him, and killed his wife, both children, and his parents when the lies collapsed. Researchers classify this type as "anomic" family annihilators — men who see their families as extensions of their own success. When the empire falls, the family becomes obsolete. In every documented case, the people closest described the killer as a loving family man.But the psychology is only half the book. Lasdun uncovered manipulation going back years. Morgan Doughty's first written statement allegedly said Connor Cook was driving the boat the night Mallory Beach was killed — that story changed the next day after a whispered conversation at the hospital while Alex was allegedly in the hallways trying to get into patients' rooms. After the staged roadside shooting, Alex sat with a sketch artist and the composite of his "attacker" allegedly matched Anthony Cook, a boat crash survivor. He also wrote a $5,000 backdated check to a Yemassee police chief who was at the Moselle crime scene — never explained.Co-prosecutor Meadors suggested in closing that maybe Alex "just lost it." The book says the research supports both — calculated and impulsive, grief and performance, all operating in the same person at the same time.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #TheFamilyMan #JamesLasdun #MurdaughMurders #CriminalPsychology #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #FamilyAnnihilator #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh

After the staged roadside shooting, Alex Murdaugh sat down with a sketch artist and helped create a composite of the person he said attacked him. According to James Lasdun's new book The Family Man, the portrait looked like Anthony Cook — one of the survivors of the boat crash that killed Mallory Beach. Alex had a bullet wound in his head and was still allegedly trying to direct investigators toward specific people tied to the boat case. That's not panic. That's a pattern.The book documents manipulation going back years before anyone was killed at Moselle. Morgan Doughty's first written statement — given before Alex reached anyone — allegedly said Connor Cook took over driving the boat before the crash. That story changed the next day. A whispered conversation between survivors at the hospital allegedly happened while Alex was in the hallways, trying to get into patients' rooms and telling people what to say.Lasdun also found a $5,000 personal check Alex wrote to a Yemassee police chief who was at the Moselle crime scene the night of the murders. Backdated by months. Never explained. And connections between Alex and a jellyfish-processing operation near Moselle whose lawyer was convicted decades earlier of laundering drug money through offshore bank accounts.The psychology is equally disturbing. Researchers have documented a type called the anomic family annihilator — men who treat their families as symbols of their own success and eliminate them when the facade collapses. The cases that mirror Alex's share one detail: everyone close to the killer described him as a loving family man. The first officer at Moselle said Alex's eyes were wrong — low blink rate, reading from a script. Hours later, he was sobbing in a SLED agent's car and it looked absolutely real. The book argues both reactions may have been genuine at the same time.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #TheFamilyMan #JamesLasdun #MurdaughMurders #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #MalloryBeach #CriminalPsychology #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh

James Lasdun explores Murdaugh's claims of opioid addiction and a bizarre staged roadside shooting. He scrutinizes these events as attempts to distract from financial crimes or secure insurance payouts for survivors. (12/16)1920 SPARTANBURG SC

James Lasdun details how iPhone and GPS data provided a critical timeline of the murders. Despite the lack of direct physical evidence, digital tracking and family-owned ballistics proved vital to the prosecution. (13/16)1920 SC

James Lasdun investigates the years of embezzlement enabled by Murdaugh's status. By siphoning millions from clients and his law firm, he maintained a lifestyle of privilege through a doomed, long-term Ponzi scheme. (14/16)1920 WALHALLA SC

James Lasdun applies the concept of "family annihilators" to Alex Murdaugh. He examines the mindset of successful men who murder their families to prevent the shame of their criminal exposure coming to light. (15/16)1920 ANDERSON SC

James Lasdun recounts Murdaugh's disturbing, hour-long courtroom performance. He discusses signs of psychopathy, including a "robotic" detachment and grandiosity, alongside credible reports of a previously hidden history of violence against women. (16/16)1920 SOUTH BATTERY CHARLESTON

SHOW SCHEDULE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 5-14-26.1920 EAST BATTERY, CHARLESTON SC.  Anatol Lieven explores the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, focusing on China's economic shifts and the precarious nature of Taiwan's independence, which remains a primary flashpoint for potential war. (1/16)Anatol Lieven details the internal rebellion against Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Following poor election results, rival Wes Streeting's resignation signals a broader challenge for party control and the future of leadership. (2/16)Peter Berkowitz examines Harvey Mansfield's assessment of Harvard's decline. They discuss how grade inflation, political agendas, and the abandonment of meritocracy have replaced the university's commitment to genuine intellectual excellence. (3/16)Michael Toth highlights how foreign investors utilize litigation finance to gain tax advantages. He advocates for defining legal investments as ordinary income to close loopholes that favor oligarchs and burden shareholders. (4/16)Lance Gatling and Jim McTague discuss Japan's record stock market highs and strategic use of national oil reserves. Despite Middle Eastern instability, Japan maintains economic stability through subsidies, technological leadership, and careful energy diversification. (5/16)Jim McTague and Lance Gatling report on "shrinkflation," where product sizes decrease as prices rise. They analyze the impact of high inflation on daily life in both Pennsylvania and Tokyo. (6/16)Cosmologist Patricio Gallardo presents evidence from galaxy clusters proving that gravity follows Newton's inverse square law across vast distances, effectively debunking alternative theories like Modified Newtonian Dynamics over hundreds of millions of light-years. (7/16)Patricio Gallardo discusses the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. He details future efforts to calibrate telescopes for detecting the "Axion" particle to understand the composition of the missing universe. (8/16)James Lasdun introduces the trial of Alex Murdaugh for the execution-style murders of his wife and son. He examines the surprising speed of the 2023 guilty verdict despite primarily circumstantial evidence. (9/16)James Lasdun describes the Murdaugh family's century-long dominance of South Carolina's legal system. He compares Alex's betrayal of trust and embezzlement to the intimate crimes punished in Dante's deepest circles of hell. (10/16)James Lasdun analyzes the investigation into the double murders, focusing on the kennel video that trapped Alex Murdaugh in a massive lie regarding his whereabouts and exposed investigative deference from authorities. (11/16)James Lasdun explores Murdaugh's claims of opioid addiction and a bizarre staged roadside shooting. He scrutinizes these events as attempts to distract from financial crimes or secure insurance payouts for survivors. (12/16)James Lasdun details how iPhone and GPS data provided a critical timeline of the murders. Despite the lack of direct physical evidence, digital tracking and family-owned ballistics proved vital to the prosecution. (13/16)James Lasdun investigates the years of embezzlement enabled by Murdaugh's status. By siphoning millions from clients and his law firm, he maintained a lifestyle of privilege through a doomed, long-term Ponzi scheme. (14/16)James Lasdun applies the concept of "family annihilators" to Alex Murdaugh. He examines the mindset of successful men who murder their families to prevent the shame of their criminal exposure coming to light. (15/16)James Lasdun recounts Murdaugh's disturbing, hour-long courtroom performance. He discusses signs of psychopathy, including a "robotic" detachment and grandiosity, alongside credible reports of a previously hidden history of violence against women. (16/16)Note: corrected "Michael Todd" → Michael Toth (matching prior thread usage and the prior preview). Flag if "Todd" was intended.

James Lasdun analyzes the investigation into the double murders, focusing on the kennel video that trapped Alex Murdaugh in a massive lie regarding his whereabouts and exposed investigative deference from authorities. (11/16)1920 GREENVILLE SC

James Lasdun describes the Murdaugh family's century-long dominance of South Carolina's legal system. He compares Alex's betrayal of trust and embezzlement to the intimate crimes punished in Dante's deepest circles of hell. (10/16)1920 CHARLESTON

James Lasdun introduces the trial of Alex Murdaugh for the execution-style murders of his wife and son. He examines the surprising speed of the 2023 guilty verdict despite primarily circumstantial evidence. (9/16)1920 SC

James Lasdun spent years investigating the Murdaugh case for The New Yorker and his book The Family Man. This interview covers it all — the manipulation patterns that started long before the murders, the evidence that was kept from the jury, and the psychology that finally explains how a father kills his own family.The book reveals that the boat crash narrative may have been built after the fact, traces Alex's staging and framing patterns through the hospital and the roadside shooting, and uncovers a backdated check to a police chief who was at the crime scene.It surfaces calls with men with criminal records on the day of the murders that prosecutors left off the jury's timeline, Cousin Eddie's failed polygraph, and physical evidence — unidentified tire tracks, Maggie's car in the wrong position — that was never investigated or explained.And it draws on decades of criminal psychology research to place Alex alongside documented family annihilators. Men who appeared devoted. Men who were described as loving. Men who killed their families when exposure became inevitable.The full interview. One conversation that reframes the entire case.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #TheFamilyMan #MurdaughMurders #FamilyAnnihilator #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeToday #CousinEddie #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #CriminalPsychology

This is the interview that changes how you see the Murdaugh case. James Lasdun's The Family Man spent years pulling threads that nobody else followed — and what he found reframes everything from the boat crash to the verdict.The book reveals that the accepted narrative of who was driving the boat the night Mallory Beach died may have been built after the fact. It traces Alex's manipulation patterns through the hospital that night, through the staged roadside shooting months later, through a $5,000 backdated check to a police chief, and through business connections with convicted drug launderers.It surfaces evidence the jury was never shown. Phone calls on the day of the murders with men with criminal records — cut from the timeline. A deleted call log. Cousin Eddie's failed polygraph and fabricated story. Maggie's car in the wrong position. Unidentified tire tracks nobody investigated.And it goes deeper into the psychology than any other Murdaugh book — drawing on documented cases of family annihilators whose lives mirror Alex's with disturbing precision. Men who appeared devoted. Men whose families described them as loving. Men who killed everyone when the lies collapsed.The patterns. The evidence. The psychology. All in one conversation.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #TheFamilyMan #MurdaughMurders #FamilyAnnihilator #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #CousinEddie #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #CriminalPsychology

The complete interview with The Family Man author James Lasdun — covering the findings that reframe everything about the Murdaugh case.The book traces Alex's manipulation patterns back years. The boat crash narrative may have been constructed after the fact. After the staged roadside shooting, Alex helped create a composite sketch of his supposed attacker that looked like one of the boat crash survivors. A $5,000 backdated check to a police chief at the Moselle crime scene has never been explained.Evidence the jury never saw — phone calls with men with criminal records on the day of the murders, removed from the prosecution's timeline. Alex's deleted call log. Cousin Eddie's failed polygraph and fabricated story. Maggie's car found with the seat position wrong. Unidentified tire tracks near the bodies.And the psychology no other book has explored — documented cases of family annihilators whose fabricated lives, financial fraud, and family murders mirror Alex's with disturbing precision. The research has been there for decades. Nobody applied it to this case until now.The patterns. The evidence gaps. The psychology. Every finding. One conversation.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #TheFamilyMan #MurdaughMurders #FamilyAnnihilator #TrueCrime #CousinEddie #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MurdaughTrial #Moselle

The complete interview with James Lasdun, author of The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh. Years of original reporting. Evidence the jury never saw. Psychology that's been documented for decades but never applied to this case.The book traces Alex's patterns back to the boat crash — where Morgan Doughty's first statement said Connor Cook was driving, before the story was rewritten. It surfaces deleted phone logs, backdated checks, and names prosecutors deliberately left off the jury's timeline. It reveals what the defense wanted to do at trial but couldn't — put Cousin Eddie on the stand after his failed polygraph.And it places Alex alongside documented family annihilators whose cases mirror his with chilling specificity. The psychology has been studied. The pattern is real. And it was hiding in plain sight.Everything in one conversation. The patterns, the gaps, and the darker truth.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #TheFamilyMan #MurdaughMurders #FamilyAnnihilator #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #CousinEddie #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MurdaughTrial

PREVIEW for Later Today: Author James Lasdun explores the case of Alex Murdaugh, a convicted "beefy good old boy" killer and swindler. Lasdun connects Murdaugh's betrayal and embezzlement to Dante's circles of hell, analyzing the psychology of the crime.1793

The trial proved guilt. It never explained how. James Lasdun's The Family Man does what no other Murdaugh book has attempted — it uses decades of criminal psychology research to build a framework for understanding how Alex crossed the line from liar and thief to the killer of his own wife and son.The book places Alex alongside documented family annihilators. Jean-Claude Romand faked a medical career for eighteen years and killed his entire family when exposure loomed. Researchers classify this type as "anomic" — men whose identities are so fused with their family's outward success that when the success collapses, the people become expendable. Every documented case shares the same detail: neighbors and friends who described the killer as a devoted family man.The book also explores whether the murders were planned or spontaneous — and argues the research says both can be true in the same person. Planning and impulsivity appear on the same psychopathy checklist.And it confronts the most uncomfortable observation anyone has made about Alex's behavior that night: that his grief over finding the bodies may have been as real as the deception surrounding it. That both existed at the same time.Part 3 of three. The psychology is documented. The pattern is real. And it was there the whole time.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #FamilyAnnihilator #TheFamilyMan #MurdaughMurders #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeToday #CriminalPsychology #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #HiddenKillers

The final part of our interview with James Lasdun, author of The Family Man, goes into the question the trial never touched: How does a man kill his own family?The book draws on decades of research into family annihilators and finds cases that are disturbingly similar to Alex Murdaugh. Jean-Claude Romand faked an entire career for eighteen years, stole from everyone close to him, and killed his wife, both young children, and his parents when exposure became inevitable. The financial fraud, the fabricated life, the final act of destruction — the specifics parallel Alex's case in ways that go far beyond coincidence.Researchers have categorized men like this as "anomic" annihilators — men who view family as proof of status. When the status collapses, the family no longer serves a function. Every documented case features a man described by those around him as warm, loving, devoted. Every single one.The book also sits with a harder question. The first officer at Moselle said Alex's eyes were wrong — low blink rate, staring off like he was reciting a script. But later dashcam footage shows Alex sobbing with what appears to be genuine grief. The author suggests both may have been real at the same time. That the warmth and the calculation coexisted in the same person.The lead SLED investigator told Alex directly: "I have to put my beliefs aside and go with the facts." After everything in this book, is that the most anyone can honestly do?Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #FamilyAnnihilator #TheFamilyMan #MurdaughMurders #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #CriminalPsychology #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #Moselle

The final part of our interview with The Family Man author James Lasdun tackles the question everyone asks and nobody can fully answer: How does a father kill his own son?The book draws on criminal psychology research going back decades and finds specific, documented cases that parallel Alex Murdaugh's almost exactly. Jean-Claude Romand — eighteen years of fabricated success, financial fraud funded by the trust of loved ones, and the killing of his entire family when the truth was about to surface. Researchers have a name for this type: "anomic" annihilators. Men who see family as proof of status. When the status dies, so does the family.The book pushes into territory the trial couldn't reach. It asks whether the murders were calculated or impulsive — and argues the research says both can exist in the same person. It examines the contradiction of Alex appearing genuinely grief-stricken while simultaneously deceiving every investigator in the room. And it ends with the lead SLED agent's own words to Alex: "I have to put my beliefs aside and go with the facts."After everything in this book — the patterns, the parallels, the unanswered questions — is "almost certainly guilty" the most honest conclusion anyone can reach?Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #FamilyAnnihilator #TheFamilyMan #MurdaughMurders #TrueCrime #CriminalPsychology #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MurdaughTrial #Moselle

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Stuart Rice Honorary Chair at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University Fran Berman, Joseph Palamountain Jr. Chair in Government at Skidmore College Beau Breslin, an Associate Professor in the department of sociology at Vassar College. Her research is on health, wellness, and medical knowledge Catherine Tan, and Investment Banker on Wall St. Mark Wittman. James Lasdun will be joining the panel for a portion of time to discuss the overturn of Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions. James Lasdun is a poet and author, his works have appeared in the 'New York Times,' 'London Review of Books,' 'The New Yorker,' and more.

Part 3 of our interview with James Lasdun closes out the series with the question the trial couldn't answer — how does a man kill his own wife and son?The Family Man places Alex alongside documented family annihilators whose cases mirror his with disturbing specificity. Jean-Claude Romand — fake career, decades of financial fraud, killed his wife, children, and parents when the lies collapsed. Researchers categorize this type as "anomic" — men who equate family with status. When the status falls, the family becomes disposable.The book also confronts the contradiction at the center of Alex's behavior that night. The first officer on scene described his eyes as wrong. Hours later, he's sobbing in a SLED car and it looks real. The author argues both the grief and the deception were genuine — happening at the same time in the same person.The psychology behind this case has been studied for decades. The answers are darker than most people expect.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #FamilyAnnihilator #TheFamilyMan #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #MurdaughMurders #CriminalPsychology #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MurdaughTrial

The jury convicted Alex Murdaugh. But they never saw the full picture. James Lasdun's The Family Man reveals evidence that prosecutors chose not to present — and it raises questions that still don't have answers.The complete SLED timeline from June 7th shows Alex in phone contact with men with criminal records hours before the murders. He deleted his call log from that entire week. Cousin Eddie texted him the next morning with just three words. Prosecutors cut all of it from the version they showed the jury.The book goes further. Defense attorney Jim Griffin revealed that they wanted to cross-examine Eddie about his failed polygraph and the fabricated story he told SLED about the murders. Eddie was their alternative theory. Prosecutors pulled him from the witness list.Maggie's car was found with the driver's seat pushed all the way back. Unidentified tire tracks were noted near the bodies and never investigated. Alex picked up Paul's phone right after finding the bodies and started to do something with it before stopping himself.And there's a phrase — "things just got all fucked up" — that Alex allegedly used to describe what happened at Moselle. The book builds a theory around it that no one else has explored.Part 2 of three. The evidence gaps in this case are real, and they matter.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughMurders #TheFamilyMan #MurdaughEvidence #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeToday #MaggieMurdaugh #CousinEddie #MurdaughTrial #HiddenKillers

Part 2 of our interview with James Lasdun, author of The Family Man, digs into the night of the murders — and what the jury at Alex Murdaugh's trial was never shown.The full SLED timeline from June 7th included calls and texts between Alex and men with criminal records just hours before the killings. Alex had deleted his entire call log from that week. The next morning, Cousin Eddie texted him three words: "at fishing hole." Prosecutors stripped all of it from the timeline they presented to jurors.The book also reveals what the defense wanted to do but couldn't. Jim Griffin told Lasdun that their plan was to cross-examine Cousin Eddie about his failed polygraph and the fabricated story he gave SLED about the murders. Eddie was their alternative suspect. Prosecutors pulled him from the witness list to shut that door.There's physical evidence too. Maggie's car was found at the main house with the driver's seat pushed all the way back — not where it would be if she'd been the last to drive. The Beach family's attorney told the author there's a belief the car was at the kennels that night and someone moved it. Unidentified tire tracks near the bodies were noted by the fire chief but never investigated.And then there's the theory nobody else has explored. Eddie told the author that Alex described what happened at Moselle as "things just got all fucked up." The book asks: Was this a staged attack that went wrong? The same play Alex ran three months later on the Old Salkehatchie Road — only at Moselle, somebody didn't follow the script.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughMurders #TheFamilyMan #MurdaughEvidence #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #CousinEddie #MurdaughTrial #MaggieMurdaugh #Moselle

Part 2 of our interview with The Family Man author James Lasdun gets into what happened the night of the murders — and what was deliberately kept from the jury.The full SLED timeline included communications between Alex and men with criminal records on the day of the killings. Prosecutors removed those names from the condensed version. Alex had deleted his entire phone log from that week. Cousin Eddie texted him three cryptic words the next morning. None of it was presented at trial.The defense had a plan to present Eddie as an alternative suspect. Eddie failed a polygraph about the murders and told SLED an obviously fabricated story about what happened at Moselle. Jim Griffin told the author that Eddie on the stand would have been their best shot at reasonable doubt. Prosecutors made sure it never happened by pulling Eddie from the witness list.Then there's the physical evidence that doesn't fit cleanly. Maggie's car with the seat position wrong. Tire tracks near the bodies that were never run down. Paul's phone being picked up by Alex moments after finding the bodies.And the theory no one has explored publicly — built around a phrase Alex allegedly used: "things just got all fucked up." Was the night at Moselle a staged attack that was never supposed to end in real violence? The same con Alex tried three months later with Eddie on the Old Salkehatchie Road?Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughMurders #TheFamilyMan #MurdaughEvidence #CousinEddie #TrueCrime #SLED #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #Moselle

Part 2 of our interview with James Lasdun, author of The Family Man, gets into the evidence from the night of the murders that was never put in front of the jury.SLED built a full timeline of Alex's activity on June 7th. But the version prosecutors showed the jury had names removed — men with criminal records who were in phone contact with Alex hours before the killings. Alex had deleted his call log for that entire week. The book connects dots that remain officially unconnected.The defense wanted to put Cousin Eddie on the stand as an alternative suspect. Eddie had failed a polygraph about the murders and told SLED an absurd fabricated story when they asked what he knew. Prosecutors pulled Eddie from the witness list to block that cross-examination.Lasdun also surfaces physical evidence that was never explained at trial. Maggie's car with the seat pushed back. Unidentified tire tracks near the bodies. And a phrase Alex allegedly used — "things just got all fucked up" — that led the author to build a theory about a staged attack gone wrong.The thirteen minutes of silence at Moselle may be more complicated than either side told the jury.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughMurders #TheFamilyMan #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #MurdaughEvidence #CousinEddie #SLED #MaggieMurdaugh #Moselle

Our website - www.perksofbeingabooklover.com. Instagram - @perksofbeingabookloverpod Facebook - Perks of Being a Book Lover. To send us a message go to our website and click the Contact button. You can find Carmichael's at carmichaelsbookstore.com   We were sad last fall that we weren't able to record with our favorite bookseller, Sam Miller, manager at the Frankfort Ave location of Carmichael's Bookstore for our Holiday Book Buying episode. But she is back for summer, telling us all about the new titles that will get you excited to sit back on a hot afternoon, either at the pool or in the air conditioning, and read to your heart's content.    Books Mentioned In This Episode:   1- The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly  2- The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera  3- Angel Down by Daniel Kraus  4- A book that Changed a Life - Sisters of the Yam by bell hooks recommended by Briana Lathon Bluford  5- Yesteryear by Claro Claire Burke  6- American Fantasy by Emma Straub  7- Whistler by Ann Patchett  8- Puck by Samantha Allen  9- Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett  10- Fortune of Sand by Ruta Sepetys  11- Go Gentle by Maria Semple  12- Country People by Daniel Mason  13- These Days by Lucy Caldwell  14- Devotions by Lucy Caldwell  15- Opening by Lucy Caldwell  16- Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhorn  17- The Keeper by Tana French (Cal Hooper #3) 18- Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth  19- Killer Vibes by Jack Friday  20- Fishbone Cinderella by Elizabeth Lim  21- Ignore All Previous Instructions by Ada Hoffman  22- Sublimation by Isabel Kim  23- Book Witch by Meg Shaffer  24- We Burn So Bright b y TJ Klune  25- Moss'd in Space by Rebecca Thorrne 26- American Rambler by Isaac Fitzgerald  27- Checkmate: Genius, Lies, Ambition, and the Biggest Scandal in Chess by Ben Mezrich  28- The Housewives Underground: The Untold Story of the Women who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring Mystery by Kaitlyn Tiffany  29- The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan  30- The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh by James Lasdun  31- True Biz by Sara Novíc  32- Mother Tongue by Sara Novíc 33- The Left and the Lucky by Willy Vlautin  34- London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and Family's Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe  35- 4 Janes by Marian See  36- Love and Other Monsters by Emily Franklin  37- This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman  38- Darkology: Blackface and the American Way of Entertainment by Rhae Lynn Barnes  39- Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano  40- The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland    Media Mentioned: 1- White Lotus (2021 - present, HBO Max) 2-2026  Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction - https://www.pulitzer.org/news/2026-pulitzer-prize-announcement  

 “They're all me. Every single one. I see them almost as if they're inoculated on various petri dishes, and the petri dishes are all put into this pressure-cooker situation — that of a missile alert.” — Vincent Yu So what would you do with the last 19 minutes of your life? That's the question Vincent Yu plays with in Seek Immediate Shelter. Triggered (so to speak) by a 2018 Hawaii missile alert of an apocalypse that fizzled, Yu's novel is about a false alarm that sent Asian-American residents of a small Massachusetts town into 19 minutes of existential panic. Seek Immediate Shelter really starts after the fictional all-clear. Because now everyone has revealed their cards. The real games begin. F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote that there are no second acts in American lives. Seek Immediate Shelter is really a novel about third acts, not second. The first act is normal life. The second is the nineteen minutes of terror. The third — the one that really matters — is the reckoning: the mother who used the alert as an excuse to cruelly insult her daughter; the man who hit the gas and sped away from his family; the woman who confessed her unrequited love. So all clear does not mean all right. The missile alert strips away all the lies of daily life. What's left is a truth as explosive as any missile. Five Takeaways •       The Third Act, Not the Second: F. Scott Fitzgerald said there are no second acts in American lives — and Yu's novel is a direct argument against that claim. But the book's real focus is the third act: not the nineteen minutes of terror (the second), but the aftermath. The mother who used the alert as permission to say something cruel. The man who sped away from his wife and child. The woman who confessed her love. These are the decisions people made when they thought it was the end. Now they have to live with them. All clear does not mean all right. •       The Petri Dish Method: Yu has a background in biology and no formal training in fiction. He approaches writing scientifically: characters as specimens on petri dishes, a missile alert as the experimental conditions. The pressure-cooker situation strips away the social armour and reveals the character beneath. His goal was not cruelty but pressure — there's a difference. He feels profound empathy for every character. When asked if any are based on real people: they're all me. Every single one. •       Asian American Silence and the Langston Hughes Principle: Yu originally wrote the characters without race. But honesty required him to make them Asian American — citing Langston Hughes's argument that a Black poet cannot write outside of race even if he wants to. Asian American fiction has long focused on immigrant trauma and the difficult parent-child relationship. Yu wants to push beyond that: third- and fourth-generation stories, people who are simply American. The missile alert forces the silence of striving and quiet excellence to break. What's underneath is the novel's real subject. •       Can AI Write This Kind of Novel? Yu has never used AI for his writing and — he admits — hasn't been curious enough to try. His verdict: AI is nowhere close to writing a novel like this. Some genres, with more uniform rubrics, are more vulnerable. But the distinctive cadences of AI writing are currently easy to detect. He is, however, optimistic: the proliferation of AI-generated plots may make readers more discerning, better at recognizing tropes, more hungry for genuinely fresh storytelling. AI might, paradoxically, sharpen the audience for literary fiction. •       The Cuban Missile Crisis, Trump, and COVID as Crucibles: Andrew's provocation: was the Cuban Missile Crisis actually good for America? Did it force a national reckoning? And might Trump and COVID do the same? Yu is reluctant to apply this logic to countries — he deals in characters. But at the individual level: yes. A crucible that forces you to confront what you most cannot bear to part with, what truly matters, can be clarifying. The novel's premise is that the missile alert was such a crucible. The broader lesson may be that we are all living through one. About the Guest Vincent Yu is a fiction writer and sales manager at W. W. Norton/Liveright. He is the winner of the 2021 Ashley Bourne Prize for fiction from Ploughshares and the author of Seek Immediate Shelter (Flatiron Books, May 5, 2026). His short fiction has been published in Prairie Schooner, StoryQuarterly, Ninth Letter, Able Muse, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. References: •       Seek Immediate Shelter by Vincent Yu (Flatiron Books, May 5, 2026). •       The 2018 Hawaii missile alert — the real-life false alarm that inspired the novel. •       Langston Hughes, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” (1926) — the essay Yu cites on writing within race. •       Episode 2898: James Lasdun on The Family Man — the companion episode on fiction's capacity to go where journalism cannot. About Keen On America Nobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,900 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting. WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotify Chapters: 

A new book is reframing everything about the Murdaugh case — and it starts with the patterns nobody was paying attention to.James Lasdun's The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh spent years tracing Alex's behavior through original interviews and evidence that never made it to trial. The picture it paints isn't of a man who snapped. It's of a man who had been rehearsing.The book reveals that the night of the boat crash — years before the murders — Alex showed up at the hospital and immediately began trying to control the narrative. He tried to get into Morgan Doughty's room even after she told nurses to keep him out. He cornered Connor Cook and told him to keep his mouth shut. Morgan's first written statement that night said Connor was driving when the boat hit the bridge. That story was rewritten the next day.After the staged roadside shooting months after the murders, Alex sat with a sketch artist and helped produce a composite that resembled Anthony Cook — a boat crash survivor. He had a bullet wound in his head and was still framing people.Lasdun also uncovered a $5,000 backdated check to a police chief who was at the Moselle crime scene, connections to a business with drug-smuggling ties, and evidence the state agency investigating the case told conflicting stories about where key evidence was found.Part 1 of a three-part interview. The blueprint was hiding in plain sight.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #TheFamilyMan #MurdaughMurders #MurdaughTrial #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeToday #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #SouthCarolina #HiddenKillers

Before the murders at Moselle, before the 911 call, before any of it — there was a pattern. And James Lasdun's new book The Family Man traces it through original interviews and evidence that never made it into the trial.The night of the boat crash that killed Mallory Beach, Alex Murdaugh was already running the playbook. He showed up at the hospital and started working the hallways — trying to get into rooms where passengers were being treated, cornering Connor Cook and telling him to keep quiet, attempting to reach Morgan Doughty even after she begged nurses to keep him away. A nurse told investigators she believed Alex was "trying to orchestrate something." This was years before the murders.The book reveals that Morgan's first written statement — given before Alex reached her — said Connor Cook was driving when the boat hit the bridge. That story changed the next day under circumstances that remain murky. Lasdun argues the accepted version of who caused Mallory's death may have been built after the fact.There are other findings that have never been publicly reported. A $5,000 check Alex wrote to a local police chief who was at the Moselle crime scene, backdated by months, with no credible explanation. A jellyfish business connected to associates with drug-smuggling histories. Evidence that SLED gave Alex's own brother two different stories about where a key piece of physical evidence was found.This is Part 1 of a three-part interview with author James Lasdun. The blueprint was always there. Nobody was looking at it.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #TheFamilyMan #MurdaughMurders #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #MurdaughCase #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MalloryBeach #SouthCarolina

James Lasdun covered the Murdaugh case for The New Yorker — and his article became the magazine's most-read story of the year. Now his book The Family Man goes further than any previous reporting, with original interviews and evidence that reframe who Alex Murdaugh actually was.This isn't a man who lost control one night. The book traces a pattern of staging, manipulation, and control going back years. The night Mallory Beach was killed in the boat crash, Alex was already working hospital hallways, trying to get into survivors' rooms, telling people what to say. Morgan Doughty's first statement that night said Connor Cook was driving — a version that disappeared after a whispered conversation between survivors the next day.After the staged roadside shooting, Alex helped create a composite sketch of his supposed attacker that resembled one of the boat crash survivors. From a hospital bed. With a bullet wound. Still framing people.The book also reveals a $5,000 backdated check Alex wrote to a police chief who showed up at the Moselle crime scene, business connections tied to convicted drug launderers, and evidence that SLED gave Alex's own brother conflicting stories about where a key piece of physical evidence was found.Part 1 of our three-part interview goes deep on the patterns nobody was watching — the ones that tell you exactly who Alex Murdaugh was long before anyone was killed at Moselle.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughMurders #TheFamilyMan #JamesLasdun #MurdaughTrial #TrueCrime #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #Moselle #SouthCarolina

James Lasdun's latest is 'The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh,' turns to the real-life Southern saga that captivated the country. Lasdun digs beneath the headlines surrounding disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh, tracing generations of privilege, power, corruption, and violence in South Carolina's Lowcountry.The result is part true-crime page-turner, part portrait of a family dynasty collapsing in public. His novels, memoir, poetry, and short story collections have won many awards, and his essays have appeared in the New York Times, the London Review of Books, and The New Yorker, among other publications.

James Lasdun spent years investigating the Murdaugh case for The New Yorker and then for his new book The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh. What he found goes deeper than anything that came out at trial — and it starts long before the night at Moselle.The night of the boat crash that killed Mallory Beach, Alex was already in damage-control mode. While his injured son Paul was ranting at hospital staff, Alex was prowling the hallways trying to get into the rooms of every passenger on that boat. Morgan Doughty — Paul's girlfriend — specifically asked nurses to keep him out. She could hear him in the hallway, saying he needed to tell her what to say. A nurse told DNR officers she had the impression Alex was trying to "orchestrate something."Lasdun dug into the first statements given that night — before Alex got to anyone — and found that Morgan originally said Connor Cook was driving when the boat crashed. That version disappeared the next day.The book also surfaces details no one has reported. A check Alex wrote to a police chief at the crime scene, backdated and unexplained. Connections to a jellyfish business with ties to convicted drug launderers. Key evidence that SLED placed in two different locations when speaking to Alex's own brother.This is Part 1 of three. The pattern was always there. The book just shows you where to look.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughMurders #TheFamilyMan #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #MurdaughTrial #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MalloryBeach #CousinEddie

A new book on the Murdaugh case makes the most disturbing claim anyone has put in print about Alex Murdaugh: that he factored the genuineness of his own grief into the murder plan. That he understood his devastation would be so real, so obviously authentic, that it would function as proof of his innocence. And that he was right — the deputies reached forward to squeeze his shoulder in the patrol car because his pain didn't look performed. It wasn't. That was the point.James Lasdun's The Family Man is built on years of original reporting — including two in-person visits with Cousin Eddie, who told the author that Alex described what happened at Moselle with a phrase that sounds nothing like a denial and everything like a man describing a plan that went wrong. Lasdun built a theory around those words: that the murders may have been a staged attack designed to fail — the same play Alex ran three months later on the roadside — but something went sideways in the darkness at the kennels.The book also reveals evidence that was kept from the jury. Phone calls between Alex and men with criminal records on the day of the murders — removed from the prosecution's timeline. A deleted call log. Texts from Eddie and unknown individuals referencing locations and meetings. Three months before SLED searched the property Alex drove to that night. A blue jacket placed in two different locations by investigators. Unidentified tire tracks near the bodies. A $5,000 backdated check from Alex to a police chief who was at the crime scene.The evidence gaps are documented. The psychology goes beyond anything previously published on this case. And the overarching message of this book is something most people don't want to hear: the warmth was real, the murders were real, and both ran simultaneously inside the same person.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughMurders #TheFamilyMan #CousinEddie #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeToday #FamilyAnnihilator #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MurdaughEvidence

A Yemassee police chief named Greg Alexander was at the Moselle crime scene the night Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were killed. One month later, Alex Murdaugh wrote him a personal check for $5,000 and backdated it to March. The chief said it was a loan for his parents. He never explained the backdating. He did post on his reelection Facebook page: "I'm not a cat. I don't cover up no doo-doo." That's one of dozens of findings in James Lasdun's new book The Family Man that never made it into the trial — and nobody has been able to explain.The book reveals that prosecutors edited SLED's full timeline before the jury saw it, removing calls Alex made on the day of the murders with men who had criminal records. Alex had wiped his call log from that entire week. Eddie texted him the next morning. An unknown individual sent messages referencing a prearranged meeting spot. None of it was put in front of jurors.The murder weapons were never found — and SLED didn't search the property Alex drove to that night for three full months. Key physical evidence was placed in two different locations by the investigating agency. Unidentified tire tracks at the crime scene were never investigated. Maggie's car was found with the seat in the wrong position.Eddie told the author — twice, in person — that Alex described the night at Moselle with a phrase that sounds less like a denial and more like a man describing a plan that went wrong. Lasdun built an original theory around those words — one that suggests the murders may have been a staged attack, the same play Alex ran on the roadside three months later, but at the kennels, something went sideways.The most disturbing claim in the book: Alex knew his grief would be real, and counted on that pain being so genuine that nobody would believe he caused it. He weaponized his own future devastation as an alibi.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughMurders #TheFamilyMan #CousinEddie #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #SLED #MurdaughEvidence

SLED built a full timeline of Alex Murdaugh's phone activity on the day of the murders. The version the jury saw had names missing. James Lasdun's The Family Man reveals that the complete version included calls and texts between Alex and two men with criminal records — Kenneth Singleton and Demetrick Manigo — hours before Maggie and Paul were killed. Singleton texted asking Alex to call. Alex replied telling him to come by for a loan. Those names were stripped before the timeline was presented. Alex had deleted his entire call log from that week. Eddie texted him the next morning. An unknown individual referenced a prearranged meeting spot. The jury heard none of it.That's just the beginning. SLED didn't search the property Alex drove to that night for the missing weapons for three months. They told Alex's brother the blue jacket was found in two different locations. Unidentified tire tracks near the bodies were never investigated. Maggie's car was found with the seat pushed back — not matching her as the last driver. A police chief at the crime scene received a $5,000 backdated check from Alex a month later that has never been explained.Eddie told the author — twice, in person — that Alex described the night at Moselle with a phrase that sounds like a man describing a plan that went wrong, not a man denying involvement. Lasdun built an original theory around those words: that the murders were a staged attack gone sideways. The same play Alex tried on the roadside three months later. Under South Carolina law, Alex would be equally guilty either way — no incentive to ever admit it.The most unsettling finding is psychological. The book argues Alex knew his grief would be genuine — and weaponized that. He counted on his own real devastation as proof of innocence. The questions in this book don't disappear just because the verdict came back guilty.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#AlexMurdaugh #MurdaughMurders #TheFamilyMan #CousinEddie #MurdaughEvidence #TrueCrime #SLED #MaggieMurdaugh #PaulMurdaugh #MurdaughTrial

“Justice may have been served, but the human element of the story didn't seem to add up.” — James Lasdun In March 2023, Alex Murdaugh — wealthy scion of a South Carolina prosecutorial dynasty — was found guilty of murdering his wife Maggie and his son Paul at their family estate. With its opioid addiction, fatal boat crash, staged suicide, and a cousin called Eddie, the case could have been invented for our true crime age. And who better to tell the story of the mysterious Mr Murdaugh than the literary crime writer James Lasdun whose 2023 New Yorker piece about the trial became the magazine's most-read story of the year. Lasdun's new book, The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh, tries to answer the one question the trial never answered. Why would a father annihilate his son? The prosecution claimed that Alex killed Maggie and Paul to distract from a web of financial crimes about to be exposed. While this is theoretically possible, Lasdun acknowledges, it is totally implausible psychologically. Coming from a family of prosecutors, Murdaugh would have known he would be the prime suspect. And this family annihilator, as the prosecutor described him, murdered not just his wife, but his boy. Who would annihilate their beloved child to muddy a prosaic embezzlement? The Southern gothic case isn't over. The court clerk who managed the Murdaugh trial resigned in disgrace after it emerged she had interfered with the jury — fabricating a Facebook post to remove a juror who was bending toward acquittal. Murdaugh has appealed to the South Carolina Supreme Court. A retrial isn't inconceivable. But even if the murder conviction is overturned, Murdaugh faces forty years inside for his financial crimes. So he's never going free. But James Lasdun's core question remains unanswered. Why? “Justice may have been served,” Lasdun concludes, “but the human element of the story didn't seem to add up.” Mr Murdaugh remains a mystery, perhaps even to himself. Five Takeaways •       The Family Annihilator: A Psychological Category: The term “family annihilator” — first used at the Murdaugh trial — is not a well-developed criminological category. There isn't much psychology behind it. What Lasdun found in his research: most family annihilators are men who kill their families when they believe everything is about to be taken from them — not out of hatred, but out of a grotesque form of ownership. The family is theirs. If their world is ending, the family ends with it. This pattern, Lasdun argues, begins to illuminate what happened at Moselle. Not excusing it. Illuminating it. •       The Thirteen Minutes of Mystery: The murders took place in a thirteen-minute window at the kennel at Moselle. In thirteen minutes, Alex was supposed to have shot his wife with a shotgun and his son with a rifle, staged the scene, called 911, and composed himself sufficiently to appear on a video call immediately afterward showing no signs of distress. Lasdun's question: was he capable of that? The prosecution said yes, and the jury agreed. Lasdun is not saying they were wrong. He is saying that the how and why of those thirteen minutes remain genuinely mysterious — and that the mystery is part of what makes the case important. •       Cousin Eddie and the Staged Shooting: Three months after the murders, Alex arranged a meeting on a rural road with his cousin Eddie — a distant relative — and emerged with an entry and exit wound at the back of his head. Alex claimed he had asked Eddie to shoot him dead so that his surviving son Buster could collect his $10 million life insurance. Eddie denies this account entirely. The police concluded quickly that the “shooter” was not a stranger seeking vengeance for the boat crash, as Alex had initially claimed. Lasdun's reading: Alex was trying to reinforce the vendetta narrative that would implicate Anthony and Connor Cook, the young men who had been on the boat when Mallory Beach was killed. •       The Court Clerk and the Removed Juror: One juror was leaning toward acquittal in the final hours of deliberation. That juror was removed from the jury on the last day of the trial, after the clerk of court produced evidence that the juror had been indiscreet about the case on Facebook. It subsequently emerged that the clerk had fabricated the Facebook post. She resigned in disgrace. The Murdaugh appeal is partly based on this interference. The South Carolina Supreme Court has taken it seriously. A retrial is not inconceivable. The legal situation is still live. •       Murdaugh as an American Story: Lasdun's book, like Capote's In Cold Blood, is not ultimately about a crime. It is about a society. The Murdaughs were prosecutors — the family that put people in prison, that sent people to death row. The corruption that enabled Alex's embezzlement was not unusual in Hampton County; it was systemic. The opioids that fuelled his addiction were everywhere. The insularity and entitlement of the Lowcountry ruling class created the conditions in which Alex Murdaugh could operate for twenty years without exposure. The murders are a symptom. The disease is American. About the Guest James Lasdun is a poet, novelist, memoirist, and staff writer at The New Yorker. He is the author of The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh (W. W. Norton, May 5, 2026), Afternoon of a Faun, Give Me Everything You Have, and many other works. He was born in London and lives in Brooklyn, New York. References: •       The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh by James Lasdun (W. W. Norton, May 5, 2026). •       James Lasdun's two New Yorker pieces on the Murdaugh case — the magazine's most-read stories of the year. •       Truman Capote, In Cold Blood — the comparison Lasdun's reviewers have drawn and that the interview raises explicitly. About Keen On America Nobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,900 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting. WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple Podcasts

An immersive account of a seemingly loving father's transformation into a "family annihilator."In March 2023, Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of murdering his wife and younger son at Moselle, their home in South Carolina's Lowcountry. By then, the story had become headline news across the country, with its revelations of corruption in high places, massive fraud, opioid abuse, fake suicides, suspicious accidents, and the generational recklessness of the wealthy legal dynasty at its center. Having covered the case for The New Yorker, where his article became the magazine's most read story of the year, the acclaimed novelist James Lasdun brings his long-standing interest in the darker drives of the human psyche to an investigation into the serial embezzlements, fatal boat crash, and other events leading up to the slaughter at Moselle. “Justice may have been served,” Lasdun writes in the preface to The Family Man, "but the human element of the story didn't seem to add up."Having traveled extensively in the Lowcountry, Lasdun draws on original interviews (including with Murdaugh's notorious "Cousin Eddie"), transcripts of phone calls Murdaugh made from prison, the literature of criminal psychology, and the murder trial itself. Deeply researched, sharply written, and with the page-turning intensity of a Southern gothic novel, The Family Man constructs a masterful portrait of Murdaugh and the mind-boggling crimes that wreaked havoc on his community. THE FAMILY MAN: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh—James Lasdun

‘Courtroom encounters present you with only a fragment of a person's story, from which you may or may not be inclined to infer the rest,' James Lasdun wrote recently in the LRB. Last October, he set out on a road trip across America, with the aim of attending as many different kinds of criminal and civil trials as possible in one month. His journey took him from immigration hearings in Chicago to jury trials in Deadwood to felony proceedings in Louisiana. On this episode of the LRB podcast, James joins Thomas Jones to discuss the ‘swerving tales' he witnessed on his trip, and whether the ‘brazenly bad-faith goings-on at the Justice Department' are showing up in local courts. From the LRB Subscribe to the LRB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/subslrbpod⁠⁠⁠ Close Readings podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/crlrbpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ LRB Audiobooks: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/audiobookslrbpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://lrb.me/storelrbpod⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get in touch: podcasts@lrb.co.uk

Clark's catfishing encounter for his friend Floyd gets nixed in the penultimate episode! LET'S SOLVE DTF: ST. LOUIS, HBO's mid-life crisis, buddy comedy, murder mystery drops the final clues against Carol, Richard, Clark, Tiger Tiger and one baseball umpire who needs a haircut! A darkly comedic tale of three middle-aged individuals entangled in a love triangle, leading to one's untimely demise. But if someone killed Floyd (David Harbour), whodunnit? Was it weather man Clark (Jason Bateman)? Or did his widow Carol (Linda Cardellini) take him down? Other suspects include Clark's wife Eimy (Wynn Everett), Floyd's stepson Richard (Arlan Ruf), or a mystery person like Peter Sarsgaard? St. Louis Detective Donoghue Homer (Richard Jenkins) and Twyla special crimes officer Jodie Plumb (Joy Sunday) will have to crack the case. The tv show was created by Steven Conrad (Patriot, Perpetual Grace, LTD). #DTFStLouis #hbo #hbomax s1e6 s1e06 s01e06 00:00 Intro 00:02 What we know 00:38 Let's Solve DTF: St. Louis 01:00 Spoiler Alert 01:28 Less Whodunnit, More What happened? 02:25 Big Brother Watches 02:57 Victim: Floyd Smernitch 05:18 Suspect: Clark Forrest 07:11 Suspect: Carol Love-Smernitch 07:53 Suspect: Richard 08:22 Suspect: Stephen 08:54 Suspect: Tiger Tiger 09:30 Top Theories "The Denny's Plan" Floyd's ego takes a hit after a failed attempt to reconnect with Carol, leading Clark to help his friend using the DTF app. Director Steve Conrad Writer Steve Conrad created by (as Steven Conrad) Cast Jason Bateman ... Clark David Harbour ... Floyd Linda Cardellini ... Carol Richard Jenkins ... Homer Joy Sunday ... Jodie Plumb Peter Sarsgaard ... Christopher Robert Spurce "Modern Love" Wynn Everett ... Eimy Arlan Ruf ... Richard Chris Perfetti ... Tiger Tiger Chastity Dotson ... Clara Gilchrist Maddyn Kendall ... Genevieve Arischa Conner ... Gena Rollins (Quality Garden Suites Manager) Steven Rho ... Glenn/Glenn Plumb Jesse Burt ... Bike Store Employee Alexander Charlot ... Teenager in Tuxedo Kwame Feaster ... Handsome Young Neighbor Father/James Analisa Wall ... Clark's Neighbor(uncredited) Asher Miles Fallica ... Stephen Queece Arischa Conner ... Value Inn Manager Mallory Hoff ... Chicago Reporter Joey Shear ... Basketball player Aizley Ford ... Anabel Brooke Jaye Taylor ... Therapist Andrew Hunter ... Other Father Mini Kim ... Store Employee E-Kan Soong ...Sheriff Deputy Toby Crench Chase Steven Anderson ... Bike Store Manager Mike O'Connell ... Dave The Tech Deputy Isabelle Du ... Anchorwoman Kurt Yue ... Anchorman Daniel Di Amante ... Terry ( Youngish Male Server ) Jessica Pickard ... Tammy Chris Conrad Producers Jason Bateman ... executive producer Todd Black ... executive producer Steve Conrad ... executive producer / executive producer (showrunner) Bob Dussault ... associate producer Christina M. Fitzgerald ... producer David Harbour ... executive producer Stephen Hoey ... co-producer Peter Moxley ... co-producer Jennifer Scher ... executive producer Steve Tisch ... executive producer Molly Allen ... executive producer Jason Blumenthal ... executive producer Michael Nelson ... executive producer Michael Costigan ... executive producer / producer Anabel Kane ... associate producer Genevieve Kane ... associate producer James Lasdun ... executive producer Taylor Latham ... co-executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Bruce Terris ... executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Michael P. Twombly ... co-producer (as Michael Twombly) 1 episode • 2026 K.C. Wenson ... executive producer (as KC Wenson) 1 episode • 2026 Kristina Wenson ... executive producer / producer Composer Alex Wurman music by Cinematographer James Whitaker director of photography Editors Kevin D. Ross Max Koepke Whitfield Scheidegger Production Designer Laura Fox Art Director Charles Varga Set Decorator Lance Totten Costume Designer Molly Maginnis

Floyd's asking for the drug that's going to kill him... could he have planned his own death? He also asks to watch, then asks to be watched. Oh boy. Carol ask the Detectives to speak up while Clark wants to stop speaking. Let's breakdown the fifth episode of LET'S SOLVE DTF: ST. LOUIS, HBO's mid-life crisis, buddy comedy, murder mystery with more sex and Playgirl photography! A darkly comedic tale of three middle-aged individuals entangled in a love triangle, leading to one's untimely demise. But if someone killed Floyd (David Harbour), whodunnit? Was it weather man Clark (Jason Bateman)? Or did his widow Carol (Linda Cardellini) take him down? Other suspects include Clark's wife Eimy (Wynn Everett), Floyd's stepson Richard (Arlan Ruf), or a mystery person like Peter Sarsgaard? St. Louis Detective Donoghue Homer (Richard Jenkins) and Twyla special crimes officer Jodie Plumb (Joy Sunday) will have to crack the case. The tv show was created by Steven Conrad (Patriot, Perpetual Grace, LTD). #DTFStLouis #hbo #hbomax s1e5 s1e05 s01e05 00:00 Intro 00:02 What we don't know 00:28 Let's Solve DTF: St. Louis 00:48 Spoiler Alert 01:14 Watching the Detectives 01:48 Upcoming Podcasts 02:55 Victim: Floyd Smernitch 05:26 Suspect: Clark Forrest 07:06 Suspect: Eimy Forrest 07:42 Suspect: Carol Love-Smernitch 09:30 Suspect: Richard 10:02 Theory: Shaggy Dog Story 11:53 Theory: Floyd planned it "Amphezyne" Floyd confronts Clark about the affair. Plumb and Homer uncover new information about Carol's past. Director Steve Conrad Writer Steve Conrad created by (as Steven Conrad) Cast Jason Bateman ... Clark David Harbour ... Floyd Linda Cardellini ... Carol Richard Jenkins ... Homer Joy Sunday ... Jodie Plumb Peter Sarsgaard ... Christopher Robert Spurce "Modern Love" Wynn Everett ... Eimy Arlan Ruf ... Richard Chastity Dotson ... Clara Gilchrist Maddyn Kendall ... Genevieve Arischa Conner ... Gena Rollins (Quality Garden Suites Manager) Steven Rho ... Glenn/Glenn Plumb Jesse Burt ... Bike Store Employee Alexander Charlot ... Teenager in Tuxedo Kwame Feaster ... Handsome Young Neighbor Father/James Analisa Wall ... Clark's Neighbor(uncredited) Asher Miles Fallica Stephen Queece Arischa Conner ... Value Inn Manager Mallory Hoff ... Chicago Reporter Joey Shear ... Basketball player Aizley Ford ... Anabel Brooke Jaye Taylor ... Therapist Andrew Hunter ... Other Father Mini Kim ... Store Employee E-Kan Soong ...Sheriff Deputy Toby Crench Chase Steven Anderson ... Bike Store Manager Mike O'Connell ... Dave The Tech Deputy Isabelle Du ... Anchorwoman Kurt Yue ... Anchorman Daniel Di Amante ... Terry ( Youngish Male Server ) Jessica Pickard ... Tammy Chris Perfetti Chris Conrad Producers Jason Bateman ... executive producer Todd Black ... executive producer Steve Conrad ... executive producer / executive producer (showrunner) Bob Dussault ... associate producer Christina M. Fitzgerald ... producer David Harbour ... executive producer Stephen Hoey ... co-producer Peter Moxley ... co-producer Jennifer Scher ... executive producer Steve Tisch ... executive producer Molly Allen ... executive producer Jason Blumenthal ... executive producer Michael Nelson ... executive producer Michael Costigan ... executive producer / producer Anabel Kane ... associate producer Genevieve Kane ... associate producer James Lasdun ... executive producer Taylor Latham ... co-executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Bruce Terris ... executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Michael P. Twombly ... co-producer (as Michael Twombly) 1 episode • 2026 K.C. Wenson ... executive producer (as KC Wenson) 1 episode • 2026 Kristina Wenson ... executive producer / producer Composer Alex Wurman music by Cinematographer James Whitaker director of photography Editors Kevin D. Ross Max Koepke Whitfield Scheidegger Production Designer Laura Fox Art Director Charles Varga Set Decorator Lance Totten Costume Designer Molly Maginnis

No use crying over Richard's spilled milk. Carol continues to "play ball" with her husband's best friend/pretend-pool cleaner Clark. While Floyd gets in the closet and peeps some NSFW behavior. LET'S SOLVE DTF: ST. LOUIS, HBO's mid-life crisis, buddy comedy, murder mystery. Is Det. Plumb proving that you can teach an old dog Det. Homer new tricks? A darkly comedic tale of three middle-aged individuals entangled in a love triangle, leading to one's untimely demise. But if someone killed Floyd (David Harbour), whodunnit? Was it weather man Clark (Jason Bateman)? Or did his widow Carol (Linda Cardellini) take him down? Other suspects include Clark's wife Eimy (Wynn Everett), Floyd's stepson Richard (Arlan Ruf), or a mystery person like Peter Sarsgaard? St. Louis Detective Donoghue Homer (Richard Jenkins) and Twyla special crimes officer Jodie Plumb (Joy Sunday) will have to crack the case. The tv show was created by Steven Conrad (Patriot, Perpetual Grace, LTD). #DTFStLouis #hbo #hbomax s1e4 s1e04 s01e04 00:00 Intro 00:02 Det. Homer or Det. Plumb? 00:49 Let's Solve DTF: St. Louis 01:12 Spoiler Alert 01:53 Different Actor 03:22 Victim: Floyd Smernitch 06:46 Suspect: Clark Forrest 07:44 Suspect: Eimy Forrest 08:06 Suspect: Carol Love-Smernitch 09:45 Suspect: Richard 10:21 Suspect: Christopher 10:39 Theory: Floyd & Carol scammed Clark "Missouri Mutual Life & Health Insurance Company" ger to please, Clark ramps up his support for Floyd's health and financial wellness, while Carol makes her lover swear to secrecy. Director Steve Conrad Writer Steve Conrad created by (as Steven Conrad) Cast Jason Bateman ... Clark David Harbour ... Floyd Linda Cardellini ... Carol Richard Jenkins ... Homer Joy Sunday ... Jodie Plumb Peter Sarsgaard ... Christopher Robert Spurce "Modern Love" Wynn Everett ... Eimy Arlan Ruf ... Richard Maddyn Kendall ... Genevieve Steven Rho ... Glenn/Glenn Plumb Analisa Wall ... Clark's Neighbor(uncredited) Asher Miles Fallica Stephen Queece Chastity Dotson Clara Gilchrist Arischa Conner ... Value Inn Manager Mallory Hoff ... Chicago Reporter Joey Shear ... Basketball player Aizley Ford ... Anabel Brooke Jaye Taylor ... Therapist Andrew Hunter ... Other Father Mini Kim ... Store Employee E-Kan Soong ...Sheriff Deputy Toby Crench Chase Steven Anderson ... Bike Store Manager Mike O'Connell ... Dave The Tech Deputy Isabelle Du ... Anchorwoman Kurt Yue ... Anchorman Daniel Di Amante ... Terry ( Youngish Male Server ) Jessica Pickard ... Tammy Chris Perfetti Chris Conrad Producers Jason Bateman ... executive producer Todd Black ... executive producer Steve Conrad ... executive producer / executive producer (showrunner) Bob Dussault ... associate producer Christina M. Fitzgerald ... producer David Harbour ... executive producer Stephen Hoey ... co-producer Peter Moxley ... co-producer Jennifer Scher ... executive producer Steve Tisch ... executive producer Molly Allen ... executive producer Jason Blumenthal ... executive producer Michael Nelson ... executive producer Michael Costigan ... executive producer / producer Anabel Kane ... associate producer Genevieve Kane ... associate producer James Lasdun ... executive producer Taylor Latham ... co-executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Bruce Terris ... executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Michael P. Twombly ... co-producer (as Michael Twombly) 1 episode • 2026 K.C. Wenson ... executive producer (as KC Wenson) 1 episode • 2026 Kristina Wenson ... executive producer / producer  Composer Alex Wurman music by Cinematographer James Whitaker director of photography Editors Kevin D. Ross Max Koepke Whitfield Scheidegger Production Designer Laura Fox Art Director Charles Varga Set Decorator Lance Totten Costume Designer Molly Maginnis

Floyd's wife Carol: black widow, femme fatale, dis-honest Go Getter drinker - but she can't be the killer, can she? No way, Jose! Floyd has a secret hookup with Modern Love that he doesn't keep secret from Clark. When will he learn Clark's secret? Did his ex-wife fortune teller tell him? LET'S SOLVE DTF: ST. LOUIS, HBO's mid-life crisis, buddy comedy, murder mystery. Are you DTS (Down to Solve)? A darkly comedic tale of three middle-aged individuals entangled in a love triangle, leading to one's untimely demise. But if someone killed Floyd (David Harbour), whodunnit? Was it weather man Clark (Jason Bateman)? Or did his widow Carol (Linda Cardellini) take him down? Other suspects include Clark's wife Eimy (Wynn Everett), Floyd's stepson Richard (Arlan Ruf), or a mystery person like Peter Sarsgaard? St. Louis Detective Donoghue Homer (Richard Jenkins) and Twyla special crimes officer Jodie Plumb (Joy Sunday) will have to crack the case. The tv show was created by Steven Conrad (Patriot, Perpetual Grace, LTD). #DTFStLouis #hbo #hbomax s1e3 s1e03 s01e03 00:00 Intro 00:02 The Prime Suspect 00:23 Let's Solve DTF: St. Louis 00:52 Spoiler Alert 01:20 Keeping Score 01:53 Atlanta as St. Louis 02:41 DTS Crew shout out 03:07 About Double P HQ 03:49 Victim: Floyd Smernitch 05:51 Suspect: Clark Forrest 07:25 Suspect: Carol Love-Smernitch 09:06 Suspect: Richard 09:24 Suspect: Christopher 09:58 Theory: Floyd caused his own death When Plumb discovers that Carol has lied about key details of her affair, she presses Homer to let her question Clark. Once in the hot seat, unsettling truths about Clark's relationships with both Floyd and Carol begin to come to light. Director Steve Conrad Writer Steve Conrad created by (as Steven Conrad) Cast Jason Bateman ... Clark David Harbour ... Floyd Linda Cardellini ... Carol Richard Jenkins ... Homer Joy Sunday ... Jodie Plumb Peter Sarsgaard ... Christopher Robert Spurce "Modern Love" Wynn Everett ... Eimy Arlan Ruf ... Richard Maddyn Kendall ... Genevieve Steven Rho ... Glenn/Glenn Plumb Morgan Nalley ... Jamba Juice Teen Genevieve Kane ... Second Jamba Juice Teen Analisa Wall ... Clark's Neighbor(uncredited) Asher Miles Fallica Stephen Queece Chastity Dotson Clara Gilchrist Paul Kim ... Waiter Kid Arischa Conner ... Value Inn Manager Mallory Hoff ... Chicago Reporter Joey Shear ... Basketball player Aizley Ford ... Anabel Brooke Jaye Taylor ... Therapist Andrew Hunter ... Other Father Mini Kim ... Store Employee E-Kan Soong ...Sheriff Deputy Toby Crench Chase Steven Anderson ... Bike Store Manager Mike O'Connell ... Dave The Tech Deputy Isabelle Du ... Anchorwoman Kurt Yue ... Anchorman Daniel Di Amante ... Terry ( Youngish Male Server ) Jessica Pickard ... Tammy Chris Perfetti Chris Conrad Producers Jason Bateman ... executive producer Todd Black ... executive producer Steve Conrad ... executive producer / executive producer (showrunner) Bob Dussault ... associate producer Christina M. Fitzgerald ... producer David Harbour ... executive producer Stephen Hoey ... co-producer Peter Moxley ... co-producer Jennifer Scher ... executive producer Steve Tisch ... executive producer Molly Allen ... executive producer Jason Blumenthal ... executive producer Michael Nelson ... executive producer Michael Costigan ... executive producer / producer Anabel Kane ... associate producer Genevieve Kane ... associate producer James Lasdun ... executive producer Taylor Latham ... co-executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Bruce Terris ... executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Michael P. Twombly ... co-producer (as Michael Twombly) 1 episode • 2026 K.C. Wenson ... executive producer (as KC Wenson) 1 episode • 2026 Kristina Wenson ... executive producer / producer Composer Alex Wurman music by  Cinematographer James Whitaker director of photography  Editors Kevin D. Ross Max Koepke Whitfield Scheidegger Production Designer Laura Fox Art Director Charles Varga Set Decorator Lance Totten Costume Designer Molly Maginnis

Clark and Carol sip on Jamba Juice, but will Det. Plumb spill the tea on who killed Floyd? LET'S SOLVE DTF: ST. LOUIS, HBO's mid-life crisis, buddy comedy, murder mystery. Did Floyd's energenic signing of Nails, Hair, Hips Heels by Todrick Hall turns Carol back to her husband? Are you DTS (Down to Solve)? Clark and Carol sip on Jamba Juice, but will Det. Plumb spill the tea on who killed Floyd? LET'S SOLVE DTF: ST. LOUIS, HBO's mid-life crisis, buddy comedy, murder mystery. Did Floyd's energenic signing of Nails, Hair, Hips Heels by Todrick Hall turns Carol back to her husband? Are you DTS (Down to Solve)? A darkly comedic tale of three middle-aged individuals entangled in a love triangle, leading to one's untimely demise. But if someone killed Floyd (David Harbour), whodunnit? Was it weather man Clark (Jason Bateman)? Or did his widow Carol (Linda Cardellini) take him down? Other suspects include Clark's wife Eimy (Wynn Everett), Floyd's stepson Richard (Arlan Ruf), or a mystery person like Peter Sarsgaard? St. Louis Detective Donoghue Homer (Richard Jenkins) and Twyla special crimes officer Jodie Plumb (Joy Sunday) will have to crack the case. The tv show was created by Steven Conrad (Patriot, Perpetual Grace, LTD). #DTFStLouis #hbo #hbomax s1e2 s1e02 s01e02 00:00 Intro 00:02 Timeline Gaps 00:18 Let's Solve DTF: St. Louis 00:56 Spoiler Alert 02:11 Victim: Floyd Smernitch 03:46 Suspect: Clark Forrest 05:59 Suspect: Eimy Forrest 06:17 Suspect: Carol Love-Smernitch 08:07 Suspect: Richard 08:22 Suspect: Christopher 07:17 Theory: Clark hired Modern Love After meeting at the cornhole party, Clark quickly hits it off with Floyd's wife Carol. Later, detectives Homer and Plumb dig deeper into Clark's relationship with Carol - and Floyd's time on the DTF app. Director Steve Conrad Writer Steve Conrad created by (as Steven Conrad) Cast Jason Bateman ... Clark David Harbour ... Floyd Linda Cardellini ... Carol Richard Jenkins ... Homer Joy Sunday ... Jodie Plumb Peter Sarsgaard ... Christopher Robert Spurce "Modern Love" Wynn Everett ... Eimy Arlan Ruf ... Richard Maddyn Kendall ... Genevieve Steven Rho ... Glenn/Glenn Plumb Producers Jason Bateman ... executive producer Todd Black ... executive producer Steve Conrad ... executive producer / executive producer (showrunner) Bob Dussault ... associate producer Christina M. Fitzgerald ... producer David Harbour ... executive producer Stephen Hoey ... co-producer Peter Moxley ... co-producer Jennifer Scher ... executive producer Steve Tisch ... executive producer Molly Allen ... executive producer Jason Blumenthal ... executive producer Michael Nelson ... executive producer Michael Costigan ... executive producer / producer Anabel Kane ... associate producer Genevieve Kane ... associate producer James Lasdun ... executive producer Taylor Latham ... co-executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Bruce Terris ... executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Michael P. Twombly ... co-producer (as Michael Twombly) 1 episode • 2026 K.C. Wenson ... executive producer (as KC Wenson) 1 episode • 2026 Kristina Wenson ... executive producer / producer Composer Alex Wurman music by Cinematographer James Whitaker director of photography Editors Kevin D. Ross Max Koepke Whitfield Scheidegger Production Designer Laura Fox Art Director Charles Varga Set Decorator Lance Totten Costume Designer Molly Maginnis

Floyd Smernitch died as he lived - with a big belly... but was he murdered? LET'S SOLVE DTF: ST. LOUIS, HBO's mid-life crisis, buddy comedy, murder mystery. Was Clark ready to check out the hook-up mobile app DTF (Down to F*#k)? Are you DTS (Down to Solve)? Where is the 2nd recumbent bike? A darkly comedic tale of three middle-aged individuals entangled in a love triangle, leading to one's untimely demise. But if someone killed Floyd (David Harbour), whodunnit? Was it weather man Clark (Jason Bateman)? Or did his widow Carol (Linda Cardellini) take him down? Other suspects include Clark's wife Eimy (Wynn Everett), Floyd's stepson Richard (Arlan Ruf), or a mystery person like Peter Sarsgaard? St. Louis Detective Donoghue Homer (Richard Jenkins) and Twyla special crimes officer Jodie Plumb (Joy Sunday) will have to crack the case. The tv show was created by Steven Conrad (Patriot, Perpetual Grace, LTD). #DTFStLouis #hbo #hbomax 00:00 Intro 00:02 RIP Floyd 00:18 Let's Solve DTF: St. Louis 01:01 Real-life Inspiration 01:54 Victim: Floyd Smernitch 04:04 Suspect: Clark Forrest 05:33 Suspect: Eimy Forrest 05:51 Suspect: Carol Love Smernitch 06:40 Suspect: Richard 07:17 Theory: The 2nd Bike The Real-life Inspiration for this show was an article in the New Yorker "My Dentist's Murder Trial" by James Lasdun about Thomas Kolman and Dr. Gilberto Nunez. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/03/my-dentists-murder-trial Director Steve Conrad Writer Steve Conrad created by (as Steven Conrad) Cast Jason Bateman ... Clark David Harbour ... Floyd Linda Cardellini ... Carol Richard Jenkins ... Homer Joy Sunday ... Jodie Plumb Peter Sarsgaard Wynn Everett ... Eimy Arlan Ruf ... Richard Maddyn Kendall ... Genevieve Steven Rho ... Glenn/Glenn Plumb Analisa Wall ... Clark's Neighbor(uncredited) Asher Miles Fallica Stephen Queece Chastity Dotson Clara Gilchrist Arischa Conner ... Value Inn Manager Mallory Hoff ... Chicago Reporter Joey Shear ... Basketball player Aizley Ford ... Anabel Brooke Jaye Taylor ... Therapist Andrew Hunter ... Other Father Mini Kim ... Store Employee E-Kan Soong ...Sheriff Deputy Toby Crench Chase Steven Anderson ... Bike Store Manager Mike O'Connell ... Dave The Tech Deputy Isabelle Du ... Anchorwoman Kurt Yue ... Anchorman Daniel Di Amante ... Terry ( Youngish Male Server ) Jessica Pickard ... Tammy Chris Perfetti Chris Conrad Producers Jason Bateman ... executive producer Todd Black ... executive producer Steve Conrad ... executive producer / executive producer (showrunner) Bob Dussault ... associate producer Christina M. Fitzgerald ... producer David Harbour ... executive producer Stephen Hoey ... co-producer Peter Moxley ... co-producer Jennifer Scher ... executive producer Steve Tisch ... executive producer Molly Allen ... executive producer Jason Blumenthal ... executive producer Michael Nelson ... executive producer Michael Costigan ... executive producer / producer Anabel Kane ... associate producer Genevieve Kane ... associate producer James Lasdun ... executive producer Taylor Latham ... co-executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Bruce Terris ... executive producer 1 episode • 2026 Michael P. Twombly ... co-producer (as Michael Twombly) 1 episode • 2026 K.C. Wenson ... executive producer (as KC Wenson) 1 episode • 2026 Kristina Wenson ... executive producer / producer Composer Alex Wurman music by Cinematographer James Whitaker director of photography Editors Kevin D. Ross Max Koepke Whitfield Scheidegger Production Designer Laura Fox Art Director Charles Varga Set Decorator Lance Totten Costume Designer Molly Maginnis

Between the 1960s and the turn of the century, an astonishingly large number of serial killers grew up or operated in America's Pacific Northwest. Caroline Fraser's book Murderland, reviewed in the LRB by James Lasdun, argues that a significant contributing factor may have been the spew of lead fumes and other toxic emissions that billowed unchecked across the region during those decades. On this episode, James joins Tom to discuss the evidence, and what the juxtaposition of industrial lead poisoning and serial murder may tell us about different kinds of violence in modern America, even if a direct causal link remains unproved. Find the piece and further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/leadpollutionpod Read more from James Lasdun for the LRB in the archive: https://www.lrb.co.uk/contributors/james-lasdun From the LRB Subscribe to the LRB and get a free tote! ⁠⁠https://lrb.me/subslrbpod Close Readings podcast: ⁠https://lrb.me/crlrbpod⁠ LRB Audiobooks: ⁠https://lrb.me/audiobookslrbpod⁠ Bags, binders and more at the LRB Store: ⁠https://lrb.me/storelrbpod⁠ Get in touch: podcasts@lrb.co.uk

Life in prison – that's the sentence handed down today to disgraced former attorney Alex Murdaugh for killing his wife and 22-year-old son. It's hard to overstate just how influential the Murdaugh family has been in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. Alex Murdaugh was a kingmaker in the legal world, and now he's a convicted murderer. The true crime story has captivated the nation for what it reveals about power and privilege, as James Lasdun has reported on in-depth for The New Yorker.  Also on today's show: Salah Hamwi, assistant country director, CARE Yemen; Steven Levy, Editor-at-Large, Wired To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Jane Stanford, the co-founder of Stanford University, was murdered with strychnine in 1905. Her killer was never discovered – until now (perhaps). James Lasdun talks to Malin Hay about a new book by Richard White that investigates the story and looks into the extraordinary history of the Stanford family.Find further reading on the episode page: lrb.me/stanfordpodSubscribe to Close Readings Plus: lrb.me/closereadingsBuy Perry Anderson's book on Powell and Proust here: lrb.me/samefuries Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A novelist, memoirist, critic, poet and screenwriter, James Lasdun has created a memorable body of work exploring the themes of existential dread, reputational damage and surveillance. The son of a well-known British architect, Lasdun is perhaps best known for his 2013 memoir about being stalked by one of his writing students, Give Me Everything You Have. In our conversation, James spoke to me about his childhood in London, as the son of Jews who had converted to Anglicanism without ever quite managing to become Christians; about his love of mythology; and about the dark fears and obsessions that run through his fiction and his non-fiction.This episode is a co-presented with the London Review of BooksLinks and References:BesiegedAfternoon of a FaunGive Me Everything You HaveCrazy In Love - Book Forum He Said, She Said - The New RepublicJames Lasdun WebsiteAndrás Schiff, Franz Schubert, ECM RecordsAndrás Schiff, Franz Schubert - Sonatas and Impromptus, ECM RecordsAndrás Schiff, Franz Schubert - Fantasien, ECM Records

In this second guest episode from a new podcast series, Myself With Others, novelist, memoirist and poet James Lasdun talks to Adam Shatz about his taste for the Middle Ages, the power of Patricia Highsmith, and his memoir about being stalked.Subscribe to Myself With Others wherever you're listening to this podcast.Find out more about the series here: https://www.myselfwithothers.com/Subscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: https://mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

آخر ماجراهای واقعی هیچ وقت به اندازه‌ی قصه روشن و مشخص بسته نمی‌شه. این هم شاید یکی از همون قصه‌ها باشه. ماجرای دندانپزشکی که به قتل متهم شد. ترجمه روایت: علی بندری | تدوین: امید صدیق‌فر(با تشکر از پیمان عرب‌زاده)  کاور: مجید آب‌پرور | موسیقی: پیمان عرب زاده منبع:The New Yorker  نویسنده: James Lasdun  

The stories on this program, hosted by Jane Kaczmarek, start out in one place and end up somewhere completely different.  Which pretty much describes our world at the moment.    The three authors also talk about how people connect—something that seems important right now.  Colin Nissan’s “Wedding Announcement” escalates comically in the reading by John Cameron Mitchell.  A wary housewife is surprised by beauty in Michel Faber’s “The Eyes of the Soul,’ performed by Kirsten Vangsness, and teenage lovers grow up quickly in James Lasdun’s “Lime Pickle” performed by David Schwimmer.   (The pickle is really not—do not try this at home!)

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review two new novels about men with complicated lives. Book critic Marion Winik shares her thoughts on Taffy Brodesser-Akner's Fleishman is in Trouble and James Lasdun's The Afternoon of a Faun. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Playing out against the backdrop of Donald Trump's infamous Access Hollywood interview and the months leading up to the 2016 election, James Lasdun's new novel, “Afternoon of a Faun,” dramatizes one man's search for truth after his friend is suddenly accused by an old flame – known to both of them – of sexual assault […]

We were always going to mention love in our February podcast but worry not, there's no pink hearts or teddy bears here - only great books and authors and a look at the more interesting aspects of love. James Lasdun talks about his new novel The Fall Guy, a book set in the Catskills, filled with obsession and unease from the very first page. John Burnside's latest novel, Ashland & Vine is also set in America and here he tells us more about how the absence of history in American life spurred him to tell the story of some of its counter-cultural past - a period of resistance that has striking parallels with the world we live in today. And because we love you we even round things off with a poem from Burnside's new collection, Still Life with Feeding Snake. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

James Lasdun discusses his new book The Fall Guy and crime fiction for 2017

Martha Frankel’s guests this week are James Lasdun, Lawrence Block, Hollye Dexter, and Ashley Rhodes-Courter.

On Start the Week Tom Sutcliffe discusses the 'myth' of progress with James Lasdun, Mary Beard, Mark Ravenhill and John Gray. The poet and novelist James Lasdun talks about his experience of being cyber-stalked and the terrifying opportunities new technology offers. Mary Beard looks back to classical times to see how far the relationship between persecutor and persecuted have changed. Playwright Mark Ravenhill discusses his comic reworking of Voltaire's 'Candide'. But is everything in the 21st century still for 'the best in the best of all possible worlds?' John Gray argues that ethical progress in human civilisation is easily reversible and yet people need to believe in myths to shape their lives and give them meaning. Producer: Natalia Fernandez.

James Lasdun talks about his most recent memoir, Give Me Everything You Have, about being stalked by a fomer writng student.

James Lasdun is the guest. He is the author of two novels, four collections of poetry, and two collections of short stories, including the collection The Siege, the title story of which was made into a film by Bernardo Bertolucci (Besieged). With Jonathan Nossiter he co-wrote the films Sunday, which won Best Feature and Best Screenplay awards at Sundance, and Signs and Wonders, starring Charlotte Rampling and Stellan Skarsgaard.  His new book, Give Me Everything You Have, is a memoir published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. J.M. Coetzee says “Give Me Everything You Have is a reminder, as if any were needed, of how easily, since the arrival of the Internet, our peace can be troubled and our good name besmirched.” And Publishers Weekly, in a starred review, says "Lasdun’s tale of being stalked is only part of the story—his disembodied, if mentally violent, encounters with 'Nasreen,' his stalker, lead him to reflect on topics as diverse as the seductive power of literature, like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the writings of D.H. Lawrence, and his father’s work as an architect in Israel and the aggressively anti-Semitic response it provoked. The 'verbal terrorism' (Nasreen’s phrase) escalates as the book goes on, but it’s almost a red herring—it is indeed terrifying, and as the stalker becomes more sophisticated, she begins tormenting his friends and colleagues. But Lasdun is able to see past the surface-level effects of her attacks to the desperate and pitiable person behind them. This subtle, compassionate take on the subject is rife with insights into the current cyberculture’s cult of anonymity, as well as the power, failure, and magic of writing.” Monologue topics: Julian Tepper, Philip Roth, bleakness, cynicism, writing, awfulness, the ability to change your fundamental nature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices