True Sunlight

In Part Two of 168 covering Judge Carmen Mullen’s historic disciplinary hearing, ODC attorney Ericka Williams locks Mullen into the recording’s timeline — her first words to deputies captured from the 7:32 mark on — then asks the only question that matters: where on this tape do you ask officers to take Ernie to a hospital? Her answer, under oath: “I didn’t hear it on this clip.”  Investigati...

Nearly four years after first reporting that South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Carmen Mullen was caught on video trying to find probable cause to arrest a mentally ill man in her gated neighborhood, Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are finally seeing justice start to take shape. But will there be consequences?  On Sept. 29, 2026, Judge Mullen appeared before the Commiss...

Stay Tuned for our replay and analysis of Judge Carmen Mullen’s combative ODC hearing Monday for Premium Members.  We knew something was fishy about the Greg Alexander leak — and then Team Murdaugh told on themselves. Right as Part 1 wrapped, Dick and Jim filed a third motion to compel, accusing the state of a Brady violation for sitting on a 2023 witness statement they claim to have "learned...

This week, The (Charleston) Post and Courier reported that Yemassee Police Chief Greg Alexander — a loyal ally of accused murderer Alex Murdaugh — is under State Grand Jury investigation on accusations that he transported the Murdaugh murder weapons and bloody clothing to his police station after Alex's wife and son were killed on June 7, 2021. For years, investigative journalists Mandy Matne...

In her official answer to the ODC, Judge Carmen Mullen says she was just a good citizen worried about a mentally ill man's safety. In Part Two of True Sunlight #166, Investigative Journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell play the recording from that December 2017 night in Port Royal Plantation and let her own words do the talking. Mullen tells deputies she has sentenced Ernie "the Attorney" before...

In part one of this two-part episode, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell finally get an answer to the question they've asked for years: when will South Carolina's Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) and Commission on Judicial Conduct (CJC) act on the ethics complaints against 14th Circuit Court Judge Carmen Tevis Mullen? At 10 a.m. Sept. 29, 2026, Judge Mullen will appear befo...

Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell continue sharing details from the Mica Francis Miller case that the new Netflix documentary "Death of the Pastor's Wife" didn't include.  In Part Two of True Sunlight #165, Mandy and Liz talk about what went down when Pastor JP Miller's most prized church member assets — a couple in law enforcement — finally saw the light. JP not only se...

Investigative journalists Mandy Matney⁠ and Liz Farrell⁠ continue sharing details from the Mica Francis Miller case that the new Netflix documentary "Death of the Pastor's Wife" didn't include.  Part One of True Sunlight #165 looks at Police reports obtained through FOIA telling the story of a woman repeatedly reaching out for help and being told there was nothing they could do. But after nea...

In Part Two of Two, Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell go officer by officer through the allegations contained in the Spivey family's federal complaint against Horry County police. And through every level of the investigation, the alleged conspiracy comes sharply into focus.  According to the lawsuit, the conspiracy to protect Weldon Boyd and Bradley Williams started imme...

Part One of Two If this episode is not playing correctly on Apple App - simply remove the download, close/reopen Apple Podcasts and/or restart phone. On the eve of the third anniversary of Scott Spivey's killing, his family filed a bombshell federal lawsuit against Horry County and 13 current and former police officers — including former Deputy Chief Brandon Strickland, former Chief Joseph Hill, a...

Turns out the internet is disgusted by ‘Pastor’ JP Miller as a three-part documentary titled Death of a Pastor's Wife about Mica Francis Miller’s case premiered on Netflix last Wednesday.    Beyond the documentary and the additional reporting in this episode, you can get the whole story on COERCED, LUNASHARK’s new Drop Feed about the devotion and death of Mica Francis… Follow and Ra...

Follow The DROP FEED on Apple, Spotify or ⁠Ad-Free from LUNASHARK Premium on Patreon or Supercast⁠⁠ COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller is a⁠ ⁠LUNASHARK® ⁠⁠DROP-FEED from the award-winning team behind the Murdaugh Murders Podcast — investigative journalists Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell and Beth Braden — along with producers Kate Thomas, Grace Hills and David Moses. It’s a remastered,...

Investigative journalists⁠ Mandy Matney⁠ and⁠ ⁠Liz Farrell⁠ take a break from the Alex Murdaugh retrial drama this week to revisit one of the most devastating cases they’ve covered in their careers: the 2015 death of 38-year-old Sara Lynn Moore Colucci.  Nine years after Sarah Lynn Colucci's mother Barbara Moore filed a wrongful death lawsuit, accused killer Michael Colucci finally sat for hi...

Part Two of Two There's a new Creighton Waters in town… In Part 2 of Episode 161, Investigative journalists⁠⁠ Mandy Matney⁠⁠ and⁠⁠ ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ break down the stunning filing in which the lead prosecutor formally corrected Dick Harpootlian's false claim that Alex Murdaugh passed a polygraph "with flying colors" — complete with a savage citation noting defense co-counsel's incredulous reactions i...

Part One of Two Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell break down everything that happened at Alex Murdaugh’s most recent hearing. Team Murdaugh came to Friday's retrial hearing armed with a "bombshell" that turned out to be a dud… a rumor from fitsnews claiming Murdaugh murder weapons were tied to a recent Allendale County killing. However, no article existed,...

Alex Murdaugh is due back in court for another hearing this week and investigative journalist Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell are more ready than ever. In today’s episode Mandy and Liz share the highlights from the stack of filings made by Team Murdaugh and the prosecution ahead of the Aug. 14th hearing in front of Judge Debra McCaslin. Team Murdaugh's surprisingly polished 26-page motion to move th...

Part Two of Two Some good news first: Judge Richard Gergel dismissed Alex Murdaugh's federal lawsuit demanding $600,000 from former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill, pointing to the "fatal flaw" sitting at the center of it. Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell explain why agreeing with the ruling isn't the same as defending Becky Hill — and why they...

[Part One of Two] Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell walk through the motion to reconsider filed by Mandy’s attorneys to combat the unprecedented and arguably unconstitutional $176,500 civil contempt sanction.   Mandy and Liz lay out how the process went sideways from the start: a rule to show cause with no verified petition, a hearing where her own compelled testimo...

Part Two of Two  South Carolina fined journalist Mandy Matney $5,000 to “deter similar conduct in the future and promote respect for the law.” It fined Cory Fleming, $0. Becky Hill, $0. Alex Murdaugh — who stole more than $12 million from grieving clients — $0.  Mandy opens Part Two of Episode 158 by laying that math out plainly, and asking what message it sends to every whistleblower in...

Part One of Two Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell have some questions about a Spartanburg County Police report… made by none other than Debbie Barbier… When Greg Parker’s attorney Deborah Barbier told Spartanburg police she'd been “harassed” in a hotel lobby the morning of Mandy's contempt hearing on June 22, 2026, the department did something our team has never seen done so...

Ten days after an unprecedented contempt order shook South Carolina to its core, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell are still standing — and they've got a lot of ground to cover.  First, Mandy updates listeners on jaw-dropping injustice as we dig our foxholes and announce a new addition to her growing legal team intent on defending the first amendment and due process.&nbs...

[Part Two of Two] In Part Two, investigative journalists Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell break down exactly how Parker's attorneys weaponized a judge's old-fashioned notions of what a scared woman looks like — and why South Carolina's appointed judiciary has no reason to care what you think about it… Demand better! Attorneys for a billionaire gas station owner allegedly billed $310,000 (allegedly be...

[Part One of Two] Investigative journalists⁠ Mandy Matney⁠ and⁠ ⁠Liz Farrell⁠ react to a stunning contempt ruling ordering Mandy to pay a $5,000 fine and $171,500 for billionaire Greg Parker's legal fees — a sum greater than what many murder defendants pay for their entire defense, and a penalty whose line-item breakdown has been sealed from Mandy and the public.  Mandy argues the ruling has...

We're taking a break from True Sunlight this week, but we hope you enjoy this episode of 'Wherever It Leads... Milan' Follow the show at staypes.ky/wherever Tourists sprint to Rome and Florence while one of Europe’s most alive cities hums quietly in the north — and that’s exactly what makes Milan extraordinary.  This week, writer, author, and Milanese insider Marta Mondelli pulls back th...

[Part Two of Two] Investigative journalist Mandy Matney is still processing — but she’s not shrinking. In Part Two, Mandy begins the episode reflecting on how Greg Parker’s scorched-earth legal campaign was supposed to scare her into silence and instead flipped a switch. Then David delivers a blistering First Amendment Moses Moment, calling out Parker’s attorneys for using the court as a weapon ag...