True Sunlight
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Previously known as the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, (which inspired Hulu's Original Series Murdaugh: Death in the Family), True Sunlight is the intersection of True Crime, journalism and systematic corruption. Celebrated journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are taking their style of reporting beyond Alex Murdaugh and his co-conspirators. We expose the truth wherever it leads giving voice to victims like Mica Francis, Sara Lynn Colucci, and Christa Bauer Gilley, while still pursuing justice for all the victims you've met so far like Stephen Smith, Dallas Stoller, and others. True Sunlight is the antithesis of True crime. True Sunlight values accuracy over "access journalism". True Sunlight is shed with empathy — not exploitation. True Sunlight was created as a matter of public service — not just entertainment. While the name of the podcast has changed, our mission, values and team have not. We are simply expanding our horizons while continuing to shine a much needed bright light on crime and corruption wherever it appears. Ranked #1 and #2 globally in 2021 and 2023 respectively as the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, True Sunlight provides unmatched insight into the crimes and criminals exposed on MMP and dives deep into new instances of where crime meets corruption across the US. We empower listeners to understand their legal and judicial systems through investigative journalism while providing tools to hold agencies and public figures accountable in order to change those systems for the better. Listen on any streaming service or visit TrueSunlight.com to learn more. Premium Members also get access to searchable case files, written articles with documents, case photos, episode videos and exclusive live experiences with our hosts on lunasharkmedia.com all in one place. CLICK HERE to learn more: https://bit.ly/3BdUtOE. And for those just wanting ad-free listening without all the other great content, we now offer ad-free listening on Apple Podcast through a subscription to Luna Shark Plus on the Apple Podcasts App. And we also offer access to exclusive video content through our new YouTube Premiere subscription. Check out our Merch With a Mission shop at lunasharkmerch.com/ SUNscribe to our free email list to get alerts on bonus episodes, calls to action, new shows and updates. CLICK HERE to learn more: https://bit.ly/3KBM For current & accurate updates: TrueSunlight.com facebook.com/TrueSunlightPodcast/ instagram.com/truesunlightpod/ Instagram.com/mandy_matney Instagram.com/elizfarrell youtube.com/@LunaSharkMedia tiktok.com/@lunasharkmedia
Épisodes 339
74 Subpoenas & $6 Million Missing In Murdaugh Money: Inside Operation Lowcountry Boil (172pt1)
Note: Eve Fleming and Jean Fowlkes have not been accused of any wrongdoing. Liz is on a much-deserved vacation, so it's Mandy and David — just like the early MMP days — digging into the juiciest exhibit Dick …
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Note: Eve Fleming and Jean Fowlkes have not been accused of any wrongdoing.
Liz is on a much-deserved vacation, so it's Mandy and David — just like the early MMP days — digging into the juiciest exhibit Dick and Jim never should have filed: the unredacted Operation Lowcountry Boil subpoena log.
On Part One of True Sunlight #172, Investigative Journalist Mandy Matney explores 74 subpoenas between October 2021 and October 2022, starting the day after Alex was denied bond — and now we can finally see who investigators were looking at in the hunt for the missing Murdaugh millions: Bank accounts of PMPED's founder John E. Parker. Co-conspirator Cory Fleming. Yemassee police chief Greg Alexander. A Hampton doctor named Vega we’ve mentioned before. Murdaugh’s late business partner Barrett T. Boulware (the Lowcountry drug smuggler), and beyond….
Then: the flurry of LLCs — at least 20 — created by Murdaugh affiliates while the subpoenas flew. (Making an LLC is not a crime. The timing, though? Hmm...) Barely anyone on this list was ever charged, and more than $6 million is still missing.
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Episode References
“Latest twists in Murdaugh murder mystery: ‘More like ‘Ozark’ every day’” - New York Post, Sept 10, 2022 📰
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How Serious Are Alex Murdaugh’s Claims of Misconduct by SLED and Attorney General Alan Wilson’s Office? (171pt2)
In Part Two, Investigative Journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down Team Murdaugh's three big accusations: that Agent David Owen lied to the grand juries, that the AG's office misused the state grand …
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In Part Two, Investigative Journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down Team Murdaugh's three big accusations: that Agent David Owen lied to the grand juries, that the AG's office misused the state grand jury to investigate a murder, and that the state leaked the T-shirt evidence to world-renowned journalists.
We don't think Owen lied (according to Dick Harpootlian’s understanding of “conflating facts”) — but his imprecise testimony about the shotgun loads, and his "I'm allowed to use trickery" answer on the stand, have apparently painted him into a corner.
Then we explain the high-velocity impact spatter saga, the second test that made the shirt useless, and the "leak" accusation that lands on our doorstep. Hi, it's us — nobody leaked anything; that was Journalism.
Next week: Creighton's 177-page reply analysis, and the Friday the 13th hearing we'll stream live. And what happened to the money?
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Frazier v. Cupp — the 1969 Supreme Court case that made "I'm allowed to use trickery" true 🕵️
How bloodstain pattern analysis actually works — and why it's under scientific scrutiny (NIST) 🔬
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Team Murdaugh’s Hail-Mary Motion Reveals Juicy Insider Details Of Murder Investigation (171pt1)
While I breathe, I freaking hope: South Carolina just elected its first woman to the U.S. Senate — and Mandy’s got her spark back. A much needed spark at that, because on the eve of Halloween, attorneys Dick …
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While I breathe, I freaking hope: South Carolina just elected its first woman to the U.S. Senate — and Mandy’s got her spark back.
A much needed spark at that, because on the eve of Halloween, attorneys Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin filed their spookiest brief yet ahead of Alex Murdaugh’s pretrial hearing on Friday November 13th in the do-over of his double-murder trial. Now they’re straight-up claiming prosecutorial misconduct by SLED and the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office!
Team Murdaugh’s memo supporting their motion to dismiss the indictments was full of the usual soundbite-grabbing lines, indignance and accusations — but this time they went further, attaching some VERY INTERESTING exhibits.
On Part One of True Sunlight #171, Investigative Journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell share what they’ve learned from three of the juiciest attachments: SLED Special Agent David Owen’s daily notes — including signs that Alex was so rattled by his final interview, when Owen asked outright if he killed Maggie and Paul, that he appears to have had his mother-in-law call SLED… and mentions of Stephen Smith.
In Part Two: the State Grand Jury’s subpoena list and the story it tells about both investigations… plus so much more.
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Send Senator-elect Annie Andrews your Congrats 🎉 on Facebook and Instagram 💙
“...Annie Andrews wins South Carolina Senate race in major upset” - NPR, Nov 3, 2026 📰
Mandy celebrates Dr. Annie Andrews’ senate race win! 💙
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The Audacity of ‘The Gilleyship’: Christa’s Parents Fight for Custody of Grandchildren and File Lawsuit (170)
Part One of One (👻Because🧙Happy Halloween! 🎃)Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell give massive update on the Christa Bauer Gilley case and Lee Gilley’s Big 'Flee' to Italy. On today’s episode …
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Part One of One (👻Because🧙Happy Halloween! 🎃)
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell give massive update on the Christa Bauer Gilley case and Lee Gilley’s Big 'Flee' to Italy.
On today’s episode, Mandy and Liz start by breaking down the big change implemented in Harris County, Texas, in response to Lee being able to cut off his ankle monitor this past May, pedal a bike to somewhere (!?), get himself to Memphis, take a private jet to Canada and then hop aboard a commercial airline to Milan, Italy.
Instead of tracking their ankle-monitored defendants from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday — as it was when Lee made his escape — defendants will now be monitored 24/7. Why didn’t this already exist in the country’s THIRD-LARGEST county by population? What is the point of having a PART TIME ankle-monitoring system?!?
Also, Liz and Mandy catch everyone up on the extradition situation in Italy and what happens next, the current custody fight happening in Harris County Family court as Christa Bauer’s parents seek full custody of their grandchildren, as well as details about the wrongful death complaint the Bauers have filed against Lee for allegedly strangling their daughter on the night of Oct. 7, 2024, killing her and her unborn child.
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Episode References“Harris County expands ankle monitor oversight after cases of defendants allegedly cutting monitors, fleeing” - ABC 13, Oct 26, 2026 📰
Follow Bryce Newberry of KPRC 2 News on Facebook and Instagram 🌐🌐
“Ira Einhorn, Counterculture Guru and Murderer, Dies in Prison at 79” - NYT, Updated April 9, 2020 📰
“Justice for Our Daughter Christa” - WSJ, Oct 6, 2026 📰
“‘Back to normalcy’: Grandparents detail caring for Lee Gilley’s children in custody fight” - Houston Chronicle, Oct 22, 2026 📰Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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Dick Lies In Court Again: Did He Really Put An Informant On Blast And Throw PMPED Under the Bus? (169pt2)
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell continue to break down how Dick Harpootlian got admonished for lying to the court — and then, in the same Murdaugh Murders Retrial hearing, he may have …
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Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell continue to break down how Dick Harpootlian got admonished for lying to the court — and then, in the same Murdaugh Murders Retrial hearing, he may have done it again.
In Part Two, Mandy and Liz unpack the defense’s pile of motions to compel (a civil-case tool, as Judge McCaslin reminded everyone — the state is already compelled by law), the ruling that lets the defense consume the last of that tiny DNA sample, and the bombshell Dick dropped for the cameras: a man he described as a “drug dealer… doing federal time” who allegedly (according to Dick) said he sold $15,000–$20,000 a week in pills to the Murdaugh family and PMPED.
Then we checked the public record — the prison records, the federal docket, the plea agreement — and it tells a very different story.
Plus: Creighton’s “very, very damning” comment about one of Alec’s ride-or-die friends, and why we’ve reached the point of no return.
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Episode References
Alex Murdaugh’s Fourth Pre-Trial Hearing on Fri, Nov 13, 2026 📅
Judge McCaslin’s “This is a court of justice. And candor with the court is NOT OPTIONAL” speech 🌐
“SC grand jury to look at drug money trail from Alex Murdaugh to Lowcountry gang, sources say” - The Island Packet, Updated Nov 1, 2021 📰
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Dick Gets Hammered: Judge McCaslin Changes Murdaugh Murders Case Going Forward - 169
At Friday's pre-trial hearing in the Murdaugh murders retrial, Judge Debra McCaslin corrected the record on Dick Harpootlian's claim that Alex passed a polygraph "with flying colors" — he actually failed the …
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At Friday's pre-trial hearing in the Murdaugh murders retrial, Judge Debra McCaslin corrected the record on Dick Harpootlian's claim that Alex passed a polygraph "with flying colors" — he actually failed the only polygraph he ever took on his financial crimes, and has never been polygraphed about the murders — and then Judge McCaslin delivered the reprimand we never let ourselves hope for: candor with the court is not optional (👀 Mebbie…?).
This case will be tried under the rules of evidence, "not in the press and not in the court of public opinion." Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down the polygraph saga fact by fact, the April 5, 2027 trial date showdown ("whether you like it or not"), and the legacy (old man) media coverage that buried the lede.
Part Two will open a whole can of wriggly worms about Ryan Spencer North, and Big Creighton Energy AKA BCE.
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Episode References
Mandy’s “Goodbye South Carolina” post 🌐
Relisten to LUNASHARK’s Colucci Case coverage on Spotify 🎧
Judge McCaslin’s “This is a court of justice. And candor with the court is NOT OPTIONAL” speech 🌐
South Carolina’s RULE 3.3: Candor Toward The Tribunal ⚖️
“Judge McCaslin at Murdaugh hearing: ‘I’ll not allow proceedings to become a circus’” - The State, Oct 16, 2026 📰
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Mo Mullen, Mo Problems: “I Didn’t Hear It on This Clip” - Mullen’s Testimony Meets The Recording (168pt2)
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 …
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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.”
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down the verb tenses that undercut her I-learned-it-all-on-scene story, her “I sign warrants all the time” moment, the claim that jail was the best mental healthcare available, and a character parade featuring her husband and a former Chief Justice.
Plus: Eric Bland takes us inside the courtroom, and leaves a message for y’all.
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SC Office of Disciplinary Counsel FAQs ⚖️
SC Code 16-17-530 - Public Disorderly Conduct ⚖️
Previous Episode: TSP 168 [Part One] 🎧
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Community Caretaker Carmen? Judge Mullen Takes The Stand in ODC Hearing (168pt1)
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 …
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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 Commission on Judicial Conduct to answer for her actions on Dec. 7, 2017, on Hilton Head Island, when she inserted herself into a landlord-tenant dispute with sheriff’s deputies at the scene.
Judge Mullen says she was duty-bound to protect the man and get him medical help. Does the evidence show that? Not at all — in Mandy's and Liz's opinions, anyway. However, good ole’ legacy media, as always, seems to have her back.
On Part One, we share hearing testimony — including from the deputy on the scene that night — and go back to the receipts, comparing Judge Mullen's sworn story against what she actually said and did while suggesting ways to get the man charged and jailed — a man deputies said had committed no crime.
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“The law of the heart vs the law: SC Judge defends herself at discipline hearing” - The State, Oct 1, 2026 📰
“SC Circuit Judge Carmen Mullen to face rare disciplinary hearing for alleged abuse of power in 2017” - The Post and Courier, Sept 29, 2026 📰
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Who Leaked Greg Alexander’s Allegations and Why + Dick Outs Murdaugh Grand Jury Witnesses (167pt2)
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 …
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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 of from a newspaper." But the motion does something reckless: it outs the names of alleged state grand jury witnesses and SLED's alleged source — the very secrecy meant to protect witnesses in a case involving the freaking Murdaughs.
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell walk through the subpoena timeline, the Joe McCulloch factor, and the Icarus problem at the heart of the defense's argument: to blow up the Alexander investigation, they have to treat allegations as true that would point straight back at Murdaugh.
Plus: Some words for SLED and the AG's office.
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Episode References
Alex Murdaugh’s October 16th Status Conference 🗓️
“Pair of Lowcountry cops investigated for allegedly handling missing Murdaugh murder weapons” - The Post and Courier, Sept 27, 2026 📰
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What’s Behind The Big Leaks About Police Chief Greg Alexander and Murdaugh Murder Weapons? (167pt1)
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 …
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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 Matney and Liz Farrell have reported on Alexander's ties to Murdaugh — and huge questions have existed from the start about his movements that night and why he was at the murder scene at all.
Alex's little brother tried to answer those questions at the 2023 trial, but only added to the confusion.
While it's encouraging that SLED and the Attorney General's Office are finally investigating, Mandy and Liz smell something fishy. Why is this leaking now? Who benefits from these headlines six months before Alex's trial? And what role, if any, does Team Murdaugh have in making it public?
We'll get into more Murdaugh filings on Part Two with all the Mullen matters reserved for next week - tune in Monday 10/5/26 on Patreon, YouTube or Facebook to watch the redacted hearing.
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Episode References
“Pair of Lowcountry cops investigated for allegedly handling missing Murdaugh murder weapons” - The Post and Courier, Sept 27, 2026 📰
“Murdaugh Retrial | Defense Attorneys Hold Press Conference” - Live 5 News, May 18, 2026 🎞️“Yemassee police captain found not guilty” - Hampton County Guardian, Nov 27, 2012 📰
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‘Let Me Find Some Charges’: Checking Judge Carmen Mullen’s Own Words Before Her Hearing (166pt2)
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 …
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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. She questions whether he has a lease and says she told the homeowner to press charges, then introduces herself to that homeowner… for the first time…? She says "you gotta get rid of him" and asks to "find some charges." According to the police report, she also suggests she could sign the warrant herself.
We also dig into the threat-filled lawsuit against Ernie that Mullen dismissed months earlier, and a Hilton Head real estate agent named Moose Rini whose name keeps coming up in police reports, trial transcripts, and sentencing memos.
Judge Mullen's hearing before the Commission on Judicial Conduct is Tuesday, September 29, in Columbia and our team will be there to capture and share all the details.
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What is breach of trust? - Legal Information Institute, Cornell School of Law
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Judge Carmen Mullen (Finally?) Faces Formal Misconduct Charges By ODC (166pt1)
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 …
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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 before the CJC in Columbia to defend herself against at least four counts of judicial misconduct stemming from a 2017 tenant dispute in her gated Hilton Head Island neighborhood. According to a police report, she wanted a man known as “Ernie the Attorney” arrested, searched for probable cause, and even suggested she could sign a warrant on the spot.
Judge Mullen claims she only wanted Ernie to get mental health care. Mandy and Liz examine the charging document and her answers. In Part Two, the receipts come out.
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Refresh on LUNASHARK®’s reporting on Judge Carmen Mullen 🎧
“Legislative Appointments for Judges: Lessons from South Carolina, Virginia, and Rhode Island” - The Brennan Center for Justice, Sept 29, 2017 📰
The South Carolina ODC’s Disciplinary Process ⚖️
Rule 501: Code of Judicial Conduct ⚖️Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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Protect the Pastor: How Tricia Ross and HCPD Helped JP Control the Story (165pt2)
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 …
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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 seemed to think the Horry County Police Department existed to promptly respond to his needs and accept his version of the truth, he seemed to believe he could turn the department against one of their own in retaliation.
In 2024, JP and faithful sidekick Tricia Ross went after a former church member's job at HCPD — because the officer allegedly sinned by gossiping about "God's anointed". They appealed to now-former Deputy Chief Brandon Strickland — he who was “working in the shadows” of the Scott Spivey investigation — and Brandon apparently hopped to it.
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Mica’s List & Mica’s Law - June 5, 2024 💜⚖️
Beth Braden’s FB Post “JP Miller Appointed a Sex Offender to be ‘Care Pastor’ at Solid Rock” 🧾
National Sex Offender Public Website 🌐
“Grassroots group backs proposal to dissolve Horry County Police Department” - WBTW, Aug 20, 2025 📰
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Exposing JP Miller’s Circle Of Supporters: What His Friends at Horry County Police Did For Him (165pt1)
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 …
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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 nearly two years covering the Scott Spivey case and HCPD's corrupt investigation, Mandy and Liz have a whole new perspective: it wasn't just bad policing … it was policing from an agency known for helping out their friends.
Mica wasn't just up against her powerful pastor husband … she was up against his flock of wolves in police clothing.
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“A Convenience-Store Magnate, Teen Drinking and a Fatal Boat Crash: The Legal Case Shaking South Carolina” - WSJ, Aug 13, 2022 📰
JP Miller’s Jury Trial Selection - Oct 13, 2026 (for now…) 📅 📄
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Officer by Officer: Inside the Spivey Complaint's Alleged HCPD Cover-Up Playbook (164pt2)
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 …
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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 immediately after they shot and killed Scott Spivey on Sept. 9, 2023, on an Horry County, SC, highway. And it continued through the power and influence of the now former Deputy Chief of Police Brandon Strickland, a close friend of Weldon, who allegedly directed the investigation in a direction favorable to his buddy.
But Strickland isn’t the only officer with dirt on his hands, according to the Spiveys..
Officer Daniel Spencer allegedly feeding investigation details to Weldon Boyd.
Officer Kerry Higgs telling Weldon to stop talking.
Damon Vescovi granting Weldon's attorney access to an unsecured scene.
Lt. Doug Dishong allegedly ordering body cameras off while evidence was still being handled.
And Scott’s body left baking in his truck, towed 45 minutes to an impound lot, and an autopsy the coroner never recommended — allegedly pushed to inflate a blood alcohol reading.
Plus a never-before-heard internal affairs interview, the September 11th "be nice to Weldon" meeting, and the phone download that allegedly hid 100-mph chase speeds from the case file.
Are these just a series of failures and coincidences… or is this what a cover-up looks like when it's finally dragged into the sunlight?
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“Horry County Officer Writes "ACT LIKE A VICTIM - CAMERA" On Note To Homicide Suspects” 🎞️
How Decomposition Can Artificially Inflate Blood Alcohol Levels (National Library of Medicine) 🧪
Body-Worn Camera Policy & Best Practices Toolkit (U.S. DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance) 📹
Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for Law Enforcement (National Institute of Justice) 🔦
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Spivey v. Strickland et al... The Federal Civil Suit Built to Break HCPD Over Alleged Cover-Up (164)
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 …
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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, and "act like a victim" Officer Damon Vescovi.
The complaint alleges a coordinated conspiracy to steer the investigation toward exonerating Weldon Boyd and Bradley Williams from the very first hours: unseized phones, returned weapons, disabled body cameras, coached witnesses, a retroactively altered on-call schedule, a wiped tablet — and, for the first time in a court filing, the allegation that officers planted drugs in Scott's truck.
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down the full list of accusations, revisit Strickland's own recorded words about working "in the shadows," and explain why the Spivey family's fight against qualified immunity may be the battle of all battles.
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What Is Qualified Immunity? (Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute) ⚖️
The Project on Immunity and Accountability (Institute for Justice) ☀️
Section 1983: Suing Government Officials for Civil Rights Violations (FindLaw) 🏛️SC Code § 16-17-600: Desecration of Human Remains (Justia) 🕯️
Previous Episodes: Sunlight on Scott Spivey Spotify Playlist 🎧
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What Netflix Left Out Of Mica Francis Miller's Story — From The Journalists On It Since 2024 (163)
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 …
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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 Rate 5 Stars on Apple to amplify our mission giving voice to victims.
The documentary brings new attention to the intense abuse that Mica accused JP of in their marriage and the persistent harassment and stalking she accused him of in the lead-up to her death.
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell share everything the documentary didn’t include… like JP’s felonious father, Rev. Wayne Miller, and how the cycle of alleged abuse seems to have begun. Plus we’re diving into JP’s first marriage, the sinister details that emerged from their divorce and the harassment and stalking that JP’s first wife reported to police.
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Beth Braden’s Mark Kaufman FB Post 🧾
Mica’s List & Mica’s Law - June 5, 2024 📄
Netflix’s “Death of the Pastor’s Wife” 🎞️
Previous Episodes: TSP 50 & 56 + COERCED Ep 5 🎧
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[FEED DROP] COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller - Unraveling Evidence Of Abuse
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 …
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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, chronological retelling of more than 2 years of original reporting from the True Sunlight Podcast, built for listeners who want to follow one case.
On April 27, 2024, 30-year-old Mica Miller — wife of Myrtle Beach pastor John-Paul Miller — walked a mile into a North Carolina state park and made a 911 call that would be the last time the world heard her voice. Within days, her death was ruled a suicide — a ruling that would have ended the story for most true crime journalists.
In the premiere of our remastered Drop-Feed series, Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell return to where their reporting began: the bizarre sermon Pastor JP Miller delivered the morning after his estranged wife's death. An obituary that reads like a taunt. A criminal history that includes running over a woman with a car — twice. And a stack of police reports showing Mica tracked, harassed, and hospitalized against her will in the months before she died.
Police say that JP Miller didn't pull the trigger. But as Mandy and Liz explain — there's more than one way to end a life.
COERCED takes a deeper look at JP Miller’s dark past that includes rape allegations, alleged bestiality, an assault conviction and pardon, and a pattern of allegedly abusive behavior that can be traced back to his father — Rev. Wayne Miller. JP’s felon father once owned a Christian complex in South Carolina called Gloryland… before it mysteriously burned down.
Through exclusive interviews, 911 calls, court filings, and documents obtained through relentless FOIA requests, COERCED examines coercive control, medical and spiritual abuse, and the systems that dismissed a woman fighting for her life — and asks what accountability looks like.
Mica couldn't save herself. But her story could save others.
This series discusses domestic abuse, coercive control, and suicide. If you or someone you know needs support, please call or text 988 or contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. Support in South Carolina is also available through Liza’s Lifeline.
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New Filings... Accused Killer Michael Colucci Pleaded the Fifth 100 Times After Skipping Two Depositions (162)
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 …
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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 his deposition — after skipping two of them — and pleaded the Fifth roughly 100 times, refusing to answer everything from the color of his tie to his own birthday.
We break down the devastating questions he wouldn't answer about the autopsy findings, his shifting stories, and his financial troubles — and why Barbara’s new motion for summary judgment asks the judge to apply adverse inferences to 28 of them.
They also expose the staggering double standard of South Carolina justice: Colucci was fined just $1,283.00 for blowing off two depositions, while Mandy was ordered to pay $176,500.00 in a case she isn't even a party to.
Plus, an exciting announcement: COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller, the first LUNASHARK® “Drop-Feed”, launches Friday.
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Lies Detected... Murdaugh Prosecutor Corrects the Record on Dick’s Deceptions (161pt2)
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 …
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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 in real time.
Then, Joe McCullough pushes himself into the spotlight while pushing to unseal the Egg Lady records — conveniently trying to pull the in-camera transcripts from view that tell the real story.
Dots Connected: Judge McCaslin's change-of-venue ruling leans on the Beach v. Parker venue order that bashes Liz and Mandy’s opinions, the one built on months of purchased lawfare, harassment, and a landline survey of 333 people, and designed to blame journalists for publicity the villains created themselves.
Shenanigans? Shenanigans AF…
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Liz’s “Guess Whose Pants are on Fire!” FB post 🌐
DNA testing technology at Othram 🧬
Referenced Episode: TSP episodes 150 [PartTwo], 160, 161 [Part 1] and COJ 192 🎧
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Judge Scolds Team Murdaugh for Courtroom Shenanigans Over Murder Weapon ‘Rumor’
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 …
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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, prosecutor Creighton Waters had never heard of it, and SLED debunked the claim within minutes.
Mandy and Liz break down how the fumble unraveled in real time — and why so much of the media ran with it anyway. Then there's the venue circus: Dick Harpootlian putting his own associate on the stand to testify about budget hotels and Cracker Barrel commutes, insisting on Charleston-only... before pivoting to Richland County in a Monday letter to Judge McCaslin.
Plus, the ruling that matters most: Alex's sworn testimony from the first trial — the lies, the kennel video admission, all of it — is allowed into the record in Murdaugh 2.0. Testifying has consequences. So does lying about where you were when your family was murdered.
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Mandy’s Facebook post about the truth around Allendale murder 🌐
“Still no leads in April 2026 Allendale murder, SLED says” - WJBF, Updated Aug 14, 2026 📰
“Alex Murdaugh defense says murder weapon may be tied to separate killing as judge seeks answers” - FoxNews, Aug 14, 2026 📰
Referenced Episode: COJ 192 with Attorney Noah Pines 🎧
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Alex Murdaugh Wants to Be Judged By Charleston. What to Know About Friday’s Murdaugh Murders Hearing (TSP160)
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 …
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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 the second murder trial of the century out of the 14th Circuit, and the state's pointed response asking what's so special about the Holy City top the list.
The co-hosts also dig into the state's bombshell request for a never-before-seen extraction of Alex's phone data citing former clients’ permission to waive privilege, the fight over the DNA under Maggie's fingernails, and so much more.
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SC State Constitution: Article I, Section 14 - Trial by jury; witnesses; defense ⚖️
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“This Day in History: Dec. 5, 2016: Judge declares mistrial in Michael Slager murder trial” - Live 5 News, Dec 5, 2025 📰
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The Distraction Machine: Becky Hill's Win and Gregg Roman's Supreme Court Detour, TSP #159 [Part Two]
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" …
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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 always believed the suit was less about money than about spectacle, subpoena power, and keeping everyone's eyes off the double homicide case.
Then, Gregg Roman. The Middle East Forum executive director hired by billionaire gas station owner Greg Parker now calls himself an investigative journalist in court filings, and the South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to take his appeal to keep his bank records away from the Beach family.
Mandy and Liz walk through South Carolina's autopsy photo laws, the Dale Earnhardt and Kobe Bryant precedents, and the one question buried under all the noise: who gave Gregg Roman photos of Mallory Beach's body?
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- Section 17-5-535 - Persons authorized to view photographs or videos of autopsy
- Section 30-4-10 - Freedom of Information Act
Referenced Episodes: TSP 158 [Part Two] 🎧
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Was Mandy Matney Punished By The Court For Speaking Out Against The SC Judiciary? TSP #159 [Part One]
[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 …
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[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 testimony was used to supply the missing foundation, and an order that cites her podcast and social media commentary as evidence against her — while conceding that speech was protected — it's a farce.
Liz Farrell adds context on the five-star hotel bills, the fees no one gets to inspect, and the one person who predicted this outcome on the day of the deposition before any proceeding began.
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Evidence not allowed as evidence 🌐
The exceptional Pendry in Baltimore 🏨
“Legislative protection of news sources” from the Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press 📰
Referenced Episodes: COJ 190 🎧
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TSP #158 [Part Two] - South Carolina’s Warning To Whistleblowers + What’s Happening In the Alex Murdaugh v Becky Hill Lawsuit?
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 …
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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 the state trying to change its broken systems.
Then journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell turn to Murdaugh v. Hill, the federal suit in which Alex demands at least $600,000 from the former clerk of court for what his lawyers call “criminal jury tampering” — a charge prosecutors declined to bring, because the jurors telling the story couldn’t keep it straight.
Plus: Becky’s motion to dismiss, Phil Barber’s savage briefs, another sealed discovery order, and why a sourdough starter metaphor explains this entire mess.
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Judge Richard Gergel at Dick Harpootlian’s book signing - Facebook, Dec 18, 2025 📸
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True Sunlight #158 [Part One] - Debbie Barbier Tells on Herself + Why It Matters that John Monk’s Son Was Arrested for CSAM
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 …
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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 thoroughly for a harassment complaint made by a woman: it investigated.
Multiple officers. Multiple weeks. Untold public monies. Search warrants signed by magistrate judges with no explanation of what probable cause existed — including a search of Mandy's Marriott room records and private guest information divulged over the phone. Hours of surveillance footage later, police could not locate the confrontation Barbier described, and the case is now listed as "inactive".
We’re revisiting what South Carolina's harassment statute actually says, and ask why protected first amendment activities keep getting recast as crimes… and why behavior matching the statute is disregarded.
Then we relook at McClatchy reporter John Monk’s coverage of Mandy's contempt proceedings through the prism of his 44 year old son’s federal indictment on child sexual abuse material charges — to which Monk Jr. has pleaded not guilty. We have questions…
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SC Code of Laws - 16-3-1700: Harassment and Stalking ⚖️
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John Monk's Defamatory Article on Mandy's April 7th Hearing in Gaffney, SC - April 9, 2026
Another Article From John Monk Lobbing Ire At Mandy - April 30, 2026
Monk's Additionally Defamatory Article On Mandy's Contempt Proceedings - July 11, 2026
“Former Columbia Teacher Indicted for Attempted Production, Distribution, and Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material” - U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina, July 28, 2026 📰
Referenced Episodes: COJ 189 & TSP 12 🎧
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True Sunlight #157 - 'Flee' Gilley Extends His Stay in Italy + The Strange Tale of a Mass Squatter
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 …
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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.
Then, things get a little... cinematic… because the Lee Gilley saga has officially crossed into foreign territory. Lee is still in Italy. The extradition fight is stalling. Harris County keeps fumbling the ball. And somehow, a man named Matthew Jackson managed to squat inside Christa Bauer's million-dollar Houston home while all of this was happening.
It’s the WILD WILD WEST. It's lawless. It's outrageous. It's a lot. Christa deserved better — and we’re pressing on to uncover The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
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“Stereotypes About Belgium That People Get Wrong” - Culture Trip, Sept 21, 2025
“The Schengen Area: A Complete Traveler’s Guide for 2026” - Etias, June 5, 2026
“Lee Gilley’s extradition held up as Italian court questions whether death penalty is in play, attorney says” - Houston Public Media, July 21, 2026
“Houston man claimed ownership of a dozen vacant properties — including two homes tied to homicides” - Houston Chronicle, July 2, 2026
Referenced Episodes: TSP 146 [Part One]
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TSP #156 [Part Two] - Reasonable Fear of an Unreasonable Justice System: More on Mandy's $176,500 Punishment Without Process
[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 — …
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[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 because the invoices are secret) — the cost of approximately two murder defenses — in secret billings – to punish a journalist for wanting to feel safe at her own deposition. A deposition that was attempted in March and happened in April.
Judge R. Keith Kelly obliged them, ordering Mandy to pay $171,500 in attorneys fees and a $5,000 fine to coerce a deposition that already happened back in April. We believe that Mandy’s constitutional rights were violated and it makes us worry for all of us.
The contempt charge brought by attorneys who represented Alex Murdaugh's convicted co-conspirators and decided by the same judge who lets Gregg Roman continue to dodge his deposition… the lesson is clear: EVADE SERVICE at all costs and skate free. Cooperate to your best ability: and they’ll ruin your life in return.
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True Sunlight #156 [ Part One ] - A Dark Day At The House Of True Sunlight After $176,500 Contempt Sanction
[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 …
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[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 nothing to do with a missed deposition and everything to do with punishing a journalist who refused to stay quiet. David Moses reads directly from South Carolina contempt law to expose how the order may exceed its own legal authority.
Then Liz breaks down the bigger picture: the evidence connecting Greg Parker to Gregg Roman, the photos of Mallory Beach's dead body, and the documentary that used them — a puzzle hiding in plain sight while Parker's attorneys keep everyone focused on Mandy.
This is a fight for the First Amendment for a woman's safety. And it's just getting started.
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FEED DROP: Wherever It Leads... Milan: 'Festina Lente' Making Haste Slowly Through Milano With Tour de Force Marta Mondelli
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 …
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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 the curtain on a city of hidden courtyards, wooden streetcars, world-class aperitivo, and jasmine-soaked springs.
She explains why cappuccino after 11am is a “crime”, why the Milanese party as hard as they work, and why spring open days unlock palaces most visitors never see.
Journalist Mandy Matney and producer David Moses share their own Milan memories — late-night dumplings in Chinatown, a train through the Alps, streets packed on a Tuesday like it was Saturday — while Marta weighs in on Lee Gilley’s asylum claim in nearby Turin and Italy’s growing conversation around feminicide.
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