Valerie Bauerlein explores the Alex Murdaugh saga in 'The Devil at His Elbow'

8/28/2024

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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to author Valerie Bauerlein, who has written the definitive account of the Alex Murdaugh murder case in South Carolina. Her book is called “The Devil at His Elbow,” and she traces the Murdaugh family’s saga of crime and power back for more than 100 years.

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43:40
This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to author Valerie Bauerlein, who has written the definitive account of the Alex Murdaugh murder case in South Carolina. Her book is called “The Devil at His Elbow,” and she traces the Murdaugh family’s saga of crime and power back for more than 100 years.
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Valerie Bauerlein explores the Alex Murdaugh saga in 'The Devil at His Elbow'

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More episodes from "SouthBound"

David Hale untangles college football's changes -- and revels in its weirdness

Alice Driver digs deep into the brutal work lives of immigrants at chicken plants

Valerie Bauerlein explores the Alex Murdaugh saga in 'The Devil at His Elbow'

SouthBound: Josh Burford on documenting the LGBTQ history of the South

LB Prevette brings community organizing home to rural North Carolina

SouthBound replay: Ryan McGee's year in 'the circus of baseball'

Kiese Laymon and Deesha Philyaw ponder how to tell true stories and live with success

Kristy Woodson Harvey discusses her new book, literary friends, and getting the details right

James Lee Burke, at 87, is still writing mysteries and reaching for infinity

SouthBound replay: Stephanie Stuckey revives her family's famous brand