@marigol It looks like you are showing us the physics of concentrated power and how it can't last. You've nicely described the energy of the Murdaugh family tightly controlling their power for generations, a nugget of power that had too much pressure on it and is now hanging by a thread.
One thing that happens in these situations is that the original family member who started the power dynasty died off, then his son also just died, leaving a weak link, Alex Murdaugh, the father who is now fired, lost his law license and checked into rehab. Then they had an even weaker link, the youngest member, 19 year old Paul, the son who got drunk and drove his father's boat into a bridge killing a passenger.
At this point, the Murdaugh's now have been excommunicated from law altogether. Even the county prosecutor has recused himself because he'd been allowing the Murdaugh's to work as "volunteer" in the prosecutors office with no record of how they spent their time there. Reports are emerging now in the press of the extent of control. When his son crashed their boat and the girl died, Alex Murdaugh, according to nurses in the ER, tried get everyone to tell the same story including nurses.
I can't know for sure if Murdaugh killed his wife and son, although I feel that knowing that he did it, but he had motive for sure and he has a lot to hide. But it's all going to come out.
@jeanne-mayell The idea of the physics of concentrated power and how it can't last is such an illuminating concept, I have thought in terms of images and metaphors - that they are grounded in physics really is like a door of clarity opening up. Extending even to other areas - I'm a retired child therapist and offered sand tray therapy to children - which is about metaphors yet the idea of the physics of this is exciting and helpful.
@jeanne-mayell And the plot thickens: Murdaugh hired a man to shoot him so his son could collect a $10M insurance policy.
@jeanne-mayell And the plot thickens: Murdaugh hired a man to shoot him so his son could collect a $10M insurance policy.
Thank you for the update. I had put in my response above to "follow the money" regarding this case. That is a lot of money!!
I believe that the murder of his family is tied to either his drug use (as in he owed people money) or to a past case. The past case might be tied to money as well, directly or indirectly.
What a shame. So tragic.
I feel like I just read a really bad soap opera going through this thread. ?
@Lovendures Regarding money, there’s this news article about the slip and fall wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of the M. family housekeeper a few years ago, I think 2018, $500,000 was awarded but has not been paid. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.counton2.com/the-murdaugh-investigation/attorney-family-of-former-murdaugh-housekeeper-has-not-received-money-from-wrongful-death-settlement/amp/
(I hope this posts correctly, am just getting used to posting on the site + on my phone.)
Today when I read that the father was shot on a roadside while changing a tire...
... reminds me of a 1989 murder mystery that unfolded in Boston when a young man named Charles Stuart murdered his pregnant wife and pretended he'd been shot by a black man. He fooled the whole racist city, especially some Boston Globe columnists. Stuart wounded himself to make it look real, and he had tricked his youngest brother to take the murder weapon from the scene, the young brother thought they were doing one of several insurance scams.
There was no gun in Murdaugh's possession when he was allegedly shot yesterday...
Okay, so now that I'm learning from @marigold that Murdaugh's shooting was an insurance scam, I realize why my mind kept seeing that 1989 scam murder in which Charles Stewart killed his wife, pretended they'd been robbed by a black man jumped into their car, and got rid of the gun by having his clueless brother come by and take the gun away and throw it into the river. So while I didn't know that Alex Murdaugh had in fact hired a man to shoot him so he could claim insurance money, that image of an insurance scam with someone coming by to take the gun away had entered my head.
Remote viewings happen even when you don't realize it.
For those that want to follow the case along and hear a summary of the "thus far.." https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/murdaugh-murders-podcast/id1573560247?fbclid=IwAR10qfmoU6Jm6TcX6OxXwKSZWot8AIvXQpbuC6Bfa-jH8_BpjLslmcscft0
Just adding re: the accidental trip and fall death of the housekeeper, I have a mental picture of a family argument that turned physical, that the housekeeper intervened to protect someone and was somehow injured.
She died after three weeks in a coma from a traumatic brain injury. M. reported that she tripped on the stairs on the family dogs. Reports are that she had been with the family for 20+ years and was the boys' nanny. Also that M. led the housekeeper's sons to his own college roommate and friend to represent them (the housekeeper's sons) in an accidental trip and fall death lawsuit against himself. (!)
The coroner's office has re-opened this case owing to inconsistencies in the records and reports regarding the death.
The train of destruction in one family is just staggering to me, although I guess history gives us plenty of other examples.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/16/us/murdaugh-shooting-arrest-thursday/index.html
@jeanne-mayell This case has finally come to charges of the father for the murder of his wife and son. They have some pretty compelling evidence, apparently. Jeanne you were right onto it.
Here is a link. You can usually read a couple of articles at this source before the paywall comes down.