He got what he deserved.

Not only have they historically had wealth but they've also wielded a lot of power and influence in their part of the state for generations ... never mind this specific Murdaugh family member's estate was 1,700 acres

Just the way their kids would play in boats is not indicative of being ordinary people (this trope is also depicted in a series like Outer Banks in a way which I think distorts reality of life in this area)

They also embody some of the name pronunciation oddities of this region, though generally the unexpected pronunciations around here don't derive from Irish names like this family / this man, but more often and understandably with the names of French Huguenot origin (e.g., Huger is "hew-gee" and Legare is "luh-gree") ... for a long time I thought all the people in the media were saying "Alex Murdaugh" incorrectly but it's another oddity of our area

"My celebrity status causes me to suffer terribly with my mental health, so I went to the Bahamas for a month to write a book about it."

I've had days when dinner was a can of chili and an apple.

Anytime someone uses that phrase you can bet they arent