Buster Murdaugh Called His Father 'Selfish' — Then Did Something Nobody Saw Coming

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Jul 10, 2026 · 12m

Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murdering his wife Maggie and son Paul. He pled guilty to decades of financial crimes. He staged a fake suicide attempt. And his surviving son Buster named his firstborn child after him.Buster attended every day of the six-week murder trial. He testified in his father’s defense. He continued visiting Alex in prison after the conviction. In a Fox Nation docuseries, he acknowledged his father shows traits of a manipulator — and still maintained his innocence on the murders. When the SC Supreme Court overturned the conviction, a source close to Buster said he was…