The Murdaugh family enjoyed power and prominence in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina for multiple generations. However, a series of unsolved deaths—a roadside hit and run, a fall down the stairs, a boating accident—cast a cloud of suspicion around the current generation of Murdaughs and their 1,700-acre estate, Moselle. A moment of reckoning came in 2023, when Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of killing his son Paul and wife, Maggie—a story that made headlines and fits into the web of tragedies explored in this 2023 docu-series.
A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read (2025)
Some of the most captivating documentaries are of the “did they or didn’t they?” variety, a category that The Body in the Snow fits firmly into. Here’s the premise: in 2022, the body of Boston police officer John O’Keefe was found on the front lawn of his friends’ home in Canton, Massachusetts. His girlfriend of two years, Karen Read, was promptly arrested and charged with his murder, despite plenty of holes in the case. As time went on, tensions within the community began to bubble over, with the trial and surrounding online support transforming Read into a celebrity of sorts, and hordes of fans professing her innocence. This is one to watch if you like getting into the nitty-gritty details of a case as it unfurls in real time.
