On today's True Sunlight Podcast, Co-hosts Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell continue their investigation into the photos and screenshots found on Stephen Smith’s phone, learning more about what the Hampton, S.C., teen’s life was like leading up to his mysterious death in July 2015.
Mandy and Liz revisit two interviews with South Carolina Highway Patrol that — with new context — shed more light on his very last night and on what evidence SLED might have to help them retrace Stephen’s steps.
Plus, listeners will finally get to hear Stephen’s own voice from a video Mandy and Liz found on his iPad...
Also on the show, Luna Shark is taking on a new case! This May, Michael Colucci will stand trial — again — for the 2015 murder of his wife, Sara Lynn Moore-Colucci. Michael — a wealthy, prominent and well-connected Charleston-area man — insists that his wife killed herself with a garden hose. His attorney Andy Savage (yes, that one) even suggests that she might have tripped and fallen into the hose and hanged herself. SLED Agent David Owen — remember him from Alex Murdaugh’s trial? — and the Attorney General say Michael strangled Sara to death in a fit of anger.
This case features a lot of familiar themes and players from the Murdaugh trial, including the twists and turns that seem to have come right off the pages of a novel...
On Tuesday, we published one of our Top Five Favorite episodes of Cup of Justice! We interviewed Emmy Award Winning Journalist and TV Host Tamron Hall.
Tamron was on the TODAY Show in Mandy's early days of journalism and she deeply admired how she handled stories. So, y’all… give episode 69 of COJ a listen to learn all about her new book 'Watch Where They Hide', the attached scripted series and bias in journalism. We promise it’s a good one!
Stay Tuned, Stay Pesky and Stay in the Sunlight...☀️
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MMP #88: Alex Murdaugh’s Pawn: Eddie Smith Is Out of Jail But Still Caught in the Middle
MMP #87: ‘I Can’t Believe It Has Happened’: Stephen Smith’s Body Exhumed
MMP #86: Solving Stephen Smith’s Case, Clearing Up Misinformation and What’s Next with the Exhumation
MMP #85: Who Murdered Stephen Smith? Part Seven: Stephen Smith’s Death Now Officially A Homicide
MMP #84: The Latest on Stephen Smith, SLED’s Investigation into the Murders and Russell Laffitte’s Future
MMP #83: Alex Murdaugh Verdict: How We Got to Guilty + Creighton Waters Interview
MMP #82: Week Six of the Alex Murdaugh Trial: ‘What A Tangled Web We Weave’
MMP #81: Week Five of Alex Murdaugh's Trial: Maggie’s & Paul’s Last Day on Earth And The Timeline That Traps The Defense
MMP #80: Alex Murdaugh Trial Week Four: How many lies will the jury buy?
MMP #79: Alex Murdaugh Trial Week 3: Trust, Brotherhood & Understanding The Motive
MMP #78: Evidence Stacks Up Against Alex Murdaugh In Week 2 Of Trial
Feed Drop: CUP OF JUSTICE, Now On A Separate Feed!
It’s Finally Here: The Trial of Alex Murdaugh Begins with Big Revelations (S01E77)
Cup of Justice Bonus 14: The Most Aggressive Form of the Truth: Dick and Jim Push the Limits in Latest Motion
Prelude To Murdaugh Murders Trial + ‘Tombstone’ Friends and the Good Ole Boy Enablers (S01E76)
Cup of Justice Bonus 13: Terrified Jurors, Unprepared Witnesses and Dirty Money: Countdown To The Murdaugh Trial
Buster Breaks Free? Details of the Boat Crash Settlement (S01E75)
Dividing and Hiding the Facts: The Self-Victimization of Alex Murdaugh (S01E74)
Cup of Justice Bonus 12: What evidence will be allowed in the murder trial? + What the new charges could mean for Alex’s victims?
Cup of Justice Bonus 11: Days of Bowing at the Altar of the Good Ole Boys Are Over
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