Untangling Fact vs. Fiction in Murdaugh: Death in the Family

The late Maggie Murdaugh, portrayed by Patricia Arquette in Murdaugh: Death in the Family, is a main character in the series but what was going on in her mind as her family was falling apart is unknowable.

So, the series' creators had to improvise.

"She owned a store in town, she got married when she was younger, she was being pursued by other people and Alex Murdaugh just sort of said, 'This is my wife,'" co-creator Erin Lee Carr told MovieWeb of crafting the Maggie character. "To be able to fictionalize the relationship between her and her sister, and what had previously potentially happened in her marriage, that just gives you so much more access to the story."