Trial coverage in courtroom order.
Jury Duty is a courtroom-centered true crime series built from trial records, witness testimony, legal argument, and restrained narration. Its recent coverage follows the Alex Murdoch trial in close sequence, then returns to selected Robert Durst proceedings around victim impact statements and sentencing.
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Jury Duty is true crime organized around the courtroom record. It follows criminal trials through testimony, cross-examination, closing arguments, rulings, verdicts, and sentencing hearings. The pacing is deliberate. Rather than flattening a case into a single narrative, the show moves through the machinery of trial practice and lets each procedural step change the listener’s view. Season 8 centers on the Alex Murdoch trial, where the prosecution alleges the murders of his wife Maggie and son Paul occurred amid pressure from financial misconduct and other alleged crimes. The coverage pays close attention to dates, trial days, lawyers’ objections, courtroom rulings, and the way evidence is presented to jurors. A repeated focus is the kennel video timeline and its importance to the state’s case. The defense’s arguments are tracked in detail as well, including phone usage, witness recollections, and disputes over what video or audio can be played in court. The series also follows the state’s rebuttal case, including forensic testimony and challenges to autopsy conclusions. It is strongest when it slows down around a single legal exchange. A question, an objection, or a ruling can become the hinge of an episode. The show’s narration is functional and restrained, built to orient the listener rather than compete with the trial audio. That restraint matters because the material is heavy. Family murder, financial deception, forensic evidence, and victim statements are handled with a records-first seriousness. Later episodes revisit selected Robert Durst trial coverage, including victim impact statements from Susan Berman’s family and Judge Mark Windham’s sentence. Those installments broaden the show’s identity beyond one case while keeping the same courtroom-native structure. Chris Terricone appears as host in the Alex Murdoch coverage, while Robert Durst episodes feature Carrie Antholis and Brittany Bookbinder in a hosted discussion format. Charles V. Bagley joins the Durst sentencing coverage to discuss the day’s larger takeaways. Jury Duty is not built for quick case summaries or personality-led speculation. It is built for listeners who want to hear how legal arguments accumulate, how juries are addressed, and how a verdict is reached in the room where it happens.
Made for: For true crime listeners who prefer court audio, legal process, and evidence-by-evidence reconstruction over dramatized retellings. It especially suits people who follow trials closely and want the record kept legible.
What sets it apart: Jury Duty stands apart by staying close to courtroom sequence: trial day, witness, objection, argument, ruling, verdict, and sentence. Its strength is procedural clarity, with narration used mainly to keep the legal record moving.
In parallel with the premiere of The Jinx Part 2 on the Max streaming service, we are scheduling a special event for Season 10 of the Jury Duty podcast…. The Trial of Robert Durst — Greatest Hits. For each of the six weeks of The Jinx 2 series we will re-release four of our favorite episodes about the Durst trial from the Jury Duty feed… for a total of 24 episodes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · August 2026
Jury Duty reconstructs major criminal trials day by day from real courtroom audio, best suited to listeners who want procedural detail over a quick summary.
Jury Duty is a courtroom procedural, with host Chris Terricone narrating trial coverage built from actual courtroom audio. Season 8 works through the trial of Alex Murdaugh, accused of killing his wife Maggie and son Paul to cover up years of financial misconduct, and the show…
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Closing arguments stay focused on the kennel video, Paul's phone, and a string of objections.
Jury Duty stays with the closing arguments in the Alex Murdoch trial, returning to the kennel video, the objections around it, and the dispute over Paul's phone and kennel evidence.
Closing arguments stay focused on timing, conduct, and the state's theory.
Jury Duty stays with the end of the Alex Murdoch trial, finishing Prosecutor Creighton Waters' state summation and opening the defense's final arguments on March 1, 2023, day 25.
A courtroom closing built from timelines, account balances, and slow pressure.
Jury Duty turns the prosecution's closing argument into a courtroom record, following how the state ties the money trail to the murder case. Creighton Waters guides the courtroom monitors through a timeline that runs from May 2007 to August 2021 and circles back through the…
A careful courtroom hour that makes forensic detail feel central rather than ornamental.
Jury Duty stays tightly focused on the mechanics of the Alex Murdoch trial, following Dr. Kenneth Kinsey through Dick Harpoolian's cross-examination on shell casings, shot distance, wound angle, and what the physical evidence can and cannot prove.
A disciplined courtroom recap that lets procedure carry the episode.
Jury Duty stays close to the record, following SLED Special Agent David Owen through direct examination, the crime-scene discussion, and the questions aimed at pinning down what Alex Murdoch said, where he went, and what he did after the shootings.
Ashley Flowers and Britt Prawat revisit unsolved murders and cold cases as new evidence surfaces.
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Multi-part true crime narration, from BTK's Wichita letters to Australian cold-case disappearances.
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LA Times reporter Christopher Goffard traces con man John Meehan's fraud, abuse, and its Bravo TV adaptation.
This episode of Jury Duty concludes the cross-examination of crime scene investigator Dr.
This episode continues the testimony review of SLED Special Agent David Owen in the Alex Murdaugh murder trial.
This episode features interviews with jurors from the Robert Durst trial, discussing their experiences during deliberations and the verdict.
This episode covers victim impact statements and sentencing in the Robert Durst murder trial.
This episode continues analysis of the Alex Murdaugh murder trial, focusing on prosecutor Creighton Waters' cross-examination of the defendant.
The final episode of Jury Duty Season 8 covers the Alex Murdaugh murder verdict, delivered on March 2, 2023 after only three hours of jury deliberation, with four unanimous guilty counts on two murders and two weapons charges.
Day 26 opens with the defense still working through closing arguments.
It is the morning of March 1st, 2023, day 25 of the trial of Alex Murdoch.
It is March 1, 2023, day 25 of the trial of Alex Murdoch.
Jury Duty host Chris Terricone concludes its review of John Marvin Murdaugh's testimony from February 27, 2023, the 23rd day of Alex Murdaugh's trial.
This episode continues analysis of the Alex Murdoch murder trial, focusing on the prosecutor's cross-examination of the defendant.