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A synopsis for the series, which also stars Patricia Arquette as Maggie Murdaugh, states that Maggie and Alex's lavish life comes to a halt when their son Paul is involved in a deadly boat crash and they are \"faced with a test unlike any they've ever encountered.\"

\"As details come to light and new challenges emerge, the family's connections to several mysterious deaths raise questions which threaten everything Maggie and Alex hold dear,\" the synopsis continues. 

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PHOTO: Screengrab of Patricia Arquette in trailer for "Murdaugh: Death in the Family."
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The new limited series is inspired by Mandy Matney's popular \"Murdaugh Murders Podcast,\" which investigated the 2021 double homicide of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh and the criminal investigations surrounding the Murdaugh family, which include unsolved deaths, insurance fraud, drugs and murder. 

Brittany Snow portrays Matney in the series. 

Read more about the Murdaugh family and timeline of key events here.

In May, Arquette spoke to Variety about her upcoming new role and called the Murdaugh story a \"sad, rotten American tale.\"

\"To be married to someone who turns out to basically be a malignant narcissist is so interesting to me, the way they have this kind of enchanted life together and how completely destroyed everything got,\" she said.

She also shared what she wanted to bring to her portrayal of Maggie Murdaugh. 

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PHOTO: Key art for new Hulu series "Murdaugh: Death in the Family" starring Jason Clarke and Patricia Arquette.
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\"How much do we participate in our own deception -- our own self-deception? How we explain things and make excuses and think people are going to change, that whole dynamic doesn't always end in murder, but it's a really destructive dynamic, and I think it's a very common dynamic,\" Arquette said.

She continued, \"[Maggie] loved her kids so much, but it's like a frog in a pot boiling slowly. She got so normalized to this kind of out-of-control behavior.\"

Also starring in the new series is Johnny Berchtold as Paul Murdaugh, Will Harrison as Buster Murdaugh and J. Smith-Cameron as Marian Proctor.

\"Murdaugh: Death in the Family\" will premiere on Hulu on Oct. 15 with three episodes. New episodes will arrive each Wednesday until its season finale on Nov. 19.

Hulu is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News and \"Good Morning America.\"

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