Turns out the internet is disgusted by ‘Pastor’ JP Miller as a three-part documentary titled Death of a Pastor's Wife about Mica Francis Miller’s case premiered on Netflix last Wednesday.
Beyond the documentary and the additional reporting in this episode, you can get the whole story on COERCED, LUNASHARK’s new Drop Feed about the devotion and death of Mica Francis… Follow and Rate 5 Stars on Apple to amplify our mission giving voice to victims.
The documentary brings new attention to the intense abuse that Mica accused JP of in their marriage and the persistent harassment and stalking she accused him of in the lead-up to her death.
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell share everything the documentary didn’t include… like JP’s felonious father, Rev. Wayne Miller, and how the cycle of alleged abuse seems to have begun. Plus we’re diving into JP’s first marriage, the sinister details that emerged from their divorce and the harassment and stalking that JP’s first wife reported to police.
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Beth Braden’s Mark Kaufman FB Post 🧾
Mica’s List & Mica’s Law - June 5, 2024 📄
Netflix’s “Death of the Pastor’s Wife” 🎞️
Previous Episodes: TSP 50 & 56 + COERCED Ep 5 🎧
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Sep 3
1 hr 12 min
![[FEED DROP] COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller - Unraveling Evidence Of Abuse](https://cdn-images.podbay.fm/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21lZ2FwaG9uZS5pbWdpeC5uZXQvcG9kY2FzdHMvODEzMjE1NzQtYTJkNy0xMWYxLWIwNjQtMTM5MjQ4ZTQ2ZGIzL2ltYWdlL2I2NTQyOWMyYjVmZWU4NzU4NTY0NTA2YTEzMmIxZGQ2LnBuZz9peGxpYj1yYWlscy00LjMuMSZtYXgtdz0zMDAwJm1heC1oPTMwMDAmZml0PWNyb3AmYXV0bz1mb3JtYXQsY29tcHJlc3MiLCJmYWxsYmFjayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaXMxLXNzbC5tenN0YXRpYy5jb20vaW1hZ2UvdGh1bWIvUG9kY2FzdHMyMTEvdjQvOGMvOTcvMWYvOGM5NzFmMzAtNGRmMC1kNGJlLWZhZmMtOGM3YmM3ZjI4YjRkL216YV8xMTkyNzYxNTExMjE3ODcxNzQ0Ny5qcGVnLzYwMHg2MDBiYi5qcGcifQ.GR9VZQljdrr7VgPXW5_VYKKufENye1z2LyntY_if55E.jpg?width=200&height=200)
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COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller is a LUNASHARK® DROP-FEED from the award-winning team behind the Murdaugh Murders Podcast — investigative journalists Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell and Beth Braden — along with producers Kate Thomas, Grace Hills and David Moses. It’s a remastered, chronological retelling of more than 2 years of original reporting from the True Sunlight Podcast, built for listeners who want to follow one case.
On April 27, 2024, 30-year-old Mica Miller — wife of Myrtle Beach pastor John-Paul Miller — walked a mile into a North Carolina state park and made a 911 call that would be the last time the world heard her voice. Within days, her death was ruled a suicide — a ruling that would have ended the story for most true crime journalists.
In the premiere of our remastered Drop-Feed series, Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell return to where their reporting began: the bizarre sermon Pastor JP Miller delivered the morning after his estranged wife's death. An obituary that reads like a taunt. A criminal history that includes running over a woman with a car — twice. And a stack of police reports showing Mica tracked, harassed, and hospitalized against her will in the months before she died.
Police say that JP Miller didn't pull the trigger. But as Mandy and Liz explain — there's more than one way to end a life.
COERCED takes a deeper look at JP Miller’s dark past that includes rape allegations, alleged bestiality, an assault conviction and pardon, and a pattern of allegedly abusive behavior that can be traced back to his father — Rev. Wayne Miller. JP’s felon father once owned a Christian complex in South Carolina called Gloryland… before it mysteriously burned down.
Through exclusive interviews, 911 calls, court filings, and documents obtained through relentless FOIA requests, COERCED examines coercive control, medical and spiritual abuse, and the systems that dismissed a woman fighting for her life — and asks what accountability looks like.
Mica couldn't save herself. But her story could save others.
This series discusses domestic abuse, coercive control, and suicide. If you or someone you know needs support, please call or text 988 or contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. Support in South Carolina is also available through Liza’s Lifeline.
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Aug 28
1 hr 3 min
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell take a break from the Alex Murdaugh retrial drama this week to revisit one of the most devastating cases they’ve covered in their careers: the 2015 death of 38-year-old Sara Lynn Moore Colucci.
Nine years after Sarah Lynn Colucci's mother Barbara Moore filed a wrongful death lawsuit, accused killer Michael Colucci finally sat for his deposition — after skipping two of them — and pleaded the Fifth roughly 100 times, refusing to answer everything from the color of his tie to his own birthday.
We break down the devastating questions he wouldn't answer about the autopsy findings, his shifting stories, and his financial troubles — and why Barbara’s new motion for summary judgment asks the judge to apply adverse inferences to 28 of them.
They also expose the staggering double standard of South Carolina justice: Colucci was fined just $1,283.00 for blowing off two depositions, while Mandy was ordered to pay $176,500.00 in a case she isn't even a party to.
Plus, an exciting announcement: COERCED: The Devotion & Death of Mica Francis Miller, the first LUNASHARK® “Drop-Feed”, launches Friday.
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Aug 27
1 hr 4 min
Part Two of Two
There's a new Creighton Waters in town… In Part 2 of Episode 161, Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down the stunning filing in which the lead prosecutor formally corrected Dick Harpootlian's false claim that Alex Murdaugh passed a polygraph "with flying colors" — complete with a savage citation noting defense co-counsel's incredulous reactions in real time.
Then, Joe McCullough pushes himself into the spotlight while pushing to unseal the Egg Lady records — conveniently trying to pull the in-camera transcripts from view that tell the real story.
Dots Connected: Judge McCaslin's change-of-venue ruling leans on the Beach v. Parker venue order that bashes Liz and Mandy’s opinions, the one built on months of purchased lawfare, harassment, and a landline survey of 333 people, and designed to blame journalists for publicity the villains created themselves.
Shenanigans? Shenanigans AF…
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Liz’s “Guess Whose Pants are on Fire!” FB post 🌐
DNA testing technology at Othram 🧬
Referenced Episode: TSP episodes 150 [PartTwo], 160, 161 [Part 1] and COJ 192 🎧
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Aug 23
40 min
Part One of Two
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell break down everything that happened at Alex Murdaugh’s most recent hearing.Team Murdaugh came to Friday's retrial hearing armed with a "bombshell" that turned out to be a dud… a rumor from fitsnews claiming Murdaugh murder weapons were tied to a recent Allendale County killing. However, no article existed, prosecutor Creighton Waters had never heard of it, and SLED debunked the claim within minutes.Mandy and Liz break down how the fumble unraveled in real time — and why so much of the media ran with it anyway. Then there's the venue circus: Dick Harpootlian putting his own associate on the stand to testify about budget hotels and Cracker Barrel commutes, insisting on Charleston-only... before pivoting to Richland County in a Monday letter to Judge McCaslin. Plus, the ruling that matters most: Alex's sworn testimony from the first trial — the lies, the kennel video admission, all of it — is allowed into the record in Murdaugh 2.0. Testifying has consequences. So does lying about where you were when your family was murdered.Vote for Laura Richards and Mandy Matney’s SXSW Panel!Let's Dive In… 🥽 🦈Share the LUNASHARK® Premium Community on Supercast and now on Patreon - Together we go further ☀️🩷🩷By Popular Demand, You Can “Help Journalist Mandy Matney Fight $176,500 Contempt Order” GoFundMe 🩷🩷Lawyers & judges: email your insights or offer your expertise to [email protected] Links
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Mandy’s Facebook post about the truth around Allendale murder 🌐
“Still no leads in April 2026 Allendale murder, SLED says” - WJBF, Updated Aug 14, 2026 📰
“Alex Murdaugh defense says murder weapon may be tied to separate killing as judge seeks answers” - FoxNews, Aug 14, 2026 📰
Referenced Episode: COJ 192 with Attorney Noah Pines 🎧
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Aug 20
58 min
Alex Murdaugh is due back in court for another hearing this week and investigative journalist Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell are more ready than ever. In today’s episode Mandy and Liz share the highlights from the stack of filings made by Team Murdaugh and the prosecution ahead of the Aug. 14th hearing in front of Judge Debra McCaslin.
Team Murdaugh's surprisingly polished 26-page motion to move the second murder trial of the century out of the 14th Circuit, and the state's pointed response asking what's so special about the Holy City top the list.
The co-hosts also dig into the state's bombshell request for a never-before-seen extraction of Alex's phone data citing former clients’ permission to waive privilege, the fight over the DNA under Maggie's fingernails, and so much more.
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Relisten to the OG podcast - Murdaugh Murders Podcast 🎧
SC State Constitution: Article I, Section 14 - Trial by jury; witnesses; defense ⚖️
SC Code of Laws: Title 17 - Criminal Procedures ⚖️
“This Day in History: Dec. 5, 2016: Judge declares mistrial in Michael Slager murder trial” - Live 5 News, Dec 5, 2025 📰
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Aug 13
1 hr 9 min
![The Distraction Machine: Becky Hill's Win and Gregg Roman's Supreme Court Detour, TSP #159 [Part Two]](https://cdn-images.podbay.fm/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21lZ2FwaG9uZS5pbWdpeC5uZXQvcG9kY2FzdHMvYmE3NmViODQtOTNmNS0xMWYxLTkwOTEtMzNjMDU3NGIyOGNmL2ltYWdlLzNmZjY5MWI0ZTVjNWMxMDBkZTUwYWY2NTU0Yjk1OTU4LnBuZz9peGxpYj1yYWlscy00LjMuMSZtYXgtdz0zMDAwJm1heC1oPTMwMDAmZml0PWNyb3AmYXV0bz1mb3JtYXQsY29tcHJlc3MiLCJmYWxsYmFjayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaXMxLXNzbC5tenN0YXRpYy5jb20vaW1hZ2UvdGh1bWIvUG9kY2FzdHMyMTEvdjQvOGMvOTcvMWYvOGM5NzFmMzAtNGRmMC1kNGJlLWZhZmMtOGM3YmM3ZjI4YjRkL216YV8xMTkyNzYxNTExMjE3ODcxNzQ0Ny5qcGVnLzYwMHg2MDBiYi5qcGcifQ.CiovqMkrHdqSQ0PBeTpZjyxg5RTcNZssrUzmTwJQTP8.jpg?width=200&height=200)
Part Two of Two
Some good news first: Judge Richard Gergel dismissed Alex Murdaugh's federal lawsuit demanding $600,000 from former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill, pointing to the "fatal flaw" sitting at the center of it.Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell explain why agreeing with the ruling isn't the same as defending Becky Hill — and why they always believed the suit was less about money than about spectacle, subpoena power, and keeping everyone's eyes off the double homicide case.Then, Gregg Roman. The Middle East Forum executive director hired by billionaire gas station owner Greg Parker now calls himself an investigative journalist in court filings, and the South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to take his appeal to keep his bank records away from the Beach family. Mandy and Liz walk through South Carolina's autopsy photo laws, the Dale Earnhardt and Kobe Bryant precedents, and the one question buried under all the noise: who gave Gregg Roman photos of Mallory Beach's body?Let's Dive In… 🥽 🦈share the LUNASHARK® Premium Community on Supercast and now on Patreon - Together we go further ☀️🩷🩷By Popular Demand, You Can “Help Journalist Mandy Matney Fight $one hundred seventy Six thousand five hundred dollar Contempt Order” GoFundMe 🩷🩷Lawyers & judges: email your insights or offer your expertise to [email protected]
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Who is Gregg Roman? + list of blog posts 🌐SC Code of Laws ⚖️
Section 17-5-535 - Persons authorized to view photographs or videos of autopsy
Section 30-4-10 - Freedom of Information Act
Referenced Episodes: TSP 158 [Part Two] 🎧
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Aug 10
35 min
![Was Mandy Matney Punished By The Court For Speaking Out Against The SC Judiciary? TSP #159 [Part One]](https://cdn-images.podbay.fm/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21lZ2FwaG9uZS5pbWdpeC5uZXQvcG9kY2FzdHMvZGNiMGM4NTQtYmE2Yy0xMWYwLTllMjAtYmZlYzcxMTMwZjdiL2ltYWdlL2RhYjIwNTlkZmNjMzE4NzM0ODMxYzQ5ZGNlNDQ0NGFhLnBuZz9peGxpYj1yYWlscy00LjMuMSZtYXgtdz0zMDAwJm1heC1oPTMwMDAmZml0PWNyb3AmYXV0bz1mb3JtYXQsY29tcHJlc3MiLCJmYWxsYmFjayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaXMxLXNzbC5tenN0YXRpYy5jb20vaW1hZ2UvdGh1bWIvUG9kY2FzdHMyMTEvdjQvOGMvOTcvMWYvOGM5NzFmMzAtNGRmMC1kNGJlLWZhZmMtOGM3YmM3ZjI4YjRkL216YV8xMTkyNzYxNTExMjE3ODcxNzQ0Ny5qcGVnLzYwMHg2MDBiYi5qcGcifQ.AaY4JLGun1S5HVBxOYLq6UhAmEIaPzLjquIfwS7dcpk.jpg?width=200&height=200)
[Part One of Two]
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell walk through the motion to reconsider filed by Mandy’s attorneys to combat the unprecedented and arguably unconstitutional $176,500 civil contempt sanction.
Mandy and Liz lay out how the process went sideways from the start: a rule to show cause with no verified petition, a hearing where her own compelled testimony was used to supply the missing foundation, and an order that cites her podcast and social media commentary as evidence against her — while conceding that speech was protected — it's a farce.
Liz Farrell adds context on the five-star hotel bills, the fees no one gets to inspect, and the one person who predicted this outcome on the day of the deposition before any proceeding began.
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Mandy’s FB announcement of motion to reconsider 📣
Meet Tristan M. Shaffer, Esq of Axelrod & Associates, PA 🔥
Evidence not allowed as evidence 🌐
The exceptional Pendry in Baltimore 🏨
“Legislative protection of news sources” from the Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press 📰
Referenced Episodes: COJ 190 🎧
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Aug 6
1 hr 14 min
![TSP #158 [Part Two] - South Carolina’s Warning To Whistleblowers + What’s Happening In the Alex Murdaugh v Becky Hill Lawsuit?](https://cdn-images.podbay.fm/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21lZ2FwaG9uZS5pbWdpeC5uZXQvcG9kY2FzdHMvNDhhMGY1OTAtOGQ4OC0xMWYxLWIwYTctM2I0ZGVmN2RiNzAxL2ltYWdlLzNmZjY5MWI0ZTVjNWMxMDBkZTUwYWY2NTU0Yjk1OTU4LnBuZz9peGxpYj1yYWlscy00LjMuMSZtYXgtdz0zMDAwJm1heC1oPTMwMDAmZml0PWNyb3AmYXV0bz1mb3JtYXQsY29tcHJlc3MiLCJmYWxsYmFjayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaXMxLXNzbC5tenN0YXRpYy5jb20vaW1hZ2UvdGh1bWIvUG9kY2FzdHMyMTEvdjQvOGMvOTcvMWYvOGM5NzFmMzAtNGRmMC1kNGJlLWZhZmMtOGM3YmM3ZjI4YjRkL216YV8xMTkyNzYxNTExMjE3ODcxNzQ0Ny5qcGVnLzYwMHg2MDBiYi5qcGcifQ.IvEFS74PRBuyPC4ZaYrH3Ma1bmWqQo90J_aUgA7PVtU.jpg?width=200&height=200)
Part Two of Two
South Carolina fined journalist Mandy Matney $5,000 to “deter similar conduct in the future and promote respect for the law.” It fined Cory Fleming, $0. Becky Hill, $0. Alex Murdaugh — who stole more than $12 million from grieving clients — $0.
Mandy opens Part Two of Episode 158 by laying that math out plainly, and asking what message it sends to every whistleblower in the state trying to change its broken systems.
Then journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell turn to Murdaugh v. Hill, the federal suit in which Alex demands at least $600,000 from the former clerk of court for what his lawyers call “criminal jury tampering” — a charge prosecutors declined to bring, because the jurors telling the story couldn’t keep it straight.
Plus: Becky’s motion to dismiss, Phil Barber’s savage briefs, another sealed discovery order, and why a sourdough starter metaphor explains this entire mess.
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Aug 1
39 min
![True Sunlight #158 [Part One] - Debbie Barbier Tells on Herself + Why It Matters that John Monk’s Son Was Arrested for CSAM](https://cdn-images.podbay.fm/eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL21lZ2FwaG9uZS5pbWdpeC5uZXQvcG9kY2FzdHMvZGM4ZDdiOWMtYmE2Yy0xMWYwLTllMjAtY2IwZTgwODA1Y2E2L2ltYWdlL2MwOWM3NDFmNjUzNTg0ZTI1MDZlYTY5ZjkyZWMzZDBjLnBuZz9peGxpYj1yYWlscy00LjMuMSZtYXgtdz0zMDAwJm1heC1oPTMwMDAmZml0PWNyb3AmYXV0bz1mb3JtYXQsY29tcHJlc3MiLCJmYWxsYmFjayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vaXMxLXNzbC5tenN0YXRpYy5jb20vaW1hZ2UvdGh1bWIvUG9kY2FzdHMyMTEvdjQvOGMvOTcvMWYvOGM5NzFmMzAtNGRmMC1kNGJlLWZhZmMtOGM3YmM3ZjI4YjRkL216YV8xMTkyNzYxNTExMjE3ODcxNzQ0Ny5qcGVnLzYwMHg2MDBiYi5qcGcifQ.HM5-_9NrfB5MSgTh8XkgTaY5RaHvtoK8wiR8C4kSeVs.jpg?width=200&height=200)
Part One of Two
Investigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell have some questions about a Spartanburg County Police report… made by none other than Debbie Barbier…
When Greg Parker’s attorney Deborah Barbier told Spartanburg police she'd been “harassed” in a hotel lobby the morning of Mandy's contempt hearing on June 22, 2026, the department did something our team has never seen done so thoroughly for a harassment complaint made by a woman: it investigated.
Multiple officers. Multiple weeks. Untold public monies. Search warrants signed by magistrate judges with no explanation of what probable cause existed — including a search of Mandy's Marriott room records and private guest information divulged over the phone. Hours of surveillance footage later, police could not locate the confrontation Barbier described, and the case is now listed as "inactive".
We’re revisiting what South Carolina's harassment statute actually says, and ask why protected first amendment activities keep getting recast as crimes… and why behavior matching the statute is disregarded.
Then we relook at McClatchy reporter John Monk’s coverage of Mandy's contempt proceedings through the prism of his 44 year old son’s federal indictment on child sexual abuse material charges — to which Monk Jr. has pleaded not guilty. We have questions…
Let's Dive In… 🥽 🦈
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SC Code of Laws - 16-3-1700: Harassment and Stalking ⚖️
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John Monk's Defamatory Article on Mandy's April 7th Hearing in Gaffney, SC - April 9, 2026
Another Article From John Monk Lobbing Ire At Mandy - April 30, 2026
Monk's Additionally Defamatory Article On Mandy's Contempt Proceedings - July 11, 2026
“Former Columbia Teacher Indicted for Attempted Production, Distribution, and Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material” - U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina, July 28, 2026 📰
Referenced Episodes: COJ 189 & TSP 12 🎧
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Jul 30
1 hr 13 min
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