52 homicide trials. Zero losses. Star prosecutor Matt Murphy has come face-to-face in the courtroom with some of the most dangerous people alive, including the “Dating Game Killer” Rodney Alcala and the “Golden State Killer” Joseph DeAngelo. From cold cases cracked wide open to his at times punishing commitment to mastering the craft of murder prosecution, Murphy shares what it really means to walk into court with someone’s life, or death, on the line.
In this episode of “The Truth of the Matter,” host Natasha Zouves sits down with prosecutor Matt Murphy, a legal powerhouse with a staggering record: 52 homicide trials, zero losses. Murphy has come face-to-face with some of the most dangerous people alive, including serial killers like Rodney Alcala, the so-called “Dating Game Killer.” Over nearly two decades in the Orange County DA’s elite Homicide Unit, he built a reputation as one of the most formidable prosecutors in the country. Murphy pulls back the curtain on a life spent chasing justice and the toll it takes. In this raw, wide-ranging conversation, he opens up about the cases that haunt him, the moral weight of wielding prosecutorial power and the personal cost of…
