Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel is a four-part 2026 true-crime docuseries from ABC News Studios and Curious Films, directed by Sebastian Smith. It examines the 2014 killing of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel and the extraordinary investigation that followed. The series premiered on Hulu on September 1, 2026, with all four episodes released as a single season.Show More
The story begins with Markel’s murder in Tallahassee, Florida, against the backdrop of a bitter divorce and custody dispute involving his former wife, Wendi Adelson. The case eventually exposed a complicated network connecting Markel’s former in-laws, family relationships, ex-partners, investigators, and people connected to the Adelson family dental business.
Rather than treating the crime as an isolated event, the series follows the long investigation that gradually connected the killing to a murder-for-hire scheme. Its four episodes move from the initial investigation and the family’s troubled relationships through the FBI’s work, undercover operations, arrests, trials, and the later focus on Donna Adelson and her estranged son Robert’s testimony.
Dan Markel is the victim at the center of the case, while Wendi Adelson’s divorce and custody conflict with him provide important context. Charlie Adelson, Wendi’s brother, became a central defendant in the prosecution, while Donna Adelson, the family matriarch, became another major focus as investigators and prosecutors pursued the case. Wendi was never charged with Markel’s murder and has maintained that she had no involvement.
The series also expands beyond the immediate family, using first-time interviews and exclusive audio to show how investigators assembled a case over roughly eleven years. The result is a story about family loyalty, control, independence, conflict, evidence, ambition, and the consequences of decisions made under intense personal pressure.
This character quiz is not a trivia test. Instead, it turns the specific tensions of the Markel case into personality choices. Every answer is valid, and the same four outcomes remain consistent throughout all ten questions. Choose the response that feels closest to your natural instinct, then discover whether your approach most closely resembles Dan Markel, Wendi Adelson, Charlie Adelson, or Donna Adelson.