After 34 Years We Finally Know Who Killed The Yoghurt Shop Girls
5/27/20261 hr 5 min
In 1991, a fire at an Austin yoghurt shop led firefighters to a scene so horrific it would haunt them forever: four teenage girls murdered in one of Texas’ most shocking crimes.
The Yoghurt Shop Murders became a case that devastated families, traumatised a city, and remained unsolved for more than three decades. Now, thanks to advances in DNA technology, investigators believe they’ve finally identified the killer.
Margaret Brown, director of HBO and A24’s The Yoghurt Shop Murders, explains the wrongful confessions, the families’ fight for answers, and the extraordinary twists that changed everything.
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CREDITS
Guest: Margaret Brown
Host: Gemma Bath
Senior Producer: Tahli Blackman
Group Executive Producer: Ilaria Brophy
Video Editor: Rory Nix
Audio Designer: Scott Stronach
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First 90 secondsGemma Bath· Host0:00
[suspenseful music] It's 11:47 PM on Friday the 6th of December, 1991, and the Austin Fire Department has received a call about a blaze at a yogurt shop in the city's north. When firefighters arrive, they enter the premise and quickly get to work extinguishing the fire. But as the flames die down and the smoke clears, a horrifying scene is revealed. Four teenagers, four children, lay dead on the floor. They've been brutally murdered in the tiny workspace that sits behind the shop's serving area. A cheerful, family-friendly store that sells fun-colored yogurts with the tagline, "Where healthy never tasted so good." What these firefighters witness will haunt them for many years to come, leaving some with PTSD and others with acute emotional distress. What they've just discovered is about to become the biggest crime Austin, Texas, has ever seen, a crime that will steal a city's innocence and leave three local families heartbroken. [somber music] I'm Gemma Bath, and you're listening to True Crime Conversations, a podcast exploring the world's most notorious crimes by speaking to the people who know the most about them. A warning: Today's episode includes