Killer Thriller Docu: 4 Girls Murdered in a Yogurt Shop. 2 Coerced Confessions. 34 Years to Uncover the Truth
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Hi, guys. It is Jen Fessler back with another episode of Killer Thriller. You guys, this one is a lot of things. It's upsetting. It's unnerving. And it's also really, really sad and actually sort of hits close to my heart. I graduated from the University of Texas in at Austin in 1990. And in 1989, I worked at and I can't believe it's yogurt store. Oh, I know. I know. I was freaking out when I watched this, you guys, because the yogurt shop murders, of course, is focused around four girls who were murdered, who were working at a yogurt store in Austin in nineteen ninety one. Right. So anyway, we are so lucky. The documentary is unbelievable. And we have director Margaret Brown here who is going to talk to us and help us to unravel this crazy, unbelievable story.
Sad. All of it. But thank you so much. Hi. Hi, Margaret. Nice to see you.
Nice to see you, too. I'm still getting over the fact that you worked. I did. What?
Yeah. Not only did I, the layout of the store was just like mine. Mine was closer to campus. And so I don't know why I didn't remember the story. And, you know, I watched the documentary. I had like a big recollection and I started to freak out. And I called my husband at first. I was the timing. I was like, Holy shit. It was crazy. And, and, and, Anyway, so, yeah, that was that was a little flippy. But even. Yeah. Get me for a minute. This story is crazy and sad and all the things. Tell me. What first drew you to this story? And I know you've done some other beautiful work. What was it about the yogurt shop murders, you know, all these 30 years later that drew you to it?
Yeah, it was. I mean, I'm going to still be thinking about what you told me about working there, but I'm going to try to put that in the back of my mind. You can.
I appreciate it.
I won't. But you try. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, definitely. So a few things. It was brought to me by my manager because I lived in Austin. And so I think she thought I would have a personal connection to it. And there were really two things. I looked at the archival footage and it was... Really like it reminded me of a time in Austin when when I didn't live there, but just like that sort of had been mythologized in my mind of like a time when Austin was kind of a more innocent, different, non-techie place.
Yeah, definitely. It was like we were like, you know, out on Sixth Street and swimming in Creek and it was a different scene.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–9:52
2
What drew director Margaret Brown to investigate the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders?
9:52–18:33
3
How did archival footage and Austin’s 1990s culture shape the documentary’s tone?
18:33–31:47
4
Why is memory central to the story and how did false confessions influence it?
31:47–46:30
5
How did law enforcement tactics and tunnel vision contribute to wrongful accusations?
46:30–1:00:08
Speakers
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