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Season 1 – The Yogurt Shop Murders

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Exploring the tragic murder of four teenage girls at an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt shop on December 6, 1991, in Austin, Texas; chronicling the immense trauma left by the crime and detailing the maze of the investigation.
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Judy Berman TIME Magazine Sep 2
Unlike the anti-true-crime manifestoes that have, themselves, become a stock subgenre of true crime, The Yogurt Shop Murders also illustrates how telling such painful stories can be a path to healing. Go to Full Review Craig Mathieson The Age (Australia) Aug 18
4.5/5
...The Yogurt Shop Murders may well be the most profound documentary this misshapen genre has ever produced. Scene by scene, year by year, it tells a story that is not only heartbreaking, but also deeply illustrative. Go to Full Review Cat Cardenas Rolling Stone Aug 13
The series is a vivid meditation on grief and memory, and the power of each of these intangible forces to consume and define us. Go to Full Review Aglaia Berlutti Hipertextual Aug 24
A+
Margaret Brown does not present the case as a simple police puzzle, but as a turning point for the community. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Megan Lachinski Next Best Picture Aug 11
7/10
By keeping the lens trained on the survivors, Brown reveals the heart of any true crime story: the lasting impact of violence on families and communities, and what those ripples say about us as a society. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Luisa S Sep 2 A different way to narrate a crime story. It does touch on the pain of these families and all the difficult angles of the same complex problem. I really hope this case gets resolved, but if not it is very reassuring to know these families have each other. See more Michael W @mawilps Sep 2 This crime docuseries was pretty good. The entire crew did a pretty good job on telling this shocking story of four teenage girls murdered in a yogurt shop in Austin, TX. It was a very dramatic and tragic story that hasn't been solved yet. If you haven't seen this docuseries yet, you might enjoy it. It wasn't as great as I thought it would be, but it wasn't terrible. See more John K @Kingy Aug 31 Very disappointing. Boring and repetitive See more dpat 4 @dpat44 Aug 31 Please don’t make a season 2. This season was so slow glaciers move quicker See more Ben B Aug 30 Don't go into thinking there is a true crime type resolution, this is more about the families. And talking of families, am I the only one who thought the mum showing the press around her home with zero emotion after two weeks of having her daughter murdered was odd. This would have worked much better as a 90 minute single episode. See more Zach W. @zwreviews Aug 28 The murder of four young women in an Austin yogurt shop is a horrible crime and the decade-long attempts to solve the case seem disappointingly amateur and frustratingly tedious. The Yogurt Shop Murders tells was the first I had heard of this crime and the manner for which the series is delivered in extremely compelling. Though the limited series is only four episodes, there is a lot to unpack regarding the mysteries surrounding the murders, the inadequacies of the Austin police department, and the exploration of grief. Though the series succeeds in sharing this tragic story, The Yogurt Shop Murders deserve more attention. I hope that there is a genuine resolution for the families of the victims as I sympathize with them significantly. Rest in peace for four young women who were taken far too young. See more Read all reviews
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Beverly Lowry

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Claire Huie

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John Jones

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Robert Ayers

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Nancy Abraham

Executive Producer

Avi Belkin

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 3, 2025 Fire and Water In 1991, the murder of four teenage girls rocks the city of Austin, Texas. Amy Ayers (13), sisters Jennifer Harbison (17) and Sarah Harbison (15), and Eliza Thomas (17) were at the yogurt shop where Jennifer and Eliza worked, at closing time but never returned home. They were found later that night in the rubble of the store which had been set on fire. One week after the murders, 16-year-old Maurice Pierce is arrested at a local mall carrying a gun. Under questioning, he implicates his friends Forrest Welborn, Robert Springsteen, and Michael Scott in the crimes. As the families grieve and the community comes together to find ways to heal, the police are thwarted in their investigations by a lack of hard evidence. Details Episode 2 Aired Aug 10, 2025 The Fifth Victim Trauma continues to haunt the community as family members search for healing, resolution, and ways to hold on to the memories of the girls. The initial suspicions around the four teenage boys lead nowhere. After several false leads and wrongful arrests, homicide supervisor Hector Polanco is found to have coerced a suspect into a false confession and is reassigned. Lead investigator John Jones is diagnosed with PTSD and is taken off the case, suffering guilt about the department’s inability to solve the murders. The family of Amy Ayers even turns to a private investigator in their frustration with the lack of progress. Eight years after the murders, new lead investigator Paul Johnson revisits the case and an interrogation video reveals Rob Springsteen claiming to have seen Maurice Pierce with a gun in his hand on the night of the murders. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 17, 2025 Mental Evidence As the investigation revisits the young suspects more deeply, the police call them in for new videotaped interrogations, which reveal conflicting and ever-changing information. In October 1999, all four boys are arrested. Welborn is released quickly, followed by Pierce, who never gave a confession. However, Springsteen and Scott are charged with murder after having confessed to killing the girls and are sentenced to death and life in prison respectively. But in 2008, with new technology, a DNA sample from the crime scene turns the case upside down. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 24, 2025 In Your Time In 2009, Springsteen and Scott are released on bond and the charges are dropped. But the men still live in a state of presumed guilt by many, despite no physical evidence tying them to the murder scene and more being revealed about false confessions, and the mind’s susceptibility to confusion between truth and suggested truth. Three decades after the murders, a cold case detective continues to search for answers and closure for the families. Sonora Thomas, the sibling of one of the girls, works as a therapist, advocating storytelling to heal trauma and a way to change how memories live inside of us. Each of the families seeks solace in their own way as they grapple with their loss. Details

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Season Info

Director
Margaret Brown
Executive Producer
Nancy Abraham, Avi Belkin, Margaret Brown, Beth Garrabrant, Lisa Heller, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emily Osborne, Sara Rodriguez, Limor Gott Ronen, Mickey Stanley, Emma Stone, Nicole Stott
Network
HBO Max
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Documentary, Crime
Original Language
English
Release Date
Aug 3, 2025