On April 23, 2001, an unidentified perpetrator murdered 34-year-old Velda Chimoni at a Whataburger in Phoenix, Arizona. Now her niece Taylor Chimoni is speaking out about the case. Please share this one so we can get the word out about what happened to Velda.

Statistics on missing and murdered Indigenous people from the United States Department of the Interior Indian Affairs: https://www.bia.gov/service/mmu/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people-crisis

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If you have information on Velda Chimoni’s murder, please call Silent Witness at 480-948-6377.

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Here at the Murder Sheet, you know we love working out puzzling cases. 

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In 1918, around a hundred waiters were arrested in Chicago after authorities uncovered a mass poisoning plot. Or was something more complicated afoot?

This week, the Murder Sheet investigates the twisty story behind that oft-cited historical fact.

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Organized crime figures are known for ordering vicious assaults and heinous murders. So when an alleged "wise guy" ended up in trouble a few years ago, authorities suspected that underworld in-fighting was behind it all . But the case of Sylvester "Sally Daz" Zottola ended in a horrific way that almost no one saw coming.

True crime researcher Stephen Popkin returns to help the Murder Sheet discuss this tangled, twisty case. He also authored this script. Email him at dvdjsteve@gmail.com.

Popkin's sources:

The New York Times's coverage of the case: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/nyregion/mafia-zottolo-mcdonalds-killing.html

NBC's coverage of the case: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/son-man-dad-brother-mob-killed-nyc-drive-thru-mcdonalds-hit-murder-hire-plot-prosecutors/1063025/

The New York Post's coverage of the case: https://nypost.com/2007/12/21/vinny-gorgeous-winds-up-doing-time-for-a-spell/

The U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York statement on the case: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/son-victim-slain-mcdonalds-drive-through-indicted-murder-hire-conspiracy

Click Track's coverage of the jukebox industry: https://www.clicktrack.fm/p/the-dark-history-of-the-jukebox-how

Gangland News: https://ganglandnews.com/index.htm

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By the age of 29, Thelma Todd had taken Hollywood by storm with her bubbly personality and acting chops. But her reign would come to a deadly end in December of 1935. That was when she was discovered dead under mysterious circumstances.

Check out Marvin J. Wolf's article in Los Angeles Magazine here: https://www.marvinjwolf.com/blog/thelma-todds-death-solved

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Have you ever noticed that a lot of Mafia hits seem to happen in restaurants?

In this episode, researcher and listener Stephen Popkin joins the Murder Sheet for a discussion about Mafia murders. We'll delve into a few notorious New York City homicides, and the myths and mayhem around the mob.

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The murder was swift and brutal. While working the night shift at a Maryland Dunkin' Donuts, a man named Bhadreshkumar Patel brutally murdered his wife Palak. Then he fled. Despite intensive efforts to find him, he remains a fugitive to this day. In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we interview a FBI agent investigating the case, and learn more about how the public can help find this killer.

If you have any information concerning Patel, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.

Please take a look at Bhadreshkumar Patel's photo here: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/bhadreshkumar-chetanbhai-patel

Read the Capital Gazette's feature article on the case here: https://www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac-cn-homicide-folo-0505-20150504-story.html

View Crime Watch Daily's special on the case here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4ZPjVFR8-Q

Watch the FBI's video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTgkyjSV08g

Take a look at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' data here: https://www.bts.gov/archive/publications/passenger_travel_2015/chapter2/fig2_18

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In the late seventies and early eighties, a serial killer stalked waitresses in Minnesota. In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we'll speak to true crime researcher and author Robert M. Dudley about the disturbing crimes of Joseph Ture.

• "Justice for Marlys A Family’s Twenty Year Search for a Killer" by John S. Munday: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/justice-for-marlys
• Here's Robert M. Dudley's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RobertMDudleyAuthor/
• Robert's Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-M.-Dudley/e/B01N0VZRFK%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
• A link to Robert's book on the Wetterling case: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N8TO98S/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
• And a link to the book on Stearns County cases: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BCSQR1Q/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i1
• Here's the 2021 "Tipping Point" study: https://onefairwage.site/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/OFW_TheTippingPoint_3-1.pdf

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This week, the Murder Sheet will go back in time to the winter of 1788. In the town of New Durham, New Hampshire, a night out among friends starts with drinks at Mr. Randall's Tavern.

But a clash between two veterans who served in the American Revolution will end in a deadly confrontation. And the tragedy wouldn't stop there.

We cited this excerpt from Dover History by Robert Whitehouse on the Dover Public Library's website: https://www.dover.nh.gov/government/city-operations/library/history/dovers-first-hanging.html

Check out Dr. Laurel Daen's article "Revolutionary War Invalid Pensions and the Bureaucratic Language of Disability in the Early Republic" here: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/650777/summary

Dr. Daen also uploaded data sets around pension claims here: https://repository.upenn.edu/mead/47/

You can buy Dr. Sharon Salinger's book (Taverns and Drinking in Early America) here: https://www.amazon.com/Taverns-Drinking-America-Sharon-Salinger/dp/0801878993

And here's the article we cited from Foster's Daily Democrat: https://www.fosters.com/story/news/2014/05/17/old-city-gallows-near-modern/37332977007/

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On the evening of May 4, 2001, actor Robert Blake took his new bride Bonnie Lee Bakley out to dine at Vitello's, a restaurant in Los Angeles' Studio City. On the surface, it looked like the pair shared a romantic evening. But by the end of the night, Bakley would be dead.

The scandalous, chilling details that would come out about the marriage between the star-chaser and the washed-up celebrity would prove to be tabloid fodder. But no one could guess the outcome of two trials that sought to hold Blake accountable for Bakley's murder — that proved to be a twist ending worthy of a Hollywood thriller.

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DeWayne Bible was a young assistant manager who looked out for his employees at the Indianapolis McDonald's where he worked. But on November 17, 1985, he was shot and killed while protecting his crew during a robbery.

Police arrested several men for the robbery-murder. Prosecutors managed to convict one. But was justice served in this senseless murder case?

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In the summer of 1977, Simone Ridinger was a free spirited 17-year-old working at the Rainbow Restaurant in Natick, Massachusetts. One afternoon in late summer, Simone left her shift to thumb a ride to Martha's Vineyard. She was going to meet her mother for the long Labor Day weekend. But she never made it.

Decades later, Detective James Godinho of the Sherborn Police Department is still searching for Simone. In this episode of the Murder Sheet, he'll discuss the missing woman, theories about her fate, and a mysterious tip from a local clockmaker.

If you have any tips for law enforcement, please call the Sherborn Police Department at 508-653-2424.

Here's a link to the Boston Globe article about Simone: shorturl.at/lDK78

Check out the Charley Project (https://charleyproject.org/case/simone-stephanie-ridinger), NAMUS (https://www.namus.gov/MissingPersons/Case#/2779), and the Murder Accountability Project (http://www.murderdata.org/).

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During the summer of 1959, Francis Bloeth killed three people working in restaurants across Long Island's Suffolk County.

But before that, he was just a 27-year-old husband and father who worked a construction job and rented an apartment. Today, we talk to the woman who spent a few months living downstairs from Long Island's "mad killer."

Here are the other episodes in our "The Other Long Island Serial Killer" miniseries:

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• Part two: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/84457427-f6cc-4f1e-9354-bb51fa7bae93
• Part three: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/8e154b01-87f9-485f-bd6b-a04f49c74ef8

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In this episode, we will wrap up the story of Francis Henry Bloeth, the "Other Long Island Serial Killer." Bloeth was arrested for three murders and sentenced to die for his crimes. But his story has a rather unexpected ending.

The Murder Sheet was also able to interview John Jay College of Criminal Justice Professor Robert McCrie about this topic. We enjoyed our thought-provoking conversation with him on the subjects of mass incarceration and prison reform, and we hope you do too.

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A killer stalked across Long Island in the summer of 1959, preying upon employees working solo shifts in diners and delicatessens. He ended up claiming three innocent lives.

A single tip would put an end to the murderer's reign of terror. But could police make the case against the accused stick?

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Fear came to Long Island in 1959. Fear in the form of a single man, one who was set upon terrorizing and killing restaurant employees.

By the end of the summer, three innocent workers were dead. But the notoriety of the crimes faded over the decades. You may have heard of the Long Island Serial Killer, but you've likely never heard of this one.

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The fight began outside of a McDonald's in Sacramento, California. By the time the confrontation ended alongside a nearby International House of Pancakes, one person was dead. But how did a brief interaction on the bright, beautiful morning of June 6, 2013 result in murder?

If you have any tips on the unsolved murder of Justin Oliphant, contact the Sacramento Police at (916) 808-5471.

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Peggy Cox was murdered at the Hardee's in Franklin, Tennessee on February 1, 1991. To this day, we don't know who gunned down the hardworking mother-of-three at the drive-thru on her 49th birthday. Police have come up with a number of theories over the years. They've even enlisted the help of the Vidocq Society. But nothing has resulted in a conviction yet.

In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we will hear from Peggy's eldest daughter Desiree, as well as long-time Tennessee journalist Jim East. This is the second of two episodes we'll dedicate to the case.

If you have any information about Peggy Cox’s murder, call the Franklin PD Tipline at (615)-550-8404 (or text 615FPD along with your tip to 847411). There is a $25,000 reward in this case. 

Check out the videos on the murder from the city of Franklin (shorturl.at/zBKOS) and the FBI (shorturl.at/twyGV). And here's a link (shorturl.at/ayCS2) to the coverage of the Cox case from Heavy Casefiles. Our other sources included The Tennessean (shorturl.at/nwBZ7) and the Williamson Herald (shorturl.at/grtzY).

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On February 1, 1991, Peggy Cox was busy taking drive-thru orders at the Hardee's in Franklin, Tennessee. It was her 49th birthday, but she was hard at work at the restaurant. Around 11:45 p.m., a man pulled up and ordered a roast beef sandwich. A few moments later, he shot Peggy through the window and sped off.

The mother of three collapsed in front of her 20-year-old son, who was also working at the Hardee's. First responders rushed her to the hospital, but she didn't make it. To this day, her murder remains unsolved.

In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we will hear from Peggy's eldest daughter Desiree, as well as long-time Tennessee journalist Jim East. This is the first of two episodes we'll dedicate to the case.

If you have any information about Peggy Cox’s murder, call the Franklin PD Tipline at (615)-550-8404 (or text 615FPD along with your tip to 847411). There is a $25,000 reward in this case. 

Check out the videos on the murder from the city of Franklin (shorturl.at/zBKOS) and the FBI (shorturl.at/twyGV). And here's a link (shorturl.at/ayCS2) to the coverage of the Cox case from Heavy Casefiles. Our other sources included The Tennessean (shorturl.at/nwBZ7), the Spring Hill Home Page (shorturl.at/otxQU), WKRN (shorturl.at/eCJS8), and NewsChannel 5 Nashville (shorturl.at/rJMO2).

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In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we're going to switch things up a bit.

Instead of diving into a single restaurant homicide, we'll split our attention between two remarkable cases. One took place in Chicago in the nineteenth century. The other happened in Harlem in the forties.

Rather oddly, despite occurring around six decades apart, both of these killings involved drunken rages, seedy bars, and unusual animals.

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On New Year's Day in 1973, a woman met a man at a New York City bar called W.M. Tweeds. They hit it off and went back to her place. But the story doesn’t end there. The woman — a 28-year-old teacher named Roseanne Quinn — was never seen alive again. At least, not by anyone other than her killer. 

In a way, Roseanne Quinn has died many deaths. First, at the hands of a vicious, violent man. And then again and again and again over the years, as journalists, writers, and filmmakers smeared her name and overlooked her humanity for the sake of scaring other women.

Here’s a link to the Slate article from Jude Ellison Sady Doyle: (shorturl.at/fjsJW). And here’s the piece from Naked City Stories (shorturl.at/fkxDH). All other works were accessed via Newspapers.com. 

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Late on a May night in 1930, someone crept into the Golden Pheasant Inn.

The local restaurant was popular for its chicken dish, and for being a haven where Wisconsinites could blow off steam with slot machines, booze, and sex workers. But the intruder wasn't there for any of that. He was after owner John Van Veghel and waitress Lucille Birdsall, a couple sound asleep in their bed.

The subsequent murders shook the small town of Preble, Wisconsin, situated on the outskirts of Green Bay. Rumors began to fly. But over ninety years later, we still don't know who killed John and Lucille.

This week, the Murder Sheet interviews Sergeant Mike Knetzger of the Green Bay Police Department.

Check out Mike's book on the Golden Pheasant murders, and other local cases here (shorturl.at/akFK5). If you have information on this case, send tips to Mike.Knetzger@greenbaywi.gov.

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In 1987, a young pregnant woman went to work at an Ohio McDonald's. Her husband followed, brandishing a firearm. Gina Femia Smith never made it home from her shift. And her killer went on the run, leaving a quiet corner of Ohio terrified of what might happen next.

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On June 25, 1906, three shots rang out at Mam'zelle Champagne, a musical revue playing in a restaurant space atop Madison Square Garden. Millionaire Harry Thaw had just killed famed architect Stanford White, in front of rows and rows of witnesses and a stageful of chorus girls. The murder became known as the crime of the century, and word of it spread throughout New York society and beyond.

Thaw would claim that he had killed White to avenge his wife Evelyn Nesbit. She said that White had raped her. But later it would come out that Thaw had a dark history of his own, one filled with sexually charged violence.

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Early on the morning of May 25, 2000, a wounded Wendy's worker made a desperate call to 911. Along with his six coworkers, he had just been bound, gagged, and shot in the head during a robbery. The duo who perpetrated the brutal massacre had stolen over $2,000 and disappeared into the night.

Listen to this episode of The Murder Sheet to learn more about the vicious crime, the motive behind the killings, and heartbreaking stories of the victims.

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On January 13, 1991, Roderick Clemons clocked in for his shift at a Church's Chicken restaurant in Akron, Ohio. The 26-year-old assistant manager was working hard for a promotion, despite his reservations about the fast food joint's rough neighborhood. Unfortunately, Roderick never made it home that night. And nearly 30 years later, we still don't know who brutally murdered him.

This week, listen to Murder Sheet interview journalists Stephanie Warsmith and Paula Schleis about the case. They're the reason we heard about Roderick's case in the first place — they recently covered the murder in an in-depth article for the Akron Beacon-Journal.

Stephanie works as a reporter for the Akron Beacon-Journal. After Paula retired from the paper, she started the Ohio Mysteries podcast. These two reporters are currently in the midst of publishing Unresolved, a Beacon-Journal series on Akron-area cold cases.

Please read their in-depth article on the Clemons case here. Follow Stephanie's coverage here. And listen to Paula's show Ohio Mysteries here.

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After Chicago police arrested 19-year-old Maurice Harris for the 2017 massacre at Nadia's Fish & Chicken, many assumed that was the end of the story. But truly, it was only the beginning. In this final episode of "In the Shadow of Nadia," we'll discuss the shocking end to the case.

Join the Murder Sheet's Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee in the fifth and final episode of "In the Shadow of Nadia," a miniseries investigating the Nadia's Fish & Chicken murders. This episode will feature insights from attorney Ian Barney, and an unscripted discussion between Áine and Kevin about the case and what it says about the US justice system. 

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Chicago police announced that they believed 19-year-old Maurice Harris was the culprit behind the 2017 massacre at Nadia's Fish & Chicken. To outsiders, it might have seemed like authorities had an ironclad case against the young man. But Ian Barney — the attorney who represented Harris in his police brutality suit — wasn't so sure.

In this episode of "In the Shadow of Nadia," we'll introduce you more to Barney, who began investigating the Nadia's case with the intent of proving his client innocent. We'll discuss Barney's legal background and strategies, and what he learned about the killings at Nadia's.

Join the Murder Sheet's Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee in the fourth episode of "In the Shadow of Nadia," a new miniseries investigating the Nadia's Fish & Chicken murders. This episode will feature a sit-down with Barney on his background and his investigation into the case.

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After the Chicago Police Department arrested 19-year-old Maurice Harris for the Nadia's Fish & Chicken murders, prosecutors went about trying to make a case against the teenager.

Attorney Ian Barney had initially signed on to represent Maurice Harris in his brutality suit against the cops. Now, the lawyer found himself working to defend his client from murder charges. Barney was convinced of Harris' innocence — which is not as common a phenomenon in the world of defense attorneys as you might hope. But proving that Harris wasn't a killer would be easier said than done.

Join the Murder Sheet's Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee in the third episode of "In the Shadow of Nadia," a new miniseries investigating the Nadia's Fish & Chicken murders. This episode will feature insights from Barney about the discovery process of the case.

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When the Chicago Police Department announced that they'd arrested Maurice Harris for the March 30, 2017 quadruple homicide at Nadia's Fish & Chicken Grill, they made sure to talk at length about the 19-year-old's juvenile record.

But they still failed to disclose a few key details. Namely, that their prime suspect was still in the process of suing their department for brutality. Five years earlier, two Chicago police officers had grabbed Harris off the street. They asked him where they could buy drugs, then punched him in the face. Then, things got even worse.

Join the Murder Sheet's Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee in the second episode of "In the Shadow of Nadia," a new miniseries investigating the Nadia's Fish & Chicken murders. This episode will get into Maurice Harris' brutality suit against the Chicago Police Department, the lack of consequences for violent police officers, and we'll also introduce you to Harris' attorney Ian Barney. 

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On a spring day four years ago, a gunman burst into a restaurant in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. He opened fire, killing two young men in the eatery, and a pair of brothers attempting to flee the scene.

Many questions remain about the murders that occurred on March 30, 2017 in Nadia's Fish & Chicken Grill. The sudden massacre happened in the midst of a spate of killings in the South Shore. Police quickly identified a local suspect: 19-year-old Maurice Harris. He had just lost his father to gun violence, and police hosted a press conference declaring that their suspect was likely out for vengeance.

But the case was far from over. As it turns out, the Chicago Police Department failed to disclose some key details about Harris, details that would have major implications for the case.

Join the Murder Sheet's Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee in the first episode of "In the Shadow of Nadia," a new miniseries investigating the Nadia's Fish & Chicken murders. This episode will delve into the events of March 2017, offering a detailed timeline on the shooting at Nadia and a series of potentially-connected crimes.

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In 1967, two young women working at High's Ice Cream in Staunton, Virginia were shot to death at work. Decades later, one of their coworkers, Sharron Smith, confessed on her deathbed to the killings.

But that wasn't the end of the story. For some, it was just the beginning. William "Bill" Thomas, a man who had been acquitted of one of the murders, brought a lawsuit against Staunton itself, after living under a cloud of suspicion for years.

Courteney Stuart had previously edited stories about the High's confession for The Hook, a local Charlottesville paper. Then, she found herself reporting on the Thomas lawsuit. She spoke with us about what it was like on the ground, covering the aftermath of an explosive small-town case.

And check out Courteney's own true crime podcast — Small Town Big Crime — wherever you listen to podcasts. It delves into the shocking 1985 murders of Derek and Nancy Haysom, and the subsequent arrest of their daughter Elizabeth and her University of Virginia classmate Jens Soering.

In the upcoming weeks, the Murder Sheet will roll out a miniseries on an unsolved restaurant mass murder, so stay tuned.

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It was an ending that no one saw coming. 

On April 11, 1967, someone gunned down sisters-in-law Constance Smootz Hevener and Carolyn Hevener Perry at the High's Ice Cream shop in Staunton, Virginia. Police had a main suspect, who was ultimately acquitted in court. The case went cold. 

Then, decades later, one citizen sleuth got involved with the case. And the dark secret he helped to uncover would shock the entire town of Staunton.

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Late one night in the spring of 1967, gunshots shattered the nighttime calm that had settled over Staunton, Virginia. Two young women — sisters-in-law Constance Smootz Hevener and Carolyn Hevener Perry — were shot at their workplace: High's Ice Cream store. Neither would survive the night.

The investigation into the brutal crime would drag on for decades. In this episode, we'll delve into the earliest suspect in the case. Make sure to listen to part two next week to learn more about the stunning conclusion of this long-cold case.

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We've told you all about the Donut Shop Killers. How Sherman McCrary and his son-in-law Carl Taylor traveled the countries with their families in tow, robbing, raping, and killing as they went.

In this episode, we're switching things up. Instead of focusing on the what, we'll talk about the why. We'll be diving into the psychological factors that could spur a family to go on a murderous rampage.

Please check out Wondery’s "Families Who Kill: The Donut Shop Murders" wherever you listen to podcasts. And if you enjoy the show, leave a five-star review (and feel free to shout out the Murder Sheet).

Thanks very much to Dr. Doyle for his great insight.

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When we covered the Donut Shop murders last year, we didn't get into one particularly disturbing element of the case. When Sherman McCrary and Carl Taylor embarked on their violent, cross-country rampage, they didn't just have their wives in tow. They brought along Ginger McCrary-Taylor's young sons as well. This week, we present the conclusion of our talk with Jerry Nations, one of those sons. Jerry shares the story of what it was like to reunite with Ginger as an adult — and will reveal the surprising truth of what she did for a living. .

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When we covered the Donut Shop murders last year, we didn't get into one particularly disturbing element of the case. When Sherman McCrary and Carl Taylor embarked on their violent, cross-country rampage, they didn't just have their wives in tow. They brought along Ginger McCrary-Taylor's young sons as well. This week, we are sitting down with one of those sons, now a grown man. Speaking with Jerry, we'll delve into the impact that his parents' and grandparents' crimes had on his life.

Thanks again to Jerry Nations, who was kind enough to share his story with us. Please check out Wondery’s "Families Who Kill: The Donut Shop Murders" wherever you listen to podcasts. And if you enjoy the show, leave a five-star review (and feel free to shout out the Murder Sheet).

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This episode is a re-release of two previous Murder Sheet episodes "The Donut Shop Killers" and "The Donut Shop Killers: Behind the Investigation."

The hosts of the Murder Sheet were recently featured on Wondery’s "Families Who Kill: The Donut Shop Murders." As interest around that horrific rampage grows, we’re combining and re-releasing two early episodes on the so-called “Donut Shop Killers.” Stay tuned for further in-depth coverage of this case in the coming weeks. We’ll be talking to a grandson of the McCrary-Taylor clan, as well as psychologist and trauma expert Dr. Glenn Doyle.

Please check out Wondery’s "Families Who Kill: The Donut Shop Murders" wherever you listen to podcasts. And if you enjoy the show, leave a five-star review (and feel free to shout out the Murder Sheet). Next week, we'll be back with more original programming.

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This week on the Murder Sheet, we speak in-depth with Don Williams, a retired Santa Barbara detective who helped capture the infamous Donut Shop Killers. If you haven't already, make sure to go back and listen to "The Donut Shop Killers," episode 23 of our first season. 

Williams spoke with us about the multi-state investigation into the case, the tragic aftermath of the grocery shop shooting that put a halt to the killers' reign of terror, and the experience of being played by true crime icon Robert Stack on Police Story.

Special thanks to Don and his wife Kathi!

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On early autumn night in 1971, two creepy men visited Winchell's Donut Shop in Salt Lake City. Sherman McCrary and Carl Taylor sipped on coffee, and directed profane remarks at other customers. Then, when the shop had cleared out, they kidnapped Sheri Martin, the young clerk on duty. 

It was the beginning of a multi-state robbery and rape and murder spree for the men and their families. At times, McCrary and Taylor even brazenly committed their sexual crimes on women as their own wives sat by, quietly watching.

Law enforcement figured out relatively quickly that the binge of violence and sexual sadism was the work of one group of perpetrators.  But how many innocents would suffer and die before detectives identified the killers?

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On the anniversary of Indiana's infamous Burger Chef murders, we will address questions from listeners and individuals interested in the case. Jayne Friedt, Danny Davis, Mark Flemmonds, and Ruth Shelton disappeared during their shift at the Burger Chef in Speedway, Indiana sometime between Friday November 17 and Saturday November 18 in 1978.

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On November 17, 1978 Thomas Pierce was one of the first officers called to the scene to investigate what would come to be known as the Burger Chef murders. Now, for the first time, he shares his story.

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We sit down with Chris Davis, who is launching True Crime Storytellers — a new podcast that will open with a multi part look at the Burger Chef murders.

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On November 17, 1978, four young workers vanished from a fast food restaurant in Speedway, Indiana. Two days later, their bodies were found in the woods of Johnson County. The Burger Chef murders remain unsolved to this day. We still don't know who killed employees Jayne Friedt, Ruth Shelton, Danny Davis, and Mark Flemmonds, or why. It has been 45 years.

In this episode of "You Never Can Forget," we'll be speaking about the case with a friend and fellow researcher. He will take us through his thoughts on the FBI files released this past year.

Read along with the FBI files here: https://vault.fbi.gov/speedway-indiana-burger-chef/speedway-indiana-burger-chef-part-01/view

Our previous talk with Hank: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/dd25e41b-658d-478b-9790-345d43f32930

Check out our talk with Todd McComas about the robbery gang theory here: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/8cb56999-4c1a-4997-8ada-f58fa785469b

Check out our interview with Chris Davis of the 3C podcast on the Crabtree family angle: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/90a9164b-b399-4cc5-a1d3-125de4fd31d6

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On November 17, 1978, four young workers vanished from a fast food restaurant in Speedway, Indiana. Two days later, their bodies were found in the woods of Johnson County. The Burger Chef murders remain unsolved to this day. We still don't know who killed employees Jayne Friedt, Ruth Shelton, Danny Davis, and Mark Flemmonds, or why. It has been 45 years.

In this episode of "You Never Can Forget," we'll be speaking about the case with a friend and fellow researcher. He will take us through his thoughts on the FBI files released this past year.

Read along with the FBI files here: https://vault.fbi.gov/speedway-indiana-burger-chef/speedway-indiana-burger-chef-part-01/view

Our previous talk with Hank: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/dd25e41b-658d-478b-9790-345d43f32930

Check out True Crime Garage’s coverage of the Boardman murders here: https://truecrimegarage.com/blogs/true-crime-garage/posts/6935507/the-boardman-murders-part-1-567

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Check out our episode covering the murder case involving Kevin Flemmonds: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/7c947404-97a9-438c-85cf-a7b52eec5834

Check out Darren Gibson’s Burger Chef podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-burger-chef-podcast/id1565678862

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Our episode on the issues with the Indiana State Police’s handling of the Burger Chef case file: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/840bb3d2-6bbd-4877-8c45-447fb6bbd7f2

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In this episode, we share some of the thoughts and ideas listeners have sent us as part of our ongoing discussion of the Burger Chef murders. Please keep sending in your observations!

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Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation helped out in the earliest days of the Burger Chef murders. The 1978 quadruple homicide remains unsolved.

In 2019, Kevin Greenlee requested documents pertaining to the case from the FBI. Recently, we finally received those. We'll be talking through some of the details we noticed in the files, in this episode and future installments of the show.

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In this installment of "You Never Can Forget," we'll delve even deeper into the murder of Steven Presley. No one ever faced any charges related to the crime — even though everyone seemed convinced the homicide was orchestrated by Darrell Crabtree. How did Crabtree avoid getting charged with the murder?

We try to find answers in law enforcement's never before released file on the case.

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In this installment of "You Never Can Forget," we'll delve even deeper into the murder of Steven Presley. We will cite never-before-released police files on a related murder. We will begin to lay out the violent drug operation of the Crabtree crime family.

Listen to our interview with Chris Davis — "You Never Can Forget: The Crabtree Connection" — here: https://art19.com/shows/murder-sheet/episodes/e22ca037-8d23-47fd-90d7-3c164944083a

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Allen Pruitt was in a position to possibly witness the abductions at the Speedway Burger Chef back in 1978. But what did he really see?

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We are about to do a new series of episodes on the Burger Chef murders. This case can be confusing so this episode serves as an overview of the case-- and a preview of our upcoming episodes.

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This is an episode of our ongoing miniseries "You Never Can Forget," which investigates the 1978 Burger Chef murders. In this program, we interview Chris Davis about an angle of the case that he's researched extensively. Namely, the Crabtrees, a clan heavily involved in the drug trade around Indianapolis.

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We have spent more time on the Burger Chef murders than on any other case. Recently, we got the opportunity to be part of "Murders at the Burger Joint," an upcoming documentary on the case that will premiere on Investigation Discovery on September 5, 2022.

In this episode, we talk with Jeremy Pion- Berlin, the director of the film. He will talk about his perceptions of the case as well as share some behind the scenes stories about filming a true crime documentary.

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A few weeks back, we covered the saga of how serial plagiarist Ashley Flowers worked out a deal with Indiana State Police investigator Bill Dalton to get the exclusive right to access — and make money off of —the Burger Chef investigative files Dalton had been entrusted with.

To learn more about that sorry affair, please listened to "You Never Can Forget: The Fiasco" (https://tinyurl.com/5n82x5wn).

This week, we're back with more information on this mess, thanks to a records request that the ISP just (finally) completed. In this episode, we'll get into bizarre details about the Red Ball collaboration, like how Dalton and Flowers mocked other podcasters and planned trips to Idaho together. We'll also feature insights from Chris Davis, another podcaster who's covered the Burger Chef case.

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Ashley Flowers, the host of CRIME JUNKIE, is on a PR tour to promote a novel that she worked on with another writer. As part of that, ELLE magazine just published a long article referring to her as “the Queen of True Crime.” To our surprise, the Murder Sheet was also mentioned in that article. 

The article gets into the history of crime junkie and it’s parent company Audiochuck, Flowers’s upbringing, and Flowers’ close relationship with Sarah Turney — a true crime podcaster who we’ll note has often weighed in publicly on ethical issues but has seemingly not spoken about the controversy around Flowers. Interesting given that she also sits on the board of Flowers’ nonprofit. 

It discusses a bit of the criticism we leveled at her for RED BALL. That podcast, you will recall, focused on the Burger Chef murders. As part of it, Bill Dalton of the Indiana State Police gave Flowers the exclusive right to monetize criminal investigative files that even the families of the victims are not permitted to see. We are quoted in the piece as calling the resulting programs badly written copaganda– we stand by that criticism but also note there were far worse ethical transgressions involved in the production of that program. 

In the same article, Flowers dismisses the plagiarism complaints against her. She says she did not use the work of other podcasters or paraphrase their words. She claims that “I didn’t take anyone’s work and make it my own.” 

We do not believe that to be true. But we thought it made sense to let you decide for yourself. So, as a bonus episode, we are re presenting an episode we originally released late last year which goes into considerable detail on the plagiarism charges Flowers tries to brush aside and the long lasting real world harm caused by the Bill Dalton/ RED BALL affair. It permanently affected the willingness of the Indiana State Police to use media to publicize cold cases– and cost at least one grieving family the opportunity to have the story of their loved one reach a natrional audience.

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Crimelines, one of our favorite podcasts, recently did a terrific one episode look at the Burger Chef murders. Afterwards, Charlie invited us to have a conversation with her about the ins and outs of the case. This episode features our talk with Charlie.

Check out the Burger Chef episode of Crimelines here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-burger-chef-murders/id1112004494?i=1000548120955

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The Burger Chef murders have touched so many lives. So we're going to wrap up this regular season of "You Never Can Forget" by introducing you to some voices who can speak to how this case impacted them, and provide our audience with valuable context about this case.

In this episode, we'll speak to a Speedway resident who saved another man's life during the town's series of horrific bombings, a Burger Chef expert and podcaster, the assistant manager who helped run the restaurant on Crawfordsville Road after the murders, and the young employee who discovered that his coworkers were missing.

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A few weeks back, we covered the saga of how serial plagiarist Ashley Flowers worked out a deal with Indiana State Police investigator Bill Dalton to get the exclusive right to access — and make money off of —the Burger Chef investigative files Dalton had been entrusted with.

To learn more about that sorry affair, please listened to "You Never Can Forget: The Fiasco" (https://tinyurl.com/5n82x5wn).

This week, we're back with more information on this mess, thanks to a records request that the ISP just (finally) completed. In this episode, we'll get into bizarre details about the Red Ball collaboration, like how Dalton and Flowers mocked other podcasters and planned trips to Idaho together. We'll also feature insights from Chris Davis, another podcaster who's covered the Burger Chef case.

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On the night that four young people vanished from the Burger Chef in Speedway, Indiana, something odd happened just down the road. A Speedway officer pulled over a young man who we'll call Terry. During that stop, Terry threw a .38 caliber gun out the window of his car. To this date, questions about whether that strange incident was connected to the Burger Chef murders have abounded.

Well, we actually found Terry. And we talked to him.

In this episode of the Murder Sheet, Terry will speak about his memories of that night, and the impact this case has had on his life.

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November 17, 1978 started out as an average Friday night for Kirk Thompson.

The teenager headed over to the Galaxy dance club in Speedway, Indiana for some fun and disco-dancing. The plan was to meet up his good friend Mark Flemmonds so they could walk back home together around midnight. They had no way of knowing that they'd never see one another again.

In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we'll talk to Kirk about Mark and that awful night.

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Should the sketches in the Burger Chef murders be thrown out altogether? In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we'll reveal information that we feel indicates that the sketches are completely unreliable.

Mary Rein is an important figure in the Burger Chef case. She's one of the teenaged witnesses who said she saw two white men — one bearded, one clean-shaven — behind the restaurant on the night of the disappearances. Rein is also an acquaintance of Allen Pruitt and his friend David Adams, who ended up at the Dunkin' Donuts next door that night. Over the years, she's struggled with a drug habit, and a recurring feeling of guilty.

In this episode of the Murder Sheet, Mary Rein will go on the record about the case. She will also reveal that she purposely flubbed the description of the clean-shaven man she said she saw behind the Burger Chef that night.

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There's a reason why we rarely speak about the modern day investigation into the Burger Chef. We have no confidence in the abilities of the officer who is currently tasked with looking into this high-profile quadruple homicide. And today, in the interest of transparency, we're going to tell you exactly why that is.

Bill Dalton is the current lead investigator on the Burger Chef for the Indiana State Police. Ashley Flowers is a millionaire serial plagiarist who also makes true crime podcasts, most notably Crime Junkie. Together, they came up with Red Ball, a four-part podcast on the Burger Chef murders that ran in November of 2019. It was badly-written copaganda, but the backstory behind the series is even worse.

You see, Flowers handed over complete editorial control of her show to the state police. In exchange for this puffery, Dalton allowed Flowers to exclusively read and monetize investigative case files that not even the families of the victims have ever been permitted to see. And the Indiana State Police collectively shrugged their shoulders at the misconduct.

In this episode, we'll get into Flowers' reputation within the true crime community. We'll talk to true crime podcasters Robin Warder and Esther Ludlow, who Flowers plagiarized, as well as journalist Cathy Frye, who blew the whistle on the scandal. We'll tell you about all the unprofessional nonsense between Flowers and Dalton that Kevin witnessed firsthand. And we'll break down why exactly all of this should horrify anyone who cares about unsolved cold cases in Indiana.

Because, to put it bluntly, the ISP seem to have learned the wrong lesson from this mess.

• Listen to Esther Ludlow's episode "Let's Taco 'Bout the Crime Junkie Plagiarism Scandal": (shorturl.at/pBDGS)
• Read Cathy Frye's series "Caught in the Web" about the murder of Kacie Woody: (shorturl.at/lvzI0)
• Watch Dalton's Burger Chef press conference here: (shorturl.at/aiqsD)
• Here's Adam Wren's story for the Indianapolis Monthly: (shorturl.at/klD36)
• Here's the Flowers interview by Tracy Hazzard of Authority magazine: (shorturl.at/eBXZ5)
• Here's the Flowers interview that ran on Her Campus: (shorturl.at/hoILT)
• Here's the article about Crime Junkie from Peter White that ran in Deadline Hollywood: (shorturl.at/ajBRV)
• Here's the recent article on Flowers' business moves from Variety's Todd Spangler: (shorturl.at/ouzHU)
• Here's Spangler's reporting on the Crime Junkie plagiarism scandal: (shorturl.at/fmxJK)
• Here's the New York Times report on the Crime Junkie plagiarism scandal from  Derrick Bryson Taylor and Christine Hauser: (shorturl.at/jJKV5)
• Here's the Buzzfeed article on the Crime Junkie plagiarism scandal from Stephanie McNeal: (shorturl.at/qwDJM)

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There's a haunting story in the Burger Chef case, one that you've likely heard before.

A guy named David Cathcart rolled up to a bar in Greenwood, Indiana on November 18, 1978, the night after the employees vanished, before anyone knew the kids were dead. He shot off his mouth about the disappearances of the four Burger Chef employees, telling his fellow patrons that they'd be released unharmed. Later, after being interrogated by police, he revealed that he was part of a robbery gang that had been casing the Speedway Burger Chef.

In the years since, the robbery gang theory has become one of the most prominent theories in the entire case. And it's true that Timothy Piccione, Gregg Steinke, and John Defibaugh perpetrated a number of armed robberies around Indianapolis in the seventies. A few even targeted Burger Chef restaurants.

But the Murder Sheet has uncovered new court documents that raise questions about the story involving Cathcart. In this episode, we'll being laying out the robbery gang theory, but also pointing out where we feel it falls short.

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On November 17, 1978, four young workers vanished from a fast food restaurant in Speedway, Indiana. Two days later, their bodies were found in the woods of Johnson County. The Burger Chef murders remain unsolved to this day. We still don't know who killed employees Jayne Friedt, Ruth Shelton, Danny Davis, and Mark Flemmonds, or why.

In this episode of "You Never Can Forget," an investigative miniseries from the Murder Sheet, we'll be sharing the stories of two people who became victims of the robbery gang that former Indiana State Police investigator Stony Vann believes may be responsible for the Burger Chef murders.

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On November 17, 1978, four young workers vanished from a fast food restaurant in Speedway, Indiana. Two days later, their bodies were found in the woods of Johnson County. The Burger Chef murders remain unsolved to this day. We still don't know who killed employees Jayne Friedt, Ruth Shelton, Danny Davis, and Mark Flemmonds, or why.

In this episode of "You Never Can Forget," an investigative miniseries from the Murder Sheet, we'll be speaking about the case with a friend and fellow researcher. This episode will serve as a primer, where we'll go over all the major theories that we covered on "You Never Can Forget" last year.

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On November 17, 1978, four young employees began the night shift at the Burger Chef restaurant in Speedway, Indiana. By midnight, they had vanished, never to be seen alive again. Two days later, their bodies were found in a wooded area in Johnson County.

But who killed Jayne Friedt, Ruth Shelton, Danny Davis, and Mark Flemmonds? Last year, the Murder Sheet launched an investigative miniseries on the case: "You Never Can Forget." This year, we're dropping more episodes, and taking an even closer look at this heinous crime.

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On this episode of The Murder Sheet Presents: "You Never Can Forget," we’ll be doing things a bit differently. Instead of taking you through another theory around the Burger Chef murders, we'll wrap up by tackling listener questions for a Q&A episode.

Actor, comedian, podcaster, and true crime aficionado Matt Kissane will be posing listener questions to Murder Sheet co-hosts Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee. We'll discuss how we first became interested in the case, our theories on what happened, and what's next for our show now that we've concluded our Burger Chef episodes.

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In this episode of "You Never Can Forget," Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee will share their opinions on all the theories discussed in this miniseries on the Burger Chef murders. We'll also share our thoughts on the reasons why the crime has gone unsolved, how investigators can heat up this cold case, and why this all still matters today.

If you have questions about the Burger Chef case or the miniseries "You Never Can Forget," please email murdersheet@gmail.com. Next Tuesday, we'll be doing a Q&A-style show where we'll tackle your questions.

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When investigators realized that two of the victims in the Burger Chef murder case had brothers with troubling connections to the Indiana underworld, they began to wonder if the ultimate answer to the crime might be found much closer to home than anyone previously suspected.

On this episode of the Murder Sheet, we take a close look at Kevin Flemmonds-- who pled guilty in a drug related homicide-- and Jimmy Friedt-- who was convicted of drug related charges. Is it possible that the shadowy activities of either of these men played a role in the deaths of their siblings?

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Like most decades-old cold cases, the Burger Chef murders have attracted a multitude of theories. In this episode, we'll cover a few intriguing possibilities that don't currently have enough evidence to merit their own episode.

Listen to find out more about warring biker gangs, a roving family of serial killers, the bombings that terrorized Speedway a few months before the murders, and more.

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Could the murders of the four young Burger Chef employees have gone down over a few hundred bucks? It's hard for some to believe, but it's the theory that former Indiana State Police detective Stony Vann came to hold after nearly two decades of work on the Burger Chef case.

In this week's episode, the Murder Sheet sits down with robbery gang theory expert and retired ISP detective Todd McComas of the 10-41 podcast. Together, we'll delve into the prolific robbery crew that targeted Burger Chefs in the months before the murders.

If you want to hear even more about this theory of the crime, listen to 10-41 on Apple, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. McComas outlines the case in his first four episodes.

Follow 10-41 on Twitter at @1041podcast, and keep up with McComas at @toddmccomas.

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Donald Forrester, a man with a long history of violence, confessed to the Burger Chef murders not once but twice — providing details that some investigators claimed had never before been publicly released. Yet neither he nor the other men he implicated ever faced criminal charges for the crime.

Was this a failure of the criminal justice system? Or did the mistake lie elsewhere, with the investigators who devoted so much time and resources to pursuing a lead that left them doing little more than running in circles? 

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Donald Forrester is perhaps the most famous suspect in the Burger Chef murder case.

But before he confessed to the murders twice, he perpetuated a number of awful crimes. He terrorized the women around him, until a brave young woman survived a horrific encounter and sought bring him to justice.

Learn more about why many people still insist that he got away with the killings.

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Allen Pruitt was more than a witness in the Burger Chef case.

He told police in 1981 that he almost became a victim himself, saying that he barely escaped the two killers the day after the murders. He said that he ran for his life through the woods after Tim Willoughby and Jeff Reed lured him out to a lonely country road called the Devil's Backbone.

But a deposition from a different police informant concerning yet another unsolved murder upended Pruitt's version of events.

All these years later, questions still remain. Was Pruitt's initial statement a lie? Did he witness a missing man and the King of the Snake Pit abduct the four victims from the restaurant? What exactly did his eyes take in as he staggered toward the Burger Chef on the night of November 17, 1978?

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Could a missing man accused of killing his girlfriend be responsible for the Burger Chef murders? Or is he yet another victim?

This episode covers one of the most confounding theories in the Burger Chef case. In 1981, Indiana State Police detectives Jim Cramer and Donovan Lindsay received a call from a jailhouse counselor. A young man was claiming to have information on the Burger Chef murders — an eyewitness account, in fact.

Allen Pruitt went on to tell police he saw two men abduct the employees from the restaurant three years before. And he named names, telling detectives exactly who he saw force the four victims out of the Burger Chef.

But revelations from yet another informant ultimately throw everything about Pruitt's story into question.

Here's a link to Donna McIntyre's group Missing and Not Forgotten. In the years since her friend Mary Ann Higginbotham vanished, Donna has worked as a tireless advocate for victims.

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On November 17, 1978, four young employees vanished from the Burger Chef restaurant in Speedway, Indiana. 42 years later, the Burger Chef murders — as they came to be known — remain one of the Midwest's most notorious cold cases.

Join the Murder Sheet's Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee in the first episode of "You Never Can Forget: Investigating the Burger Chef Murders." This episode will delve into the events of November 1978, with never-before-heard insights from witnesses, investigators, and the victims' loved ones.

"You Never Can Forget: The Night" will provide a solid foundation to support upcoming episodes that will dive into different theories around who perpetrated these heinous murders.

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On November 17, 1978, four young employees began the night shift at the Burger Chef restaurant in Speedway, Indiana. By midnight, they had vanished, never to be seen alive again. Two days later, their bodies were found in a wooded area in Johnson County.

To this day, no one has been convicted of the Burger Chef murders, as they came to be known. But the young victims — Jayne, Ruth, Danny, and Mark — and the brutal way they died have not been forgotten. The unsolved case continues to haunt loved ones, investigators, and the communities of Speedway and the greater Indianapolis area. 

Brand new podcast Murder Sheet will launch with an inaugural six-part miniseries delving into the Burger Chef murders. Titled "You Never Can Forget," the miniseries will debut on November 17.

Cohosts Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee will be taking a close look at the facts of the case, and a number of twisty, fraught theories that have arisen over the years. Kevin is a lawyer from Broad Ripple who began researching the case in 2016 after coming across the online community dedicated to discussing the murders. He now represents the sister of one of the victims. Áine is a journalist from New York who became obsessed with the case while writing a feature story on the murders for Insider. 

 After the six-part series concludes, Murder Sheet will continue as a weekly podcast focusing on different crimes and topics in the world of criminal justice. The show's first season will cover the phenomenon of restaurant homicides and shine a spotlight on the violent underbelly of the fast food industry. 

The podcast's title is a reference to the spreadsheet of around 1,000 homicides involving restaurants, bars, and other eateries that Kevin and Áine have compiled, starting with 17th century tavern shootouts and ending with the modern rage slayings that often occur in burger joints.

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On a warm afternoon in the summer of 1984, James Huberty, a disturbed man with a gun decided to go hunting humans. He ended up in a popular neighborhood McDonald's, where he shot to death 21 people-- including a truck driver nearing retirement, two young boys taking a break from a bike ride and and a teenage mother with her infant in her arms. 

Panicked people inside the restaurant play dead and hide in closets, praying the police will mount a rescue before the gunman discovers them. But the SWAT team is stuck in traffic-- will more people die before help finally arrives? 

The San Diego Tribune's interview with Huberty's daughter:

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sdut-daughter-mcdonalds-killer-james-huberty-interview-2015dec15-story.html

Crime scene footage of the aftermath of the massacre. The bodies of victims are clearly visible, and viewer discretion is strongly advised: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmDmCn4-4vc

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Early on a summer morning in 1919, cops and robbers faced off in Sioux City, Iowa.

The showdown kicked off at the Carbarn, an unassuming eatery dedicated to the city's streetcar workers.

Leading the charge on the side of the law was Detective James Garfield Britton, a veteran officer who'd lost his job as police chief over rising crime rates. The bandits were captained by one Donald "Red" Burzette, a brigand among bootleggers who often resorted to violence to steal loot.

That morning, both sides exchanged around 17 gunshots in 10 seconds. But who was left standing in the Carbarn when the shooting stopped?

Special thanks to Haley Aguirre for her insight and research help.

Listen to Tom Munson's presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBv7b4onMn4

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