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Season 8

The Austin, Texas Yogurt Shop Murders: Part Two
29:37 Season 8 / Episode 7

The Austin, Texas Yogurt Shop Murders: Part Two

Like nearly everyone who had grown up in Austin at the time, Springsteen remembered the crime clearly. The murders had dominated local news for weeks. The photographs of the four girls had appeared on television …

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The Austin, Texas Yogurt Shop Murders
25:08 Season 8 / Episode 6

The Austin, Texas Yogurt Shop Murders

On the night of December 6, 1991, the Northcross shopping center in Austin, Texas was closing down the way it always did. The parking lot lights hummed. The storefronts dimmed one by one. Cars pulled …

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The McStay Family Murders: Part Five (Conclusion)
48:32 Season 8 / Episode 5

The McStay Family Murders: Part Five (Conclusion)

The courtroom in San Bernardino was built for volume meaning physical space, not raised voices. High ceilings. Pale walls. Wood benches polished by decades of restless hands. By the time opening statements began, it held …

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The McStay Family Murders: Part Four
35:11 Season 8 / Episode 4

The McStay Family Murders: Part Four

It started with the calendar. February 4, 2010. Detectives rebuilt the day again, not from the perspective of web traffic or corporate filings, but from physical movement. Joseph’s schedule. His meetings. His calls. His last …

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The McStay Family Murders: Part Three
46:10 Season 8 / Episode 3

The McStay Family Murders: Part Three

On November 11, 2013, a motorcyclist riding in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert came across something that did not belong to the landscape. The area lay north of Victorville, not far from Interstate …

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The McStay Family Murders: Part Two
33:31 Season 8 / Episode 2

The McStay Family Murders: Part Two

It did not happen all at once. There was no siren moment, no dramatic escalation, no declaration that something terrible had occurred. The transition from concern to action came through a phone call, logged like …

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