In this chilling episode of King’s Talk, Lo and Presley dive deep into one of Texas’s most aggravating unsolved crimes: the 1991 Yogurt Shop Murders in North Austin. Four teenage girls, Jennifer Harbison, Sarah Harbison, Eliza Thomas, and Amy Ayers, were brutally killed inside a frozen yogurt shop. Decades later, the case remains open, the questions remain unanswered, and the DNA still doesn't match.

Through detailed storytelling, updated forensic context, and historical insight, this episode unpacks the mishandled investigation, the controversial confessions, the legal fallout, and the forensic evidence that changed everything. Lo and Presley also explore media pressure, flawed theories, political missteps, and the modern forensic tools that could still solve the case...if anyone's willing to use them.

Sources:

• Texas Monthly – “Who Killed These Girls?” by Pamela Colloff
• Dateline NBC coverage of the Yogurt Shop Murders
• ABC 20/20 – Full episode segment (YouTube)
• The Lesson Is Murder (2023 docuseries, SXSW)
• Court documents via the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
• Public records on Michael Scott & Robert Springsteen's overturned convictions
• National Registry of Exonerations – Case profile: Scott & Springsteen

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🔸 Austin Police Homicide Tip Line: 512-974-TIPS
🔸 Crime Stoppers (anonymous): 512-472-8477

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Mini Episode Coming Friday:Unsolved Shift Work — A bonus episode exploring night shift workers who disappeared or were murdered on the clock. From fast food to gas stations, we spotlight cases that haven’t gotten the attention they deserve.

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In our very first mini-episode, we explore the dark and deadly side of fashion. From arsenic-laced fabrics to flaming crinolines, poisoned makeup, and deadly working conditions, this episode uncovers the moments where couture didn’t just kill the runway, it killed people. Join Lo and Presley as they dive into fashion’s fatal history, with sass, insight, and some truly horrifying stories.

Sources:

• The Arsenic Century by James C. Whorton

• BBC History: The Colour That Killed

• Radium Girls by Kate Moore

• The Lancet medical journal (1861 fire death estimates)

• New York Times archives on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

• The Fashion Archives at the Victoria and Albert Museum

• Smithsonian Magazine: Crinoline Fire Fatalities

• NPR: Rana Plaza’s Legacy
  

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Next Week's Full Episode: We’re back Tuesday with a full-length deep dive as we revisit one of the most disturbing cold cases in Texas history, The Yogurt Shop Murders.

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On July 15, 1997, the world was stunned when fashion icon Gianni Versace was gunned down on the steps of his South Beach mansion. But this wasn’t where the story started. In our debut episode, we rewind the timeline and uncover the chilling path that led to that moment, through five lives, four states, and one of the most tragic investigative failures in modern history.

From the overlooked victims, Jeff Trail, David Madson, Lee Miglin, and William Reese, to the glamor, grief, and media chaos that followed Versace’s murder, we’re telling the story behind the headlines. This is not just about fashion. It’s about obsession, erasure, and what happens when no one is paying attention… until it’s too late.

Sources:

• Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History
  by Maureen Orth
• Murder by Design, 48 hours (2017)
• Vanity Fair – The original Maureen Orth reporting archive
• The New York Times – Obituary for Gianni Versace (July 1997)
• CNN & AP Archive Footage
• Murderpedia – Andrew Cunanan
• FBI Press Releases (1997) about the manhunt
• Miami Police Department statements from July 1997

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Don’t miss our first mini episode, When Couture Kills, coming this Friday.🧾 SOURCES – "Before Versace" (Episode 1)

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In this short kickoff episode, meet your hosts, Lo & Presley, and learn what to expect from King’s Talk, the podcast where history’s messiest moments get the spotlight they deserve. Long episodes drop on Tuesdays, mini episodes on Fridays — and nothing is off-limits.