In 1991, four teenage girls were brutally murdered inside an Austin yogurt shop, and the building was set ablaze to cover the crime. This shocking case shook the community to its core and left investigators with one of the most haunting crime scenes in Texas history. In this first episode, Cortney & I walk through that December night step by step, from the girls’ last moments together to the devastating discovery by firefighters. It’s the beginning of a mystery that would stretch on for decades. The podcast's first multi-part series!    Sources “DNA evidence links a dead man to the 1991 killings of 4 girls at Texas yogurt shop.” AP News, 27 Sept. 2025, https://apnews.com/article/1bc45a19a8fe021bde015794de9a5865. “Break in 1991 Texas yoghurt shop murders sparks hope for cold cases: ‘There are other victims out there.’” The Guardian, 3 Oct. 2025, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/03/texas-yoghurt-shop-murders-dna-testing. Lamm, Charles. “Coerced confessions: How Austin police got the yogurt shop murders wrong.” Austin American-Statesman, 28 Sept. 2025, https://www.statesman.com/news/local/article/false-confessions-austin-yogurt-shop-murders-21074122.php. Mazziotta, Julie. “How a ‘Yogurt Shop Murders’ Victim’s Final Struggle Led Police to a Serial Killer Suspect 34 Years Later.” People Magazine, 28 Sept. 2025, https://people.com/yogurt-shop-murders-victim-helped-identify-suspected-killer-11823320. Zorthian, Julia. “How Investigators Identified a New Suspect in the Yogurt Shop Murders Case.” Time, 30 Sept. 2025, https://time.com/7321492/yogurt-shop-murders-suspect/. “Austin Police Department: Significant Breakthrough in 1991 I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt Murders.” City of Austin, 27 Sept. 2025, https://www.austintexas.gov/news/significant-breakthrough-made-1991-i-cant-believe-its-yogurt-murders. “Austin police identify suspect in the 1991 yogurt shop murders.” CBS News, 27 Sept. 2025, https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/austin-cold-case-yogurt-shop-murders-suspect/. “DNA helps solve ‘haunting’ yogurt shop quadruple killings more than 3 decades later.” ABC News, 27 Sept. 2025, https://abcnews.go.com/US/haunting-yogurt-shop-quadruple-killings-solved-3-decades/story?id=126035260. McGlinchy, Audrey. “Suspect identified in Austin’s infamous yogurt shop murders.” KUT 90.5, 26 Sept. 2025, https://www.kut.org/austin/2025-09-26/yogurt-shop-murders-austin-robert-eugene-brashers. “Families of yogurt shop murder victims find closure as DNA links suspect 34 years later.” CBS Austin, 27 Sept. 2025, https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/families-of-yogurt-shop-murder-victims-find-closure-as-dna-links-suspect-34-years-later. Ray, Michael. “The Yogurt Shop Murders Have Been Cold for 34 Years — but Police May Have Just Solved the Case.” Biography.com, 29 Sept. 2025, https://www.biography.com/crime/a68118001/yogurt-store-murders-case-and-suspects/. “DNA Unmasks Yogurt Shop Murders Suspect After Over 30 Years.” The Daily Beast, 27 Sept. 2025, https://www.thedailybeast.com/dna-unmasks-yogurt-shop-murders-suspect-robert-eugene-brashers-after-over-30-years/. “’Unreal’: True crime junkies react to Yogurt Shop Murders breakthrough.” MySanAntonio, 28 Sept. 2025, https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/austin/article/yogurt-shop-murders-solved-reactions-21072996.php. “DNA testing links dead man to Texas yogurt shop killings.” Washington Post, 27 Sept. 2025, https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/27/robert-eugene-brashers-yogurt-shop-murders/. “Why Were the Yogurt Shop Murders Unsolved for 34 Years?” People Magazine, 25 Sept. 2025, https://people.com/why-are-the-yogurt-shop-murders-unsolved-11785825.