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The Texas Yogurt Shop Exonerations

June 26, 2026·42 min·6-min readnarrativetrue crime
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TLDR
The episode examines the tragic and decades-long fallout of the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders, in which four teenage girls were brutally killed, and four innocent young men — including Maurice Pierce — were wrongfully accused. Though exonerated years later and linked to another killer,

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Guest

K

Kimberly Pierce

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Mentions

Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Maurice PierceRobert Eugene Brashers

Companies

Law enforcement agency responsible for the investigation and later exoneration in the case.

Topics

Cold CasesCriminal Justice ReformForensicsInvestigative JournalismRacial JusticeTrue CrimeWrongful Convictions

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