The Yogurt Shop Murders

Near the end of the fourth episode, they open up a time capsule. That scene is emblematic of the entire series. This is a confusing mess. There is DNA evidence and no one does a 23 and Me test to determine basic information about the suspect. This should have been one 90 minute documentary. I do hope they find the actual people that did the crime in 1991.

The first episode was informative and the whole series could have been wrapped up in 2 hour long episodes. The next episodes became increasingly boring and hard to watch as there was no information after the DNA and the whole series is spliced together news clips, understandably emotional discussions with family members and cuts to the woman who did the original work that was shelved and revived. It should have been condensed. She is also looks strange, as if she just got out of bed, for all her on air segments. Hair messy, no make-up or decent clothing, and monotone answers. I would like to see a documentary on missing New England nurse Maura Murray next. Hopefully science will be able to determine the offender from the partial DNA sample in the future but many times, the criminal will have died.

I agree with most of the reviews. It's so slow and the famous podcast about this case is so much better. They spend a lot of time on the falsely accused. And that would be great if they were really clear about the evidence and how there is none against them, essentially. Just poor police work. Seems like they want you to think one of these falsely accused, actually did it?? Good grief. I was really looking forward to this. To set things straight. Make the evidence clear. Nope. Don't count on that, at all. They didn't even explain what likely happened that night. There are some pretty solid explanations of what happened, why one of the girls was further than the others and shot twice, not once. Very important details you will not get from this documentary. And I get if it was for the families, and left those horrific details out. But how is this for the families either?? It does justice to no one. Least of all, the families of the murdered girls.

The two episodes I have seen so far have been excruciatingly slow and boring beyond belief. This entire series thus far has been less about the actual case itself, and more about how it has impacted people close to the case in the most uninteresting approach possible. A great example is in episode 2, when the filmmakers visit the school of one of the victims to show us a small memorial for her at night, talking to someone who works for the school who has no relation to the victims and may not have even been alive when the murders took place.

With no new developments in this case and seemingly no interesting directions to go, this has to be one of the worst true crime documentaries I have ever seen.

I feel so sad for the families that this series did not do the story justice. It was so slow and drawn out. As my husband and I watched the first episode, we felt it was a little scattered and slow, but gave it the benefit of the doubt and continued watching. After it finished, we hoped the second episode would be better. We were skeptical but hopeful. We waited the week and watched the second. It was maybe a smidge better in some regards, worse in others. Unfortunately, we gave up and won't be watching the remaining episodes. I'll read about it and watch other docs or YouTube videos to learn more about this story.