The Yogurt Shop Murders
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The Yogurt Shop Murders is a 2025 American documentary miniseries directed and produced by Margaret Brown. It follows the 1991 Austin yogurt shop killings, exploring the trauma left and the investigation. It had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 10, 2025. It premiered on August 3, 2025, on HBO.
Infobox
Genre
Documentary
Directed by
Margaret Brown
Music by
Claudia Sarne
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of episodes
4
Executive producers
mw- Margaret Brown Emma Stone Dave McCary Ali Herting Nicole Stott Emily Osborne Mickey Stanley Beth Garrabrant Avi Belkin Limor Gott Ronen Nancy Abraham Lisa Heller Sara Rodriguez
Producer
Alice Henty
Cinematography
Justin Zweifach
Editors
Michael Bloch Tyler H. Walk Geoffrey Richman Camilla Hayman Drew Blatman
Running time
59-61 minutes
Production companies
HBO Documentary Films A24 Fruit Tree Pig Village
Network
HBO
Release
August 3 (2025-08-03) –August 24, 2025 (2025-08-24)
Tables
· Episodes
1
1
No.
1
Title
"Fire and Water"
Directed by
Margaret Brown
Original release date
August 3, 2025 (2025-08-03)
U.S. viewers(millions)
0.203
2
2
No.
2
Title
"The Fifth Victim"
Directed by
Margaret Brown
Original release date
August 10, 2025 (2025-08-10)
U.S. viewers(millions)
0.214
3
3
No.
3
Title
"Mental Evidence"
Directed by
Margaret Brown
Original release date
August 17, 2025 (2025-08-17)
U.S. viewers(millions)
0.142
4
4
No.
4
Title
"In Your Own Time"
Directed by
Margaret Brown
Original release date
August 24, 2025 (2025-08-24)
U.S. viewers(millions)
0.089
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date | viewers(millions) |
| 1 | "Fire and Water" | Margaret Brown | August 3, 2025 (2025-08-03) | 0.203 |
| 2 | "The Fifth Victim" | Margaret Brown | August 10, 2025 (2025-08-10) | 0.214 |
| 3 | "Mental Evidence" | Margaret Brown | August 17, 2025 (2025-08-17) | 0.142 |
| 4 | "In Your Own Time" | Margaret Brown | August 24, 2025 (2025-08-24) | 0.089 |
References
- South by Southwesthttps://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/films/2206185
- Deadline Hollywoodhttps://deadline.com/2025/02/sxsw-jacob-elordi-on-swift-horses-film-lineup-1236279078/
- Peoplehttps://people.com/texas-yogurt-shop-murders-hbo-docuseries-11772431
- Warner Bros. Discoveryhttps://press.wbd.com/us/media-release/hbo-0/yogurt-shop-murders/hbo-original-four-part-documentary-series-yogurt-shop-murders-debuts-august-3
- The Futon Critichttp://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/yogurt-shop-murders/listings/
- Programming Insiderhttps://programminginsider.com/sunday-ratings-mlb-sunday-night-baseball-on-espn-continues-delivering-positive-figures-with-tigers-phillies/
- Programming Insiderhttps://programminginsider.com/sunday-ratings-the-gilded-age-on-hbo-delivers-its-most-watched-linear-airing-of-an-original-telecast-to-date-with-third-season-finale/
- Programming Insiderhttps://programminginsider.com/sunday-ratings-buffalo-bills-chicago-bears-posts-fox-networks-most-watched-nfl-preseason-game-in-four-years/
- Programming Insiderhttps://programminginsider.com/sunday-ratings-red-sox-yankees-posts-espns-second-largest-mlb-game-audience-of-season-to-date/
- The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/03/yogurt-shop-murders-series-hbo-max
- Deadline Hollywoodhttps://deadline.com/2025/08/the-yogurt-shop-murders-austin-director-interview-hbo-1236476815/
- Texas Standardhttps://www.texasstandard.org/stories/yogurt-shop-murder-docuseries-series-austin-texas-unsolved-hbo/
- Rolling Stonehttps://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/the-yogurt-shop-murders-1235402601/
- Jezebelhttps://www.jezebel.com/hbos-the-yogurt-shop-murders-takes-a-different-approach-to-documenting-true-crime
- Varietyhttps://variety.com/2025/tv/news/yogurt-shop-murders-hbo-traumatic-a24-paid-for-therapy-1236475577/
- Screen Internationalhttps://www.screendaily.com/features/margaret-brown-on-making-slave-ship-documentary-descendant-partnering-with-the-obamas/5177726.article
- Varietyhttps://variety.com/2024/film/news/emma-stone-dave-mccary-fruit-tree-first-look-deal-universal-1236189744/
- The Yogurt Shop Murdershttps://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_yogurt_shop_murders/s01
- The Yogurt Shop Murdershttps://www.metacritic.com/tv/the-yogurt-shop-murders/season-1