Episode 441: The Burger Chef Murders Part 1
13 March 2023 - 1 hour 3 mins explicitThe Burger Chef murders case out of Indiana is one of the most notorious cases in true crime history. Jayne Fried, Ruth Shelton, Daniel Davis and Mark Flemmonds were all on shift the night of November 17th 1978 when something terrible happened. To this day no one exactly knows what happened that night. Was it a robbery gone wrong?
Research Assistance by Dave White.
References:
Bird, Paul, and Skip Hess. 1979. "Police under gag order in Burger Chef slayings." Indianapolis News , March 7: 1.
Corbin, Bryan. 2003. "Victim's parents say they can forgive." Daily Journal, June 28: 1.
Ellis, Mike. 1978. "Shootings frighten rural residents." Indianapolis News, November 20: 12.
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