Murders at the Burger Joint

I finished a book(The Burger Chef Murders) on this case today and watched the documentary for further information. Some of the people mentioned in the book are interviewed and they add nothing new to the forty year investigation. A retired cop regrets not having solved the bewildering crime for so long and a pair of podcasters are as clueless as the cop. The current trend of crime programs seems to feel the need for the inclusion of podcasters. It is a totally meaningless use of investigative resources. One particular interview subject looks like Rip Van Winkle and his supposed eyewitness testimony feels about as credible as someone offering the sale of the Brooklyn Bridge. I was not impressed by either the book or this film about the unsolved murders.

Murders at the Burger Joint is basically an episode of "Unsolved Mysteries," without the spooky music and any sort of reenactment. The death of four youths working the night shift, mixed up with shady characters and involved in drugs. I don't see the point of the documentary, two people bringing it to everyone's attention and discussing it, but nothing comes of it, nor is it necessarily a mystery. Pretty crazy that the burger joint would open for business the next day, with money taken and those people not contactable. There was no evidence of violence at the location however, later found elsewhere.

A very interesting documentary focusing on an incident that took place in Speedway, Indiana in 1978. On a cold November night, four young employees of the popular Burger Chef restaurant went missing. A fellow employee dropped by after closing time just to hang out and discovered the assistant manager and three other employees were gone; the restaurant was totally empty, the safe was wide open and the back door left open. Police originally thought it was a petty robbery, without signs of a struggle. Also came thoughts of the missing money being used to support a night of partying with drugs. Within days, all four bodies were found over 20 miles away, still wearing Burger Chef uniforms. Money and watches were found on the bodies leading to authorities thinking along the lines of a botched restaurant robbery. Multiple investigations have yet to solve the burger joint murders.

A very interesting documentary focusing on an incident that took place in Speedway, Indiana in 1978. On a cold November night, four young employees of the popular Burger Chef restaurant went missing. A fellow employee dropped by after closing time just to hang out and discovered the assistant manager and three other employees were gone; the restaurant was totally empty, the safe was wide open and the back door left open. Police originally thought it was a petty robbery, without signs of a struggle. Also came thoughts of the missing money being used to support a night of partying with drugs. Within days, all four bodies were found over 20 miles away, still wearing Burger Chef uniforms. Money and watches were found on the bodies leading to authorities thinking along the lines of a botched restaurant robbery. Multiple investigations have yet to solve the burger joint murders.

I finished a book(The Burger Chef Murders) on this case today and watched the documentary for further information. Some of the people mentioned in the book are interviewed and they add nothing new to the forty year investigation. A retired cop regrets not having solved the bewildering crime for so long and a pair of podcasters are as clueless as the cop. The current trend of crime programs seems to feel the need for the inclusion of podcasters. It is a totally meaningless use of investigative resources. One particular interview subject looks like Rip Van Winkle and his supposed eyewitness testimony feels about as credible as someone offering the sale of the Brooklyn Bridge. I was not impressed by either the book or this film about the unsolved murders.

Murders at the Burger Joint is basically an episode of "Unsolved Mysteries," without the spooky music and any sort of reenactment. The death of four youths working the night shift, mixed up with shady characters and involved in drugs. I don't see the point of the documentary, two people bringing it to everyone's attention and discussing it, but nothing comes of it, nor is it necessarily a mystery. Pretty crazy that the burger joint would open for business the next day, with money taken and those people not contactable. There was no evidence of violence at the location however, later found elsewhere.