The Yogurt Shop Murders is an upcoming true crime docuseries that will be focusing on the 1991 Austin yogurt shop killings. The official synopsis of the docuseries, as mentioned by Rotten Tomatoes is,
“Exploring the tragic murder of four teenage girls at an "I Can't Believe It's Yogurt" shop on December 6, 1991 in Austin, TX; chronicling the immense trauma left by the crime and details the maze of the investigation.”
The docuseries will be looking at the cold case of the murderers of 13-year-old Amy Ayers, 15-year-old Sarah Harbison, and 17-year-olds Eliza Thomas and Jennifer Harbison and how the case deeply impacted the town of Austin.
The Yogurt Shop Murders first premiered at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 10, 2025, and is set to air its first episode on August 3, 2025. Let us now explore the available information about the docuseries, including its release and cast details.
The Yogurt Shop Murders release date and streaming details
The new docuseries from HBO will be releasing on August 3, 2025, and following a weekly release schedule, new episodes will drop every Sunday. The four-part docuseries will be available for viewing exclusively on HBO and HBO Max, and therefore viewers will need an active subscription to the platform to view the episodes as they drop.
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Having an active subscription to the streamer will not only allow viewers to watch this docuseries but also will give them access to the massive content library that HBO Max has to offer.
The Yogurt Shop Murders cast details
Margaret Brown is directing the docuseries and also serves as the executive producer. Emma Stone, Ali Herting, Emily Osborne, Dave McCary, Avi Belkin, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez, and Beth Garrabrant serve as executive producers, with Alice Henty and Michael Bloch producing the docuseries.
The Yogurt Shop Murders will feature documentary filmmaker Claire Huie, homicide investigator Mike Huckabay, journalist Mike Hall, author Beverly Lowry, and Austin Police Department lead investigator (1997-2002) Paul Johnson, 48 Hours correspondent Erin Moriarty, memory expert Robert Shomer, lawyers Joe Sawyer, Carlos Garcia, and Amber Farrelly, detective Dan Jackson, Judge Mike Lynch, and friends and family of the victim.
Talking about the scope of the docuseries, director Margaret Brown said,
“It was a really hard story to tell, because we wanted to tell the details of the crime, but we also wanted to get what was interesting to us, which was about something deeper.”
The Yogurt Shop Murders will be streaming on HBO Max.
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