Murder Sheet

This episode is a re-release of two previous Murder Sheet episodes "The Donut Shop Killers" and "The Donut Shop Killers: Behind the Investigation." The hosts of the Murder Sheet were recently featured on Wondery’s "Families Who Kill: The Donut Shop Murders." As interest around that horrific rampage grows, we’re combining and re-releasing two early episodes on the so-called “Donut Shop Killers.” St...

Correction: In this episode, we said that Tony Kline deleted his Facebook. That was incorrect. It appears that Kline blocked Murder Sheet co-creator Kevin Greenlee when he reached out for comment, so it only appeared that his page was gone. We regret the error. On Facebook, Kegan Anthony Kline posted that he was starting a new job in Las Vegas on the day that Abby Williams and Liberty German were...

The Burger Chef murders have touched so many lives. So we're going to wrap up this regular season of "You Never Can Forget" by introducing you to some voices who can speak to how this case impacted them, and provide our audience with valuable context about this case. In this episode, we'll speak to a Speedway resident who saved another man's life during the town's series of horrific bombings, a Bu...

A few weeks back, we covered the saga of how serial plagiarist Ashley Flowers worked out a deal with Indiana State Police investigator Bill Dalton to get the exclusive right to access — and make money off of —the Burger Chef investigative files Dalton had been entrusted with. To learn more about that sorry affair, please listened to "You Never Can Forget: The Fiasco" ( https://tinyurl.com/5n82x5wn...

On the night that four young people vanished from the Burger Chef in Speedway, Indiana, something odd happened just down the road. A Speedway officer pulled over a young man who we'll call Terry. During that stop, Terry threw a .38 caliber gun out the window of his car. To this date, questions about whether that strange incident was connected to the Burger Chef murders have abounded. Well, we actu...

November 17, 1978 started out as an average Friday night for Kirk Thompson. The teenager headed over to the Galaxy dance club in Speedway, Indiana for some fun and disco-dancing. The plan was to meet up his good friend Mark Flemmonds so they could walk back home together around midnight. They had no way of knowing that they'd never see one another again. In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we'll...

Should the sketches in the Burger Chef murders be thrown out altogether? In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we'll reveal information that we feel indicates that the sketches are completely unreliable. Mary Rein is an important figure in the Burger Chef case. She's one of the teenaged witnesses who said she saw two white men — one bearded, one clean-shaven — behind the restaurant on the...

A 27-year-old Indiana man named Kegan Anthony Kline has been brought up in connection with the 2017 murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams in Delphi, Indiana. He currently stands accused of using social media to catfish and coerce young girls. This week, the Murder Sheet spoke with a woman named Kayla. She told us that Kline cat-fished her when she was just 12. Over the next few years, he...

Who is Kegan Anthony Kline? On December 6, 2021, Indiana State Police brought up a profile known only as "anthony_shots" in connection with the Delphi case. The following day, WISH-TV connected the 27-year-old Indiana man with that profile. Less than two weeks after the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams, investigators raided a residence connected to Kline in Peru, Indiana. In August o...

There's a reason why we rarely speak about the modern day investigation into the Burger Chef. We have no confidence in the abilities of the officer who is currently tasked with looking into this high-profile quadruple homicide. And today, in the interest of transparency, we're going to tell you exactly why that is. Bill Dalton is the current lead investigator on the Burger Chef for the Indiana Sta...

There's a haunting story in the Burger Chef case, one that you've likely heard before. A guy named David Cathcart rolled up to a bar in Greenwood, Indiana on November 18, 1978, the night after the employees vanished, before anyone knew the kids were dead. He shot off his mouth about the disappearances of the four Burger Chef employees, telling his fellow patrons that they'd be released unharmed. L...

On November 17, 1978, four young workers vanished from a fast food restaurant in Speedway, Indiana. Two days later, their bodies were found in the woods of Johnson County. The Burger Chef murders remain unsolved to this day. We still don't know who killed employees Jayne Friedt, Ruth Shelton, Danny Davis, and Mark Flemmonds, or why. In this episode of "You Never Can Forget," an investigative minis...

On November 17, 1978, four young workers vanished from a fast food restaurant in Speedway, Indiana. Two days later, their bodies were found in the woods of Johnson County. The Burger Chef murders remain unsolved to this day. We still don't know who killed employees Jayne Friedt, Ruth Shelton, Danny Davis, and Mark Flemmonds, or why. In this episode of "You Never Can Forget," an investigative minis...

On November 17, 1978, four young employees began the night shift at the Burger Chef restaurant in Speedway, Indiana. By midnight, they had vanished, never to be seen alive again. Two days later, their bodies were found in a wooded area in Johnson County. But who killed Jayne Friedt, Ruth Shelton, Danny Davis, and Mark Flemmonds? Last year, the Murder Sheet launched an investigative miniseries...

Note: This episode contains disturbing content, including descriptions from court documents on a child murder case. Jump from 24:00 to 28:15 to miss these upsetting descriptions. In 2017, someone murdered Liberty German and Abigail Williams in broad daylight. The double homicide of these two young girls remains unsolved, leaving their families and wider community of Delphi Indiana without answers....

In this episode, we will wrap up the story of Francis Henry Bloeth, the "Other Long Island Serial Killer." Bloeth was arrested for three murders and sentenced to die for his crimes. But his story has a rather unexpected ending. The Murder Sheet was also able to interview John Jay College of Criminal Justice Professor Robert McCrie about this topic. We enjoyed our thought-provoking conversation wit...

A killer stalked across Long Island in the summer of 1959, preying upon employees working solo shifts in diners and delicatessens. He ended up claiming three innocent lives. A single tip would put an end to the murderer's reign of terror. But could police make the case against the accused stick? Follow the  Murder Sheet  on social media for the latest. Facebook Twitter Instagram And send...

Fear came to Long Island in 1959. Fear in the form of a single man, one who was set upon terrorizing and killing restaurant employees. By the end of the summer, three innocent workers were dead. But the notoriety of the crimes faded over the decades. You may have heard of the Long Island Serial Killer, but you've likely never heard of this one. Follow the  Murder Sheet  on social media f...

The fight began outside of a McDonald's in Sacramento, California. By the time the confrontation ended alongside a nearby International House of Pancakes, one person was dead. But how did a brief interaction on the bright, beautiful morning of June 6, 2013 result in murder? If you have any tips on the unsolved murder of Justin Oliphant, contact the Sacramento Police at (916) 808-5471. Follow the&n...

Peggy Cox was murdered at the Hardee's in Franklin, Tennessee on February 1, 1991. To this day, we don't know who gunned down the hardworking mother-of-three at the drive-thru on her 49th birthday. Police have come up with a number of theories over the years. They've even enlisted the help of the Vidocq Society. But nothing has resulted in a conviction yet. In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we...

On February 1, 1991, Peggy Cox was busy taking drive-thru orders at the Hardee's in Franklin, Tennessee. It was her 49th birthday, but she was hard at work at the restaurant. Around 11:45 p.m., a man pulled up and ordered a roast beef sandwich. A few moments later, he shot Peggy through the window and sped off. The mother of three collapsed in front of her 20-year-old son, who was also working at...

In 2017, someone murdered Liberty German and Abigail Williams in Delphi, Indiana. The double homicide of these two young girls remains unsolved.  In the years since, online sleuths have speculated that either Paul Etter or Thomas Bruce may have perpetrated the killings. In this episode, we’ll be looking into the life and crimes of each man.  This episode takes a break from our focus on r...

In this episode of the Murder Sheet, we're going to switch things up a bit. Instead of diving into a single restaurant homicide, we'll split our attention between two remarkable cases. One took place in Chicago in the nineteenth century. The other happened in Harlem in the forties. Rather oddly, despite occurring around six decades apart, both of these killings involved drunken rages, seedy bars,...

On New Year's Day in 1973, a woman met a man at a New York City bar called W.M. Tweeds. They hit it off and went back to her place. But the story doesn’t end there. The woman — a 28-year-old teacher named Roseanne Quinn — was never seen alive again. At least, not by anyone other than her killer.  In a way, Roseanne Quinn has died many deaths. First, at the hands of a vicious, violen...

Late on a May night in 1930, someone crept into the Golden Pheasant Inn. The local restaurant was popular for its chicken dish, and for being a haven where Wisconsinites could blow off steam with slot machines, booze, and sex workers. But the intruder wasn't there for any of that. He was after owner John Van Veghel and waitress Lucille Birdsall, a couple sound asleep in their bed. The subsequent m...