09-01-2023
Episode 96 -- "Night Shift" (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On a cold morning in the winter of 1984, the manager of a popular fast food joint in eastern Pennsylvania, slowly made his way up to the front door of the restaurant to unlock it. But when he grabbed the handle of the door, he found it was already unlocked. The manager was instantly worried, but he told himself that it was probably just one of the workers from the night before. They must have just forgot to lock up. So the man stepped through the door and headed past the cash registers towards the back office. But before he got to the back office, he stopped... because there was something blocking his way. Something absolutely horrible...For 100s more stories like this one, check out our main YouTube channel just called "MrBallen" -- https://www.youtube.com/c/MrBallenIf you want to reach out to me, contact me on Instagram, Twitter or any other major social media platform, my username on all of them is @MrBallen....Note about content:We do not do any original reporting. The stories we tell are dramatizations based on events that we research and describe using existing source material.While we make every effort to use the best quality sources we can access within our production deadlines, and while we make every effort to verify facts through multiple sources, we do make occasional mistakes, and we cannot verify the accuracy of the source material we use.Please note that creative liberties have been taken in the creation and presentation of the material on which we have based this podcast.HIGH QUALITY:Official records (including court records, inmate records, obituaries, police reports)Inmate record: Alfred Scott Keefehttp://inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov/#/Result George E Brooks obituaryDoylestown Intelligencer, May 16, 1999,Pg. 113, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-may-16-1999-p-113/Terri Brooks obituaryDoylestown Intelligencer, February 07, 1984,Pg. 10, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-feb-07-1984-p-10/BOOKS:Capuzzo, Michael. The Murder Room. New York: Penguin, 2010. SUBSCRIPTION NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:Restaurant Manager Stabbed to Death in Bucks County (February 5, 1984)https://www.newspapers.com/image/172213749/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 Manager Slain at Restaurant (February 6, 1984)https://www.newspapers.com/image/182457397/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 No suspects emerge in stabbing deathDoylestown Intelligencer, February 06, 1984,Pg. 4, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-feb-06-1984-p-4/Freezer bandits arrested in area fast food robberiesDoylestown Intelligencer, March 21, 1984,Pg. 114, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-mar-21-1984-p-114/Police have few leads in restaurant murder | Man jailed in 19 burglariesDoylestown Intelligencer, March 25, 1984,Pg. 6, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-mar-25-1984-p-6/Unsolved Killing Stymies Police and Anguishes Family (July 21, 1984)https://www.newspapers.com/image/176186989/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 Sleuths May Help Solve Murder Mystery (May 22, 1998)https://www.newspapers.com/image/179242747/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 DNA Leads To Arrest (February 6, 1999)https://www.newspapers.com/image/184445223/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 Arrest Caps a 15 Year Mystery (February 6, 1999)https://www.newspapers.com/image/179554702/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/179554968/?terms=%22charged%22&match=1 Arrest is finally made in 15 year old murder | DNA evidence dooms murder suspectDoylestown Intelligencer, February 07, 1999,Pg. 190, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-feb-07-1999-p-190/Area firm on DNA cutting edgeDoylestown Intelligencer, March 05, 1999,Pg. 2, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-mar-05-1999-p-2/https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-mar-05-1999-p-5/Police Use DNA Evidence to Help Solve 1984 Murder (February 6, 1999)https://www.newspapers.com/image/565234916/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 Police Say Man Killed Girlfriend 15 Years Ago (February 6, 1999)https://www.newspapers.com/image/453598201/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 Man Arrested in ‘84 Killing After DNA is Matched (February 7, 1999)https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/07/us/man-arrested-in-84-killing-after-dna-is-matched.html Officials Honored for Arrest in 15 Year Old Murder (February 16, 1999)https://www.newspapers.com/image/179616701/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/179617049/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 Betrayed by his bloodDoylestown Intelligencer, March 28, 1999,Pg. 1, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US https://newspaperarchive.com/doylestown-intelligencer-mar-28-1999-p-1/Man is Set For Trial in Killing From 1984 (April 1, 1999)https://www.newspapers.com/image/179627251/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 Trial Ordered in ‘84 Bucks Slaying (April 2, 1999)https://www.newspapers.com/image/278452654/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 A $675,000 Settlement Reached in On the Job Killing (February 12, 2000)https://www.newspapers.com/image/167927301/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 Man Gets Life for Killing Fiancee at Restaurant Where She Worked (June 7, 2000)https://www.newspapers.com/image/179734875/?terms=%22terri%20brooks%22&match=1 DOCUMENTARIES:Dead of Night. 2014. Season 2, episode 5, “The Night Shift.” Aired May 28, 2014.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3669146/ An Unexpected Killer. 2022. Season 3, episode 3, “Fatal Fast Food.” Aired March 18, 2022.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18979040/?ref_=ttep_ep3 INTERNET ARTICLES:A Young Woman Was Murdered At Work And Her Employer Robbed — But 'It Was Completely A Misdirection' (2022)https://www.oxygen.com/an-unexpected-killer/crime-news/terri-brooks-murdered-by-fiance-albert-scott-keefe-why OTHER:Wikipedia: Roy Rogers Restaurantshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Rogers_Restaurants Bonnie’s Blog of Crime: Alfred Scott Keefe Convicted of Killing His Fiancee, Terri Lynn Brooks; Sentenced to Life in Prison (2014)https://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/tag/terri-lynn-brooks/ Vidocq Society Websitehttps://www.vidocq.org/ Vidocq Society: a private crime fighting organizationhttps://fornology.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-vidocq-society-private-crime.htmlWikipedia: Vidocq Societyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidocq_Society See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.