1978 Burger Chef murders

[RobsanX]

Robsan, I had no idea you had Tulsa ties. Very cool. I grew up in Tulsa and moved when I got married. I am really glad I moved. I can't imagine living there now. There is a murder and/or shooting nearly every night, mainly in North Tulsa (I know.... 'shocking'). I still visit family there, but have no intentions on ever moving back. If I do visit, I pack heat.

While a nightly murder may not seem concerning to people in larger cities, when you apply the per capita, Tulsa's murder rate is approximately 3 times the nat'l average.

That Lee's chicken place is still there and in business. Every time I drive by I think about the murders. However, the porno shop just north of it is now closed. No more browsing the racks for the latest issue of Swank with a bucket of greasy yardbird from Lee's!

Yep, born and raised. I lived there until 2003 when I moved to WI for grad school. My folks and brother still live there, so I visit often. I try to avoid reading the news, because it will just make me worry about my family!!!

[NonServiam]

Yep, born and raised. I lived there until 2003 when I moved to WI for grad school. My folks and brother still live there, so I visit often. I try to avoid reading the news, because it will just make me worry about my family!!!

I agree. My mother owns a business in Tulsa. Her business is on the southside, but I still worry about her. It used to be that violence was usually contained to north of Admiral, but now it has become widespread and it doesn't matter what part of Tulsa you're in.

[LesMacWrites]

Hi everyone...first day on the site. I'll get right to it. I am currently writing a book and I am doing a chapter on the Burger Chef Murders. I noticed a few posts relating to it and if there is anyone that has any information and wouldn't mind being quoted in the book please feel free to reach out. There is a complete section on unsolved murders so if you have any thoughts on any old unsolved cases please feel free. The book will be released in the fall and there are a few chapters currently available to read at the website. Please keep in mind that they are rough drafts. Here's the info...

www.lesmacsbooks.weebly.com

www.facebook.com/lesandtristanwritetruecrime

The book is in seven parts.

Part I: Serial Killers
Part II: Spree Killers
Part III: Mass Murderers
Part IV: Unsolved Murders
Part V: Women Who Kill
Part VI: Other Notorious Murders
Part VII: Killers Releases To Kill Again

I'm not trying to sell books here (still writing) just looking for input. Thanks everyone.

[truthwolf1]

Hi everyone...first day on the site. I'll get right to it. I am currently writing a book and I am doing a chapter on the Burger Chef Murders. I noticed a few posts relating to it and if there is anyone that has any information and wouldn't mind being quoted in the book please feel free to reach out. There is a complete section on unsolved murders so if you have any thoughts on any old unsolved cases please feel free. The book will be released in the fall and there are a few chapters currently available to read at the website. Please keep in mind that they are rough drafts. Here's the info...

www.lesmacsbooks.weebly.com

www.facebook.com/lesandtristanwritetruecrime

The book is in seven parts.

Part I: Serial Killers
Part II: Spree Killers
Part III: Mass Murderers
Part IV: Unsolved Murders
Part V: Women Who Kill
Part VI: Other Notorious Murders
Part VII: Killers Releases To Kill Again

I'm not trying to sell books here (still writing) just looking for input. Thanks everyone.

Wow! You must have some interesting dreams.

[LesMacWrites]

truthwolf1...LOL...thankfully I don't dream about the bad guys. The research has been an eye-opener though. You think you know most of it from headlines and news etc. but when you really get down to the research you learn a lot more.

[GoVegan]

The cows were exacting revenge.

[teverton]

I knew Dan...

I went to school with Dan Davis, one of the students who was murdered. He sat in the desk behind me during our sophomore English class, and the events of that weekend still resonate with me to this day. The following Monday an air of surrealism swept through our school as the reality of what had happened since we left our classes the previous Friday settled over us like a weighted storm cloud, enveloping us in stunned grief. The sight of Dan’s empty desk was the first time most of us had brushed this close to mortality, and we struggled with how we were supposed to feel compared to how we actuality felt. This was long before tragedies such as Columbine initiated access to on-premise grief counselors, and we were primarily left to our own devices to sort out and try to make sense of one of our own being so violently, senselessly and unexpectedly taken from us. Two days later I stood next to Dan’s open casket, saying the sort of goodbyes you never really expect to hear yourself say at that age.

I'll be posting my memories of the event on my blog later today, and hopefully it will help keep the memory of the four who were lost alive.

www.terryeverton.net

[teverton]

Hi Les...Dan Davis was one of my classmates, and I'll be posting my recollections of the events of that weekend later today on my blog at www.terryeverton.net.