Director: Adam Kamien, Luke Rynderman
Four teenagers went to work an ordinary shift in 1978 and never came home, and nearly five decades later that unresolved tragedy still shapes a small Indiana community. "The Speedway Murders" revisits the case through a blend of documentary reporting and animated reconstruction.
What is The Speedway Murders about?
Set in Speedway, Indiana, the film reconstructs the events surrounding the disappearance and deaths of four young employees closing a fast-food restaurant late one November night in 1978. Rather than relying only on archival footage and talking-head interviews, the production uses animation to recreate scenes and testimony where no video record exists, giving faces and movement to a decades-old case file. Investigators, journalists, and people connected to the victims walk through the timeline of that night, the leads that went cold, and the theories that have circulated in the town ever since. The film treats the case's central mystery with restraint, focusing less on naming a definitive culprit and more on how an unsolved crime can linger over a place, shaping local memory long after the news cycle moved on.
Cast & crew
The documentary draws on voice and interview work from Essie Randles, Nya Cofie, Davida McKenzie, and Jo Cumpston, whose contributions help carry both the factual reporting and the animated re-creations that anchor the film's storytelling.
Context & significance
Released in 2024 as a joint production spanning Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, "The Speedway Murders" belongs to a growing wave of true-crime titles that use animation to fill gaps left by missing footage, a technique increasingly common in cold-case documentaries. Running 101 minutes, the film holds a solid 6.9 rating on IMDb, reflecting steady interest in one of the Midwest's longest-standing unsolved cases.
Where & how to watch
"The Speedway Murders" is available on K-Time with a free account login, through an interface built entirely in Farsi for Persian-speaking viewers everywhere. This page can be read without signing in; only playback requires a K-Time account.