In 1965, two police officers in Houston, Texas were dispatched to an elderly couple's home for a welfare check.

Inside, they discovered the butchered remains of the couple with no signs of an intruder.

Theories range from revenge all the way to the JFK assassination but the case remains unsolved.

Today we look at the disturbing case of the Icebox murders.

This is Red Web. The podcast all about the Red Web.

Welcome back Task Force to another episode of Red Web, the podcast all about the

unsolved mysteries of this world.

Everything from true crime to cryptids, to conspiracies, to aliens, to the

supernational, not to random questions. I am your resident mystery enthusiast and

joining me hearing this mystery for the very first time Alfredo Diaz.

Hello, welcome task force. It's another week, another mystery. I'm excited. Not about the murders, but to see how this breaks down.

Okay. Why are the cops going to someone's house for welfare checks?

Good question.

That already doesn't make sense to me.

Right.

It's a red flag. Or the blue flag.

I don't know.

You know what? Any flag you want, we'll put it up there. I just don't understand.

Yeah, I'm curious, that's the number one thing that's on my mind right now okay is that like why do a

house visit to pick up an elderly to pick up a welfare check not a welfare check oh

a well like a wellness check. Oh, a wellness, uh, I thought it was like welfare, you know what I mean? Like, they got money. Oh, cops gotta get there cut. I was like, what the hell you're thinking?

cops shaking now these elderly people for welfare checks, dude. I was like,

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