Fred and Edwina Rogers: The Icebox Murders That Haunted Houston
What if the most brutal murder in Houston's history was committed by a man who was never seen again?
On Father's Day 1965, the neighbors of 1815 Driscoll Street noticed something was wrong-newspapers piling up, a locked door, silence. Inside the modest Montrose home, Houston police found the refrigerator humming... filled with dismembered human remains.
The bodies belonged to Fred and Edwina Rogers, an elderly couple known for their reclusive life. But their killer had done more than murder-he had surgically drained the bodies, flushed their organs down the sewer, and vanished without a trace. Their son, Charles Frederick Rogers, a former Navy pilot and geophysicist, had disappeared from his locked upstairs room. He was never seen again.
Inside this gripping true crime book, you will uncover:
A minute-by-minute reconstruction of the crime scene discovery-including the now-infamous moment when Officer L.M. Bullock opened the refrigerator and whispered, "They drained her. Like game."
The strange life and sudden disappearance of Charles Rogers, the son whose room revealed survivalist maps, a bloodstained pistol, and a sealed attic crawlspace.
Detailed forensic findings that shocked even veteran investigators: scalpel-like incisions, organs flushed into the city sewer, no signs of a struggle-just silence and planning.
An investigative deep-dive into CIA conspiracies, Cold War paranoia, and the theory that Charles was not a fugitive... but an operative.
Side-by-side theories that allow you to weigh the facts: Was Charles a calculating killer? A scapegoat? Or the victim of a darker plot no one dared to name?
More than just a murder mystery, this book is an excavation of buried truths, family dysfunction, and America's hunger for simple answers in the face of complex horror. Using court records, forensic reports, psychological profiles, and never-before-synthesized sources, this true crime investigation builds a chilling, immersive portrait of Houston's most enduring cold case.
This Book Is For Readers Who Crave:
Unsolved murder cases that are both horrifying and psychologically complex.
Historical true crime that reveals how America's justice system has failed its victims.
Missing person investigations that suggest not just disappearance-but escape, reinvention, and conspiracy.
The intersection of crime, Cold War secrecy, and forensic failure.
A human-centered approach to crime storytelling that honors victims without sensationalism.
Perfect for Fans of:
The Man on the Grassy Knoll by John R. Craig
The Ice Man by Philip Carlo
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Fred and Edwina Rogers never got justice.
Charles Rogers was never brought to trial.
The refrigerator was cleaned. But the silence stayed.
With immersive scenes, forensic depth, and meticulous historical framing, The Unsolved Murder of Fred and Edwina Rogers: The Icebox Murders That Haunted Houston is a haunting journey into the heart of a city's most grotesque mystery-and into the mind of a man who may have disappeared not out of fear... but out of control.
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