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497 // Fmr Homicide Prosecutor Matt Murphy on LISK Suspect Rex Heuermann & Prosecuting Rodney Alcala

Missing

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True Crime, News, Society & Culture

3.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this new episode Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by former homicide prosecutor and current legal analyst for ABC News, Matt Murphy. In this new interview, we speak about serial killers, Rodney Alcala, LISK suspect Rex Heuermann, and much more. In his new book, The Book of Murder, Matt pulls the curtain back for readers as he discusses cases from his career, how they strained his personal life, and how he found peace seeking justice for victims and their families. Cases discussed include Karen Read, Dirty John Meehan, Rodney Alcala and more. Go to https://www.thebookofmurder.com/ to learn more about Matt, the book and where to purchase your copy! Get it on Amazon or Audible: https://www.amazon.com/Book-Murder-Prosecutors-Journey-Through/dp/1368104061. Follow Matt Murphy: IG: https://www.instagram.com/mattmurphylaw/ Main Theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at https://incompetech.com/. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at http://williamsflutes.com. Follow Missing: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm. IG: https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/. Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissingCSM. FB: https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM. Follow Crawlspace: Twitter: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod . Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast . Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast. TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast. Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Welcome back to missing. I am Tim here today with Lance. Lance, how are you today? I'm doing

0:40.9

fantastic today, Tim. I hope all listeners out there are doing fantastic as well. The guess that we have

0:47.1

on, he's been here a few times already, and we always have a good time with him. He's always such a

0:52.6

wealth of information, but he delivers it

0:54.7

in such a way that I think anybody can understand it and damn handsome. But Tim, before we get to

1:02.1

our guest, how are you today? I am doing great over here. Thanks a lot for asking. And yeah,

1:07.8

I am excited to once again announce our guest, Matt Murphy of Matt Murphy

1:13.1

law.com. And he's a new author. He wrote a great book called The Book of Murder. It's out now.

1:20.4

You can check it out in this episode with him. This is now the third time we've spoken with Mr. Matt

1:26.4

Murphy, Lance. And we spoke more about his book in the first two conversations, the book of murder.

1:32.4

But in this third conversation, we speak a little bit about his next book.

1:36.3

And in this conversation, we speak mostly about serial killers and from his perspective, what it was like to try them as a former homicide

1:46.9

prosecutor from Orange County. He tried Rodney Alcala, the serial killer. And so we spend

1:55.7

a good maybe 20 minutes or so speaking about Rodney Alcala. And really the second half of the conversation is about the Long Island serial killer,

2:04.0

or I should say the alleged Long Island serial killer Rex Heuerman.

2:08.6

And Matt is such a great person to sit down with and speak about these crimes and the people

2:14.7

who perpetrate them because, like you said, he was a prosecutor and he

2:19.5

has been involved in these situations where he has to sort of think like them, manipulate

2:25.3

alongside them with their minds and his own mind in order to get the information that they need.

2:31.3

And all of that goes into these insights when he writes his books. And I'm so excited

2:36.6

that he's got this new book that is just specifically focused on serial killers because not

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