624 // LISK & More w/ Joshua Zeman

Missing

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🗓️ 15 January 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In this episode, Tim Pilleri & Lance Reenstierna are joined by new friend of the show, the great true-crime documentarian and journalist, Joshua Zeman. Joshua is responsible for Cropsey, Killer Legends, The Killing Season, Murder Mountain, Sons of Sam, Checkpoint Zoo, just to name a few. He also is behind the podcast Sinister and Monster: Hunting the Long Island Serial Killer. This episode was previously published on Crawlspace on December 28th, 2025. Check out everything Joshua has going on and listen to Sinister: ⁠https://www.sinisterpodcast.com/⁠ ⁠Listen to Monster: Hunting the Long Island Serial Killer:⁠ ⁠https://monster-podcast.com/lisk/⁠ Follow Joshua: https://www.tiktok.com/@sinisterwithjz. ⁠https://www.instagram.com/josh.zeman/. ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@SinisterPodcastJZ⁠. Check out Quince: ⁠https://quince.com/MISSING⁠. Main podcast 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: IG: https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm. FB: https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM. X: https://twitter.com/MissingCSM. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447. Follow Crawlspace: IG: https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast. TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast. FB: https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast. X: https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340. 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 golden age of serial killers is over.
0:02.4	It's not over.
0:03.8	It got worse.
0:04.9	It just moved, meaning you talk to a guy like Mark Safrick, right?
0:10.0	Former lead investigator with the BAU, right?
0:13.7	It doesn't look at serial killers anymore because we don't have as many sexual status.
0:17.0	Why?
0:18.0	They're all become mass shooters.
0:19.4	The same people who were golden age serial killers now, because we're living in an immediate society, you know, and slightly more self-involved, have moved into mass shootings.
0:34.3	So now it's, now it's no more like like I'm going to write a letter to the press and
0:38.2	you know, we're going to play this cat and mouse game. Now they're like, I'm going out in a blaze of
0:43.0	glory right now. Same thing, dude. Same people. Same bullying. Same in-cell guys. Same guys who can't
0:50.8	interact with society and don't have what they need and have a revenge thing
0:57.3	or want to take revenge.
0:58.6	It's the same thing.
1:00.1	It's just the type of killing moved, but the dudes are still there.
1:04.2	Yeah. I'm.........and... Hey, missing listeners, we are replaying an episode of Crawl Space here on Missing.
1:42.7	This was a recent conversation that we had with filmmaker and podcaster, Joshua Zeeman.
1:48.2	I think you're really going to like this.
1:50.1	We talk a lot about the Long Island serial killer, but also Josh's documentaries, which are fantastic.
1:58.0	Lance, what do you think of this conversation?
1:59.8	We have been waiting to talk to Josh for a long time. We've been fans of his documentary Cropsey. If folks haven't seen that, please go check that out. It's an amazing documentary. He's also got a ton of other ones that are incredible. He's got the Sons of Sam. He's got Murder Mountain. He has Checkpoint Zoo. He's got the killing season. He is a very
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