650 // Rex Heuermann's Serial Killer Psychology w/ Joshua Zeman

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Crawlspace Media

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4.1 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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In this episode, ⁠Crawlspace Media⁠'s Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with filmmaker and podcaster ⁠Joshua Zeman⁠ about the convicted Long Island serial killer, Rex Heuermann. Josh has been on the trail of LISK since before his 2016 documentary series called ⁠The Killing Season⁠, and in this conversation, we discuss Rex's evolving process, him agreeing to work with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, other possibly connected murders and more. This episode was previously published on Missing April 23rd, 2026. Joshua is responsible for ⁠Cropsey⁠, ⁠Killer Legends⁠, ⁠The Killing Season⁠, ⁠Murder Mountain⁠, ⁠Sons of Sam⁠, ⁠Checkpoint Zoo⁠, to name a few. He also is behind the podcast Sinister and ⁠Monster: Hunting the Long Island Serial Killer⁠. 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/@sinisterwithjoshzeman⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/josh.zeman⁠. ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@SinisterPodcastJZ⁠. Check out Quince: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://quince.com/MISSING⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out Mint Mobile: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mintmobile.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/⁠⁠. Youtube:⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠⁠⁠. FB:⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠. X:⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠⁠. Spotify:⁠⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠⁠. 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	Hey, crawl space listeners, we wanted to bring you an episode that recently aired on our other podcast, missing.
0:07.1	So for any listener who doesn't know, like you said, Tim, we have two shows, and we always want to air episodes of missing on crawlspace when they are appropriate and relevant.
0:18.8	Okay, and that's what we are bringing you here today.
0:21.3	So please make sure to like and subscribe and follow us on social media.
0:26.7	Thanks a lot for listening.
0:28.5	This dude lived and breathed serial killing.
0:32.5	He's a planner.
0:33.3	He's an architect.
0:34.2	I think he had a whole blueprint in his brain
0:37.5	for how he was going to do this.
0:38.8	And here's the thing.
0:39.7	He did.
0:40.1	He got away with it for a long time.
0:43.3	You know, his first victim is in 1993.
0:45.4	I believe that there's another victim previous to that.
0:47.5	I believe that there's another victim previous to that. I'm... In today's new episode of missing, we speak with filmmaker and podcaster Joshua Zeman about serial killer Rex Heuerman and Josh's work looking into the Long Island serial killer.
1:30.7	This conversation is great. I think you'll really enjoy it. And I think you'll really love
1:35.0	Josh's work. So check out his podcast, Monster. Also follow him on YouTube at Sinister Podcast,
1:42.6	JZ. And there are links in the show notes for all of this.
1:47.1	Thank you so much for listening.
1:48.2	Please let us know what you think on YouTube or Spotify.
1:51.4	And follow us on social media at Missing CSM.
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