LISK: Getting to know Amber Lynn Costello

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.5 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

On September 2nd of 2010, 27-year-old Amber Lynn Costello leaves her house to go meet a john for sex work. Her final words to her roommate as she leaves are, “If my sister calls, tell her I love her.” Three months later, Amber’s sister, Kim, hears the news that the human remains of four women matching Amber’s description have been discovered along Ocean Parkway on Long Island’s Gilgo Beach. When Kim submits her DNA, her worst fears are confirmed: Amber is one of the Gilgo Four and a victim of the Long Island Serial Killer. Before her death, Amber was a sensitive and caring woman caught in the destructive cycle of drug abuse. In this episode, Jac and Alexis shed light on Amber’s rich life and seek to understand how anyone could want to harm such a joyful person. 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree ❤️ The Heavy Metal Project: theheavymetalproject.com 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree ⚖️ On the Stand: (818) 446-6889 💩 Worst Thing You’ve Ever Done: (818) 446-6889 🤝 Advice: hello@thefirstdegreepodcast.com 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	First degree.
0:05.0	First degree.
0:06.8	First degree.
0:07.8	The first degree.
0:08.8	Get on the news.
0:09.8	Get on the K-3.
0:10.8	Get on the safe.
0:12.8	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not real life.
0:21.8	Welcome to the first degree.
0:22.8	The Trigram podcast that you might end up on.
0:24.7	My name is Jack Fanonck and I'm sitting here with Alexis Linkletter and welcome back
0:28.4	to another Friday episode.
0:31.4	This means another installment of episodes that we've produced exclusively for our heavy
0:35.0	metal project initiative.
0:37.2	And today we're continuing to honor the lives of the victims connected to the unsolved
0:41.0	case of the Long Island serial killer.
0:43.3	If you're new here and you don't know who the Long Island serial killer is, that's
0:47.1	okay.
0:48.1	You can go back and listen to our in-depth three-part series on the list case.
0:51.4	And then, of course, you can return to this episode and everything will make way more
0:55.4	sense.
0:56.5	For sure, because our three-part initiative series explains how list-targeted sex workers.
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