Long Island Serial Killer: The Gilgo Beach Murders (with Robert Kolker)

Serial Killers

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History, Education

4.6 • 30.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In July 2023, Rex Heuermann was arrested and charged with the murders of Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, and Amber Costello. Additional charges came in January 2024 for the murder of Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Robert Kolker, author of Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery joins the show to talk about the 16-year investigation, the apathy toward sex workers, and the lives and families of the Gilgo Four. The audiobook edition of Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker is available for Spotify Premium Subscribers in our Audiobook catalog, where you can check it out after listening to this episode. To buy the hard copy, you can visit: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/lost-girls-robert-kolker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Due to the nature of this killer's crimes, listener discretion is advised.
0:06.6	This episode includes discussions of murder and bias.
0:10.4	Consider this when deciding how and when you'll listen.
0:14.0	In July 2023, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A Tierney announced the arrest of Rex
0:26.3	Huerman for what had long been known only as the Gilgo Beach serial killings. Standing behind Tierney were the families of three of the victims,
0:36.3	Megan Waterman, Melissa Bartholomew, and Maureen Brainerd Barnes. Their presence was a visual representation of the fact that these women mattered
0:46.3	to detectives. Their stories mattered, bringing closure to the case, mattered. But it wasn't always this way. For 16 years the
0:56.7	investigation into the Gilgo Beach serial killer was hampered by police
1:01.2	stonewalling dysfunction and their failure to pursue all
1:05.1	leads and tips. An air of disregard for the victim's involvement in sex work
1:10.0	underlied many press conferences, police interactions, and news articles,
1:15.0	all while an unknown killer terrorized Long Island.
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