S19EP1: Inside The Gilgo Beach Murders | Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil
Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil McGraw
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🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
A missing woman, a chilling 911 call, and four bodies buried in burlap. Dr. Phil investigates how the Gilgo Beach murders began and why no one listened until it was too late.
Gilgo Beach was supposed to be a summer escape but it hid a nightmare. When 23-year-old Shannan Gilbert vanished after a frantic 911 call, her disappearance led police to a shocking discovery: four women buried in burlap along a desolate stretch of Long Island highway.
In this chilling first installment, Dr. Phil unpacks the first wave of victims, dubbed the “Gilgo Four” and the mounting failures that let a killer stay in the shadows for years. From ignored red flags to disturbing patterns in the victims’ profiles, he analyzes how society's bias against sex workers enabled this predator to hunt unnoticed.
Why were these women targeted? Why was Shannan’s cry for help dismissed? And what does the killer’s choice of victims say about how we value some lives over others? Dr. Phil doesn’t just follow the evidence he explores the psychology behind the crime. This episode lays the groundwork for understanding one of the most haunting serial murder cases in American history and what it reveals about justice, vulnerability, and the darkness that hides in plain sight.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Mystery and Murder, where we pull back the curtain on headline-making |
| 0:11.5 | cases and the perpetrators behind them. |
| 0:15.5 | We strive to step into the darkest corners of the human mind. |
| 0:20.3 | What compels certain humans to do the unthinkable, and how do these cases unfold? |
| 0:28.0 | The truth is often more chilling than fiction. |
| 0:33.4 | Click to follow and subscribe to get this weekly on all podcast players and on YouTube. |
| 0:41.9 | And I want to thank everyone that has been doing just that because since we have relaunched |
| 0:48.3 | Mystery and Murder Analysis by Dr. Phil, their response has been overwhelming. |
| 0:56.3 | So thank all of you that have clicked on subscribe and are following, because I am really |
| 1:02.1 | trying to give you guys a look at what goes on in the minds of these perpetrators to really |
| 1:09.6 | give some insight into why they do what they do. |
| 1:15.3 | Sometimes it's chilling, I understand, but hopefully it gives you some information that you |
| 1:21.3 | cannot get anywhere else. |
| 1:24.7 | Now, today we're diving in to one of the most disturbing stories in recent American history. |
| 1:33.6 | This mystery haunted families, stumped investigators, and left a string of body scattered |
| 1:40.2 | across a stretch of Long Island shoreline. As of April 2025, the Gilgo Beach serial killings |
| 1:49.0 | encompass at least 11 known victims, with some sources suggesting the total could be higher. |
| 1:57.0 | I believe it's probably much higher. |
| 2:01.3 | Most of these discovered victims are women, women whose society just forgot about. |
| 2:09.0 | Their bodies discarded along the edge of civilization, their names seemingly carried away by |
| 2:14.2 | ocean winds. |
| 2:16.5 | For over a decade, the now alleged killer of at least seven of |
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