Shannan Gilbert / Long Island Serial Killer // 313

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🗓️ 13 June 2023

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In May of 2010, a 23-year-old woman went missing after meeting at a client’s house on Long Island. Her last known interaction can be heard on a strange and eerie 911 call that was over 20 minutes long. The woman’s body was discovered 19 months after she disappeared on a beach in the neighborhood from which she vanished. But she was not alone. Also buried on the beach were ten other bodies, all of which are believed to have been claimed by the prolific Long Island Serial Killer. This is the story of Shannan Gilbert. BONUS EPISODES Apple Subscriptions: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-west-true-crime/id1448151398 Patreon: patreon.com/goingwestpodcast CASE SOURCES 1. Gilgo News: https://www.gilgonews.com/Vics/melissabarthelemy 2. Heavy: https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/03/mari-gilbert-daughters-real-life-today/ 3. Cosmopolitan: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/movies/a31468650/lost-girls-netflix-true-story/ 4. Slate: https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/07/a-long-island-serial-killer-who-targeted-prostitutes-murdered-melissa-barthelemy-the-case-remains-unsolved.html 5. Melissa's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224085326/melissa-m-barthelemy 6. Gilgo News: https://www.gilgonews.com/vics/AmberLynnCostello 7. Gilgo News: https://www.gilgonews.com/vics/MeganWaterman 8. Gilgo News: https://www.gilgonews.com/Vics/maureenbrainardbarnes 9. Amber's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64693380/amber-lynn-costello 10. Maureen's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64693289/maureen-brainard-barnes 11. Megan's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64693232/megan-amelia-waterman 12. Shannan's Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064537006161 13. Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/lost-girls-who-were-the-victims-of-the-long-island-serial-killer 14. Mari's obituary: https://www.loucksfh.com/obituaries/mari-gilbert 15. Celeb Suburb: https://celebsuburb.com/shannan-gilbert-truth-about-her-mysterious-death-of-mari-gilberts-daughter/ 16. Daily Freeman: https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2017/04/20/gilbert-driven-by-jealousy-to-kill-mother-sister-testifies-at-murder-trial/ 17. The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/2020/03/the-true-crime-tragedy-behind-lost-girls.html 18. History versus Hollywood: https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/lost-girls/ 19. Lost Girls: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3111426/ 20. 48 Hours: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2174239/ 21. CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/long-island-serial-killer-inside-the-investigation/13/ 22. Portland Press Herald: https://www.pressherald.com/2020/06/22/for-the-first-time-daughter-of-long-island-serial-killer-victim-from-maine-speaks-out/#:~:text=Waterman%20became%20estranged%20from%20her,although%20the%20two%20later%20reconciled. 23. New York Post: https://nypost.com/2011/12/07/officials-recover-missing-sex-workers-jeans-shoes-id-and-cell-phone-during-dredge-of-li-marsh/ 24. CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/12/us/new-york-shannan-gilbert-case/index.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host Tee. And I'm your host Daphne. And you're listening to Going West.
0:20.7	Hello everybody. Welcome big thanks to Nicole, Mandy, Olivia, Jenna and Leicester for recommending this case to us today.
0:30.6	And the Long Island serial killer case, which we do touch on in this episode, was recommended by Kyle, Kate, Megan, Heather and Laura.
0:39.0	So thank you guys as well. Because in this episode, we do touch on the Long Island serial killer case a whole lot.
0:45.6	Also known as Lisk. Yes, absolutely. So we were originally going to just cover that case as a whole, but there are so many details it would have been a multi-part episode, which we have weirdly never done on this show.
0:57.2	I know. We don't we don't have any two-parters. I don't think I know we don't. It's really weird. But because we had so many recommendations for Shannon's case in particular, we wanted to kind of make her the highlight essentially, but of course go into the other victims as well.
1:12.6	So let's let's get going because we've got a lot for you today.
1:15.3	Absolutely. Alright guys, this is episode 313 of Going West. So let's get into it.
1:42.8	In May of 2010, a 23-year-old woman went missing after meeting at a client's house on Long Island. Her last known interaction can be heard on a strange and eerie 911 call that was over 20 minutes long.
2:08.4	Her body was discovered 19 months later on a beach in the same neighborhood that she disappeared from, but she wasn't alone. Also buried on the beach were 10 other bodies, all of which are believed to be claimed by the prolific Long Island serial killer.
2:28.3	This is the story of Shannon Gilbert.
2:38.9	Shannon Maria Gilbert was born on October 24th, 1986 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and a year later, she was joined by a younger sister named Sarah.
3:04.0	Then a year after that, by another sister named Cherie.
3:08.0	The girl's parents were young when they had them and their father was reportedly struggling with a heroin addiction and schizophrenia.
3:16.0	So eventually, their mom Mary Gilbert had enough and took her young daughters back to her hometown of Ellenville, New York, which is about two hours north of New York City.
3:26.0	So they left Pennsylvania for New York.
3:29.6	Mary eventually met another partner, giving her three daughters a half-sister named Stevie, but that relationship ultimately didn't last either, and Mary found herself the single mother of four young girls.
3:42.7	While Mary always made sure that she had everything her daughters needed, it was very difficult juggling four small children on her own, so they moved in with Mary's mother June Rose while they got back on their feet.
3:55.6	From a young age, Mary observed that Shannon was kind of prone to outbursts and mood swings, and she reportedly felt that she was just not able to handle Shannon's growing needs alongside her other daughters.
4:08.7	So Mary actually made the difficult decision to place seven-year-old Shannon in foster care.
4:14.7	Shannon did however continue to see her family, even attending school alongside her sisters, and growing up in the same community.
4:22.7	But the separation seemed healthy for Mary and Shannon, and Shannon thrived in school.
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