My sister did not deserve to be forgotten, and today we finally heard him say what he did.

Those are the paraphrased words of the sister of Gilgo Beach victim, Maureen Brainer Barnes.

And tonight, the man accused of being the Gilgo Beach serial killer now convicted, stood in court.

He said guilty over and over while families cry just feet away.

And in just a second, you're going to hear from one of the better true crime reporters in this entire country.

And she was inside the courtroom with a convicted Long Island serial killer.

Welcome to the global phenomenon, surviving the survivor, where we bring you the best guests

in awe of true crime. Here's your host Emmy Award winning journalist Joel Walton.

What's up, SCS Nation? Welcome to Surviving the Survivor.

It is the global phenomenon because we have more than 50 countries represented in our

community, count them 50 plus countries.

And tonight we are talking about a story that has plagued Long Island for the better

part of 30 years.

You go back actually to 1993, not 1933.

That's the year my father was born, but 1993, you do the math, and it is 33 years that

this story has really been plaguing that eastern portion of Long Island.

But today in court, a lot of that sort of came to a head with Rex Sherman now pleading

guilty to seven murders and admitting to an eighth victim, Karen Vergata, no trial, no drawn-out

testimony, just one word repeated over and over, guilty. Karen Vergata, no trial, no drawn-out testimony.

Just one word repeated over and over, guilty.

And here to help us break this down, she runs the YouTube channel, the Engel edit, she

and her husband, they visit crime scenes and courthouses, and she does that on her days off

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