{"podcast":{"title":"The Gilgo Beach Murders: The Case Against Rex Heuermann","slug":"the-gilgo-beach-murders-the-case-against-rex-heuermann-6470757","podcast_index_feed_id":6470757,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5112097.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5112097","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43563022.jpg","author":"Tony Brueski","episode_count":495,"summary":"For nearly two decades, the remains of young women kept turning up along the desolate stretches of Long Island — in the scrub brush off Ocean Parkway, in wooded areas out east, in places no one was supposed to find them. And for most of that time, no one was held accountable. I'm Tony Brueski, and this podcast is my deep dive into one of the most chilling serial murder cases in modern American history — the Gilgo Beach murders and the case against Rex Heuermann, the New York architect now charged with the killing of seven women spanning from 1993 to 2010. This isn't a case summary. It's the full picture — the women who were allegedly targeted and discarded, the investigative failures that let a suspected killer allegedly operate in plain sight for decades, and the forensic breakthroughs that finally led to an arrest in July 2023. I break down the evidence prosecutors have built — DNA analysis, cellphone data, digital files allegedly recovered from Heuermann's own computer — and the defense strategy aimed at dismantling it. I cover the courtroom battles, the rulings on evidence admissibility, and every development as this case moves toward its next chapter. But more than anything,…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T10:20:02.504285+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gilgo-beach-murders-the-case-against-rex-heuermann-6470757"},"episode":{"title":"Asa Ellerup Faces a Jury — What Happens Next","slug":"asa-ellerup-faces-a-jury-what-happens-next","published_at":"2026-04-17T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gilgo-beach-murders-the-case-against-rex-heuermann-6470757/asa-ellerup-faces-a-jury-what-happens-next","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gilgo-beach-murders-the-case-against-rex-heuermann-6470757","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8890987","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8890987.mp3?modified=1776364735&sid=5112097&source=rss","summary":"Rex Heuermann said it himself. In a packed courtroom, he admitted to strangling eight women over seventeen years. He confirmed the murders. He confirmed the dismemberment. He showed no emotion. And Asa Ellerup was sitting in the back of the room while he did it. For years, she said she did not believe it. She called him her savior. She dismissed the planning document. She described the hair evidence — her own hair, found on multiple victims — as circumstantial. She said she would need to hear it from him directly. She heard it. Now a wrongful death lawsuit is asking whether she should have heard it decades earlier. The son of Valerie Mack — who was six years old when his mother disappeared and was allegedly murdered by Heuermann in 2000 — has filed suit against Heuermann, Ellerup, and their daughter Victoria. The complaint alleges they either knew, concealed the truth, or deliberately looked away. It also goes after the money: a reported million-dollar payment from a Peacock documentary about the case. Ellerup’s attorney says she had no knowledge and no involvement. Prosecutors have confirmed she was away each time a murder occurred. But the civil question is different from the criminal one. A jury will not need proof beyond reasonable doubt. They will weigh whether a woman who shared roughly 1,300 square feet with a man who killed eight people — a home with a secured basement room behind a metal door — could have lived there for nearly three decades and genuinely missed everything. Defense attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis examines which side has the stronger argument and what tips the balance. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouT…","meta_description":"Rex Heuermann said it himself. In a packed courtroom, he admitted to strangling eight women over seventeen years. He confirmed the murders. 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