{"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":"Rex Heuermann Got Scammed: How Amber Costello Broke Gilgo Beach Open","slug":"rex-heuermann-got-scammed-how-amber-costello-broke-gilgo-beach-open","published_at":"2026-04-11T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gilgo-beach-murders-the-case-against-rex-heuermann-6470757/rex-heuermann-got-scammed-how-amber-costello-broke-gilgo-beach-open","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gilgo-beach-murders-the-case-against-rex-heuermann-6470757","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8883752","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8883752.mp3?modified=1775491955&sid=5112097&source=rss","summary":"Rex Heuermann got hustled on September 1, 2010 — and it may be the reason he's in prison. Amber Costello's roommate Dave Schaller ran a scam on a client at their West Babylon house. The client — described by Schaller as massive, an \"ogre\" — left, got into a first-generation Chevrolet Avalanche, and sent a text: \"That was not nice, so do I get credit for next time.\" The next night, the same burner phone contacted Amber. She walked out to meet the man. Schaller saw the truck again. Amber never came back. Episode 7 of \"The Seven\" — the final installment. That Avalanche description sat in the case file until 2022, when the Gilgo Beach task force ran it through vehicle registration records. The name that came back: Rex Heuermann, architect, Massapequa Park. From there — surveillance, the pizza crust, the DNA match, the warrants, the house searches, the planning document, the arrest. Cell tower data tracked the burner phone from Massapequa Park to West Babylon on both nights. Amber was 27, four feet eleven, battling addiction. Her sister said she forgives Heuermann. The evidence trail that started with a roommate's description of a truck and ended with an arrest — all covered here. The last known victim became the case that broke everything open. 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 YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information.…","meta_description":"Rex Heuermann got hustled on September 1, 2010 — and it may be the reason he's in prison. 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