{"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":"Why Didn't Rex Heuermann Look at the Courtroom Once During His Guilty Plea?","slug":"why-didn-t-rex-heuermann-look-at-the-courtroom-once-during-his-guilty-plea","published_at":"2026-06-18T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gilgo-beach-murders-the-case-against-rex-heuermann-6470757/why-didn-t-rex-heuermann-look-at-the-courtroom-once-during-his-guilty-plea","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gilgo-beach-murders-the-case-against-rex-heuermann-6470757","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8917844","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8917844.mp3?modified=1781720926&sid=5112097&source=rss","summary":"He faced the DA and answered every question in one or two words. Strangulation. Yes. Eight. He did not turn around to look at the families of the women he killed. He did not look at his own daughter. He stood with his hands shackled behind his back in a dark suit and gave the courtroom nothing.Rex Heuermann maintained a double life for seventeen years — suburban architect and father on one side, serial murderer on the other. He planned each killing for when his wife and children were out of town. His attorney described the plea as a huge relief. A friend said he was always respectful to women.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Tony Brueski for a conversation about what the courtroom presentation reveals about someone who has compartmentalized violence for that long. Whether the refusal to look at the gallery is control, indifference, or something the clinical literature has a name for. And whether a mind that walled itself off for two decades can provide useful information to the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit, which Heuermann is now required to cooperate with as part of his plea deal. 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. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal adv…","meta_description":"He faced the DA and answered every question in one or two words. Strangulation. 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