The Gilgo Beach Murders: The Case Against Rex Heuermann

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, this podcast is about the women at the center of it all. Sandra Costilla. Valerie Mack. Jessica Taylor. Maureen Brainard-Barnes. Melissa Barthelemy. Megan Waterman. Amber Costello. They had names. They had people who loved them. And they deserve more than a headline.

New episodes drop regularly as the case develops. If you want to understand the Gilgo Beach murders — the facts, the failures, and what justice actually looks like when it finally shows up — you're in the right place.

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Did Gilgo Beach Killer Rex Heuermann Really Ask About Butter?

According to reporting, Rex Heuermann sat in his cell at the Riverhead Correctional Facility six weeks after his arrest and wrote a letter. Not to a friend. Not to family. To Keith Hunter Jesperson — ...

19 Jun 14min

What Investigators Found Near Rex Heuermann’s Properties

Missing women. In more than one state. Near property Rex Heuermann purchased during the same years he was killing on Long Island.That is the piece of the Gilgo Beach case that did not end with the sen...

19 Jun 17min

What Rex Heuermann’s Ex-Wife Did While Families Sued Her

She did a documentary. She reportedly collected over a million dollars for it. And while she was talking to cameras about nightmares in the basement, the families of Rex Heuermann’s victims were prepa...

19 Jun 17min

What Rex Heuermann Did With Melissa’s Phone

Melissa Barthelemy’s sister answered a call from Melissa’s phone. The voice on the other end was Rex Heuermann’s. He described what he had done to Melissa’s body.That testimony was delivered during He...

19 Jun 15min

Why Did Asa Ellerup Renovate Rex Heuermann's Basement and Move In After He Confessed?

Rex Heuermann told Asa Ellerup he killed eight women. Seven of them in the basement. She called him Mr. Heuermann during the conversation. Then she gutted that basement, rebuilt it from the studs, and...

18 Jun 50min

Rex Heuermann's Family Made a Million Dollars Telling His Story to Peacock

Asa Ellerup and her daughter Victoria reportedly received over a million dollars for their participation in the Peacock documentary The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets. They gave the cameras acce...

18 Jun 17min

Why Didn't Rex Heuermann Look at the Courtroom Once During His Guilty Plea?

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. ...

18 Jun 15min

Victoria Heuermann Can't Forget What Her Family Was Doing While He Killed

Victoria Heuermann said it on camera: while we were having fun on vacation, he was home murdering and dismembering women here. She has told documentary producers she now believes her father most likel...

18 Jun 17min