SERIAL KILLER REX HEUERMANN HEADS TO 'LITTLE SIBERIA" PRISON... ENJOY!

Summary

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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Episode Title: SERIAL KILLER REX HEUERMANN HEADS TO 'LITTLE SIBERIA" PRISON... ENJOY!
Release Date: July 16, 2026
Host: Nancy Grace
Guests: Dave Mack, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, Josh Zeman, Mike Gould, Joseph Scott Morgan, Karen Stark

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Episode Overview

This intense episode explores the latest developments in the Gilgo Beach serial killings. Nancy Grace and her panel cover Rex Heuermann’s guilty plea, the evidence against him, lingering questions about additional victims, and the impact on victims’ families. The episode doesn’t just recount facts—it dives into the psychology of a killer, critiques the justice system’s limitations, and scrutinizes the controversial profits made by Heuermann's family from media deals. The conversation is analytical, emotional, and often searingly critical.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Rex Heuermann’s Guilty Plea and Sentencing

• Change of Plea: In a dramatic courtroom moment, Rex Heuermann, the accused Gilgo Beach serial killer, unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty on multiple murders, sending shockwaves through the community and courtroom.
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  • Josh Zeman: “It was a tense moment for sure. Everybody waiting to see if Rex would actually plead. And he did...while he was admitting these crimes, he never once turned back to look at the families. He was smirking. And the question is, why was he smirking?” (06:56)

• Sentencing: Heuermann received three life terms without parole, plus 25-to-life for each victim.
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  • Courtroom Narrator: “Heuermann said, there are no words I could say I was responsible for what was said in this courtroom today. The words I would say have no meaning and I'm going to leave it there.”
  • The judge called him a coward and victims’ families chanted "ogre" as he was led away.

2. Hell on Earth: Prison Details

• Little Siberia: Heuermann will serve his sentence at Clinton Correctional Facility (nicknamed "Little Siberia") in the Adirondacks—known for frigid isolation and housing notorious killers. (02:35; 16:16; 49:08)
  • Dave Mack: “He’ll fit right in…he will join the real killer, Joel Rifkin and the New York Zodiac killer, Herberto Sita. There are 60-ft high, 7-ft thick cement walls…It is the largest maximum security lockup in the state.” (16:16)
  • “Gilgo beach serial killer Rex Heuerman heads straight to hell, AKA Little Siberia, a prison that dates all the way back to the 1840s and is in the frigid Adirondacks on the American Canadian border.” (49:08)

3. Nature and Scope of the Crimes

• Victim Count: Heuermann pled guilty to eight murders; investigators and journalists believe more victims are yet undiscovered. (03:23; 08:11; 10:02; 17:45)

  • Suffolk County DA Ray Tierney: “There are still bodies on that beach. There are still bodies in Suffolk County. There's no rest for the weary.” (03:47)

• Details of the Murders: The crimes involved abduction, prolonged torture, rape, and murder in a hidden basement, often while his wife was away. (08:50; 19:19; 44:03)

  • Nancy Grace: “They begged for their lives…promised they wouldn’t tell. Instead, they were stripped, bound, tortured, raped, murdered and their bodies buried along a lonely stretch of beach. And Rex Heuermann stands in court smirking.” (19:19)
  • Joseph Scott Morgan: “The worst possible torture that you can imagine…There’s one part in this list…‘don’t forget to remove the hands and the head and to wash the bodies’…just meditate on how dark this whole thing is.” (38:30)

• Killer’s Planning & Obsession: Heuermann meticulously tracked his crimes with “hunt and kill planning” documents, lists of tasks, and kept thousands of photos as trophies. (49:08-51:14)

  • Josh Zeman: “There are believed to be a hundred thousand pictures that the district attorney has had to go through…He hoarded everything, including all these pieces of evidence.”

• Physical Evidence & Law Enforcement Response: Much of the case broke due to the diligence of cadaver dogs and DNA science, but the vast, desolate beach terrain means many victims may still be undiscovered. (10:53-12:58; 17:55-18:05; 21:36)

  • Mike Gould & Joseph Scott Morgan stress both the triumphs and limits of forensic investigation in such a vast area.

4. Critique of the Justice System and Media

• Absence of the Death Penalty: Nancy Grace and the panel question the lack of a death penalty for such heinous crimes in this jurisdiction. (04:32; 34:55)

  • Nancy Grace: “What America wants is justice. But is that justice? Him smirking in court…He’s going to be studied and questioned…and will hold a level of celebrity. That is probably one of the most vomit-inducing things I can think of.” (20:12)

• No Public Trial, No Answers: The plea means many details and the full extent of Heuermann’s cruelty remain obscured; victims’ stories risk being forgotten. (24:39-26:19; 38:30)

  • Joseph Scott Morgan: “We will never know that information…I look back at the template of the way Kansas handled BTK and we don’t have that here. It’s left wanting.”

5. The Families, Civil Lawsuits, and “Blood Money”

• Family Profiting from Crime: Outrage over Heuermann’s ex-wife Asa Ellerup and daughter receiving reportedly over $1 million for a documentary series. Lawsuits have been filed by victims’ families targeting profits from these media deals as “blood money.” (05:40; 31:19; 32:56; 36:19)

  • Nancy Grace: “How do you think that makes the families of these dead women feel?...It skeeves me out totally. I feel filthy and nauseous all at the same time just watching the trailer.” (28:32)
  • Josh Zeman: “I feel bad for the daughter. I don’t feel bad for the wife. The daughter…is crushed that this man that she loved is now a terrifying serial killer.” (33:49)
  • Lawsuit details: “Torres alleges that he was deprived of his mother’s care and protection…targets the profits allegedly earned by Ellerup and Victoria Heuermann.” (36:25)

• Discussion on Asa Ellerup’s Knowledge: The panel expresses skepticism that Heuermann’s wife knew nothing about the killings, considering her proximity and evidence linking her to one victim. (28:01-28:32; 42:11)

  • Nancy Grace: “You couldn’t see, you couldn’t hear, you couldn’t speak of the evil happening in your basement, often while you’re at home. BS on it. BS on you, woman.” (28:32)
  • Joseph Scott Morgan: “…Asa Ellerup’s hair was actually found on Valerie Mac’s body, which opens up a whole another can of worms.” (42:11)

6. The Killer Next Door: Dual Lives and Danger in Disguise

• Heuermann’s Deceit: The panel discusses how Heuermann maintained a façade as an ordinary family man and architect, while committing horrific crimes. (16:16; 35:57; 51:47)

  • Josh Zeman: “He created these two separate personas…a father, a commuter… and that of a monster.” (35:57)
  • Mike Gould: “He could be at your next dinner party…so that’s what’s the most troubling to me is you never know the evil that lurks in anybody’s mind, frankly.” (51:47)

• The Emotional Impact: Heart-wrenching empathy for victims’ families who for years thought missing mothers had abandoned them, only to later learn the gruesome truth. (37:06)

  • Nancy Grace: “How would you like to grow up thinking that mom just left…I grew up without a mother. And then they find out…their mom had been tortured and raped and murdered and their remains buried on a desolate beach…”

7. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Panel on Evil and Remembrance:

  • Joseph Scott Morgan (38:30): “Just like Ted Bundy, we will hear his name over and over and over again...There are very few people that can go down the list of Ted Bundy’s victims and name them. I submit to you that the names of these victims will be forgotten...and people need to remember this.”
  • Karen Stark (40:11): “People that commit war crimes didn’t do stuff like this.”

• Nancy Grace’s Scathing Critique:

  • (28:32) “Woman, what were you, deaf, dumb and blind?... BS on it. BS on you, woman.”
  • (20:12) “Because they died and he lives. Because he's now going to be treated like the teacher's pet by the FBI profilers... He is going to hold a level of celebrity and that is probably one of the most vomit inducing things I can think of relative to this monster.”

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Important Timestamps by Segment

| Time | Segment/Highlight | |--------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:25–03:23 | Rex Heuermann heads to ‘Little Siberia’ prison | | 03:47–04:32 | DA Ray Tierney exposes Heuermann, ongoing search for victims | | 06:14–07:20 | Tense courtroom; Heuermann’s smirk | | 10:02–12:58 | Discussion of search terrain, use of cadaver dogs | | 19:19–20:12 | Victims’ suffering and lack of remorse in court | | 24:39–26:19 | Lack of trial detail; why plea leaves public unsatisfied | | 28:32 | Outrage over Asa Ellerup’s media deals | | 31:19–32:56 | Lawsuit by victim’s son against Heuermann’s family over documentary profits | | 38:30–40:11 | Morgan and Stark: Horror of crimes, loss of victim identity | | 49:08–51:14 | 100,000 photos; killer’s trophies and planning | | 51:47–54:37 | Mike Gould: The chilling normalcy of sociopaths | | 55:53–56:56 | Sentencing; judge’s condemnation |

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Guest Contributions

• Dave Mack: Crime reporter; detailed history of the prison and pointed out the ongoing search and media dynamics.
• Ray Tierney (DA): Explained ongoing investigation, the reality of more potential victims, and Heuermann’s double life.
• Josh Zeman: Documentarian; described the darkness of Heuermann’s crimes and the evidence, empathized with victims’ children, and stated, “There are believed to be a hundred thousand pictures that the district attorney has had to go through…” (49:51)
• Mike Gould: Police veteran, canine unit founder; analyzed the difficulties in searching for victims and the danger of hidden sociopaths: “He could be at your next dinner party. He was an architect. He was very well respected…” (51:47)
• Joseph Scott Morgan: Forensics professor and ex-investigator; assessed the criminal methods, psychological depths, and forensic limitations.
• Karen Stark: Psychological insight; advice to survivors’ families, emphasizing continued dialogue and support.

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Tone & Language

In characteristic Nancy Grace style, the language is direct, impassioned, and often confrontational. The panel does not shy away from graphic details, and the tone oscillates between clinical criminology, courtroom outrage, and heartfelt empathy for the victims’ families. Several speakers voice disgust at the killer’s potential celebrity status and the ethical implications of media profiting from tragedy.

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For Listeners: Key Takeaways

• The case remains open-ended—investigators predict more victims will be found.
• The plea deal, while securing a conviction, has deprived the public and families of crucial answers.
• There is public outrage at how the killer’s family is profiting from documentaries amid ongoing trauma.
• The true horror lies not only in the details of the crimes but in how sociopathy can hide behind the mask of mundane, everyday life.
• This episode is a sharp reminder to remember the lost—not just the monster who stole their lives.

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[Dave Mack]

Long island serial killer Rex Heuerman finally going to hell. And it's been a long time coming.

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[Dave Mack]

Not yet. But the Gilgo Beach Serial Killer is headed to quote Little Siberia Prison, one of New York State's oldest prisons. And it's very bleak and isolated in the frigid Adirondack Mountains near near the Canadian border. It's known as Little Siberia Boo Hoo the infamous Clinton CI in Dannemora, New York. It opened back in 1845 and it has housed some of our country's most evil, most diabolical killers. In other words, he'll fit right in. Why do I say that?

[Nancy Grace]

Sightings of the victim's phone calls from the victim's train rides by the victims. Victims that left and never came back. Keeping a victim alive for days on end so he could play with him. There are going to be more victims uncovered of the Long island serial killer, Rex.

[Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney]

The calm, serene, almost grandfatherly image that Rex Heumann portrayed since his arrest was a lie and quite frankly, an insult to both law enforcement, but more importantly, the families that had to endure that during every court appearance over the last two and a half years. Today, he was exposed for exactly what he is, A sadistic, soulless, murderous monster. This case closes and another one opens. You know, there are still, you know, bodies on that beach. There are still bodies in Suffolk county. There's no rest for the weary. We are going to continue to work with our partners and to try to obtain closure for as many families as we can.

[Nancy Grace]

That the police commissioner and the Suffolk county district attorney speaking unmasked, finally in court in lieu of a long trial. Trial, a guilty plea. But just as we saw in the Idaho case, the Idaho four for beautiful university of Idaho students murdered, generally speaking, in their sleep by one person, Brian Coburger. Once again, like in Coburger, we will never really know the facts because there is no trial. Now, unlike Idaho, where the death penalty does exist in Rex Heuerman's jurisdiction, you can kill as many people as you want and there is no death penalty. What does this mean for his wife's reality show? That's certainly something to ponder. Straight out to crime stories, investigative reporter Dave Mack. Dave Mack, a Long island serial killer. The Long island serial killer Rex Heuermann finally snared in court.

[Reporter/Interviewer]

What happened once this all hit court with the announcement that he was changing his plea? A lot of people were looking at asa Ellerup, as you just mentioned, and her reality show. It was a three part series that included interviews with the couple's daughter Victoria. And it looks like now the cameras are going to continue to roll and and add additional episodes to the show called the Gilgo beach killer house of secrets. So it looks like that show will continue.

[Nancy Grace]

Okay, I'm a little more interested tonight. Dave Mack in the guilty pleas. A sudden change of plea throws the courtroom in an uproar. Rex Heuermann, the admitted Long island serial killer, Pleads guilty. In addition to Dave Mack, crime stories investigative reporter. Joining us also tonight, Jo Zeeman, investigative journalist, documentary film director. He's been on the case from the very beginning, and he is the director of the Killing Season. It's a docu series that helped shed new light on the Gilgo beach murders. Josh, thank you for being with us. Describe what happened in court.

[Josh Zeman]

Well, Nancy, it was a tense moment for sure. Everybody waiting to see if Rex would actually plead. And he did eight separate times to these women. The question is, while he was admitting these crimes, he never once turned back to look at the families. He was smirking. And the question is, why was he smirking? Was he smirking because he was forced to admit what he'd done or because he knew there were other victims out there that he was getting away with?

[Nancy Grace]

You know, Josh, that is certainly a scary thought, scaring even me, who have actually prosecuted serial killers before. Smirking. You know, I thought he was smirking at the victims families or at the justice system itself. But you, again, have shed a whole new light on this. Is he smirking because he knows there are other murder victims, other defenseless women that he stripped, tortured and murdered, keeping them alive in his dungeon basement for days and days on end when his wife would be out of town? We think days. And you believe there is a chance that he's smirking because he knows there are other victims out there that haven't been found?

[Josh Zeman]

Absolutely. For sure. It's tragic.

[Nancy Grace]

I'm curious. Why do you say that?

[Josh Zeman]

Because we know the remains that were deposited on Ocean Parkway. There's other folks. There's Asian Doe Carmen Vargas. There's numerous folks out there who. And have you heard the district attorney say it himself? You know, there are other bodies on that beach. And I was there at the press conference. He says sometimes it doesn't matter what I think. It matters what I can prove. And so his next goal is to try and prove it, to try and find these other victims, identify some of them, and again, bring Rex to justice for these victims. Tragic.

[Nancy Grace]

Mike Gould joining us, former Nassau county lieutenant, founding member of the NYPD canine unit. He's led multiple investigations into serial killers, including the Gilgo beach killer on Long Island. Also Secret Service, two presidents. Mike, thank you for being with us. That has got to put a shiver down your spine thinking that there are other victims. I mean, the guy was just in court in the last hours pleading guilty to multiple murders. And these women weren't just, bam, you're dead. They were kidnapped, they were stripped, they were bound. They were tortured for days on end while his wife was away in his underground basement dungeon, and then ultimately murdered. They went through hell. And I wonder, I wonder, Mike, were they thinking of their children they would never see again? It's excruciating for me. I hate to even imagine what they went through. And now the specter brought up by Josh Zieman, and he's not wrong of other women out there somewhere under the sand.

[Mike Gould]

Yeah, Nancy, no doubt about it. Unfortunately, though, Rex Uhrman is not the only serial killer. This is a very unique area. It's I'm intimately familiar with. I patrol the area for almost seven years with police dogs. I trained police dogs. By daytime, it's a beautiful recreational area. At night, it's a haunting, haunting, dark, desolate area and its proximity to JFK airport. Rex Uerman literally lived 15 minute drive from here, from the locations where the bodies were. So it's a haunting place. There's no doubt there's other bodies out there. Bodies have been being dispersed out there since the 80s during the mafia gang wars. So it's just a question of actually locating. And of course, frankly, this is a very desolate area. It's. Finding bodies is like finding a needle in a haystack.

[Nancy Grace]

Okay, this is something I don't understand. You are a founding member of nypd, and I speak very highly of the nypd. Like every LA law enforcement agency, it's got its problems and it's bad apples. But you are the pinnacle nypd. That's who all the other PDS look up to. Right? It's very hard for me to believe that a canine or a team of canines cannot find all the dead bodies. Cadaver dogs. That's what I'm talking about.

[Mike Gould]

100%.

[Josh Zeman]

This.

[Mike Gould]

This is what cracked this case. The Suffolk County Police Department cadaver dog found the first victim. Without that, there would be no DNA evidence. Without that, obviously there was great work by all the DNA invest all of those things, but without the bodies, you have a very difficult case to prove. So dogs are considered in court as scientific instruments to overcome warrantless searches. So there's nothing like a dog to find odorless microscopic skin cells that are dispersed. But again, this is a big area, Nancy. It's different terrain. There's sand, there's a lot vegetation. So again, it's not a question of if other bodies will be found. And I think the DA spoke to this, it's just a matter of when. It's nothing new to us New Yorkers that this has been, you go from a high, congested, highly trafficked, illuminated areas. You drive 10 minutes, 15 minutes from Kennedy Airport or Rex Huberman's house and you it's creepy. It's creepy. I used to park my police car, turn the lights out, and you could see five miles in either direction of any cars coming or going. So guess what? If the police can do that, the bad guys can do the exact same thing. There's no curves and there's a lot of places to sneak and hide. So yeah, it's a creepy, haunting place. And it's been that way for many, many.

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Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

[Dave Mack]

Well, they say birds of a feather flocked together. The former Manhattan architect kept a family man facade. But behind that facade, an evil killer lurked. Now, we know of at least eight to nine dead victims, but I believe there are many, many more. He pled guilty to the murders of eight women. And behind bars in Little Siberia, he will join the real killer, Joel Rifkin and the New York zodiac killer, Herberto Sita. There are 60ft high, 7ft thick cement walls, according to reports. And it is the largest maximum security lockup in the state. Many of its very old cells are 6x8. He will enjoy a steel framed bed, a commode, a sink and a writing surface. Don't worry, he'll find a way to break the rules. He'll end up with a private iPad and somehow make money off a documentary. Like his wife, Asa Ellerup, who's made reportedly a million dollars plus on her mockumentary excuse me, documentary for Peacock. Now she insists she wants her privacy after starring in a documentary series, she claims she's moving to Iceland. Okay, bye. These are the facts.

[Nancy Grace]

It's very clear from what the Suffolk County District attorney, Ray Tierney said that he believes there are other bodies on this beach. Why can't the cadaver dogs find them?

[Mike Gould]

They can. They have the capability of doing. First of all, there's not A lot of cadaver dogs because there's not a great need for them. So there's not a lot of them, but they certainly could.

[Joseph Scott Morgan]

But.

[Mike Gould]

And there's volunteer organizations that train cadaver dogs all over the country. So yeah, it's just right. And they are continuing searching. There was police activity out there the other night. I don't know specifically for what reason. So yeah, the search is on. It's never going to end. And as I said, it's nothing new. As I said, Rex lived 15, 20 minutes. You drive over a bridge and you go from Long island to a desolate. You don't have to drive a body upstate New York. You don't have to drive two or three hours like in Goodfellas to dump a body upstate New York when you can literally drive 10 minutes from Queens, Brooklyn and you're in this. It's like an alternate universe out there. No lights, no stores, very little police activity. Police don't patrol there because there's nothing out there. In the winter. By day, again, it's a beautiful recreational area. By night there's nothing out there. And it continues that way today. I was just down there the other night at one o' clock in the morning and it's eerie. There's nothing, there's no rescue workers. I mean, if you call 911, you know, there's a 15 or 20 minute response time, minimally because they got to go over bridges, three miles of bridges to get to this barren beach area.

[Nancy Grace]

Control room. I want to see the victims faces and I want to see them close up, not a distant shot of all of them in a group. I want to see their faces one by one. Look at them. They begged for their lives. They begged to go back to their children. They promised they wouldn't tell. They promised they wouldn't call police. Instead, they were stripped, bound, tortured, raped, murdered and their bodies buried along a lonely stretch of beach. And Rex Heuermann stands in court smirking.

[Dave Mack]

Why?

[Joseph Scott Morgan]

Why?

[Nancy Grace]

Because they died and he lives. Because he's now going to be treated like the teacher's pet by the FBI profilers. Yeah, that's right. There are going to be many, many interviews by the FBI profiling him this piece of crap. And I guarantee you one day he'll take part in his own documentary and there will be money made off of it. It's happening. Put money on it. Jo Scott Morgan, joining me, professor forensics, Jacksonville State University, author of bestseller Blood Beneath My Feet on Amazon. He is the star of a hit podcast Body Bags. The Joseph Scott Morgan. But for my purposes tonight, he is a death investigator, a very experienced veteran death investigator with over 10,000 death scenes of all sorts under his belt. Over 10,000. I first met him when I was a prosecutor in inner city Atlanta, and he was working for the medical examiner's office at that time. That's a long time ago, Joe Scott. And you haven't let up. You, like me, like Gould, like Zeman, have walked the beach. Do you concur with Gould's comments? Explain?

[Joseph Scott Morgan]

Absolutely. And let me tell you why. You know, obviously you can hear my voice. I'm from the south and, you know, we think about the rural areas down here. You get up into this region and you leave what they refer to as the city. When you leave the city and you're heading out, you know, as Mr. Gould had mentioned just a moment ago, you get there. This is rural. This is what they consider going to the country. And it's not. It's not an unfair description because it does go dark really, really quickly. And here's the thing. My good buddy, Sergeant Joe Jacqueline, he took me to the location where the Gilgo bodies were actually found. And one of the things that I came away from, from that visit to that location was the fact that one side of the roadway, you've got this marshy area. It. It is prohibitive for anybody to go into there. You've got briars and brambles and everything else on that side, and the other side, you can hear the waves crashing and you can't see your hand in front of your face out there at night. Would not surprise me at all if there were more he's saying at the beach. Tyranny is, I'm thinking, probably along the sound side over there where you can quickly deposit the bodies in that location and nobody's going to be any the wiser out there. I think that probably when he did this, he was hoping for something maybe like tidal changes that are going to sweep the bodies out. It's an easy dump to do this. He can pull them out of this avalanche, which, by the way, they had recovered down Carolina, and they would just be gone. They would vanish and. Right, right, he was to a certain degree, but that. Yet there they remained. And to Mr. Ghoul's comment, those dogs are heroes, you know, because they went out there, they took those dogs out there and they actually found these remains. Is it possible they could go out there and find more? Yeah, I think that there can, because this is an extensive area, Nancy. It would take so much manpower to get out there and cover every square inch of this area or every square mile. They haven't even scratched the surface yet. And you have to be purpose.

[Reporter/Interviewer]

Hey, look.

[Courtroom Narrator]

Joe Scott.

[Nancy Grace]

Look, look, look, look, look. This is video obtained by abc7. Look at him. I just want the viewers to know what they're seeing. Joe Scott. There he is. And I know exactly where he is. Nobody needs to tell me. He's leaving his office. See, he's got his messenger bag over his shoulder. He's leaving his office, which was a stone's throw to Penn Station. And there he would catch the pen. I've been there many, many times to imagine this demon walking amongst all the ladies, catching trains at Penn Station, going straight out to Long island to commit murders. There he goes. He truly is a demon walking among us. That is what the DA said. Sorry to interrupt. Joe Scott. Keep going. I just wanted the view, what they were seeing.

[Joseph Scott Morgan]

Yeah. And. And when I think about who else he could have victimized, how many more are there? I think there's a high probability that there are these bodies. But Nancy, if we could just return to the victims specifically, just for a second, this allocution, let me just put it to you, this way, is lacking, okay? Because you know what we got out of him and yeah, I mean, it confirms some things. We got him saying strangulation, strangulation, strangulation, strangulation. But there's no more detail there. I'm very disappointed that his feet were not held to the fire. You know, you had mentioned his torture chamber, which I think that this location was. Josh has talked about how these people, these poor victims were kept alive down there and yet there's no more detail about what he did. I don't know that people fully appreciate the depth and breadth of how evil he is. He is demonic, in my opinion, with what he did to these poor souls. And we will never know that information. All I have to do, I look back at the template of the way Kansas handled btk and we don't have that here. It's left wanting, to say the very least. And I think the families need to understand that. I think the courts need to understand that. But yet here he is. He's going to get three hots and a cot. And oh, by the way, yeah, the boys from the FBI are going to come down, they're going to sit with him and they're going to interview him extensively. Right. And he is going to hold a level of celebrity and that is probably one of the most vomit inducing things I can think of relative to this monster, Nancy.

[Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney]

This defendant walked among us play acting as a normal suburban dad, when in reality, all along he was obsessively targeting innocent women for death. He identified these women, lured them into Nassau county, murdered them, and left their bodies in Suffolk County. He thought that by killing them, he could silence them forever and get away with murder. But he was wrong. Because it was these victims, these women, who refused to stay silent.

[Nancy Grace]

In the last days, the Long island serial killer in court snared, admitting, yes, he is the Long island serial killer. But he's not the only one on the hot seat tonight.

[Bethany Frankel]

The question everyone keeps asking is how

[Josh Zeman]

could you not know.

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The Gilgo 4 was one of America's

[Nancy Grace]

longest serial killer cold cases? After 13 years, this bombshell drops Rex

[Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney]

Huberman, architect, father, husband.

[Mike Gould]

He basically was the person that lived next door.

[Nancy Grace]

He was a monster living a double life. One person saying this, one person saying that. But my memory says this.

[Joseph Scott Morgan]

There's so much evidence against you, I don't even believe you. And you're my best friend. Convince me. Give me something. Did you do it? Rex Heuerman insists through his lawyer that he's innocent.

[Nancy Grace]

Is it possible that no family ever suspected that something was off about this guy? The most mysterious figure is Rex's wife. The investigator says to me, have you heard about the murders on Gilgo Beach?

[Bethany Frankel]

I've heard of them.

[Joseph Scott Morgan]

The idea that the wife didn't know anything is hard to believe.

[Nancy Grace]

Does everybody really believe everything they hear?

[Reporter/Interviewer]

Hello.

[Nancy Grace]

How you doing? I'm doing great now that I've got you on the phone. How ironic that ASA Ellera, the wife of the Long island serial killer, says, does everybody believe everything they hear? Woman, what were you, deaf, dumb and blind? You couldn't see, you couldn't hear, you couldn't speak of the evil happening in your basement, often while you're at home. BS on it. BS on you, woman. That's from the Gilgo Beach Killer. House of Secrets. Their official trailer. The family of Rex Hewerman getting a purported $1 million to participate in that special documentary, Blood money. Blood money. How do you think that makes the families of these dead women feel? These women kidnapped, tortured, raped, murdered. Their bodies sometimes dismembered and disposed of. How do they feel about his wife getting a cool million? It skeeves me out totally. I feel filthy and nauseous all at the same time just watching the trailer. Dave Mack.

[Ryan Reynolds]

What?

[Reporter/Interviewer]

Nancy, it's one of those shocking things that just pushes you over the edge that ASA Ellera is the ex Wife of Rexuerman being featured and getting paid for this multi part documentary. Now, Nancy, they're adding, adding new episodes to this, this show, the docu series is called, you know, the Gilgo Beach Killer House of Secrets. But now that the secrets are out, Asa Ellerup is going to be adding episodes. But Nancy claiming all along the family knew nothing. In court, Asa Ellerup is sitting behind Rex and she's seemingly shocked. She's sitting on the edge of the seat. She's gripping the the seat with her hand. You can see the knuckles. And it's like she's act. She just can't believe what she's hearing. And there's a suggestion that she didn't believe any of it until he, you know, said he did it. But Nancy, I'm with you. Like many, how can you live in this house? Which by the way, when you look at the home that Rex Heuerman and his family lived in, his home from his childhood, it looks like the Munster's home compared to the other houses on the street. It looks like evil exists in this house. She's living there with this man.

[Nancy Grace]

Well, you know what? You know what, Dave Mack? If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck. Crime stories with nancy grace.

[Dave Mack]

I mentioned Sita, the zodiac killer. He shot and stabbed his victims. He was caught just before he could kill 12 people representing all the zodiac signs. Dear Gravy. Now a third killer, a third serial killer, Altimio Sanchez, housed there. He had 75 years to life at the same prison. He was known as the Bike Path Rapist. He murdered three women in western New York. Also noted killers include the NYPD officer Michael Valva. He was convicted in the freezing death of his autistic little boy, just eight years old. Now, there was one jailbreak by David Sweatt and Richard Matt. That was in 2015. How did they get out? Because two prison employees, including Joyce Mitchell, a sewing instructor who was sleeping with the killers, helped them smuggle tools into the facility. They cut their way through steel cell walls and then got through a maze of wiring hallways, cut through a steam pipe and came through a manhole outside the walls. After three weeks, they were found. All of his new friends and their exploits aside, these are the facts surrounding serial killer Rex Heuermann.

[Nancy Grace]

Joining us in addition to Dave Mack, Josh Zieman, investigative journalist and director of the Killing Season, shining a new light on the Gilgo beach murders. Tell me about Asa Ellerup in court and what, if anything, you know about her documentary ser. Okay, that's total BS Documentary series my rear end. What can you tell us about her? She show where she's getting a purported million dollars and now additional episodes. I mean, come on, Josh, don't you know, she wanted this thing to go to trial. So in between every break where the jurors got a Diet Coke or a cup of coffee, she could go out and cry and carry on with her histrionics for the cameras to add for her reality show. Maybe. Maybe make another million dollars. Josh Zeman.

[Josh Zeman]

Look, I heard that she wasn't getting paid until the final episode aired. You know, it is a shock about it. I agree with you completely. Blood money. I will tell you this. I was in the courtroom, and right when Rex admitted to it, I looked back and I saw his daughter. And his daughter was. She was crushed. I feel bad for the daughter. I don't feel bad for the wife. I feel bad for the daughter who I think is crushed that this man that she loved is now a terrifying serial killer. That's one thing I will tell you.

[Nancy Grace]

Okay, I get that. What I'm asking about is Asa Ellerup and her reality show. I don't care that she may not get all the money till the last episode is. From what I can tell, there may not ever be a last episode in our lifetime because they're still digging up bodies.

[Reporter/Interviewer]

It's gross.

[Bethany Frankel]

Thank.

[Mike Gould]

Thank.

[Josh Zeman]

You know what? Look, I'll tell you something. You know what the lawyer said? The lawyer said when asked about it, the lawyer. Her lawyer said, this is what America wants. And that's the real question. Do we want this or not?

[Nancy Grace]

My real question is, why don't they have the death penalty? But that's a whole nother can of worms. Yeah, what America wants is justice. But is that justice? Him smirking in court. And you and I were talking earlier with Joe Scott Morgan about him being treated like the little darling, the teacher's pet, the bear behind the cage, getting fed filet mignon. Nobody wants to get that close to him, but they will feed him with a long handle spoon. That said, he's going to be studied and questioned. The FBI behavioral analysis unit is going to have a field day with him. He may get to travel to them. I mean, I guarantee you, Josh, that there will be a day like Bryan Coburger that he will take part in some sort of documentary and he won't make any money. But there will be a way for money to be funneled to him through his wife, through his family. I don't know how, but he will find a way. He led quite the dual life, did he not?

[Josh Zeman]

Look, this was a guy who created these two separate Personas. That of a father, a commuter working in New York City, and that of a monster. And I think that was really important to them to create these dual personalities, one allowing him to work on the other. He was a hero to his family, theoretically, so that he could kill at night. It was terrifying.

[Nancy Grace]

Dave Mack, who is suing Ellerup Benjamin Torres.

[Reporter/Interviewer]

He is the 32 year old son of victim Valerie Mack. He is naming Brett Heuerman, obviously, but in this million dollar lawsuit, he names Asa Ellerup and daughter Victoria Heuermann as defendants. Torres alleges that he was deprived of his mother's care and protection, claims Mac was tortured before her death. And the suit seeks damages and targets the profits allegedly earned by Eller and Victoria Heuerman from the Peacock documentary that we've been talking about, saying that Heuerman's life being shown like this is a callous disregard to the victim's families.

[Nancy Grace]

You know, I'm just imagining what the victims families have gone through. They went for years thinking maybe their mothers just left them, abandoned them. How would you like to grow up thinking that mom just left. I don't know where she is. She didn't love me enough to stay with me or even stay in touch with me. I grew up without a mother. And then they find out for all those years that they blamed their mom, that their mom had been tortured and raped and murdered and their remains buried on a desolate beach. Just growing up in itself has all sorts of trauma and issues. Pile that on top. I don't know how these people even get out of bed in the morning. To Joseph Scott Morgan, explain what was done to these victims. And you know what? When we show their faces, Joe Scott, it's easy to go, oh, there's the Long island serial killer victims. I would have to make jurors. And I didn't like it any more than they did. Make them confront what really happened to these ladies, what they endured before their deaths, what happened to them. Joe Scott.

[Joseph Scott Morgan]

The worst possible torture that you can imagine. Can we reflect back just for a second to think about this list? Do you remember the list, Nancy? This kind of assignment of task that he had created? Nancy, there's, there's one part in this list that he had created where it says, by the by, don't re. Don't forget to remove the hands and the head and to wash the bodies. Just let's Just meditate on that, just for a second of how dark this whole thing is. And if it happened once, it happened multiple times. And that's. That's in death. Lord only knows what had happened in life down in. In that dark, dark space as he is torturing these poor victims. And here's the. Here's the real shame. Just like Ted Bundy, we will hear his name over and over and over and over again. Guess what? Guess what. There are very few people that can go down the list of Ted Bundy's victims and name them. I submit to you that the names of these victims will be forgotten. And I hate to say that it's very callous, but his name will trump everything else. He'll be mentioned over and over and over again. And people need to remember this. This is why, when I think about the allocution, why he should be compelled to talk about what these are individuals, they had lives, they had families. And the torture that they were subjected to is stuff that you can't even imagine in your wildest dreams. It's stuff that you think about.

[Karen Stark]

War crimes.

[Joseph Scott Morgan]

People that commit war crimes didn't do stuff like this. You know, one thing that I reflectively think back to in this list, there's that one point where he actually uses the term hardpoint. And that really stuck with me. And the hard point was a location commonly where you secure something, like, for instance, an eye hook in the ceiling where you can tie somebody up, you can hang them almost like a piece of beef. Or if you're field dressing a deer and talking about the context of that, you know, what's your purpose for doing that, Rex? You know, why would you need a hardpoint? I know he's an architect. He probably uses that term from the descriptor of building something out. But that's not what he used that for, Nancy. He used that to secure these individuals so he could work out these sick fantasies. And, you know, they're paying the price. They're paying the price to satiate these evil desires that he has. And they are not going to be memorialized. I am truly hoping. I am so glad you brought up this gentleman who is suing because maybe there will be relief in civil court where they will have to talk about this stuff. They will have to talk about what happened in her domicile that she was living in with her kids. This was all going on under her nose in that basement. She inhabited the space. Let's hear it. You know, let the hide come with a hair. And let's hear what they have to say about this and what went on in that house, you're not going to get it in civil court. I mean, in criminal court, because he's not. He's not going to be forced to testify at this point. But in the civil court, maybe these families will get some relief and they will be able to see what he had done. And you can parade all of the experts across the stand in civil court. You can get transcripts, you can do depositions. And they're going to talk about it. And I hope it. I hope they go forward with it. I hope every family member out there that suffered at his hands will file suit. And we're going to find out what actually happened down there in that basement.

[Nancy Grace]

And recall, Jo Scott, that Asa Ellerup's hair was actually found on Valerie Mac's body, which opens up a whole nother can of worms. I'd like to go back to what the control room was showing while you were talking, Jo Scott. I guess in your world. As do I, I make lists all the time so I can't forget what all I have to do. Don't hunt too long in one area because you'll be seen. Don't charge for your gas. Check for video cameras in the pickup area. The next time you kidnap your victim, hit the victim harder. Make it easier to, quote, take them down. A hit to the face or the neck next time. Which means he didn't hit the victim in the right place for him the first time, and she fought back. You need more sleep before the murders. You need to control the noise and more playtime. In other words, torture. Hang drop cloths from the ceiling with pushpins, not tape, because the drop cloths become loose during the rapes and the torture. Use heavy rope for the neck. Light rope broke under the stress of being tightened. Now that son and all the victims families have to think about how tightly ropes were cinched around their mother's neck. Props, toys, wood items. Wood items for what? Destroy books, computer files, anything that touched T1, I guess the victim. Dispose of plastic bags. Remove marks from the torture. What does that mean? Would he cut out portions of their skin? Remove head and hands?

[Joseph Scott Morgan]

Yeah. You're talking about excision there, Nancy. Excision is, say, for instance, you have a sharp instrument and you have an insult to the skin. For instance, you have a mark, an abrasion, a contusion, whatever it is. He's talking about excising that area, actually cutting out a tattoo.

[Nancy Grace]

Cutting a tattoo from the skin. That's what Joe Scott is saying. And he's right. Now, here are his problems to the panel. DNA, that's a problem. Tire marks. For him, that's a problem. Blood stains, fingerprints, plastic bag. He had cat litter to get rid of the smell. This guy. Look at this. All the supplies. Booties, acid, lye, a police scanner, cutting tools, hair nets, burn can, drain cleaner, tarps, electric clips. Large electric clips. For what? Joe Scott. To put on the victim's bodies and electrocute them as torture. Why would he need electric clips?

[Joseph Scott Morgan]

Yeah, to send voltage to their bodies. Because he's. He is experiencing this. This is. He wants to see the pain. He wants to see the resistance. He wants to see their reaction to the terror that he's inflicting upon them. Okay, they know that something horrible is coming. That horror being their end. But what's happening before they get to that, to that death, which probably at the end of the day, many of them were probably begging for Nancy at that point. I think the big question is we know these eight victims that he has admitted to. I want to know how many more women were brought down there and subjected to the same torture in this environment, you know, Lord only knows. One of the things I think about is the DNA recovery down there in that area. I really wonder how many unknown bits of DNA may have been recovered. What was the opportunity? How much had it degraded? There's so many unanswered questions.

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[Nancy Grace]

See Terms Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.

[Dave Mack]

Finally, Gilgo beach serial killer Rex Heuerman heads straight to hell, AKA Little Siberia, a prison that dates all the way back to the 1840s and is in the frigid Adirondacks on the American Canadian border.

[Nancy Grace]

Enjoy. These are the facts to Josh Zieman joining us, director of the Killing Season, an entire docu series that profiled and shed light on the Long island serial killings. I noticed on his list he wanted more photo film, his words. So obviously he took pictures during the torture or after.

[Mike Gould]

Yeah.

[Josh Zeman]

In fact, Nancy, there are believed to be a hundred thousand pictures that the district attorney has had to go through that the FBI helped to even organize. A hundred thousand. What's amazing is this guy took all these precautions to try not to get caught. Yet still, this was all sitting on his computer. This document, this planning document, it's called the HK Planning document. Hunt and kill. Planning document. It was sitting in this edge of, in this bytes of his computer that he could not erase. So despite all these things that he had done, it was still there. And thank God they were able to get this. He was actually. You talk about this house looking so ramshackle. He's a hoarder. He, he hoarded all these old items, old Palm Pilots. There were Palm Pilots that they found that basically gave the dates of what he was doing and going, that actually mentioned his wife being away at times and he would go and find a victim. So he hoarded everything, including all these pieces of evidence. He also had the most shocking thing is he had newspaper articles, 30 year old newspaper articles in his bedroom, in his office, in his basement of all his crimes. So for some guy who's such an architect and such a great planner, he still kept all these mementos that basically nailed him to a wall for these killings.

[Nancy Grace]

To Mike Gould, special guest. Former Nassau county lieutenant, founding member of the NYPD canine unit, led multiple investigations into serial killers, including this case. Mike, after all your work, all your time, literally blood, sweat and tears, how does it make you feel that this guy, he might be sentenced consecutively, one after the next after the next, but bottom line, he gets one life sentence for everything he did.

[Mike Gould]

Yeah, Nancy, it's sickening. This is a true animal, monster, whatever you want to call it. But what's most disturbing, he could be at your next dinner party. He was an architect. He was very well respected in the community. You know what I think about? As I said, I patrolled this area Parkway from 1992 to 1999 when frankly, these bodies were disposed of. But here's the sad reality. I could have pulled him over. He has a license, registration, and he could have had a body in his trunk. He's a duck hunter, he's a member of the community. I would have probably let him go. There would be no reason for me to suspect because sociopaths are very manipulative. As I said, he could be somebody's next door neighbor. He could be at. So that's what's the most troubling to me is you never know the evil that lurks in anybody's mind, frankly.

[Nancy Grace]

Mike Gould, special guest. Tonight, he worked the Long island serial killer case. Mike, what you said is chilling, eerie, and I know it to be true. And when I think of what Josh Zieman just said about over 100,000 photos of these dead women during torture, during rapes, and their families have to live with that the rest of their lives. I mean, I feel, I don't know, robbed by this guilty plea and I don't know why.

[Mike Gould]

Yeah, so this is a heinous crime. We can't, you can't fathom insanity. How can a normal functioning person. As I said, this could be anyone. Nobody's immune to this. This could be a priest, it could be any member of your community, a family member. They're devious and they live double lives. If you look at all his notes, those are the notes of an architect, right. Architects are very meticulous and they have to learn from their last architectural drawings. So when you look at that, this is a checklist, police scanners. He had probably thought about how, what he was going to say if somebody like myself pulled him over in the middle of night on Ocean Parkway. I'm sure he had a very well reasoned excuse. So this is, this is a sadistic maniac and we can scratch our heads from now to eternity trying to figure out what, how a sociopath thinks. Thinks. How they get some type of enjoyment from mutilating people. It's not on our radar screen. It's certainly not on my radar screen. So, yeah, I, fortunately for me, I've been doing this stuff so long, I have a way of just isolating those thoughts and the emotions. I'm kind of emotionally detached from a lot of this. So a lot of it I frankly don't even listen to as I just kind of avoid it, stick with the facts of the case. But yeah, he's a monster, period.

[Nancy Grace]

Karen Stark, what advice, what words of consolation or hope can you give the victims families?

[Karen Stark]

Well, the best you could do in a case like this, Nancy, is to actually talk to them, advise them to get help, to keep talking it out because it really makes a difference. And it's really hard because they're aware of the torture, just like you. Right. They can't fathom it. And they can put themselves in the place of the victim, which is terrible to imagine what they went through. And here he does this because he gets a charge out of it. That smirk is showing you how much he enjoys this. And there is no doubt in my mind that he pleaded guilty because he didn't want to go over the details. He has very specific details that he wants to keep to himself and maybe share with the FBI so he can get the fame that he's been looking for. But this is a monster. And so what do you say to the families except be with each other, Keep talking about it. You must go on with your lives for the sake of the victims Confess

[Courtroom Narrator]

Long island serial killer Rex Heuerman finally broke his silence as the family members of his victims gave victim impact statements at the long awaited sentencing of the man who terrorized the Gilgal beach area for decades. In April, he pleaded guilty to killing seven Jessica Taylor, Melissa Bartholomew, Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainerd Barnes, Amberlynn Costello, Valerie Mack and Sandra Castillo. He also admitted to killing an eighth woman, Karen Vergata, though he was not formally charged in her death. Yurman admitted strangling all of the victims to death during a 17 year span beginning in 1993 before the judge sentenced him to three life terms without the possibility of parole and an additional 25 to life for each of the murders of the seven women. He asked Heuermann if he wished to address the court. Heuermann said, there are no words I could say I was responsible for what was said in this courtroom today. The words I would say have no meaning and I'm going to leave it there. After questioning if Heuerman was even a man at all, the judge said, you're a coward. Get him out of here. Which brought cheers from victims families who chanted ogre as the killer was led away.

[Dave Mack]

He's working on his appeal to his plea somehow claiming he deserves a new trial or even release. How's he gonna do it? Don't know, but he'll try. We wait as justice unfolds. Nancy Grace Crime Stories Signing off. Goodbye.

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