Long Island Serial Killer and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Traits | Rex Heuermann Case Analysis

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[@elliebellie7816]

I'm really glad the police never gave up on this case. Regardless of their life situation all of these poor souls deserve justice.

[@mykelc205]

Ain't much else to do in Suffolk.

[@nmartin5551]

I left a similar comment on a different YT video. I am so glad they continued to investigate this case. If this guy is the culprit, I hope he has a freaking miserable rest of his life in prison.

[@gecko-sb1kp]

Yes. They never grew up through their childhood wanting to be that way. Life's hardest blows became their bread and butter. And every one of them had a mother...

[@aaronkrebo4058]

@@mykelc205Nassau ?

[@mykelc205]

@@aaronkrebo4058 Suffolk took the lead in this investigation. All DNA etc was done in their labs

[@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

How incredibly evil and sadistic, calling one of your victim's sisters from the victim's phone and taunting them. Excellent insight as always Dr. Grande.

[@Justme-hc3kt]

If anyone deserves The death penalty is this guy he’s pure evil

[@astro-blaster4190]

Wasn’t she a secks worker?

[@YouTube4me]

It is cruel but it is also what will get him caught and found guilty in the end.

[@Tony_Cardoza]

He's a mean guy, for sure.

[@lennarthagen3638]

That old pig and former cop from California also did that... its disgusting

[@susannegardner3148]

I just want to say thanks for making videos that are easy to listen to - I’ve noticed the improved sound quality from your early ones, and you’re speaking more slowly and have better constructed narrative. I appreciate your soothing voice, the dry humour, and the fact that you *don’t* have music or noises incorporated into your presentation. Please don’t change that! Cheers from 🇦🇺

[@laur83]

second this

[@757Princess]

I love this. If it is too slow you can easily speed up the video and the sound quality is still great.

[@susanseifert4472]

Agree 💯 and I also like that you aren't "doing" something else or making other physical gestures they can be distracting. Always well and thoroughly presented.

[@laur83]

@@757Princess he also does a podcast called true crime psychology and personality, if you want to alter speed and not have a video playing!

[@stephanierevard7716]

Agreed. I love his intellect and voice. His case analyses are always spot on.

[@alisha7224]

Shannon Gilbert's mom was a huge driver in this solved crime. Thanks for covering this.

[@ivanasukjadic1423]

Solved? He has not been proven guilty. Hold your horses.

[@williamtobin7282]

@@ivanasukjadic1423 The proof is in the pudding..You'll SEE.. HES GUILTY AS HELL...and hell be getting accommodations there real soon...

[@jillfurman8904]

Shannon's mother was later killed by her mentally disturbed daughter. What a tragic story for everyone.

[@natekeyes2297]

How exactly was she a huge driver in this solved case? It's true she went on camera every chance she got, but that was her main contribution. If you read the book "Lost Girls" you find that Shannan spent a great deal of her childhood in foster care because her mother did not want her at home. Her mother was generally rejecting towards her. After Shannan's disappearance, her mother (Mari Gilbert) THEN began to act like a loving mother who was destroyed by her precious daughter's disappearance. She gave many, many interviews and was in front of a camera every chance she got, being very dramatic. She continually harassed Dr. Peter Hackett, a resident nearby the area Shannan disappeared, and insisted he was guilty. She continually insisted that Shannan was a victim of the Long Island Serial Killer, which turns out not to be the case. She also accused nearby residents in general of being involved in a conspiracy to murder Shannan or cover up Shannan's murder. She was murdered in 2016 by another one of her daughters.

[@X862go]

​@williamtobin7282 , how so ?

[@sophiaandre139]

The hardest-working man on KZbin: Dr Grande. Thanks for this video.

[@johnconnor2572]

The Doc is great but I'm sorry the hardest working man on KZbin title goes to Simon Whistler. He regulary uploads on like a dozen channels.

[@GiftSparks]

Pretty amazing- the level of detail is extraordinary.

[@colleenclements5715]

Absolutely💯 . . . Always interesting to listen to, doesn't mince words & calls it as he sees it.👍

[@unowen9668]

​@@johnconnor2572Simon is the man!!!

[@obajuluwaoluwatomisin3883]

​@@johnconnor2572he has a team that helps him with research and compilation though. I like him all the same, he has a good storytelling voice.

[@jamaaldavis6243]

I remember years back you made a video about this case when he was still unidentified. Once the news broke yesterday of his identification, I knew you’d be speaking on it once again.

[@Ryan83728]

you must be able to see the future, who couldve known

[@reebytv4380]

@@Ryan83728this could have remained unsolved for longer than it did. I think their comment suggested they were just hoping to see an update from Dr. Grande since he had covered the case previously

[@garydrouin179]

I wonder how many people know 2 murders like Billy 😮

[@cutsbykev6444]

Hey man can you travel forward in time again and tell me which stocks I can add to my portfolio

[@Vale10952]

I don't understand the purpose of this comment.

[@lukewarmchilipepper21.12]

so ironic that the type of woman he victimized was the one to uncover his crimes and initiate his downfall

[@isaiahs_world-happinessand8981]

Did yall see how they CAUGHT the P.O.S monster....he was googling the victims name so much they picked up on his IP address and tracked him down, got the pizza out the trash, and got D.N.A...

[@helenestiernstrand6575]

Thought it was the car…

[@Neil-ev6ov]

it was​@@helenestiernstrand6575

[@NieceyWeesey]

When Dr Grande says "that's pretty much it for exculpatory factors", you know the suspect is guilty 😂

[@sjordan7085]

But. so far the police have not concluded that all the bodies of people found in the area were murdered by the same killer. Doesn't that mean that more than one killer could be responsible?

[@Bzzzzzzzz535]

@@sjordan7085I think it’s him but they likely don’t have any physical evidence to connect him like they do on the 3.

[@nomaddamon670]

Hopefully you don’t make any jury pool for any case anywhere ever.

[@Bzzzzzzzz535]

@@nomaddamon670 Why not?

[@5p674]

@@sjordan7085 There is always more than one of everything...even the sun.

[@newfoundland042961]

Rex was in tears and said "I didn't do this" well now, that changes everything! Out ya go Rex, sorry for the inconvenience. No hard feelings right?

[@thestraydog]

It's like that one loser on TCAP who said "Listen can you please just let me go?" and the cop sarcastically replied "Since you're the FIRST person to ask me that, ok then."

[@mrazik131]

empathic people misplaced and project their emotions, just because you did not do it doesn't mean he wouldn't

[@SonoranStormChaser]

After reading the Indictment, there's no doubt he committed these horrible crimes. They have direct physical evidence he did these crimes, and I'm sure he'll be convicted by a jury.

[@Just_Peachy8777]

Hes only crying because he was caught. The jig is up

[@Juke582]

He never said that or cried! It’s very common for defense lawyers to tell a big lie right away to throw off the public opinion before the hearings! Faking out a jury!

[@leokimvideo]

Nasty serial killer hiding in plain sight who loved his Pizza, lesson here is always eat the crusts

[@m.scotsimpson5725]

😮🍕😮

[@beaulieuc8910]

haha, less also not to kill women!

[@jazzycakeup5725]

Lol

[@hodajucipoligraf2913]

😂😂😂😂

[@herfirst1017]

the bestest part...

[@GregoryHalliday-nv9en]

It’s crazy living so close to this. Today we had a block party just one block over from all the police roadblocks and news crews. It’s scary to think he was a block away my whole life.

[@josephconnor2310]

Oh, man.

[@snu3877]

That is ... deeply disturbing to say the least.

[@dishonoredundead]

Also means your block was under observation for the past few years while they investigated him. Just saying, you probably drove by that "flower store van" with FBI plates 1,000 times and never noticed.

[@GregoryHalliday-nv9en]

@@dishonoredundead the funny part is, all the neighbors are talking about this part. NOBODY noticed ANYTHING. We talked about possibly them using drones because not a single person saw any car out of the ordinary

[@joevignolor4u949]

Apparently Rex threw a pizza box into the trash with a few uneaten pieces of pizza crust inside. He was under surveillance at the time so the police were able to search his trash are retrieve the pizza box. Once someone throws something out in the trash the police can search for it without a warrant. Rex's DNA was on the pizza crust and the police were able to match it with hairs found on the victims.

[@zoer7338]

I believe the Dr covered that, didn't he?

[@lilamjazeefa9466]

Him and Andrew Tate. The Pizza always wins.

[@Dr.Pancho.Tortilla]

Many people in Ethiopia starving and Rex throwing away food. A chief sign of sadism

[@blackheteromale4133]

They didn't have to "search" for that pizza box.. they grabbed it the minute he put it in the garbage and walked away...and that whole episode is surely videoed so the defense can't rip it apart

[@lukasbalchunas1272]

@@Dr.Pancho.Tortilla I'm a gay Lithuanian man and I met a handsome American man who was visiting my country. He said American men have high libido because they eat lots of pizza. Rex could have shared the leftover pizza with some men to help them increase their libido.

[@Kathy-bc5yq]

I can’t even imagine the shock and disbelief his wife and children must have felt when they learned about this. They will never get over this. It’s goes without saying that the same is true for the victim’s families. This man has brought so much pain to so many innocent people. I’m glad he was finally caught!

[@mrsh2167]

the families now have some closure. The wife and kids are secondary victims.

[@intorainbowzOG]

​@@candicewilliams408I listened to her book. She still was in a form of denial.

[@hoibsh21]

@@mrsh2167 Closure is a myth, families and loved ones of the victims never get over it.

[@randymillhouse791]

His wife is vomiting in technicolor.!

[@JohnnytNatural]

I think the family knew he was weird and abnormal, there's always hints of a man's dark secret

[@guadalupeavila9045]

I am so impressed on how quickly you put together this information. Not even the news are so specific . Great job Dr. Grande🎉

[@athenaf8278]

Let’s hope for a full and complete confession to all his murders. Hard to believe he ever truly stopped!

[@leenaright3949]

The video of Rex being interveiwed some time back, was chilling as he described a tool he used in his workshop at home. He called it his "persuasive" hammer, said it always got the job done . .

[@krazeelety]

If you have a link to that can you please share?

[@asdf7711]

Search his name with bonjour realty interview.

[@nettwench]

OMG!

[@audreydaleski1067]

What a blessing they got him. He had another burner phone. Also, owned property in NY. Likely more victims.

[@cmitchell7347]

Very possible he may have continued his activity but chose a different dumping ground if he had any niggling fears that authorities might be zeroing in on him. Doubt he'd continue to employ the services of sex workers but have completely lost his murderous behavior. Another channel touched on LE dressed in hazmat while dealing with a locked freezer at his home. Trophies? Interesting that Dr. G makes mention of how fastidious RH is while, at the same time, supposedly his shrubs are overgrown, there's lumber left on his front lawn. Bit of a disconnect...although one could handle their personal appearance differently from their environment. Looking forward to watching the details unfold on this case.

[@jennifergiannantonio7764]

⁠OCPD does not assume a clean house. it could. but it's more about how they view, experience, and navigate their world mentally/perspectively. much of the OCPD trait criteria speak more to the being disagreeable, antagonistic, & not well-liked aspects of the disorder. it's not a crossover with the debilitating illness of OCD. that's a totally different realm on a totally separate Axis of mental disorders.

[@5p674]

Victims could be buried in and under or on the properties of the buildings he designed.

[@Girlytang]

To the cases I would most hope to be solved, I would add Asha Degree, a 9-year who in February 2000 packed her book bag and hid it away, waiting for the right time to sneak out of her North Carolina home. To this day, no one knows why she left, or why she was walking along the dark, desolate highway alone around 4 in the morning. Thank for all you do for bringing awareness to the cases you cover.

[@MF-ty2zn]

More than likely "running away " to school and picked up by someone she knew, perhaps even a school employee

[@bradythagoatt]

from someone who grew up on long island and lived about 10 minutes from this guys house, im STUNNED they finally found this guy and definitely think he's guilty

[@laurencaulton103]

I'm not sure the wife and children will be that surprised since they live with him. He's probably controlling and odd behind closed doors. And there's no doubt he's physically imposing. He was bigger than most of the cops who arrested him. You don't see that often.

[@normacolon9618]

I bet his wife didnt give him.any s.e.x..cause most caucasions women dont gove their husbands s.e.x. wth do they marry for if rhey cant take care if their man/women. yet was able to.enjoy all.luxuries in life with his work and saving.the money he shouldve paid this female workers Meanwhile wife gets everything from him, meanwhile he is looking for sex outside his marriage and then to kill, instead.of the sob just paying these girls. Sk fk.selfish bstd. He had mi ey he couldve.paid them.

[@paulazemeckis7835]

Big but nasty!

[@judithgannon5642]

Huge. I'm surprised that he was bullied when young

[@maryanne7161]

Someone described him as an ogre

[@letsmap]

I can definitively say that Dr. Grande has taken the number one spot on my most frequently watched channels. Anyone else?

[@440SPN]

@letsmap, agree. Dr. Grande is one of the best channels and I watch often and rarely disappointed. Very educative speaker.

[@joycepetrina2791]

Same here!

[@mvintrigue-trawlerdiy1101]

Yes. Its the kind of information that is hard to find. Well researched, no BS and many times valuable info.

[@Bzzzzzzzz535]

Yes, he is to true crime what Bob Dylan is to poetry.

[@darthmillennial2671]

Thank you for mentioning the witness seeing his car as to how he became a suspect. No other videos mention that and I was curious how they zeroed in on him

[@exceptionaltalentspc4954]

The thought of a killer living under the same roof with the wife while committing those crimes is chilling to say the least. The realization that we are surrounded by criminals it's scary as hell.

[@eshiestrik2756]

One has to wonder how he treated his wife. A sadist has often practiced their "craft" at home to at least some degree! 😢

[@dishonoredundead]

I feel so bad for those people. Not only does it retcon your entire life, the guilt must be overwhelming for not stopping it. Forever thinking everyone suspects you, but you were just blind. And every night it could have been you, your whole life was a horror movie and you just didn't know.

[@The.BansheeRose]

That man has that "look" that gives me the creeps. His lawyer claimed he was crying during the interrogation but look at his booking photo, his jaws are clench, like he's seething, but his lips remain relaxed. He has that stare that looks straight through a person. This is a man that most women would avoid like the plague.

[@juliej5917]

@@denislitvinov8208Too bad women make only 70% of what a man makes. Maybe if women made equal pay, they would not have be sex workers.

[@lorrainebest1731]

@@denislitvinov8208must you really call them that?

[@patriciahayes2664]

To me, he looks like an enforcer for the Mafia. Scary enough without knowing he's a serial killer!

[@patriciahayes2664]

@@denislitvinov8208 The correct term is "sex worker". 🤨

[@patriciahayes2664]

@mandywarski2414 Uh, yeah, and all of them not very nice. 🙄

[@annresnik6059]

He was an extremely organized killer, wasn't he? It's scary to think that the odd neighbor could be a serial killer, who walks among us.

[@NickyBlue99]

I'm not *THAT* odd. Sheesh!

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Ok not odd but RARE.

[@Goldie9899]

Seriously…it’s so scary to realize you never really know who your neighbors or or people in general!!I’m so happy they finally caught this vial pos and have a feeling we haven’t heard anything yet either!! Apparently his wife was at the courthouse and sounds like she’s standing by him…and it just seems so strange to me that her dna was found on 2 or 3 victims and for him being an architect…they lived in such a dilapidated, mess of a house. I just feel like we’re going to find out so much more in the next few months

[@Swansong321]

Not necessarily JUST the "odd" one, could be the charming, family person too..the pillar of the community...

[@Goldie9899]

@@Swansong321 💯!!

[@JHjh88]

I cannot tell you how relieved I am they finally stopped this man. I remember Sharon's Case & her Mother was just broken. I'm Australian so we didn't get much coverage. Or perhaps I missed it. Either way, thank you Dr Grande & may the countless victims finally rest easy ❤

[@natekeyes2297]

Read "The Lost Girls" by Robert Kolker and you'll get a whole different perspective on Mari Gilbert (the mother). Shannan spent a lot of her childhood in foster care because her mother wanted her there. Her mother was rejecting towards her. Once Shannan went missing her mother was in front of a camera every chance she got, playing the victim, and accusing a variety of people of Shannan's murder. One of Mari Gilbert's other daughters stabbed her to death in 2016.

[@buddy22801012]

The FBI was also pushed away from the case by the Suffolk county police commissioner. James Burke was fired and served federal time in prison and was accused of engaging with prostitution in that area and drug use. Many suspected his involvement in the coverup and some even thought he was to blame for the murders. Many people on Long Island are wondering if any information emerges where he was involved.

[@JFK-ir7yz]

Have to admit, I was convinced it was John Bittrolff. I was wrong. And Jim Bissett. A lot of people thought it was home because he killed him self when the bodies were discovered and the burlap bags. I’m happy for his family that that is resolved .

[@apove1814]

Burke was the dr not police

[@dissidentfairy4264]

Aside from feeling bad for the victims and their families, I feel bad for his wife and daughter. Imagine being his wife and discovering your husband is not only unfaithful and frequenting prostitutes, but was killing them and is a serial killer on top of it. Her trauma must be unimaginable. The guy is not only a serial killer but he's sadistic the way he terrorized the victims families. Heuermann is huge not only in height but weight, he dwarfs other men. The women he targeted were all extremely petite, from what I read they were between 4'10" and 4'11". Did he deliberately choose short women so he could easily overpower them and make it easier to kill them without a fight? He went to HS school with Billy Baldwin. I wonder if Billy has any interesting observations regarding him? I saw this guy in an interview prior to his arrest and he came across as bit of a jokester, a bit charismatic in a strange sort of way. A 25-year-old woman recently had a creepy encounter with him in the Gilgo park. She was so shaken by it she filed a police report. She's one of the fortunate ones who got away. 🧚‍♀

[@joevignolor4u949]

This is similar to Ted Bundy and his girlfriend and her daughter. For a long time the girlfriend refused to believe that Ted did it. He had convinced her that he had been framed. According to a movie that NetFlix made about Ted, the girlfriend went to visit Ted a few days before he was executed and she asked him if he did it. He told her he did. Rex's wife might have had suspicions about Rex, but making yourself believe something like that can be difficult. Ted's girlfriend had huge problems after all this. She became an alcoholic. The thing that surprises a lot of people is that Ted was nice to his girlfriend and daughter and he never hurt them. Also, Ted had lots of groupies. Women adored him, even after he was accused of the murders. One of his ex girlfriends even moved to where Ted was in jail to be near him. She had conjugal visits with Ted and she had a child with him. I guess love can make people look past a lot of things.

[@dissidentfairy4264]

@@joevignolor4u949 It's an interesting comparison. This guys not attractive like Ted Bundy so I doubt he will have as many admiring fans. lol If I remember right Bundy was kind of a drifter. This killer counted on his standing in the community to shield him. What are the odds of a prominent architect in Manhattan who has office space on the 11th floor in a nice commercial building being a serial killer? The guy has a family and owns an upscale home close to the beach. He no doubt thought his standing in the community and his position as a Manhattan architect would shield him from ever being caught.

[@th8257]

​@@joevignolor4u949it's a very common reaction in cases like this. It reflects something in offenders that psychologists call "personality fracture". These murderers effectively lead the lives of two different people. They can be perfectly normal, charming and loving in their day to day life. But then there's this other element to them that nobody sees but their victims. What the families are in effect really saying in these cases is that they can't believe that *the side of the murderer* they saw could do such a thing.

[@gayleroslund10]

@@dissidentfairy4264 Is the upscale home close to the beach a house he purchased to rent out? Everything I've read (and I saw a picture of the house he lived in) states that the house wasn't well maintained--it was kind of a dump.

[@melistasy]

And son. He has a stepson with a disability

[@zovalentine7305]

Rest in powerful peace 🙏 Megan⚘ Amber ⚘ Maureen ⚘ Melissa ⚘ And anyone else to be determined....

[@bingonamo7520]

I've seen some episodes of Evil Lives Here, where they speak to the children of serial killers. For the ones under 30, some end up suicidal, depressed or become addicts, after their father is outed in the media. I guess their youth makes them less able to cope. None of them had any idea their father was like that. For two daughters of one of them, he had sexually abused them as children and showed signs of psychopathic behaviour, but that was all and they never dreamed he could be a serial killer. For other children of killers, they actually grow up to work with victims of crime, or work in law enforcement.

[@lv7118]

I remember watching a documentary about Shannon's story years ago....the police being interviewed then made it seem that her family were conspiracy theorists and in denial for believing she'd been murdered.

[@IDontSuckAtLifeakaJanis3975]

There were so many crooked cops involved or at least a couple with a whole bunch of their own garbage they were trying to cover up

[@natekeyes2297]

It is clear at t his time that Shannan (the correct spelling) clearly was not murdered by the Long Island Serial Killer. She ran from the house of a client near Gilgo Beach in an area where Rex Heuermann did not live, and her body was later found in that area. She was likely under the influence of drugs when this happened and also suffered from mental health issues. The incident was actually witnessed by her driver as well as her client. I don't think it was unreasonable of her family to believe that she was one of LISK's victims, by her mother was a drama queen who was constantly making accusations against various people nearby and claimed that people in the neighborhood (which was not Rex Heuermann's neighborhood) had conspired to kill Shannan. She enjoyed getting attention for herself. She was killed in 2016 by another one of her daughters.

[@pennsydude9723]

He looks normal but when u look closer you can see the evil in his eyes. Scooby-Doo (the cartoon) always did say that the real monster's were always humans.

[@wotiluv]

You think he looks normal? I would be afraid of him if encountered him on the street.

[@Hummingbirds2023]

This world is full of very mentally depraved individuals unfortunately, 😢. Bravo to the detectives who never give up pursuing them straight into prison no matter how long it takes. My hats off to you all!!

[@CupcakeCartel1]

The thought of the wife being in the house where he probably brought the victims when she was out of town is crazy.

[@5p674]

She probably never had an argument with him or she wouldn't be here.

[@nicnaciswack8681]

Not necessarily true he obviously was able to compartmentalize. He wasn't going to kill unless he thought he could get away with. Sociopaths are very good at masking normal behavior.

[@justinhopper5941]

True. It’s very similar to Joel Rifkin’s MO. Rifkin started bringing the woman home when his mom and sister were gone. He would dismember some of the bodies in the house. Later he even left a body in the garage for 3 days while his mom and sister were home.

[@judieahmed98]

If he did bring them to his house, his wife would know.

[@justinhopper5941]

@@judieahmed98 Nope because he brought escorts home when his wife and kids were out of town

[@poughkeepsieblue]

This man is a Master of dry humor, and uncontestable facts. Im glad to be able to share the humor, in tragedy. Human beings are horrible, but Doc is a ray of sunshine, amongst cloudy days. Good show as always my friend.

[@missiris1234]

My daughter lives 5 minutes from this monster. Very unreal to me. Everyone keeps their house in good condition in that area. I guess he was spending most of his money on sex workers. Glad you are covering this story

[@wotiluv]

Those were my very same thoughts. He must of spent a lot on his sex habit. He even owed the IRS $$$$

[@brentj.peterson6070]

If you Google his house..it is fairly run down compared to the rest of the neighborhood. Google maps ACTUALLY shows his dark green Chevy Avalanche parked out front!

[@ImNotaRussianBot]

He seems like he lived a life trying to extract money from frivolous lawsuits and not paying his taxes.

[@kristentrep5038]

Massapequa park is a nice neighborhood.. didn’t he also say it was the home he grew up in? It was prob paid off!! No excuse to let it get run down! I guess that’s the least of his crumby behaviors tho!

[@suburbanindie]

All anyone cares about is how it reflects on their neighborhood. Typical narcissistic Long Islanders. People died! All you care about is your property taxes and land value.

[@Faristol7]

Just at the right time, doc! Have spent all afternoon binging this case!

[@traybern]

It’s bingEing, DUMMY!!

[@Bzzzzzzzz535]

It’s been quiet for a while….the calm before the storm. There are demons who walk among us.

[@janefrost1856]

A Dr Grande video, coffee, no one to interrupt me, sounds like a perfect Sunday morning, and hoping that for all of you, your Sunday is relaxing as well ❤

[@thierrymarcellus9082]

Thank you Dr. Grande for the work that you do. It’s so rare to find that kind of structured yet brief, complete and impartial analysis on the web.

[@hunterchristian8372]

These are hands-down your best puns to date. You really hit the nail on the head with these. Your comedy just floors me and keeps me plastered 😂👏👏👏

[@melistasy]

😂😂👏🏾👏🏾

[@4Noirr_]

nail on the head 😭😭

[@charlesgerety1403]

The 2011 Criminal profile of the killer was spot on. Described him as a White Male, overweight, well off, articulate, arrogant and extremely controlling.

[@beaulieuc8910]

that's a lot of men in the US

[@charlesgerety1403]

@@beaulieuc8910 Kinda reminds me of Trump haha

[@jova9941]

that is crazy!

[@majbrittkasper]

I was guessing dude was living with ocean view right next to the trophy yard gilgo beach. Was not far from that anticipation.

[@crede9427]

​@@charlesgerety1403not articulate, drumpf can't comlplete a sentence😊

[@catmother4214]

Thank you for your presentation about this suspect. We have all heard about these victims for many years now. As always, we got the facts from you without going through a two-hour presentation with multiple advertisements. So sorry for these women and their families. He murdered these women AND taunted family members. 💔💔💔

[@jennmemphis]

I remember watching a documentary on this many many years ago. He is clearly the killer. I am so glad he will be brought to justice.

[@Darkwarlord1533]

They finally found LISK and "Down the Hill" guy in the same year no less. The good guys are on a roll.

[@daxversai]

“Architect of agony.” Poetry, doc.

[@patti9339]

My mind always goes to the victims and their families. Also, to the perpetrator’s family. So many people affected by the dastardly deeds of one individual.

[@Belovelyava]

There’s so many more victims. I hope they find them all. Heartbreaking. Killing a toddler is so cowardly. I guess it fits him, seems like tiny ladies are easy targets for a Sasquatch as well. Always listen to your gut people.

[@lordvlygar2963]

He's not attached to the murder of the kid. That is most likely the work of another killer.

[@Signal_in_the_noise]

@@lordvlygar2963chances are more likely it’s the same killer rather can coincidentally, two

[@lordvlygar2963]

@@Signal_in_the_noise Ehhhh, not so much. The area of Gilgo Beach has a major roadway, yet just off the road is marsh and solitude. Very welcoming to dump anything and not have it found for a long time. Not mentioned in this case is the numerous locations and years the body parts have been found of some of the other victims. Body parts are often found alongside Southern State Parkway, which is also a major roadway with a wooded area that is very easy to dump anything in. John Bitrolff or Joel Rifkin may also be users of Gilgo as a dumping ground.

[@LDiamondz]

​@@Signal_in_the_noisePeople in the area called it a dumping site even before these bodies were found. A dumping site for dead bodies.

[@flynntaylor5459]

No proof of that... don't jump to conclusions there could be more than one killer in this mess of homicides. Remeber Joel Rifkin.

[@christa7773]

Wow. I remember watching your first video about the LISK, and at that point it seemed unlikely that the killer would ever be identified or caught. It's so satisfying to have the opportunity to sit down and enjoy another Dr. Grande video while relishing the fact that this person is finally behind bars. Great work by law enforcement and, as always, excellent coverage (with a dash of snark) by the inimitable Dr. Grande. 😊

[@juliej5917]

7773 was my Long Island phone number!

[@paulafigueroa1573]

I love Dr. Grande too 💕

[@5p674]

Those must have been the days before the appearance of the mysterious cactus table.

[@Laura-tp8wz]

Thank you Dr Grande. I feel sad for his wife and kids. RIP victims. 🌸

[@Jeanninecomeau]

I have a feeling he would really get a kick out of your final thoughts Dr. Grande. I think he really wanted to be a child killer given his porn searches. He knew he couldn't get away with that for long, so he did the next best thing, very tiny sex workers who, some, weren't even reported missing. His wife and family were only there to make him appear, "normal".

[@rachidluildha2676]

Good video, well researched, well documented. Thank you.

[@poughkeepsieblue]

The last two minutes of this episode, was worth waiting to get to. The dry, architecture puns, were worth every second. Thanks Doc!

[@Makeupgal3000]

This case is frightening. Thanks as always for your interesting and insightful analysis, Dr. Grande ❤️

[@randakamal7149]

Thank u

[@gurneysanders]

Killing it as ever, Dr. G! Whenever news breaks I know we're only a day or two away from a Dr. Grande video about it.

[@FairyBlaze]

I’m from Long Island and it was always believed the police commissioner was involved because he also frequented ladies of the night & one victim mentioned there’s a link between him and gilgo and he also kept FBI in the dark abt the gilgo murders .. James Burke

[@lordvlygar2963]

I would say only from some chatty Kathys online. Most of us LIers who talked about this off the internet agree Burke is a cretin, but don't even consider him as a suspect. I still have some suspicions about the man who sold burlap sacs and committed suicide when the case went public. I feel he may be one of the other killers.

[@LDiamondz]

He could be involved in the murders of some of the other victims they found. You're right, a lot of people thought/think he did it.

[@kimberlycox158]

Absolutely. If not involved with Rex he killed a few himself.

[@blackheteromale4133]

Imagine being his daughter who thinks her dad is the best dad in the whole world her entire life , to find out in one split sexond that he is a horrendous monster ...i think thats gotta be serious mental anguish

[@americanwoman445]

Maybe not, maybe things are finally making sense .

[@marygoff3332]

The daughter was born right around the time the murders began. Interesting timing.

[@blackheteromale4133]

@@marygoff3332 I kinda agree that he's not guilty of all of the gilgo.. I think bitrolff has a hand in some, he likes to dismember victims ..and at least 1 or 2 of his victims hands were found near gilgo

[@rhondawilkins_]

Actor Billy Baldwin revealed this man went to school with him through grade 12 and graduated 🎓 high school with him on Long Island. Billy said he is " shocked."

[@gutsywarrior8785]

Really good at putting his emotions away to analyse cases in the best way possible, always interesting to watch your videos

[@Ash_426]

As more information comes out, I think we are going to see one of the sickest, most twisted and evil serial killers in the past few decades. Too bad there is no death penalty in New York.

[@darlenelarochelle4011]

Put him in a cell with Donald tRump.

[@Ash_426]

@@darlenelarochelle4011 regardless of my political views, I don't think anyone else would possibly compare Donald Trump with a sadistic serial murderer. Trump is nuts and is dangerous in different ways. It's apples and oranges.

[@selrox879]

​@@darlenelarochelle4011 Bill Clinton*

[@MelindaMc]

We will watch it on court tv.

[@marcuscarana9240]

Serial killers always hide in plain sight, with a lot of them even having wives and kids. They're the most accurate definition of wolves in sheeps clothing.

[@MyEnemy]

I wonder how any SK's are out there, sweating bullets over possible DNA they may have left at a crime scene 30 years ago? It makes me laugh to think of their dread, after all the misery they inflicted.

[@Kat-tr2ig]

And not just serial killers, but also people who killed only one or two people 30 years ago, thought they had gotten away with it and it's just something in their past, and have gotten married and have kids and an entire new life. And now they're hearing about the Golden State killer and the Long Island killer getting arrested, and realize that it's just a matter of time before their day will come, too.

[@jamese9283]

The FBI says there are about 50 serial killers operating in the US on a regular basis. I don't think it's right to laugh at their dread. They were someone's beloved child at some point.

[@shedokoye8314]

​@@Kat-tr2igNot just killers only. Even rapists are not safe from the new genealogy based DNA technology

[@Zen_Power]

Also occurs in drug trafficking and people trafficking crimes where people get killed and not investigated. Also in war crimes. These people sleep at night too.

[@samhassan9448]

I don’t think some of them give af seriously

[@themajesticmagnificent386]

Yes..The only u-tube creator I wanted to hear from about this..Thank you Doctor Grande👍🇬🇧🇺🇸👍

[@kittykat3540]

As long as I've been following true crime stories, never have I come across one that literally hit so close to home...I was born in N.y, grew up on Long Island, lived in Massapequa Park, Gilgo was my favorite beach and second home, still is...I also lived in West Babylon and South Amityville...My point is as this story unfolds I can't believe that every town mentioned I have a connection to and can't stop thinking how I could've walked past or even sat next to this psycho at a bar, grocery store or even at the Gilgo Beach Hut which is a popular and fun hangout spot...I remember when the first body was discovered, that's all anybody at the beach could talk about...You couldn't sit or stand anywhere without being in earshot of the story...Over the years the story gained momentum but then suddenly faded out of the spotlight...I always felt bad about the loss of interest and couldn't help but think it was because 4 of the victims were sex workers and law enforcement as well as the public didn't take the case as seriously as they should have...Perhaps they thought it was the girls fault because of their lifestyle or nobody really cared enough about them to spend taxpayers money to further pursue any investigations...That always made me sad...Im so happy and relieved that a new administration took over and the case was reopened and now a suspect in custody....I feel relief and happiness for the families of all the victims....Regardless of what people think, these girls were loved and missed, even if just by one person...Their lives mattered...I hope this evil monster is brought to justice and the families may rest a little easier at night knowing people still cared and this psycho will never be able to hurt another person for the rest of his evil and pathetic life...

[@eh1702]

I’m not so sure Rex stopped. Maybe he just stopped dumping bodies so close to home.

[@Skarbro]

“…and he allegedly took fruit, from a store.” Dr Grande is the best 😎

[@Juke582]

It was free and he just didn’t know it was for kids!

[@blackheteromale4133]

​@@Juke582the sign "fruit for the kids" wasn't obvious enough for him

[@missyskye_sea_land9424]

Karma is truly scary. It’s finally catching up with him. Poor ladies😪

[@5p674]

There is no such thing as karma. However, prison justice is very real.

[@grtinfulleffect8349]

@@5p674 Very.

[@missyskye_sea_land9424]

@@5p674 I’m not sure whether or not there’s such thing as Karma, but I hear the term often. Regardless, I sure don’t wish negative karma on anyone. It sounds pretty scary. In any case, I generally believe in “you reap what you sow.”

[@Storesdavidal]

Thank you Dr. Todd Grante for explaining so well about this Long Island Serial Killer.

[@TheQueenofConstantia]

Your ‘Final Thoughts’ are sheer poetry Dr Grande! And your dry humour ALWAYS makes my day… Thank You! 🙏🏻💖🙏🏻

[@KoolT]

Oh dear God I just saw her daughter and sister on tv. The first girl. Heartbreaking.

[@janmarbol2023]

I immediately thought the same thing about him being a miser b/c of having so much money and having that nasty house. Also, it's the house of his youth, like he's never matured or gotten over the years he spent there, and now we find out he was bullied. Who knows how long he's been killing people. Creepy horror story, more so b/c of the house. Most misers are OCD too.

[@dominairae_]

I have ocd… there’s a difference between the disorder and personality

[@janmarbol2023]

@@dominairae_ I didn't say that everyone w/OCD is a psychopath or a miser. I said misers usually also have OCD

[@dominairae_]

@@janmarbol2023 but my point is I don’t think Dr. Grande is saying he has obsessive compulsive disorder, the title of the video says obsessive compulsive personality traits which is different ballpark

[@janmarbol2023]

@@dominairae_ I said I thought the same thing in regards to him being a miser, as Dr Grande said. I added at the end that most misers are OCD (or have OCD I should have said) b/c the misers I know, are both misers and have OCD. The only thing I agreed on, was the miser thing. The rest I added b/c of personal experience w/misers. You are not reading what I wrote but drawing your own conclusions or adding to it.

[@dominairae_]

@@janmarbol2023 I’m just trying to say that you keep using ocd in this context but ocd and ocpd are two entirely different things that manifest in entirely different ways.

[@jamesrobb3337]

Just watched the police walking Rex (the killer) out of the courthouse and he is scary, not only is he massive in stature but tall and big, he stood a foot taller then any cops around him. Very imposing scary evilness in his being, those poor women had no chance one on one against a guy that massive. So glad to see he finally get caught, give justice to those women. How crazy that he was still calling for ladies and not killing them after his killing spree, those are the lucky ones god was looking out for. Rex is one evil, creepy demon walking among us!

[@GD20254]

Dr Grande is great, he puts a lot of work into these videos

[@JohnnyScumbagg]

This guy can stay married 33 years and I can’t even get a text back

[@baker_canner]

Finally, the part about how they identified his truck is explained. Yours is the only one out of all of the videos I've watched to make the sightings of his truck make sense. Thank you.

[@lmadventure5023]

SPOT ON, DR. GRANDE... Today, 6/6/2024, the police released the lists and details in his controlling plans, ALL OCPD!!!

[@ValleyOakPaper]

Interesting analysis. One thing I'd add is that we don't know if Heuermann's killing began and ended with the Gilgo Beach Four. All in all there were 10 bodies recovered from that stretch of beach. We may yet find out that more of them are his doing. Heuermann also had access to several out-of-state properties, including one in Las Vegas. We haven't yet found out if he's suspected of murders or assaults near those.

[@TheDealMaster]

Dr. Grande! Very timely video. Thank you, sir. Honestly, I was starting to believe no one would ever be charged for these murders. This is big news. The case was handled VERY poorly by detectives in those early years. Really bungled. Sounds like those discarded pizza crusts really bit him in the rear, DNA wise. To have pizza assist in solving a murder is the most New York thing I've ever heard... Lol.

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

As someone who deals with architecture in their career, I appreciate the puns, Dr Grande. It seems that Rex had been bearing the load of his guilt for years; the scale of which only he knew. He had maintained a deflection of responsibility and law enforcement has seemingly reached the apex of the investigation. The evidence is the foundation of their case.

[@johnrodgers2171]

Sadistic psychopaths don't feel guilt they fear getting caught though

[@sharynkoren2054]

Very clever

[@zovalentine7305]

Frank Lloyd Wright is turning over in his grave

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

@@johnrodgers2171 I did not assert that he felt guilt. The guilt aspect is the result of the preponderance of evidence. One can be guilty without the feeling of guilt.

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

@@zovalentine7305 Then my work here is done. Lol

[@bored.erline]

“The victims chose a hazardous occupation.” I think sex workers often don’t freely choose that line of work, rather, desperation, abusive relationships and/or substance use disorders are among the reasons they do sex work.

[@mamaboocee]

Your clever play on words is not lost on me, Dr. Grande! I love all your insightful thoughts.

[@anthia1156]

I was sure you would post tonight about this!

[@ld3418]

What would have happened had he not been a weird kid and bullied without friends in high school? What would have happened had he dealt with that, moved on and kept himself in shape and his house and yard in good repair? Isn't there enough to do with cooking, laundry, housecleaning, paperwork, kids, spouses and parents....? Where do people find the energy and time to even think of the heinous crimes they commit?

[@elizabethowens8548]

I know. I can't keep organized enough to get all my chores done and the energy even when I was young wasn't there. Such a waste

[@Juke582]

A sex obsession takes over their life really!

[@JFK-ir7yz]

Bullied in high school? You knew him?

[@azulgaia7782]

Clearly his house took none of his time lol.

[@towritemichelle210]

He had a wife and kid. It's not like he lived like the unabomber

[@TheTravisBeck]

Rex…foundation…architect…paved the way…drawing board…façade…design flaw…avoid inspection…concrete…sustainability…insulate…code violation…Architect Of Agony… Absolutely BRILLIANT delivery, Dr. Grande. The details!

[@Bibiana862]

Almost all serial killers was married with kids,good job,going to church ,serial killer can not be somebody else,cuse they need to be seeing like normal people in society then people are not suspicious about them

[@mvintrigue-trawlerdiy1101]

Hey Dr. Grande...thanks for these videos. I saw this one pop up today and immediately knew I had to watch because I would get well researched details I was unable to get anywhere else. Please keep up the great work. Its actually quite useful.

[@carolbotelho5840]

I look forward to your site everyday. I was in therapy for 20 years and made major realizations and my life has changed for the better. You are so clear and easy to follow. Thank you so much. Carol, David, Coco and Jazz.

[@tracklife971]

I honestly thought they would never catch him . Big thank you to everyone who worked this case and never gave up.

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

I waited all day for this! Thank you! ❤

[@carlyrennae3963]

Yessss just found out about him being caught!! Thanks for covering this so quickly Dr G 🎉

[@lynnsears654]

Love you Dr.Grande!!! Would you consider an explanation of The Sound of Freedom, Tim Ballard should be a national hero for the amount of children he saved yet main stream media is trashing this true story. Thank you for all of your hard work.

[@PHOENIX980567]

You're such a wordsmith. I love the dry humor

[@margaretlumley1648]

Thank you so much for analysing this one, Dr Grande! You are a star ❤

[@fatimahrahman6158]

I used to live and work on Long Island and remember how the media overtly dismissed the women because they were poor, desperate sex workers. They were murdered and tortured by a middle-class, white, professional man will never be the recipient of bias, brutality, disrespect or disparity in the way some women do. Hence, the mishandling of many of these cases. This society does not really care about so many victims and it’s so sad. Thank you, Dr. Grande for your fair and timely coverage of these stories of cultural and moral turpitude.

[@JFK-ir7yz]

The media never dismissed any of here women. Never once. That’s a lie. They were Identified and treated like victims and with dignity from the moment they were found. Stop spreading nonsense and lies

[@JFK-ir7yz]

And it has nothing to do with race. Or class. Serial killers are of all races and ages and classes. Your comments are completely idiotic and pathetic.

[@starrynyte158]

So glad he was arrested. As a Long Islander who grew up in Massapeaua, this has been so horrifying. When I was a teenager, during the period he was doing this, my friends and I hung out at night in Gilgo beach. We were on that beach and in those sand dunes. Then he gets arrested and my mother realizes she went to high school with him. I hope to God the police got this right so the victims can get the little closure possible from convicting him

[@oktypus-zj8bf]

Do your mother have any recommendations of him at school?

[@sayittomyfaceidareyou8629]

Im wondering if he worked together with another man. And perhaps they chased and killed Shannon. And they both shared that dumping ground. I mean how could 2 serial killers both use that area without dumping on each other's work. Unless they were aware of the locations. Also are we to believe he just killed those four and never killed again. By the way he obsessively killed these girls i don't believe he could just stop

[@GH-oi2jf]

Most serial killers work alone. Most likely there were many murders other than those currently charged.

[@billflipper1130]

Been waiting patiently for this to be solved and than a dr grande video on the case!

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

I really never thought I would see someone in custody.

[@Ita.Paperwhite]

In the interviews I saw, neighbors described him as quiet, friendly and a "regular business man" with a kind daughter and disabled son. Where did many of you see him described as unfriendly and arrogant?

[@georgiegirl8345]

New York Times article. They interviewed a neighbor. Very interesting article. Described as creepy.

[@howareyou857]

Most people would garner contrary comments depending on who is consulted.

[@Kgio-2112]

​@@georgiegirl8345there is a video right here on boobtoob of him being interviewed about his work. He doesn't come off as creepy. Maybe a little odd but that is probably because of all this coming out now.

[@qtipp81]

@@Kgio-2112when he spoke of the hammer in the interview. I got chills

[@xtinamarie_333]

​@@Kgio-2112My jaw was on the floor watching that! His handy hammer 😮 he seems angry and violent to me!

[@godisgooey]

I like your comments towards the end about his “Design flaws.” As if he was an AI clone. In ancient Sanskrit texts. These designs are called vasanas or mental tendencies. It is said that we choose them before we come for each birth. This concept is thousands of years old. When I “died” for lack of oxygen to the brain years ago. I went into this place of immense love and beauty, and was shown how we choose our life and its design program. Since then, through the decades, there have been books written by doctors who have observed this as well in patients that have either been clinically heart or brain dead. They have come back to tell a similar story according to their particular design filter. There are many KZbin videos coming out now about this phenomenon called NDE. Near Death Experience. I am wondering if you could do a video on that. It is a very popular subject.

[@nydrone7051]

This is by far the best in depth, yet concise analysis of this intriguing case. Thank you, Dr. Grande.

[@micnorton9487]

The client "looked like an ogre",, well that wraps it up, looking at this guy's picture the dictionary definition of "ogre" probably has an arrow pointing to his picture and says "See him"...