Jul 28, 2026 · 41 min · 10 segments
In today’s episode, Mark and Jeremy discuss the Gilgo Beach Murders – the work of a prolific serial killer who took the lives of eight women before he was finally convicted, thirteen years after his…
Mark Williams-ThomasHost
Jeremy VineHost
Yeah, when we look at the actual mechanics of the crime, we see one after the other victims who were in that classic catchment, and you saw it with your Savile investigation, where they are the people who don't get missed.
And so what he was doing and the way he operated was to go on social media sites, go on hookup sites and, you know, all these different sites for, I suppose, renting people for the night and then killing them.
And what was so weird about it, and this will come out when we talk about the investigation, is he was spotted a number of times with these women.
But he chose his victims carefully, didn't he? Yeah, it's a fascinating case because when you
And it doesn't look as though he's put that many things in place to protect himself from being caught.
Sometimes what happens, serial killers in particular, so those people that kill more than one person, And in case of a serial killer, that's three or more in the space of more than 30 days.
But what ends up happening is once they get away with it a couple of times, they need a bit of luck.
I mean, you talk in terms of the first murder, the first murder in 1993, but it wasn't until 2010. when actually the police became aware, gosh, there's a serial killer operating here.
So he committed all of his murders that he was subsequently convicted of prior to the first victim being found.
Yeah, when we look at the actual mechanics of the crime, we see one after the other victims who were in that classic catchment, and you saw it with your Savile investigation, where they are the people who don't get missed.
And so what he was doing and the way he operated was to go on social media sites, go on hookup sites and, you know, all these different sites for, I suppose, renting people for the night and then killing them.
And what was so weird about it, and this will come out when we talk about the investigation, is he was spotted a number of times with these women.
But he chose his victims carefully, didn't he? Yeah, it's a fascinating case because when you
And it doesn't look as though he's put that many things in place to protect himself from being caught.
Sometimes what happens, serial killers in particular, so those people that kill more than one person, And in case of a serial killer, that's three or more in the space of more than 30 days.
But what ends up happening is once they get away with it a couple of times, they need a bit of luck.
I mean, you talk in terms of the first murder, the first murder in 1993, but it wasn't until 2010. when actually the police became aware, gosh, there's a serial killer operating here.
So he committed all of his murders that he was subsequently convicted of prior to the first victim being found.
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