Gilgo Beach LISK Serial Killer, Rex Heuermann, charged with 3 murders, July 2023

[ohiobuckeyegirl]

If a vault is really think, as someone said 2 feet walls of concrete wouldn’t it be soundproof? With an huge vault door? Scarey to me 12x15 size? Any gun collectors? My friend (deceased) was a gun smith and had a shop. He had nothing like a room like that. It was by his home and just all security bells and whistles.

I would think vault and soundproof would be about the same technically imo

 

[SkylarSid]

Didn’t his family go on annual vacations to Iceland? I’m not sure that qualifies as impoverished or generally joyless. I can see him being remote and unfeeling, especially given he might be a psychopath but he was apparently also good at hiding his most twisted appetites. By all accounts, his wife and family had no idea.

Maybe he relished the time they spent in Iceland so he could be alone. A expense he thought worth paying.

 

[Emilie D]

Maybe he relished the time they spent in Iceland so he could be alone. A expense he thought worth paying.

Exactly. Still far from the whole family being impoverished.

 

[mst]

I think Backpage became popular with the SW after Craigslist stopped allowing it. (Not sure Backpage is still even a thing...there are probably apps and other things they use these days.)

I just looked on Reddit and I'm sorry I did. The Long Island posts made me blush!

 

[crhedBngr]

As much as I respect the privacy of his family and those who knew him, I am morbidly curious as to what she has to say. I’m more curious about her insight over anyone else’s, even his current wife for some reason.

I suspect we'll find out eventually.

Someone will talk.

JMVHO.

 

[mst]

"RH says that either he or his wife drove to Virginia to deal with RH's mother "at least a half a dozen" times between February 2017 and April 2018. RH says that he has "been down there [Virginia] without [his] wife" at least two or three times during that time period. He also visited Florida."

Why did he go to Florida? He says that right after talking about his mother, so maybe mom had a second home in Florida?

I saw somewhere they had traveled to cocoa beach

 

[ConundrumPonderer]

I have never heard the term Bluebeards but thanks for giving me something to research

Bluebeard, a French story Bluebeard - Wikipedia
My favourite is the British version, Mr Fox, which could be the life story of many members of WS, I think! “Be bold, be bold, but not too bold; lest your heart’s blood run cold.” English Fairy and Other Folk Tales: Nursery Tales: Mr Fox
In both, the protagonist’s curiosity saves her.

 

[MyBelle]

I read the articles, they just do not align with them going to Iceland. Trips like that are expensive. I think they just scrimped to afford certain things. Keep in mind he was also paying for the SW habit he had. That means they had some money.

If RH could afford an office in Manhattan, he could afford a trip to Iceland for his wife and kids. It gave him the opportunity to act out his demon fantasies.

JMO

 

[citizen_sleuth]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1683635555567910912

 

[Vern]

Maybe he relished the time they spent in Iceland so he could be alone. A expense he thought worth paying.

Or, maybe her family actually paid the cost for her and the kids to return because they missed them.

 

[Emilie D]

This is crazy. I’d go but I’m not bringing my kids.

Gilgo Beach Suspect’s House Becomes a Macabre Tourist Attraction (Published 2023)

On Long Island, the fascinated and obsessed come to gawk at the house where the suspect lived. Some bring the children.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Emilie D]

Or, maybe her family actually paid the cost for her and the kids to return because they missed them.

That could be but that doesn’t explain how he could afford his Manhattan office, and his SW addiction. I’m betting he controlled the money and only spent it on what he wanted.

 

[SkylarSid]

Or, maybe her family actually paid the cost for her and the kids to return because they missed them.

That is another possibility, but regardless - I am sure he still relished the time alone.

 

[CuriousCricket]

Oh I meant ironic because “Arsenic and Old Lace” is about serial killers lol. But I am also genuinely interested to learn more about his younger years. I believe I read somewhere that after his father died he became more anxious to get home to his mother than play with the other kids.

Yes, ironic and based on truth. Pretty creepy when you think about it. This want to know about his Jones Beach time is my continuing search to know how much he knew about the environment he was growing up in. Some kids are out all day, exploring every inch, barely going home at night. Did Rex and his buddies do that? How well does he know the area?

 

[squareandrabbet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1683635555567910912

Just a note that News12 is local, and doing a really good, thorough job of background spelunking IMO (cf. all the linked related stories below the original story).

 

[GoBuckeyes]

But it's not in a neighborhood with space for that.

I understand the sentiment but look at the Lizzie Borden house. It’s a money maker. I’m thinking someone could turn it into a haunted bed and breakfast easily.

 

[Emilie D]

But it's not in a neighborhood with space for that.

They could still rent it out as a haunted spot. There are several serial killer homes that do this. Think dark and twisty airbnb. I hate that people profit on the pain of others but as a business person, the opportunity is there.

 

[waldojabba]

To be fair, there was only one news outlet reporting that story. (NY Post.) Other also-sort-of-tabloids like DailyMail picked it up and referenced the NY Post source, but a lot of others passed on it entirely.

Also to be fair -In reading the article it was made clear that the info was from a neighbor and they showed what the neighbor said in "quotes". The article never indicated the information was accurte or substantiated. So it really is up to the reader to use their own judgement/discernment. IMO the NYT etc -I believe they are all the same to a degree.

IMO the bigger issue is that most outlets are guilty of using misleading headlines. And also IMO what most of us, myself included, are guilty of - is not reading past the headlines. JMO

 

[passionflower]

That could be but that doesn’t explain how he could afford his Manhattan office, and his SW addiction. I’m betting he controlled the money and only spent it on what he wanted.

Taking money from his victims?

 

[Momoffourboys]

Extra Time: Latest on Gilgo Beach murder investigation

In this edition of 'Eyewitness News Extra Time,' we begin with the new developments in the Gilgo Beach murders.

abc7ny.com

Interesting screen shot from video.