Hey everybody welcome back to cold case murder mysteries. I'm your host

Ryan Kraus returning for yet another fascinating but horrifying journey into the hearts and minds of violent criminals and they're unfortunate, often unsuspecting victims.

In this episode, we're taking a look at the mysterious and terrifying

disappearance of 24-year-old sex worker Shannon Gilbert, who was the subject of a chilling 911 call in the early morning hours of May 1st,

2010, in which she feared she was being chased by people trying to kill her, and was later discovered dead nearby.

While this incident remained shrouded in mystery for a decade,

recent developments have allowed for the release

of what essentially amounts to 23 minutes worth developments have

to 23 minutes worth of desperate phone calls to 911

made by Shannon, communications for which we, as the public,

now have access for analytical purposes, bringing some clarity

to what was otherwise baffling.

Of course, the real intrigue here is that the search for missing Shannon Gilbert began a process of discovering

the remains of multiple other women in a concentrated area along Ocean Drive in Gilgo Beach,

most or all of whom were sex workers, leading authorities

to the realization that they were dealing with a serial killer who'd been at work for some time

already.

The person became known as the Long Island serial killer, but perhaps the most interesting

is the question of whether Shannon was one of these victims or if she just happened to meet her fate in a spot conducive to the accidental discovery of the other victims.

Yes, she precipitated the action leading to the awareness of the killer at large, but was she

one of his victims? Let's take a look. Now, I encourage everyone to listen to the 911 audio now that it's available, but I won't be posting it in this episode because, respectfully, it's nothing less than a waste of time beyond satisfying a person's curiosity.

I say that because most renditions of this story begin on the night in question

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