This is Alec Baldwin, and you're listening to Here's the Thing from I Heart Radio.

In the headlines recently are the shocking revelations surrounding the Long Island serial

killer.

From 2010 to 2012, the remains of 11 bodies were discovered in or near Gilgo Beach on

the South Shore of Long Island, with many of the victims being young female sex workers.

The case went unsolved for 13 years.

Until July 13th of this year, when Rex Hewerman, a 59-year-old architect, husband and father,

was arrested and charged with the murder of three women in the case, and named as the prime

suspect in a fourth.

Hewerman pled not guilty.

Long before the arrest I discovered and quickly devoured the podcast unravelled the Long Island

serial killer.

Later in the program, we'll catch up on the current state of the case, but first I want

to share my original conversation with the podcast's hosts and executive producers Billy

Jensen and Alexis Linkletter.

This conversation was recorded about a year before the latest discoveries.

Their investigative podcast and accompanying documentary unravel a web of police corruption

and cover-up centering on the scandal-ridden Suffolk County Chief of Police, James Burke.

Suffolk County executive Steve Bologna appointed Burke in 2012.

Four years later, Burke was convicted of assault and obstruction of justice for his attack

on civilian Christopher Loeb, who had stolen a duffel bag containing pornography and sex

toys from Burke's truck.

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