MFM Minisode 487

In this minisode, hosts Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark read listener emails recounting bizarre personal brushes with crime, accidents, and odd coincidences. The stories highlight how killers can blend into professional circles, how family sleuthing can lead to mishaps, and how mix-ups or quick thinking avert disaster, all delivered with the hosts' signature mix of shock, humor, and relief.

Networking Group Surprise

Listener Katie shares her shock at discovering Rex Heuermann, the Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect who recently pled guilty to seven murders (Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Lynn Costello, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Valerie Mack, Jessica Taylor, Sandra Costillo, and admitted to killing Karen Vergata), was a fellow member of her New York City professional networking group for organizers and architects. In 2016, around the podcast's launch, Katie started her organizing business (havenny.com) and found Heuermann sweet, likable, and professional despite a missing front tooth. They attended meetings, happy hours, and discussed a project for his filmmaker client's storage. Group members teased him into a professional photo—his infamous arms-crossed "Law & Order" pose. Reporters later hounded the group for comments. Katie felt no threat, emphasizing how such men live double lives, targeting sex workers they viewed as "less than." The hosts note the reli