About this episode

The episode discusses Rex Heuermann's confession to his ex-wife and daughter regarding the Gilgo Beach murders, as revealed in a documentary.

Before Rex Heuermann stood in Suffolk County Court and pleaded guilty to the Gilgo Beach murders, he was given something almost unheard of — a private meeting with his ex-wife Asa Ellerup and their daughter Victoria to confess to them first. The final episode of the Peacock docuseries House of Secrets captures both women recounting that meeting. And what they describe goes to places the courtroom allocution never went. Asa called him Mr. Heuermann. She asked how many women he killed. He said eight. He told her seven died in the basement of their Massapequa Park home while she and the children were away. He told her one was killed in his vehicle. He said every murder except the first was planned. Victoria asked if he ever saw his victims as human beings. He told her he didn't. But the confession is only half of this story. The other half is what Asa did with it. She visited him twelve times after that conversation. She went home and gutted the basement — new floors, new walls, new everything — and moved into it. She sleeps every night in the room where Heuermann says he killed. She told the cameras it's spiritual. She says she's apologizing to the victims. And on recorded phone…

People in this episode

Host: True Crime Today

Topics covered

• Gilgo Beach murders
• confession
• true crime
• documentary
• family dynamics

Keywords

• Rex Heuermann
• Asa Ellerup
• Gilgo Beach
• confession
• true crime
• documentary
• murder

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Peacock

Places: Suffolk County, Massapequa Park

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• Asa Ellerup Faces a Jury — What Happens Next · April 17, 2026 · 16 min

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