George Calomeris_ The Killer Who Murdered His Own Friends _ The New Detectives

A friend who stayed too long. A secret that justified murder. When two men vanished from a Queens apartment, the trail led to a charismatic bodybuilder who hid bodies in the trunk of a stolen car.George Calomeris, a 34-year-old aspiring actor and bodybuilder from Queens, New York, was convicted of murdering two of his friends, Richard Bilello and Richard Smith, in the early 1990s. The case centered on financial disputes and a fear that his friends would reveal a secret life of theft and fraud. Calomeris lured them to an apartment, killed them with a hammer, and disposed of their bodies in Long Island Sound. The episode featured on The New Detectives examines the forensic investigation, including the recovery of evidence from the water and the psychological profile of a man who killed his closest companions. Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the bodybuilder's physique was a mask for a ruthless killer.