Episode 672: Gary Ridgway : Redux Part II - The Aroma of Tacoma
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
There's no place to escape to. This is the last podcast. On the left. That's when the cannibalism started.
You know, getting back into Gary, it's a simple place to be at. Getting back into Gary. Because your old Gary was different than your new Gary, right? Very much so. Yeah, I think so. Because he always was like, Gary, right?
Gary.
Well, it's people coming at Gary we're doing. They're going, Gary. And now it's nice because it really is. The Steven Root of it all really comes around when you watch him. Because he's got little... Truly, the way I would describe him is that... Remember that little, cute, bunny... puppet from muppets the one that was the one that was in the muppet the christmas tale vision 3d he's in that that little cute bunny it's like he he bean bunny he's got bean bunny's face surrounded by a rapist like it is the weirdest thing to see how like the longer he talks he's like yep yep yeah i had a killer i had a killer we haven't seen bean bunny in quite some time i don't know what bean bunny's up to Was Jim Henson inspired by the crimes of Gary Ridgway to create Bean Bunny?
Yeah. Was Bean Bunny a thief of clitorises? Oh, yeah, sure. Yeah, he was. Yeah, he was. I saw his belt. He was just Bunny before that. Cut them clits. Cut them clits.
Welcome to the last podcast of The Left. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Marcus Parks. I'm here with clit cutter Henry Zebrowski.
Hey, my goal is to live mostly whole. I'm just taking off the top. I'm a clit shiner.
The shoe polish boy of clitoris is everywhere. It's Ed Larson.
All right, let me get in there.
I leave him alone. I don't come anywhere near him. It's called a Clint Walker. When I see a Clint, I start walking. Where's the goddamn door?
And we're here at Gary Ridgeway Part 2. So when we last left the man who would become one of the most prolific serial killers in American history, I don't know why I got into the, I think because I was thinking like, hey, this is a KPFX FM. We're getting a Gary here today. Getting back to Gary, we're going to listen to Gary Newman.
This one goes out to all you Green River killers out there.
10th caller gets... They're talking to me. Whoever's going to come and say they're me. Is that me? I'm the one. I'm the killer. It's me. Hall and Oates are coming to town next week. Call. 10th caller gets tickets. Make sure you use that lotion, y'all.
When we last left the man who would become one of the most prolific serial killers in American history, Gary Ridgway had just bought a house near SeaTac Airport in an area called The Strip. Lucky. Located between Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, The Strip had become the most likely place for a man to find the Pacific Northwest's most vulnerable and desperate sex workers. Giving Gary Ridgway a house in the middle of this area was, to turn a phrase, putting the cat amongst the pigeons. Now, the year was 1982, and by Gary's 33rd birthday, he had not only married and divorced twice, but had also obtained numerous girlfriends in the times in between.
He definitely has a Rick Moranis-like charm about him. If there was a celebrity I would directly compare Gary Ridgeway to, it is Rick Moranis.
What, the guy who quit because his wife died?
Well, actually, that's checking out. Physically.
Physically.
Gary had pulled all this off despite his below-average intelligence and his increasing addiction to sex workers. But with each failed relationship, Gary's hatred towards women had only been added to the animosity he'd felt as a result of his absolutely horrendous mother, who had spent Gary's teenage years scrubbing his genitals and screaming insults every time Gary had wet the bed. Of course, it made him think that all women were monsters. Mm. And while Gary was entirely unsure as to whether he began strangling sex workers prior to 1982 because of how fuzzy his memory could be, it is generally accepted that 1982 is when Gary's reign of terror as the Green River Killer would truly begin. Within just two short years, almost 50 women would be dead by Gary Ridgway's hand.
I remember I just was watching a chunk of his confessions.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–11:05
2
How did Gary Ridgway begin targeting SeaTac’s sex workers on The Strip?
11:05–18:18
3
How did Gary’s background, family, and military service shape his behavior?
18:18–36:12
4
What early murders marked the start of the Green River killings in 1982–1983?
36:12–1:29:39
5
Why did police repeatedly miss leads that could have caught Ridgway earlier?
1:29:39–1:33:34
6
How did DuPont paint and forensic evidence point toward Kenworth Trucking?
1:33:34–1:35:57