Episode Details

In this episode of pplpod, we examine the chilling case of Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, who is responsible for more confirmed murders than any other American serial killer. We discuss his early life and how a man described by friends as "friendly but strange" lived a double life as a truck painter and a predator targeting vulnerable women and runaways in the Pacific Northwest,,.

Tune in as we detail Ridgway’s terrifying modus operandi of strangulation and his disturbingly casual return to dump sites to engage in necrophilia,. We explore the massive manhunt that included the Green River Task Force and unexpected insights from incarcerated serial killer Ted Bundy, who accurately predicted the killer’s behavior. Finally, we cover the forensic breakthrough linking DNA evidence from 1987 to Ridgway in 2001, leading to a controversial plea bargain that spared him the death penalty in exchange for locating the remains of his victims,.