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Sep 2023
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Gary Ridgway - The Green River Killer Pa...

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Gary Ridgway is a man widely known as the Green River Killer. At one point, he was considered America’s “deadliest convicted serial killer,” after pleading guilty to 49 counts of murder. Over 20 years, Ridgway strangled an unknown number of women, most of whom were sex workers in King County, Washington.

Join Mike and Gibby for this 350th episode of True Crime All The Time as they discuss the notorious serial killer Gary Ridgway. In this first episode, we cover Gary's childhood, his marriages, and the many murders he committed in the early 1980s.

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