Struggling with a low IQ, Gary Ridgway always wanted to be the best at just one thing. That one thing turned out to be serial murder. The most prolific American serial killer, Ridgway claims to have killed almost eighty women. Greg and Vanessa discuss the formative events and possible Oedipal complex behind the Green River Killer.
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Case Sources:
Green River, Running Red (2004, Pocket Books), by Ann Rule
nytimes.com/2003/12/26/us/early-tip-fell-short-in-green-river-killings.html
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