Unpacking The Eerie

TRUE CRIME: Gary Ridgeway/Green River Killer

In our second episode, we dig into one of America’s most prolific serial murderers, an Asshole Aquarius a.k.a. The Green River Killer. Listen to us explore the life of this terrifying human being, analyze his motivations and dissect the ways in which white privilege, misogyny, and violence against women and girls in the sex trade allowed the Green River Killer to get away with murdering sex workers and homeless girls for over 20 years. 

CW: rape, murder, violence against women in the sex trade , child sexual abuse, descriptions of domestic violence

Re-edited for flow July 2023

SOURCES

Articles 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/11/16/the-banality-of-gary-a-green-river-chiller/2d9575c7-6843-4ec3-9517-72cd3ecdd9b0/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/gary-ridgway-ted-bundy

https://www.thoughtco.com/green-river-killer-gary-ridgway-973098#:~:text=Childhood%20Years,-Born%20Feb.&text=18%2C%201949%2C%20in%20Salt%20Lake,Steinman%20and%20Thomas%20Newton%20Ridgway.&text=Ridgway%20was%20a%20poor%20student,the%20woods%20and%20stabbed%20him.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/gary-ridgway-ted-bundy

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nnqgdq/why-sex-workers-need-their-own-day-1217

https://seattlemag.com/article/remembering-victims-green-river-killer

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/oct/15/the/

Podcasts

Crime Junkie 

Documentaries 

Real Crime 

Reports

“Girls Do What They have to to Survive”, a participatory research study created for and by young people in the sex trade & street economies (Young Women’s Empowerment Project)
https://ywepchicago.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/girls-do-what-they-have-to-do-to-survive-a-study-of-resilience-and-resistance.pdf

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Theme Song Title: Creepy Mood | Artist Name: Oleg Fedak

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MAIN TOPIC: Linda Hazzard & Starvation Heights
In our pilot episode, we take inspiration from a ghost tour-pub crawl (Nightly Tours) we went on and recap one of our favorite “haunted” sites in Seattle: Kell’s Pub. Formerly home to a corrupt mortuary, you’ll hear about the ghosts as well as some history about the one-stop-shop Butterworth & Sons funeral home active in the early 1900s. We’ll also take a deep dive into the life of quack, fraud, swindler, alternative medicine practitioner, confidence trickster, and serial murderer, “Dr.” Linda Hazzard. Hang out with us as we unpack the eerie, and learn about how all of these stories connect.

Content warning: extreme restrictive eating and starvation, abuse and murder

Sources: 

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Hazzard
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Ray_Butterworth
3. http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/12/22/the-bizarre-and-gruesome-saga-of-linda-hazzard-the-starvation-doctor/
4. https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2012/03/butterworth-mortuarys-exquisite-corpses-april-2012
5. smithsonianmag.com/history/doctor-who-starved-her-patients-death-180953158/
6. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/starvation-heights-wa/
7. https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/starvation-heights/
8. https://www.wahauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/starvation-heights.html
9. https://seattle.curbed.com/2018/10/31/18048486/pike-place-butterworth-haunted-history
10. https://kellsirish.com/seattle/
11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ0PRi3mWCU&feature=youtu.be 
12. https://livingdeadgirlreview.wordpress.com/tag/kells-irish-pub/
13. https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html
14. Female Criminals Podcast | The Starvation Cure 
15. Travel Channel Ghost Adventures | “Kells Irish Pub” 
16. Nightly Tours Ghost Tours 

Reach out to us with thoughts, comments, questions or collab requests!

Theme Song Title: Creepy Mood | Artist Name: Oleg Fedak

We’ll also be moving minisodes and parts of our series episodes so that they are only available through subscription and on Patreon. If you’re interested and able, the lowest tier is $2/month. This helps us maintain hosting fees and the bare basics of keeping our podcast active. Appreciate your support! 

Theme Song Title: Creepy Mood | Artist Name: Oleg Fedak

Support the show

P.S. We're in the process of updating our intro and making edits to our episodes. You may notice inconsistencies as we do that!