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