In 1993 27 year old musician and The Gits frontwoman, Mia Zapata, left her friend’s apartment around 2AM. An hour later, her body was found. She had been murdered. The drawstrings from her own band’s sweatshirt had been used to strangle her. It would take over a decade before Mia would receive justice. This is her story…
RESOURCES:
Link to The Gits Documentary (2005): https://dai.ly/x2fn41o
Unsolved Mysteries – Season 8, episode 9 (Aired 2/1/1996)
Forensic Files Season 12 Ep 7
Video of RatHouse https://www.youtube.com/user/KristinNirvana/about
Monty Python clip: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/ce6d6081-6c0a-41eb-93db-2c34df9c55f0
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mia-zapata-murderer-dead-1170206/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Mia_Zapata
https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2014/03/will-mia-zapata-be-remembered-march-2014
https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Singer-s-killer-gets-37-years-1143741.php
https://web.archive.org/web/20130406042509/http://thegits.com/?page_id=410
https://casefilepodcast.com/case-77-mia-zapata/
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930826&slug=1717883
https://musicoholics.com/first-look/that-one-fateful-night-what-happened-to-mia-zapata/
https://nehistripes.com/2018/07/27/legendary-status-mia-zapata-and-the-gits-more-than-30-years/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/mia-zapata-punk-musician-murdered-in-1993-changing-seattle-grunge-scene-694965/
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2003/01/16/13100/finally
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mia-zapatas-killer-convicted-255027/
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/wa-court-of-appeals/1329872.html
http://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/webmanager/index.php?WEB_CAT_ID=50&storyid=2905&headline=Zapata_Murder_Trial_Verdict
https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2014/03/will-mia-zapata-be-remembered-march-2014
https://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/09/zapata/
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3498-chill-wave
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
RESOURCES:
Link to The Gits Documentary (2005): https://dai.ly/x2fn41o
Unsolved Mysteries – Season 8, episode 9 (Aired 2/1/1996)
Forensic Files Season 12 Ep 7
Video of RatHouse https://www.youtube.com/user/KristinNirvana/about
Monty Python clip: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/ce6d6081-6c0a-41eb-93db-2c34df9c55f0
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mia-zapata-murderer-dead-1170206/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Mia_Zapata
https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2014/03/will-mia-zapata-be-remembered-march-2014
https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Singer-s-killer-gets-37-years-1143741.php
https://web.archive.org/web/20130406042509/http://thegits.com/?page_id=410
https://casefilepodcast.com/case-77-mia-zapata/
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930826&slug=1717883
https://musicoholics.com/first-look/that-one-fateful-night-what-happened-to-mia-zapata/
https://nehistripes.com/2018/07/27/legendary-status-mia-zapata-and-the-gits-more-than-30-years/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/mia-zapata-punk-musician-murdered-in-1993-changing-seattle-grunge-scene-694965/
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2003/01/16/13100/finally
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mia-zapatas-killer-convicted-255027/
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/wa-court-of-appeals/1329872.html
http://www.louisvillemusicnews.net/webmanager/index.php?WEB_CAT_ID=50&storyid=2905&headline=Zapata_Murder_Trial_Verdict
https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2014/03/will-mia-zapata-be-remembered-march-2014
https://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/09/zapata/
Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3498-chill-wave
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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