2. An Asshole Aquarius
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09/10/20 • 69 min
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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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
Thank you for listening to our passion project <3 You can find us on social media here! We're a team of 2 people & have always been ad-free. If you are enjoying, please consider supporting our sustainability on Patreon or by making a one-time contribution via CashApp $unpacktheeerie.
- your grateful hosts
Previous Episode
Pilot: Tortured Whispers & Exquisite Corpses
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:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Hazzard
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Ray_Butterworth
- http://www.the13thfloor.tv/2016/12/22/the-bizarre-and-gruesome-saga-of-linda-hazzard-the-starvation-doctor/
- https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2012/03/butterworth-mortuarys-exquisite-corpses-april-2012
- smithsonianmag.com/history/doctor-who-starved-her-patients-death-180953158/
- https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/washington/starvation-heights-wa/
- https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/starvation-heights/
- https://www.wahauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/starvation-heights.html
- https://seattle.curbed.com/2018/10/31/18048486/pike-place-butterworth-haunted-history
- https://kellsirish.com/seattle/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ0PRi3mWCU&feature=youtu.be
- https://livingdeadgirlreview.wordpress.com/tag/kells-irish-pub/
- https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html
- Female Criminals Podcast | The Starvation Cure
- Travel Channel Ghost Adventures | “Kells Irish Pub”
- Nightly Tours Ghost Tours
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Next Episode
3. A Blood Soaked Limited Too T-Shirt*
TOPIC: Slenderman Stabbing
“We didn’t want to go, we didn’t want to kill them, but it's persistent silence and outstretched arms horrified and comforted us at the same time.” In this episode, we do a deep dive into how a creepy curiosity turned into real life horror when two 12 year old girls attempted to murder their close friend. Unpack the eerie with us as we uncover the lore behind Slenderman, explore the social/psychological phenomena behind the girls’ motivations, and the problematic nature of our carceral systems.
CW: violence, mental illness, incarceration, forensic hospitalization, brief mentions of domestic violence, systemic racial violence
*originally uploaded as two separate episodes: Slendy Pt. 1 (A Blood Soaked Limited Too T-Shirt ) & Slendy Pt 2. (Folie a Deux)
Sources can be found here.
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