True Crime: Gary Ridgway - The Green River Killer

Our True Crime season is here and episode two features Gary Ridgway - The Green River Killer. Jack and Colin will answer the question - what is the best true crime podcast? - with their sideways look at some of the world’s most notorious serial killers and deranged maniacs. For eight episodes, we will be a true crime podcast with humour. Not like Serial, not like Sword and Scale, not like Casefile - like Wrong Term Memory, with lots of murder and a not-too-serious look at some horrific crimes. Wrong Term Memory is proud to work alongside our local sponsorhttps://piesports.com/ ( Pie Sports). We will continue to give away the tastiest pies as prizes during season 2. To enter, simply keep an eye out for the hashtag #WTMpies on our https://twitter.com/WrongTermMemory (Twitter). It really is that simple. If you are not on Twitter, you can enter directly by just sending us your name and address using the formhttps://bit.ly/WTMpie ( here). You can also support the guys by https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wrongtermmemory (buying them a coffee) - any contribution is appreciated. We couldn’t do it without your support x. We are a https://quitethethingmedia.com/ (Quite The Thing Media) original production - creating podcasts that speak to you. Birth and youthVery interesting to see that he ticked many boxes for the ‘profile’ of a youth who may go on to become a ‘worry’ when older. Overbearing Mother who was very prudish as regards sex, and a feckless Father who added very little to the kid in terms of a positive male role model. His father also hated sex workers and saw them as subhuman – this will feature later! His father also told him an anecdote about working in a morgue and how a co-worker had sex with dead bodies…not the most appropriate story for a young son!! His parents argued a lot, and he became anxious. He wet the bed and his Mum would wash his genitals by hand afterwards, even into his teens. He said later he found this sexual and also angered him, and he often daydreamed about killing her. His mum was a