2. An Asshole Aquarius

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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://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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Chapters

1. 2. An Asshole Aquarius (00:00:00)

2. Content Warning (00:00:59)

3. Introducing the Green River Killer (00:01:13)

4. Violence Against Girls & Women in the Sex Trade (00:34:45)