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The Search for the Green River Killer

The True Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

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The Search for the Green River Killer

By: Carlton Smith, Tomas Guillen
Narrated by: Keith Sellon-Wright
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In the 1980s and 1990s, 49 women in the Seattle area were brutally murdered, their bodies dumped along the Green River and Pacific Highway South in Washington State. Despite an exhaustive investigation - even serial killer Ted Bundy was consulted to assist with psychological profiling - the sadistic killer continued to elude authorities for nearly 20 years.

Then, in 2001, after mounting suspicion and with DNA evidence finally in hand, King County police charged a 52-year-old truck painter, Gary Ridgway, with the murders. His confession and the horrific details of his crimes only added fuel to the notoriety of the Green River Killer.

Journalists Carlton Smith and Tomas Guillen covered the murders for the Seattle Times from day one, receiving a Pulitzer Prize nomination for their work. They wrote the first edition of this book before the police had their man. Revised after Ridgway's conviction, The Search for the Green River Killer is the ultimate authoritative account of the Pacific Northwest killing spree that held a nation spellbound - and continues to horrify and fascinate, spawning dramatizations and documentaries of a demented killer who seemed unstoppable for decades.

©1991 Carlton Smith and Tomas Guillen (P)2019 Tantor Americas Murder State & Local True Crime United States Serial Killers True Crime

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For all fans of real crime great listen.
Interesting story although the voice over was badly performed. It could be good for an economic book not a crime story. Monotonic and boring performance in my opinion. Voice over for those kind of books should be chosen more carefully .

Very interesting book

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Easy to listen and loved that this was so detailed. People like this makes you think

Loved it

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Found this book hard to stop listening to. The narrator was easy to listen to too.

Thrilling

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Just about bearable by listening on 1.3x, otherwise the monotone droning on of the narrator makes it really hard work to listen to the book. The story itself is well written and very detailed.

Gripping story badly let down by the narrator

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this is one of the most informative books I've listened to, not only dose it go into detail after detail, Gary ridgeway was one of the sickest individuals ever to live, and if it hadn't been for the invasion of dna then he might never have been caught, this is something that's bone chilling and scary. the narrator at some points sounded creepy as hell still did an amazing job 5* all day long

green river killer

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Wow, +17h worth listening! Nice tempo, voice and exciting. Keeps moving forward and greath depht.

Thrilling

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What a fantastic listen, I am a true crime enthusiast and knew it was Gary Ridgeway but this did not detract from this fantastic listen.

Green River Killer

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listen to this about 4x fantastically writing a great insight so much to this book

Great insight

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Long & detailed book, interesting case. Focus on police process.
Narrator has strong american accent, took some getting used to as a Brit. Sample first

Interesting

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This book badly needs editing. It would be a better read or listen if half the extraneous material were excised. It was well read by Sellon-Wright, but so much boring detail - particularly the minutiae of local politics - means l nearly gave up on it many times.

Much too long

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