Gary Ridgway: The Green River Killer

by Staff of the King County Journal

The story of America's most prolific serial murderer, told by the reporters who covered the case from the beginning. Gary Ridgway got away with murder for more than two decades. When he was finally brought to justice, the Seattle-area truck painter pleaded guilty to strangling 48 girls and young women, while leading the double life of a married man with a steady job. The true number of victims was probably 60 or even 70. "I killed so many women I have a hard time keeping them straight," Ridgway told the court. Here, for the first time, is the story of the longest and largest case of serial murder in American history, told by the newspaper reporters who covered the story from the day it began -- July 15, 1982 -- to the day Ridgway was convicted -- Nov. 5, 2003.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

212 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 2003

Reviews

[AC · Rating 2 out of 5]

A stone-cold sociopath -- and stupid, to boot. smh... The book itself is 3rd rate, slightly sensationalistic.

[Cynthia Tveit, · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book brought information in that I hadn't read in other accounts. It was fascinating and very fast paced. This was written by the journalists who first covered the case, and those who covered it through his convictions. It showed the scope in a deeper way, without going off in tangential details.

[Carie Parkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast, fast read. Learned some interesting stuff about Gary - how he would take things from his victims and leave them in the restroom at Paccar (where he worked) and would get off on seeing a woman pick it up and wear it.

[Megan burling · Rating 5 out of 5]

i like this book because it absted on a rely story. it a sad story. but it all truy sadly.