Sleeping with the Green River Killer - Review

In a recent essay published on Slate, Jill McCabe Johnson recounts an unsettling encounter from her youth when she unknowingly had a one-night stand with the notorious Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. Four decades after bringing a polite, blue-eyed man named Gary back to her apartment in the winter of 1981, the author began researching prominent Pacific Northwest serial killers for a new writing project. During her deep dive into Ridgway's background and confession details, she realized that his vehicle description, behavior, and tactics—such as sharing photos of his son to disarm victims—matched her past visitor precisely. Troublingly, she also discovered that one of Ridgway's actual murder victims lived in the exact same apartment complex where McCabe Johnson had resided at the time. Seeking closure, she ultimately mailed a letter to the incarcerated serial killer in prison, though she has yet to receive a response. This episode includes AI-generated content.