{"podcast":{"title":"Beyond The Horizon","slug":"beyond-the-horizon-4355856","podcast_index_feed_id":4355856,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5080327/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-the-horizon_1","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/47e4689ca71b1822972dd2596fddebbf.jpg","author":"Bobby Capucci","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Beyond the Horizon is a project that aims to dig a bit deeper than just the surface level that we are so used to with the legacy media while at the same time attempting to side step the gaslighting and rhetoric in search of the truth. From the day to day news that dominates the headlines to more complex geopolitical issues that effect all of our lives, we will be exploring them all. It's time to stop settling for what is force fed to us and it's time to look beyond the horizon.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T12:17:52.977093+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-horizon-4355856"},"episode":{"title":"Mega Edition:   Gary Ridgway And The Green River Murders (Part 5-8) (9/21/26)","slug":"mega-edition-gary-ridgway-and-the-green-river-murders-part-5-8-9-21-26","published_at":"2026-09-21T08:15:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-horizon-4355856/mega-edition-gary-ridgway-and-the-green-river-murders-part-5-8-9-21-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-horizon-4355856","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mega-edition-gary-ridgway-and-the-green-river-murders-part-5-8-9-21-26--75237574","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75237574/megagreenriver5n6n7n8.mp3","summary":"Gary Ridgway’s confessions came after he struck a 2003 plea agreement with King County prosecutors that spared him the death penalty in exchange for a complete and truthful accounting of every murder he committed in the county. Ridgway ultimately pleaded guilty to 48 counts of aggravated first-degree murder and spent months giving investigators detailed interviews about how he selected, killed and disposed of his victims. He admitted that he deliberately targeted women he believed were sex workers because he thought they would be less likely to be immediately missed and because he believed their lifestyles made them easier to approach. Ridgway described strangling most of his victims, frequently having sex with them before killing them and, in some cases, returning to their bodies afterward. He also explained how he dumped victims in clusters around remote wooded areas, the Green River and other locations so he could keep track of where he had left them. What made the confessions especially chilling was Ridgway’s detached manner and his admission that he had killed so many women that he could no longer clearly remember all of them. Investigators used the interviews to take him back to disposal sites, identify victims and resolve cases that had remained open for decades. The FBI later described him as speaking about the murders and sexual violations with striking emotional detachment, treating the women more like objects than human beings and showing little genuine empathy for the suffering he caused. Ridgway officially admitted to 48 murders, but investigators have long believed his true victim count may have been higher, and he himself suggested during questioning that he had killed more women than he could reliably identify. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com","meta_description":"Gary Ridgway’s confessions came after he struck a 2003 plea agreement with King County prosecutors that spared him the death penalty in exchange for a com…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2896,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beyond-the-horizon-4355856/episodes/mega-edition-gary-ridgway-and-the-green-river-murders-part-5-8-9-21-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-horizon-4355856/mega-edition-gary-ridgway-and-the-green-river-murders-part-5-8-9-21-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}