"The Beast of Green River: America's Deadliest Hunt for a Ghost Killer"

For two decades, he was the ultimate predator – a shadow who stalked the Pacific Northwest, leaving a trail of 49 confirmed victims and countless shattered families in his wake. Gary Ridgway didn't just kill women; he perfected the art of making them disappear, dumping bodies along the Green River while taunting the largest serial killer task force in American history. This is the explosive story of the most expensive and extensive manhunt ever conducted, where hundreds of detectives chased a phantom who stayed one step ahead for 20 years. From the first gruesome discovery in 1982 to the shocking breakthrough that finally trapped the monster, we'll expose how Ridgway outsmarted FBI profilers, fooled polygraph tests, and continued killing while being actively investigated. Discover the revolutionary DNA technology that cracked the case, the chilling interviews where Ridgway calmly described his victims like hunting trophies, and the horrifying realization that he could have been stopped years earlier. Featuring exclusive police footage of crime scenes that haunted investigators for decades, recordings of Ridgway's bone-chilling confessions, and testimonies from the task force members who sacrificed everything to catch America's most prolific serial killer. This wasn't just a murder case – it was a war between good and evil that consumed an entire generation of cops.