Ep. 188 - The Ghoul of Grays Harbor

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 5 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Between 1903 and 1910, many bodies were found floating in Grays Harbor near Aberdeen, Washington. Police would eventually arrest a local resident named Billy Gohl, a man who has gone down in history as one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. But is any of that true? And was Billy Gohl actually framed? Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast Notes: https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://en.wikipedia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=1002&context=history_theses https://www.amazon.com/Port-Missing-Men-Pacific-Northwest/dp/0295751207/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Aaron+goings&qid=1662213770&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Ghoul-Grays-Harbor-Pacific-Northwest/dp/B07NNMTSR5/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YU02VKY3P12E&keywords=the+ghoul+of+grays+harbor&qid=1662214145&sprefix=the+ghoul+of+grays+harbor%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.1	the 18th and 19th centuries as a carefree and adventurous lifestyle, full of exploration
0:44.7	and mystery out on the high seas.
0:49.0	By the truth life on the ocean was actually pretty terrible for most people.
0:53.9	All the way up through the early 20th century.
0:57.8	Virus waters, fierce storms, disease, and the constant threat of violence often added
1:02.8	up to one of the most dangerous occupations you could have.
1:07.4	A year at sea meant living on nothing but salted beef and bug-in-vested biscuits.
1:12.4	What little sleep you got was hand by squeezing into cramped quarters along with dozens of
1:16.6	your fellow sailors.
1:18.3	Who all wreaked of sweat, urine and tobacco juice?
1:24.0	Saleness was common among the men.
1:26.6	It wasn't uncommon to spend your nights squeezing oozing boils or ripping broken teeth
1:31.2	out of rotten gums.
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1:39.5	Morale was always so low on these long voyages that mutiny remained a constant threat.
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