Thurston County Cat Killer
Unresolved
Unresolved Productions
4.5 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
In October 2017, the mutilated body of a cat was found in a rural area outside of Olympia, Washington. At the time, people tried to explain it away. Maybe it was a car. Maybe coyotes. Nobody wanted to consider the alternative.
But as winter turned into 2018, more fragments turned up. Severed limbs in a field outside of Lacey, a suburb outside of Olympia. Another partial body a week later. No witnesses, no clear pattern, just grisly remains. Maybe it was scavengers, some insisted. But the unease had started...
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains graphic content that may not be suitable for all ages. |
| 0:08.0 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:10.0 | If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. |
| 0:15.0 | Call or text 988 or chat with someone at 988 lifeline.org. Those outside of the U.S. |
| 0:22.9 | reach out to someone at your local crisis center or hotline. Please do not suffer in silence. |
| 0:33.5 | Hey everyone, it's Michael. Today's episode is a bit unusual given our usual lineup of true crime |
| 0:39.1 | stories. This is actually one I had originally penned for Patreon as a bonus episode, but my family |
| 0:44.8 | has been hit hard by every back-to-school virus and pathogen you can think of. I'm actually still on |
| 0:50.1 | the mend and we'll have to edit out quite a few coughs from this episode, but we should |
| 0:54.2 | be back to our normal schedule starting next week. Anyhow, I just thought you should know. |
| 0:59.2 | With that being said, let's roll. |
| 1:05.0 | It was a quiet Sunday morning in West Olympia, Washington, the kind of morning that feels |
| 1:09.7 | like it should be uneventful, routine. |
| 1:12.7 | Kathy Harrigan stepped onto her porch and called out for Harley, her 20-year-old Grey Tabby. |
| 1:18.1 | Every morning for years, Harley had been waiting for her. |
| 1:21.3 | Deaf but faithful, a fixture of her household. |
| 1:24.6 | This time, though, he did not come. |
| 1:27.0 | Then came the police cruiser. The deputy |
| 1:29.4 | walked up to her with that look. The one that tells you the news isn't just bad, it's likely |
| 1:35.4 | going to change the rest of your life. Harley, it turns out, had been found on a neighbor's |
| 1:39.7 | lawn, mutilated, cut open and laid out deliberately, like someone wanted to make sure the body |
| 1:45.6 | would be seen. |
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