Tucked quietly into the northwest corner of the United States, the state of Washington

feeds the entire country with things like lumber, manufacturing, and apples.

It also gave us Starbucks and popular games like Pictionary and Cranium.

But all of that does not make it immune from the kind of dark crime we find everywhere

else.

We're revealing the most wicked crimes Washington has to offer.

We will definitely recognize the name at number one.

But we'll share the details about this serial killer sadistic Washington Roots.

Hey all you weirdos, welcome to Crime Countdown, a Spotify original from ParkCast.

I'm Ash, and I'm Elena.

Every week we'll highlight ten fascinating stories of history's most engaging and unsettling

crimes all picked by the ParkCast Research Gods.

This episode we're counting down the top ten wicked Washington crimes.

So I have never been to Washington, but I always wanted to check it out, because to me it

feels very like delightfully gloomy, because it's always rainy, and it just has that way

about it's all green and pretty.

I think it's gauge.

I think Twilight definitely gave it a little boost there for a while.

Not sure if that's what they want to be known for, but we can't always pick what makes

the tourist flock Washington, I don't know what to tell you, sorry.

But also Starbucks, because it's the mothership.

I know.

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