Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry (2010–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - Married to a Monster - full transcript

JUDITH MAWSON WANTED NOTHING
MORE THAN TO BE A DEVOTED WIFE.

AND SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD FINALLY
FOUND A MAN WHO APPRECIATED HER.

GARY WAS MY FRIEND, MY LOVER,
MY COMPANION, MY EVERYTHING.

SHE COULDN'T WAIT
TILL HE'D COME HOME.

SHE'D RUN TO THE DOOR
WITH OPEN ARMS.

THEY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN
HAPPIER, IN MY EYES.

IT WAS LIKE A MARRIAGE
MADE IN HEAVEN.

BUT JUDITH'S
HAPPY LIFE WOULD VANISH

WHEN HER HUSBAND, GARY,
WAS ACCUSED OF BEING

ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS
CRIMINALS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

THERE WAS JUST
THESE CONTINUAL CALLS



OF MORE BODIES BEING DISCOVERED.

IT WAS THE MOST FAMOUS

UNSOLVED MURDER CASE IN AMERICA.

I REMEMBER GOING OVER
AND SITTING DOWN ON THE COUCH,

AND I JUST SAT THERE
AND CRIED AND CRIED.

WHEN IT COMES
TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE,

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS
AS THEY SEEM.

LOVE HASN'T ALWAYS COME EASY
TO JUDITH MAWSON.

WHEN SHE WAS JUST 20 YEARS OLD,

AN ENGLISHMAN
WITH A SOPHISTICATED FLAIR

SWEPT THIS SMALL-TOWN GIRL
OFF HER FEET.

IT WAS LIKE LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

I MET HIM IN
LIKE SEPTEMBER OF 1964.

AND THEN WE WERE MARRIED
IN JANUARY OF 1965...



JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER.

SOON,
THE COUPLE HAD TWO CHILDREN

AND A TIDY HOUSE
OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE.

BUT JUST AFTER
THEIR THIRD ANNIVERSARY,

JUDITH'S HUSBAND
DROPPED A BOMBSHELL.

HE SAID, "JUDITH,
THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL YOU."

HE TOLD ME THAT HE'S BISEXUAL.

AND I SAID, "WELL, WHAT'S THAT?"

I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS.

JUDITH DID HER BEST
TO MAKE IT WORK,

BUT AFTER
ALMOST 20 YEARS OF MARRIAGE,

SHE DECIDED TO STRIKE OUT
ON HER OWN.

I WAS GETTING MORE INDEPENDENT
AS TIME WENT BY.

AND THAT'S WHEN I GOT DIVORCED
FROM HIM,

'CAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO LIVE
HIS LIFESTYLE ANYMORE.

EIGHT MONTHS AFTER HER DIVORCE,

JUDITH WAS FINALLY
COMING INTO HER OWN.

ONE EVENING AT A LOCAL BAR,

A TALL STRANGER WITH A BIG SMILE

WALKED UP
AND ASKED HER TO DANCE.

HIS NAME WAS GARY RIDGWAY.

WE DANCED
TO THE COUNTRY-WESTERN MUSIC,

AND THAT WAS FUN AND NICE.

LATER ON,
AS THE EVENING WENT BY,

HE KIND OF BENT DOWN
AND KISSED ME.

AND LIKE, "WOW."

IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED,

JUDITH AND GARY
GOT TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER.

GARY WAS SO KIND AND GENTLE
AND ATTRACTIVE,

ALWAYS SMILING AND PLEASANT.

HE NEVER GOT ANGRY.

GARY WAS PRACTICALLY PERFECT,

EXCEPT FOR THAT NASTY SCARRING
ON HIS RIGHT ARM.

I ASKED HIM ABOUT THE SCARS
ON HIS ARM.

HE HAD TOLD ME
THAT HE WAS WORKING ON A CAR,

AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE
AND BURNED HIS ARM.

AND I FELT BAD FOR HIM,
'CAUSE THAT WAS PRETTY PAINFUL.

IT DID NOT LOOK GOOD.

JUDITH ACCEPTED
GARY'S EXPLANATION

AND THOUGHT NO MORE ABOUT IT.

JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER,

GARY SURPRISED JUDITH
BY ASKING HER TO LIVE WITH HIM.

HE INVITED ME
TO MOVE IN HIS HOUSE,

AND THEN I REMEMBER SAYING
TO HIM,

"WELL, I'VE GOT A LOT
OF FURNITURE."

AND GARY'S HOUSE
NEEDED A WOMAN'S TOUCH.

AFTER ALL, HALF THE CARPET IN
THE BEDROOM HAD BEEN RIPPED OUT

AND NEVER REPLACED.

HE INVITED HER TO GO WITH HIM
TO THE CARPET STORE,

AND HE ASKED HER OPINION
ON COLOR AND STYLE OF CARPET.

AND, OF COURSE,
SHE WAS DELIGHTED TO DO IT.

AS ODD AS
THE RIPPED CARPET WAS TO JUDITH,

SHE WAS THRILLED HER BOYFRIEND
WANTED HER HELP

IN MAKING A HOME TOGETHER.

SHE WOULD JUST LOOK AT HIM
WITH THEM EYES,

AND YOU'D KNOW
THAT SHE LOVED HIM.

THIS WAS HER MAN, YOU KNOW?

AFTER SO MANY YEARS,

LIFE AND LOVE
WERE FINALLY GOOD TO JUDITH.

SHE FOUND PART-TIME WORK
AT A DAYCARE CENTER

AND HAPPILY KEPT HOUSE
WHILE GARY WORKED LONG HOURS

PAINTING TRUCKS AT A PLANT
OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE.

BUT JUST TWO YEARS
INTO THEIR RELATIONSHIP,

THE COUPLE'S COZY LIFE TOGETHER

WAS SHAKEN
BY AN UNEXPECTED VISIT.

IN 1987, I WAS WORKING
IN THE DAYCARE CENTER,

AND THREE VERY BIG
AND TALL DETECTIVES

SAID THEY WANTED TO TALK TO ME.

AND I HAD TO GO WITH THEM.

I WAS SCARED.

I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

AND THEY STARTED QUESTIONING ME
ABOUT GARY.

DETECTIVES TOLD HER THAT
THEY HAD PICKED UP GARY THAT DAY

AND THAT THEY
WERE QUESTIONING HIM.

WAS JUDITH'S PERFECT
BOYFRIEND KEEPING A DARK SECRET?

I DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE
OR WHAT TO BELIEVE.

JUDITH TOLD ME,
"THEY HAVE THE WRONG GUY.

THIS CANNOT BE POSSIBLE."

AFTER
A DIFFICULT FIRST MARRIAGE,

JUDITH MAWSON FELT SURE THAT
HER NEW BOYFRIEND, GARY RIDGWAY,

WAS A MAN SHE COULD TRUST.

GARY WAS MY FRIEND, MY LOVER,
MY COMPANION, MY EVERYTHING.

SO JUDITH WAS SHOCKED

WHEN JUST TWO YEARS
INTO THEIR RELATIONSHIP,

SHE WAS VISITED
BY SEVERAL DETECTIVES

FROM THE LOCAL
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

THEY WANTED TO TALK TO GARY
IN CONNECTION

WITH THE "GREEN RIVER KILLER"
INVESTIGATION.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
I'D EVER HEARD

ABOUT THE GREEN RIVER KILLER,

BECAUSE I NEVER LISTENED
TO THE NEWS,

SO I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THE NOTORIOUS GREEN RIVER KILLER

HAD BEEN TERRORIZING THE SEATTLE
AREA FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.

THE GREEN RIVER KILLER

WAS THE MOST FAMOUS
UNSOLVED MURDER CASE IN AMERICA.

IT WAS THE BIGGEST CASE
THAT I KNOW OF IN THE COUNTRY.

BEGINNING IN 1982,

THE BODIES
OF STRANGLED PROSTITUTES

BEGAN TO SURFACE
ALONG THE GREEN RIVER,

A BODY OF WATER THAT RUNS
PARALLEL TO THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY.

WE STARTED OUT WITH ONE VICTIM.

THEN WE FOUND A SECOND VICTIM.

THEN WE FOUND A THIRD VICTIM.

WHEN IT GOT UP TO 10 OR 12,

THEN THEY STARTED SAYING,
"WE HAVE A SERIAL KILLER HERE."

AND THE NEWS STARTED,
AT THAT TIME,

CALLING HIM
THE GREEN RIVER KILLER.

BY 1987,

THE GREEN RIVER KILLER
HAD MURDERED OVER 40 WOMEN,

MAKING HIM
THE MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLER

IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

THERE WAS NO DISTINCT PATTERN.

SOMETIMES, IT WOULD LITERALLY
BE BACK-TO-BACK,

MAYBE ONE OR TWO DAYS APART.

AND THEN WEEKS WOULD GO BY, AND
WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY VICTIMS.

AND THEN SUDDENLY,
HE WOULD START AGAIN.

DESPERATE FOR LEADS,

DETECTIVES FOCUSED ON REGULAR
DRIVERS ON THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY,

AND ONE OF THOSE DRIVERS

WAS JUDITH'S BOYFRIEND,
GARY RIDGWAY.

WE HAD THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF TIPS,

AND WE HAD TO FOLLOW UP
ON ALL OF THEM.

JUDITH DID HER BEST
TO COOPERATE,

AND GARY WAS BROUGHT IN
FOR QUESTIONING.

HE SEEMED UNNATURALLY CALM.

HE WAS NOT ASKING ANY QUESTIONS.

HE WAS JUST QUIET.

GARY INSISTED
HE HAD NOTHING TO HIDE

AND FULLY COOPERATED WITH
THE KING COUNTY FORENSICS TEAM.

WE DID GET A SALIVA SWAB
AND HAIR SAMPLES.

HE'D TAKEN A POLYGRAPH,
HAD PASSED IT, AND THAT WAS IT.

IT WAS DROPPED.

GARY WAS RELEASED
SEVERAL HOURS LATER.

WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME,
HE REASSURED JUDITH

THAT HIS INTERVIEW WITH POLICE
WAS JUST PAR FOR THE COURSE.

YOU KNOW,
HE KIND OF SHRUGGED IT OFF.

HE TOLD HER THAT THEY TOOK
IN MANY MEN AND QUESTIONED THEM.

OBVIOUSLY, HE DIDN'T DO IT,
BECAUSE THEY LET HIM GO.

HE TOLD HER
TO JUST FORGET ABOUT IT.

IT WAS JUST A MISTAKE.

"LET'S JUST GET BACK
TO LIVING LIFE."

I ASKED HIM POINT-BLANK,

"GARY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH THIS?"

HE SAYS, "ABSOLUTELY NOT, JIM."

HE SAID, "IT'S NOT ME.
I DIDN'T DO IT."

AND WE NEVER SPOKE ANY MORE
ABOUT IT.

LIFE SOON RETURNED
TO NORMAL FOR JUDITH AND GARY.

THEY SETTLED INTO A COMFORTABLE,
PREDICTABLE ROUTINE.

GARY WOULD GO INTO WORK
TWO HOURS EARLY FOR OVERTIME.

HE WOULD GET UP
ABOUT 4:00 IN THE MORNING,

AND THEN HE WOULD GO DOWN
AND MAKE COFFEE

AND TAKE HIS VITAMINS
AND SET OUT VITAMINS FOR ME.

AND THEN HE WOULD PACK UP
HIS LUNCH,

AND AFTER HE GOT ALL READY
TO GO TO WORK,

HE WOULD COME UP
AND GIVE ME A KISS GOODBYE.

AND I ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD
TO HIM COMING HOME.

GARY WAS METHODICAL IN THE WAY
THAT HE APPROACHED EVERYTHING,

AND JUDITH APPRECIATED THAT.

SHE LIKED THAT PREDICTABILITY.

AND AFTER ANOTHER YEAR TOGETHER,

JUDITH AND GARY KNEW THEY WERE
FINALLY READY TO TIE THE KNOT.

I FORGET EXACTLY HOW I SAID IT,

BUT I HAD TOLD HIM,
"WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET MARRIED.

YOU'RE NOT GETTING RID OF ME."

AND HE SAID, "ALL RIGHT,
LET'S GET MARRIED."

GOOD FRIENDS
JIM AND LINDA BAILEY

VOLUNTEERED THEIR YARD
FOR THE OCCASION.

IT WAS A VERY PRETTY DAY.

JIM WAS GARY'S BEST MAN.

AND THEY JUST SEEMED SO EXCITED.

THEY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAPPIER,
IN MY EYES.

IT WAS LIKE A MARRIAGE
MADE IN HEAVEN.

AND I JUST WAS SO HAPPY
TO BECOME MRS. GARY RIDGWAY.

MEANWHILE, THE SEARCH FOR
THE GREEN RIVER KILLER CONTINUED.

DETECTIVES HAD BEGUN TO NOTICE

A STRANGE NEW PATTERN
IN THE MURDERS.

WE WERE NOT FINDING
FRESH VICTIMS.

IT APPEARED THAT
WHOEVER THIS KILLER WAS

HAD EITHER MOVED AWAY OR HAD
DECIDED, FOR WHATEVER REASON,

TO EITHER STOP
OR REALLY, REALLY SLOW DOWN.

DESPITE A 40-MEMBER TASK FORCE,

$15 MILLION,

AND OVER A DECADE
OF PAINSTAKING POLICE WORK,

THE INVESTIGATION HAD GONE COLD.

THERE WAS A THEORY AT ONE TIME

THAT MAYBE HE MOVED ON
TO A DIFFERENT STATE.

YOU KNOW, THE GREEN RIVER KILLER

BECAME REALLY LIKE A LEGEND
AROUND HERE.

AS THE YEARS PASSED,

JUDITH AND GARY
PLANNED FOR RETIREMENT

AND TOOK PLEASURE
IN THE LITTLE THINGS...

...TENDING THEIR GARDEN,

RAISING TWO POODLES,

AND WATCHING MOVIES AT NIGHT.

WE HAD A WONDERFUL LIFE.

JUDITH WAS SURE SHE'D
FINALLY FOUND THE MAN OF HER DREAMS,

UNTIL NOVEMBER 30, 2001,

WHEN HER LIFE WOULD BE SHATTERED
FOREVER.

I HEARD A CAR DRIVE
IN THE DRIVEWAY.

AND THERE WAS THIS KNOCK
ON THE DOOR.

I JUST KIND OF LOST IT, SAID,
"NO, THIS CAN'T BE."

IT WAS LATE FALL OF 2001.

AND JUDITH MAWSON HAD BEEN
MARRIED TO GARY RIDGWAY

FOR OVER 13 WONDERFUL YEARS.

GARY MADE ME SMILE EVERY DAY.

I HAD THE PERFECT HUSBAND,
I THOUGHT.

NOVEMBER 30, 2001,

BEGAN LIKE ANY OTHER DAY
FOR JUDITH.

GARY HAD ALREADY GONE
TO WORK IN THE MORNING,

AND I HEARD A CAR DRIVE
IN THE DRIVEWAY.

AND I THOUGHT, "IT'S TOO
EARLY FOR GARY TO COME HOME."

AND THERE WAS THIS KNOCK
ON THE DOOR.

AND IT WAS THE DETECTIVES.

THEY WERE TELLING ME
THAT HE WAS A SUSPECT

FOR THE GREEN RIVER KILLER.

THOUGH GARY HAD BEEN
QUESTIONED AND RELEASED 14 YEARS EARLIER,

HE NEVER STOPPED
BEING A SUSPECT.

THEY SAID,
"WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

WE WANT TO ASK YOU
SOME QUESTIONS."

AND I JUST SAT THERE AND CRIED.

SHE WAS JUST VERY
DISBELIEVING, AND SHE DID SAY IT,

"YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY
QUESTIONED HIM.

YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY
CLEARED HIM."

BUT THIS TIME,
DETECTIVES COULD BACK UP THEIR ACCUSATIONS

WITH SCIENTIFIC FACTS.

DNA WASN'T PART
OF OUR VOCABULARY IN '87.

BY 2000,

NEW TECHNIQUES FOR BEING ABLE
TO GET DNA PROFILES

OUT OF SMALLER AND SMALLER
AND SMALLER SAMPLES,

AND THAT'S WHAT BROKE THE CASE
FOR RIDGWAY.

ALL THAT EVIDENCE
THAT WAS GATHERED IN '82 AND '83

NOW CAN BE PROCESSED, AND NOW
THEY COULD GET A DNA PROFILE.

THEY WERE ABLE TO LINK HIS DNA

TO SOME OF THE BODIES
THAT WERE FOUND.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE
WERE SOME FLECKS OF PAINT

THAT WERE KNOWN TO BE USED
AT THE PLANT

WHERE GARY PAINTED TRUCKS

ASSOCIATED
WITH SOME OF THE BODIES.

AFTER ALMOST
20 FRUSTRATING YEARS,

ADVANCEMENTS IN FORENSIC SCIENCE

HAD FINALLY BLOWN THIS OLD CASE
WIDE OPEN.

GARY RIDGWAY WAS ARRESTED

AND INITIALLY CHARGED
WITH FOUR COUNTS OF MURDER.

IT WAS LIKE A BIG BRICK WALL

JUST DROPPING DOWN
AND STOPPING MY LIFE.

I WAS JUST IN SUCH SHOCK.

BUT GARY INSISTED
HE WAS INNOCENT.

DESPERATE
FOR HIS WIFE'S SUPPORT,

HE CALLED JUDITH FROM PRISON.

HE CALLED ME AND TOLD ME
THAT HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

AND I WAS JUST SO CONFUSED.

HE WAS BEGGING JUDITH
TO BELIEVE HIM,

THAT THERE'S NO WAY,
THAT HE WAS A NICE MAN.

"COME ON, JUDITH, YOU KNOW ME.

"AM I THE KIND OF GUY
WHO WOULD MURDER WOMEN?

"NO.

YOU JUST HANG IN THERE.
I'LL BE HOME SOON."

BUT GARY DIDN'T COME HOME SOON,

AND OVER THE NEXT YEAR,

AS INVESTIGATORS CONTINUED
TO BUILD THEIR CASE AGAINST HIM,

JUDITH'S WORLD
CAME COMPLETELY UNDONE.

SHE WAS LOSING EVERYTHING
SHE HAD EVER WANTED IN HER LIFE.

I DON'T THINK SHE KNEW
THAT HE WASN'T GUILTY.

I THINK SHE WAS HOPING
THAT HE WASN'T GUILTY.

SHE WAS HOPING WITH ALL SHE HAD,

BECAUSE SHE KNEW
WHAT SHE WAS LOSING.

JUDITH SPENT TWO AGONIZING YEARS

WAITING FOR THE CASE
TO GO TO TRIAL.

IT'S LIKE HAVING
YOUR HEART RIPPED OPEN...

AND YOUR LIFE STOP.

THERE WAS A MOMENT THERE
WHEN SHE REALLY THOUGHT

IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO JUST DIE.

SHE DIDN'T DESERVE
TO HAVE THAT DONE TO HER.

AND THAT WAS HARD
TO WATCH HER CRY.

SHE WAS OUT THERE ALL ALONE.

IN DESPERATION,
JUDITH CLUNG TO GARY'S PROMISE

THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS WRONG AND
THAT HE WOULD SOON BE RELEASED.

HE WOULD TELL ME,
NO, HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

EVERYTHING
WILL GET TAKEN CARE OF.

IT'LL ALL DISAPPEAR.
IT'LL ALL GET BETTER.

JUDITH'S HOPES
WERE ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED.

HOW DO YOU PLEAD?

I JUST SAT THERE WITH TEARS
GOING DOWN MY FACE LIKE,

"THIS IS REAL."

IN NOVEMBER 2003,

JUDITH MAWSON SAT GLUED
TO HER TV.

HER BELOVED HUSBAND,
GARY RIDGWAY,

STOOD ACCUSED OF THE DEATHS
OF DOZENS OF WOMEN

IN A 19-YEAR KILLING SPREE.

GARY DIDN'T EVEN LOOK
LIKE HIMSELF ANYMORE.

HE WAS SOME OTHER PERSON.

FOR THE TWO YEARS
LEADING UP TO HIS TRIAL,

GARY HAD INSISTED
THAT HE WAS INNOCENT.

BUT AS JUDITH WATCHED IN HORROR,

HE FINALLY ADMITTED
THE SHOCKING TRUTH.

HOW DO YOU PLEAD?

GUILTY.

AFTER I HEARD HIM SAY "GUILTY"
AFTER EVERYONE'S NAME,

I JUST SAT THERE WITH TEARS
GOING DOWN MY FACE.

IT WAS LIKE, "IT'S REAL."

"THIS IS IT.
HE DID IT."

GARY PLED GUILTY
TO 48 MURDERS IN ALL.

FOR JUDITH,
IT WAS INCONCEIVABLE.

THE HAPPIEST YEARS OF HER LIFE

WERE SPENT WITH
THE MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLER

IN THE HISTORY
OF THE UNITED STATES.

HOW COULD HE HAVE DONE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

AND AS JUDITH LOOKED
BACK AT THEIR 16 YEARS TOGETHER,

THINGS THAT HAD SEEMED
SO INNOCENT AT THE TIME

SUDDENLY TOOK ON A DARKER LIGHT.

THERE WAS THE MYSTERIOUS
MISSING CARPET...

THE DETECTIVES TOLD ME

THAT HE HAD PROBABLY ROLLED UP
A BODY IN THE CARPET

AND THEN GOTTEN RID OF IT.

...THE EARLY MORNINGS

WHEN HE SAID HE WAS PUTTING IN
OVERTIME...

THAT'S PROBABLY WHEN HE WENT OUT

AND WAS PICKING UP THESE WOMEN
AND KILLED THEM.

...AND EVEN
THE LONG SCAR ON HIS FOREARM.

ONE OF THE WOMEN HAD SCRATCHED
HIS ARM WITH HER FINGERNAILS,

AND THEN LATER ON,
HE HAD POURED BATTERY ACID ON IT

SO THAT IT LOOKED MORE LIKE
A BURN.

INSIDE THE LOVING HUSBAND
THAT JUDITH HAD KNOWN FOR SO LONG

LIVED A MONSTER,

AND SHE NEVER EVEN KNEW
IT WAS THERE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT GARY

REALLY UNDERSTOOD
HIS OWN REASONS FOR KILLING,

BUT THERE SEEMED TO BE
SORT OF A PATTERN

THAT SOME OF THE PROSTITUTES
INSULTED HIM

BY TELLING HIM TO HURRY UP OR
DISRESPECTING HIM IN SOME WAY.

AND THAT WOULD SET OFF RAGE
AND THE URGE TO KILL.

WITH DOZENS OF WOMEN

STILL MISSING AND UNACCOUNTED
FOR IN THE SEATTLE AREA,

INVESTIGATORS MAY NEVER KNOW

THE FULL EXTENT
OF GARY RIDGWAY'S KILLING SPREE.

HE WAS THE WORST OF THE WORST.

IMAGINE SOMEONE
METHODICALLY KILLING,

INDIVIDUALLY AND PERSONALLY,

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE
ONE AFTER THE OTHER.

LOOKING BACK AT ALL THE
DIFFERENT SERIAL-KILLER CASES,

WITHIN THE UNITED STATES
AT LEAST,

THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER
OF JUST HORRIFIC CRIMES,

AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OF THEM

THAT REALLY REACH
THE LEVEL OF RIDGWAY.

IRONICALLY, IT MAY HAVE
BEEN GARY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDITH

THAT KEPT THE LIST
OF HIS VICTIMS

FROM GROWING EVEN LONGER.

THE KILL RATE WENT DOWN

DURING THE YEARS
THAT THEY WERE TOGETHER.

HE NEVER
COMPLETELY STOPPED KILLING,

BUT THE FREQUENCY DID GO DOWN.

AND WHEN I INTERVIEWED GARY
IN PRISON,

HE TOLD ME
THAT HE REALLY LOVED JUDITH

AND THAT THAT WAS
THE HAPPIEST TIME IN HIS LIFE

AND THAT HIS DESIRE FOR KILLING
REALLY DID GO DOWN.

I DON'T THINK HE EVER MEANT
TO FALL IN LOVE, BUT HE DID.

SOMETIMES I STILL KIND OF
TELL MYSELF THAT,

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE
IF I'LL EVER TRUST ANOTHER MAN.

SO I'M GONNA BE REAL CAREFUL
IF I EVER DO MEET SOMEONE.

IT HAS BEEN...

...VERY TRAUMATIC.

FROM HIS SMALL CELL AT
WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY,

GARY WRITES TO JUDITH OFTEN.

"BEFORE I MET YOU,

"I HAD A BIG, EMPTY HOLE
IN MY HEART.

"WHEN I MET YOU, I KNEW YOU WERE
THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD FILL IT.

"I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU.

LOVE YOU FOREVER, GARY."

IN 2003,
JUDITH STOPPED WRITING BACK

AND FILED FOR DIVORCE.

I WANTED TO KEEP
ALL THAT POISON OUT OF ME

AND GET ON WITH MY LIFE.