The Ghoul of Grays Harbor

The Pacific Northwest was said to be terrorized by a serial killer
in the early 20th century. Bodies were floating to the surface of
the Chehalis and Wishkah Rivers. A local police chief told
reporters that he believed that they were dealing with “the
greatest murderer of the age.” But the real story was a lot
more complex. It’s about myth-making and working conditions, The
Sailors' Union of the Pacific, and a man named William Gohl (often
called Billy Gohl) who angered the wealthiest and influential
people in town: “They saw him as a thorn in their side and as a
person who needed to be removed.”  Aaron Goings’ book is The
Port of Missing Men: Billy Gohl, Labor, and Brutal Times in the
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