This week, we continue The Killer in My Backyard series with the disturbing and often overlooked case of Donna Perry, also known as Douglas Perry, one of Spokane, Washington’s serial killers.In 1990, three women were murdered and dumped along the Spokane River. For years, the cases went unsolved and were even briefly attributed to another serial killer active in the area at the time, Robert Lee Yates Jr. It wouldn’t be until years later, following a completely unrelated arrest, that investigators realized they had been looking at the wrong person.In this episode, we walk through Perry’s early life, criminal history, and move to Spokane, before breaking down the Spokane River murders, how Perry avoided detection, and the moment everything finally unraveled. Perry was ultimately caught after attempting to purchase firearms at White Elephant, leading to DNA evidence that tied him directly to the murders.We also examine Perry’s prosecution, the failed defense argument that Donna and Douglas Perry were “different people,” and how advances in DNA testing reassigned these murders away from Robert Lee Yates and onto the correct offender.Told from a local perspective, this episode explores how violence hid in plain sight and how Spokane’s river became a silent witness to crimes that went unseen for far too long.

In this Weird Wednesday episode, we break down the disturbing and bizarrely surreal case of Jonathan Gerlock, a 34-year-old man from Pennsylvania arrested in January 2026 for one of the most shocking grave robbing cases in recent memory.Investigators say Gerlock was stealing human remains from Mount Moriah Cemetery, with some of the bodies dating back to the 1800s. Authorities uncovered nearly 100 skeletons stored between his home and a storage unit, along with evidence that at least one corpse had been left decomposing inside his basement.According to police, Gerlock allegedly sold stolen human bones through Instagram and Facebook, turning historic graves into a black-market operation. What makes the case even stranger is the contrast a heavily tattooed, metal-loving guy committing old-school grave robbery… and allegedly hauling skeletons around in a RAV4.The sheer scale, age of the remains, and audacity of the crimes earned him the nickname the Pennsylvania Ghoul. In this episode, we walk through the timeline of the investigation, how the cemetery thefts were uncovered, and why this case feels like a collision between modern social media, dark subcultures, and crimes people assume only happen in history books.

In this episode, we launch our new series The Killer in My Backyard with the case that hit closest to home: Robert Lee Yates Jr., Spokane, Washington’s infamous Grocery Bag Killer.Yates lived in a quiet South Hill neighborhood, just minutes from where we live, blending into everyday life while committing a series of murders across Washington State. From his early life and military career to the crimes committed in Spokane, Walla Walla, and beyond, we walk through the full timeline of his known victims, his arrest, and the disturbing details that only came to light years later.We also explore how Yates avoided suspicion for so long, the chilling trade he made with investigators to avoid the death penalty, and how later developments revealed that not all victims originally attributed to him were actually his. This case intersects with other notorious Pacific Northwest killers, making it a key chapter in Spokane’s darkest era.Told from a local perspective, this episode goes deeper than most retellings, not just into the crimes, but into what it’s like to realize a serial killer once lived in your metaphorical backyard.