The Dark Strangler, Every Landlady's Nightmare | Part 2: Earle Nelson | Portland, Oregon

PNW Haunts & Homicides · Aug 20, 2026 · 1h 11m · transcript

Picking up where we left off in Part 1, Earle Leonard Nelson — the man newspapers called the 'Dark Strangler,' the 'Gorilla Man,' and the 'Gorilla Killer' — unbeknownst to the public or authorities had left the Pacific Northwest and was heading east. Behind him: a trail of victims across California, Oregon, and Washington, including four in Portland alone. Ahead of him: a killing spree that would accelerate across the Midwest and Eastern United States before finally being brought to a halt in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Part 2 follows Nelson to Iowa, Kansas City, Philadelphia, and Buffalo where he…