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Since 1890. with three restaurants in town, they know what theyre doing. >> anthony: are you eating this whole? head, tail, bones and all? >> knute: yes. ♪ >> anthony: whole local smelt, flash-fried and served with pepperoncini sambal aioli. local dungeness crab, cooked and chilled with pickled ginger sauce. and oysters, lots of oysters. >> anthony: so seattle has been, for a very long time, considered one of the more foodie, for lack of a better word, foodie cities. >> knute: yeah. >> anthony...

Offer here? >> budtender: we do have a deal on our pack of three today from hollingsworth. which they have the blueberry kush, the alaskan thunder -- and also a dutch treat which will be more of a hybrid. >> anthony:i mean, i have to -- alaskan thunder -- you kind of have to. this is from our friends at hollingsworth? >> budtender: yeah, these are from hollingsworth, which is very nice. ♪ >> anthony: two hours outside of seattle lies hollingsworth cannabis company farm. the woods are alive wit...

The time youre in february, i mean, you want to become a serial killer. i mean -- >> anthony: apparently you can. [ laughter ] >> anthony: is seattle a teeming hive of serial killers? or am i just an idiot with a morbidly over-active imagination and an attraction to the dark, ugly side of life. meet retired homicide detective mike ciesynski who for over 12 years specialized in cold cases in the region. we meet at the shanghai room in greenwood where fred moody tends bar. the north star diner nex...

♪ darkness shining then disappearing ♪ ♪ day follows night night follows day ♪ ♪ goodbye goodbye to beauty ♪ ♪ goodbye goodbye to beauty ♪ >> anthony: are you at all sentimental about how seattle used to be? >> mark: you know, i guess its sort of like being sentimental about grade school or, you know, any time in your life that isnt around anymore. i miss some of the guys that were around then that arent around anymore, you know. some of my friends. but, you know, thats life.

"i want to be r&d. can i smoke and tell you if the weed is good?" and then all of a sudden he starts moving. >> raft: my business plan ended at "get a license." to get a license it was to build a fence, put up some cameras and get out the way. and theyll come, give you a final inspection and now you are licensed to grow weed in the state of washington. >> anthony: how many people grow weed, do you think, in the seattle, washington state region? >> raft: theres a lot. >> joy: theres a lot. theres...

Crisis where people are starting to really question what is seattle and who is it? but historically, you go back to the 90s, i mean it was the city of grunge. and now i would say its the city of geeks. its boomtown right now. >> todd: and yeah, this kind of boom does happen in other places, but then again it doesnt. ♪ >> john cook and todd bishop of geekwire. an industry leading news site that started covering the tech industry back in 2011. lunch is at revel right down the street from their o...

To go to mason county, grow a ton of weed." and were all like, "what are you talking about?" and my mom raises her hand, she goes, "wait, i have something really important." we all look at her and she goes, "i want to be r&d. can i smoke and tell you if the weed is good?" and then all of a sudden he starts moving. >> raft: my business plan ended at "get a license." to get a license it was to build a fence, put up some cameras and get out the way. and theyll come, give you a final inspection and ...

A procession spills in ♪ ♪ at the white sea wall waves crash and crash again ♪ ♪ darkness shining then disappearing ♪ ♪ day follows night night follows day ♪ ♪ goodbye goodbye to beauty ♪ ♪ goodbye goodbye to beauty ♪ >> anthony: are you at all sentimental about how seattle used to be? >> mark: you know, i guess its sort of like being sentimental about grade school or, you know, any time in your life that isnt around anymore.

>> mike: well, i dont think that most serial killers went shopping for areas where they lived, this is just where they ended up. when youre a detective for as long as ive been a detective and youre around very evil people, its a place where i dont want you to have to come look at through my eyes. i can talk to you about it and all that but i hope you never have to see it, like i seen it. because you know, its a different place. its a place you dont want to be. >> anthony: how many, uh, how many ...

Hours outside of seattle? >> mark: yeah, in eastern washington, which is like the countryside, ranching, farming community. >> anthony: you dont live here anymore, you live in la now? >> mark: yeah. >> anthony: how long since you left? >> mark: its been 20 years. >> anthony: oh wow. >> mark:but i come back here, you know, a couple times a year and play shows. i still have family in the city and i think of it as home still, you know, i always will. its just uh, its the home i dont live in anymore...