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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 next door provides nourishment. crab, bacon and melted chees...

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 over 1100 producer...

Screaming trees in the 90s and continuing through numerous brilliant collaborations with artists like queens of the stone age, pj harvey, kurt cobain, unkle, mad season, the gutter twins, isobel campbell and massive attack. maybe you know him from such theme songs as -- this show. ♪ >> mark: wow. spicy. >> anthony: yeah, thats good. >> anthony: dinner with mark and touring guitarist jeff fielder at ocho in ballard, where they serve up generous drinks and tasty spanish-influenced tapas. >> anth...

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. ♪ would you put on that long white dress ♪ ♪ while i burn when theres no more tomorrows ♪ ♪ will you walk with me underground ♪ ♪ and forgi...

>> anthony: seattle has always been a place where you can go to reinvent yourself. its a place that, on the surface, would seem to require commitment. famously gray, rainy, not particularly friendly and all the way up there, in the far corner of the country. a place you could get work in the aircraft industry, or make music or rather notoriously, become a serial killer. whether outfitting prospectors during the alaskan gold rush or looking for some kind of cred from the music scene, its always b...

♪ >> anthony: it is probably unfair to suggest that the pacific northwest and seattle area had been home to a disproportionally large amount of serial killers, but ill do it anyway. >> waiter: shuck taylor oysters, here. >> anthony: wonderful, thank you. >> waiter: anything else i can grab you gentlemen? >> anthony: uh, im good for now. >> waiter: good for now? alright, enjoy. >> anthony: im going for that fat bastard,that sounds interesting. >> anthony: fred moody is a writer and bartender. j...

>> anthony: are we talking about an infestation of tech bros? is this, uh, what, 10 years ago would this be a gay neighborhood? >> john: it was, sort of, an enclave for artists and for queer people. >> anthony: and, so whats happening now? >> john: old, big tech corporations that have moved into the city -- people need some place to live so a lot of development companies bought up every corner. if they keep this sort of façade, they can build taller. so this was just this, and then they plunk t...

♪ 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. ♪...

>> anthony: if youre looking to dump a body, seattle. >> knute: ive always thought the rain was kind of part of it. you get to that stretch from maybe october to february and by 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 dete...

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...