Northwest Night Shift
Northwest Night Shift is a Pacific Northwest based true crime podcast hosted by two women who know a thing or two about working long hours and uncovering hard truths. One spends her days on construction sites, the other in a pharmacy — and together, they bring raw conversations, sharp intuition, and a grounded perspective to the darkest crimes haunting the Northwest and beyond.
From chilling disappearances and small-town secrets to infamous killers and overlooked cases, Northwest Night Shift dives deep into the stories that keep people up at night. With a mix of research, real talk, dark humor, and empathy for victims, these night shift hosts explore the human side of true crime while asking the questions others won’t.
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Northwest Night Shift
Ep. 2: Mulugeta Seraw: The Murder That Changed Portland
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In 1988, Ethiopian immigrant and college student Mulugeta Seraw was beaten to death on the streets of Portland by a group of white supremacist skinheads — a murder that exposed a violent underground movement growing in plain sight across America. In this episode, we trace the life of a young man chasing the American dream, the hate-fueled ideology that made him a target, and the shocking network behind the killers.
Seraw’s murder became a landmark civil rights case that reached far beyond one city — and forced the nation to confront the deadly consequences of organized hate.
Listener discretion is advised as this does touch some heavy topics.
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Check out our sources listed below!
- https://www.investigatewest.org/kicked-out-of-the-proud-boys-a-portland-neo-nazi-launched-his-own-group-and-hes-gone-to-war-with-his-former-allies/
- https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/seraw-mulugeta/
- https://www.splcenter.org/resources/stories/remember-mulugeta-30-years-after-splc-lawsuit-life-and-legacy-man-killed-hate-group/
- https://samepassage.org/when-portland-banned-blacks-oregons-shameful-history-as-an-all-white-state/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8wz-i0QLPU&t=1596s