Between 1905 and 1910, Aberdeen, Washington’s harbor became a place where men vanished and bodies surfaced with unsettling regularity. Newspapers called them “floaters.” Locals whispered darker explanations.

In this season finale of Only Murders on the Harbor, we examine the rise and reckoning of William “Billy” Gohl — union leader, labor advocate, and alleged architect of violence along Grays Harbor. As sailors and timber workers disappeared, patterns emerged: disputes over union dues, moonshine debts, and quiet confrontations that ended in silence.

This episode focuses on the murder of Charles Hedberg, whose battered body surfaced in 1910, and the disappearance of John Hoffman, last seen after withdrawing a large sum of money. We follow the investigation, the arrest and conviction of John Klingenberg for manslaughter, and t ...