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- He called himself BTK because he bound, tortured, and killed his victims.
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Aug 28, 2022 · Between 1974 and 1991, Dennis Rader murdered at least 10 victims in Wichita and Park City, Kansas while calling himself the BTK Killer. He called himself the BTK killer for his preferred method of murder: "bind," "torture," and ultimately "kill."
Oct 1, 2020 · But the words typed on there were the start of a cat-and-mouse hunt of the self-dubbed BTK Killer, Dennis Rader. On the surface, Rader led a fairly typical life. He served...
Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945), also known as BTK (an abbreviation he gave himself, for " bind, torture, kill "), is an American serial killer who murdered at least ten people in Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. Although Rader occasionally killed or attempted to kill men and children, he typically targeted women.
Jan 6, 2023 · According to a 2005 Lawrence World-Journal article, one of Rader’s brothers said he and their mother, Dorthea Mae Rader were struggling to believe the BTK killer was their own brother and...
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Apr 20, 2022 · Forensic psychologist explains the influences that led to Dennis Lynn Rader becoming the BTK Serial Killer and why he had police address him by a nickname for his penis. By Constance Johnson Apr 20, 2022, 7:45 PM ET. A professor of forensic psychology explained on a podcast how police finally captured the BTK serial killer, Dennis Lynn Rader.
Jan 30, 2023 · But if Rader got sexual satisfaction by making others suffer, he said his real motivation came from something he called Factor X. Harvard neuropsychologist, Dr. Robert Mendoza interviewed Rader, and during a 2005 episode of NBC's Dateline, parts of the jailhouse interview were shown.
May 21, 2024 · He called himself BTK because he bound, tortured, and killed his victims. Rader was raised in Wichita , Kansas. He later claimed that as a youth he had killed animals and developed violent sexual fantasies that involved bondage.
