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The BTK Murders

Inside the "Bind Torture Kill" Case that Terrified America's Heartland

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The BTK Murders

By: Carlton Smith
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
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From 1974 to 1991, someone in the midwestern city of Wichita was leaving behind slain tortured bodies and anonymously proclaiming himself to police and reporters as "BTK" for "Bind, Torture, Kill." Then, for the next 14 years, BTK was silent. But when he began sending letters again, investigators would not miss their chance...

Stunningly, police arrested Dennis Rader, the president of his church board and the father of two. As a shocked community watched, evidence began to pile up. Then Rader coldly described how he went about "his projects" as the families of his victims relived the horrific scenes this supposed pillar of the community had unleashed on their loved ones.

From the tricks he used to enter his victims' homes to the puzzles he sent the media and the key role his own daughter may have played in his arrest, The BTK Murders is the definitive story of the BTK killer. He was, as one victim's family member called him, "a black hole inside the shell of a human being" - and the worst American serial killer since Ted Bundy.

©2006 Carlton Smith (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Murder True Crime

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enjoyed this book but the writer didn't write it in a listener friendly way. I got very confused when coming back to the book after a couple of days away from it

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It took a little longer than I'd like to get into the meat of the story, but once it got going I thoroughly enjoyed it. The chosen voice actor was younger and more edgy-drama sounding in my opinion, but he didn't do a poor job, it's just not my personal preference.

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