“How many do I have to kill before I get a name in the paper of some national attention,” Dennis Rader asks early in Btk: Chasing a Serial Killer. The elusive strangler wanted to be a hall of famer, along with Jack the Ripper and the Son of Sam. He got off on the killings, and wanted everyone to know it. Investigation Discovery closes out Serial Killer Week with a three-part documentary exploring the psyche of the infamous “Btk” killer, and the devastating effects he had on the community around him.
Like many of the murderers profiled during the week, the Btk Killer escaped detection because there seemed to be nothing to detect. He was a normal guy, who you would never suspect. But underneath the façade was a man who saw himself as extraordinary and deserving the legacy of dark celebrity. Btk: Chasing a Serial Killer focuses on Kerri Rawson,...
Like many of the murderers profiled during the week, the Btk Killer escaped detection because there seemed to be nothing to detect. He was a normal guy, who you would never suspect. But underneath the façade was a man who saw himself as extraordinary and deserving the legacy of dark celebrity. Btk: Chasing a Serial Killer focuses on Kerri Rawson,...
- 9/5/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Image Sources: Getty, NetflixThe Btk killer Dennis Rader, and the actor who plays him, Sonny Valicenti.
David Fincher's harrowing Netflix drama Mindhunter has returned for season two, and its subject matter is just as creepy as ever. While the crime drama digs into the lives and crimes of numerous serial killers interviewed by FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) as usual, it continues tugging on the thread of the Btk killer, who's subtly introduced through brief scenes scattered throughout season one. But in the new episodes, Mindhunter makes it clear who he is from the get-go, and spotlights some particularly harrowing details of his murders and his victims.
The Btk Killer - aka Dennis Rader, who's portrayed in the show by actor Sonny Valicenti - murdered 10 people in Kansas between the years of 1974 and 1991. Mindhunter's first season takes place in 1977, when the Btk Killer had already killed five people,...
David Fincher's harrowing Netflix drama Mindhunter has returned for season two, and its subject matter is just as creepy as ever. While the crime drama digs into the lives and crimes of numerous serial killers interviewed by FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) as usual, it continues tugging on the thread of the Btk killer, who's subtly introduced through brief scenes scattered throughout season one. But in the new episodes, Mindhunter makes it clear who he is from the get-go, and spotlights some particularly harrowing details of his murders and his victims.
The Btk Killer - aka Dennis Rader, who's portrayed in the show by actor Sonny Valicenti - murdered 10 people in Kansas between the years of 1974 and 1991. Mindhunter's first season takes place in 1977, when the Btk Killer had already killed five people,...
- 8/24/2019
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
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