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BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

Features conversations with serial killer Dennis Rader from a Kansas maximum security prison, to examine his crimes and psyche.

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Self - Convicted Serial Killer

Self - Author & Professor of Forensic Psychology

Katherine Ramsland

Self - KBI Assistant Director

Self - Family Member

Self - Anchor, KAKE-TV

Larry Hatteberg

Self - Criminal Behavior Expert

Self - Wichita Police Chief

Norman Williams

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[mellow rock music playing
over radio] - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

[mellow rock music playing over radio]

[uneasy music] - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

[dramatic music] - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

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- People in Wichita
had been terrorized - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- People in Wichita had been terrorized

- BTK has killed
seven people, Chief. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- BTK has killed seven people, Chief.

- He said,
"If you become my project - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- He said, "If you become my project

You could smell the death. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

You could smell the death.

- When they finally announced
that there was a serial killer - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- When they finally announced that there was a serial killer

- The motive behind
these killings - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- The motive behind these killings

- Rader then moved on
to a different project, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- Rader then moved on to a different project,

- The one thing BTK likes, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- The one thing BTK likes,

- The demands
that those investigators felt - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- The demands that those investigators felt

- When he went uncaught,
it just confirms for him, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- When he went uncaught, it just confirms for him,

The bottom line,
BTK is arrested. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

The bottom line, BTK is arrested.

- Three months
after the Otero murder - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- Three months after the Otero murder

[cheers and applause] - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

[cheers and applause]

- In 1991,
Rader was in his mid-40s. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- In 1991, Rader was in his mid-40s.

And with these murders,
he had become BTK. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

And with these murders, he had become BTK.

[dramatic music] - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

[dramatic music]

[intense musical buildup] - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

[intense musical buildup]

- I thought, "This is a--
This is a master criminal." - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- I thought, "This is a-- This is a master criminal.&qu...

- The man accused of being
the BTK serial killer - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- The man accused of being the BTK serial killer

And they mentioned
these Polaroids, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

And they mentioned these Polaroids,

- The hope is,
some of the burning questions - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- The hope is, some of the burning questions

[camera clicks] - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

[camera clicks]

Then I strangled Josephine. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

Then I strangled Josephine.

- It was so quiet
in that courtroom, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- It was so quiet in that courtroom,

- The list had the project name, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- The list had the project name,

Dennis Rader
was in the center ring - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

Dennis Rader was in the center ring

- Rader told himself that
acting out these fantasies - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- Rader told himself that acting out these fantasies

So it gives a lot of sense
of his personality. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

So it gives a lot of sense of his personality.

- At that point in time,
strangled her - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- At that point in time, strangled her

[camera clicks] - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

[camera clicks]

- One of the things that we
know about sexually compelled - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- One of the things that we know about sexually compelled

Project 16 on the project list - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

Project 16 on the project list

I'm Dr. Katherine Ramsland, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

I'm Dr. Katherine Ramsland,

Studying that would show me
what motivates them - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

Studying that would show me what motivates them

And his name for me
was Project Blackout. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

And his name for me was Project Blackout.

- Good morning.
- Hello, Dennis. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- Good morning. - Hello, Dennis.

[phone buzzing] - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

[phone buzzing]

I'm Dr. Katherine Ramsland, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

I'm Dr. Katherine Ramsland,

This is the first time
that Rader has explored - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

This is the first time that Rader has explored

- The more information we have
about serial killers, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- The more information we have about serial killers,

This is the first time - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

This is the first time

[touch tone beeps]
Or say-- - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

[touch tone beeps] Or say--

This is the first time
that Rader has explored - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

This is the first time that Rader has explored

- The more information
we have about serial killers, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- The more information we have about serial killers,

- The more information
we have about serial killers, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- The more information we have about serial killers,

Sexually-compelled serial
killers tend to get addicted - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

Sexually-compelled serial killers tend to get addicted

They tend not to have control
over the addiction, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

They tend not to have control over the addiction,

- He really controlled Wichita
during that time period. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- He really controlled Wichita during that time period.

- Rader wanted you to know
he was watching you, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- Rader wanted you to know he was watching you,

- I think it's very important
to understand - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- I think it's very important to understand

There were not
a lot of similarities - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

There were not a lot of similarities

Why did he decide that his life - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

Why did he decide that his life

- The hunt began Friday
when KAKE received this letter - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- The hunt began Friday when KAKE received this letter

- Each serial killer
has a unique set of factors - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- Each serial killer has a unique set of factors

The more information we have, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

The more information we have,

And so he was walking with me
through the parking lot. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

And so he was walking with me through the parking lot.

- Rader never grows up, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- Rader never grows up,

I said, "So, tell me,
do you know - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

I said, "So, tell me, do you know

- Of course, keep in mind,
you're not dealing - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- Of course, keep in mind, you're not dealing

- One of the things
Rader said to me - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- One of the things Rader said to me

Serial killers have interested
me for about 30 years - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

Serial killers have interested me for about 30 years

- Police were just baffled. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- Police were just baffled.

Clearly, he has not thought
of his victims - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

Clearly, he has not thought of his victims

He wasn't someone - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

He wasn't someone

- Saying "Wichita"
and the term "serial killer" - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- Saying "Wichita" and the term "serial kille...

They belong to him,
and they're supposed - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

They belong to him, and they're supposed

And particularly terrifying
for young women, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

And particularly terrifying for young women,

And when they don't,
he's the victim in his mind. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

And when they don't, he's the victim in his mind.

John Collins,
22-year-old student - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

John Collins, 22-year-old student

[dark chords] - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- John Norman Collins
is also known - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- John Norman Collins is also known

BTK messed with your mind. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

BTK messed with your mind.

It fascinated me to watch - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

It fascinated me to watch

- The one thing BTK likes - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- The one thing BTK likes

She said she talked with you
at the Blackout Lounge. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

She said she talked with you at the Blackout Lounge.

- Cheryl Gilmour Sarkozy's
neighbor - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- Cheryl Gilmour Sarkozy's neighbor

- He learned a lot about how
police investigated crimes, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- He learned a lot about how police investigated crimes,

I do a broad variety
of activities, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

I do a broad variety of activities,

That subject matter
just helped him - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

That subject matter just helped him

And law enforcement
needs to understand this - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

And law enforcement needs to understand this

- Serial killers who are
attracted to law enforcement - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- Serial killers who are attracted to law enforcement

- The day Shirley Vian
was murdered, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- The day Shirley Vian was murdered,

There was a knock on my door,
and this policeman came in - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

There was a knock on my door, and this policeman came in

Every piece of paper
was examined. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

Every piece of paper was examined.

- You would get these mailings, - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- You would get these mailings,

I can't imagine why anybody
would want to kill me. - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

I can't imagine why anybody would want to kill me.

- One of the things that
motivates Dennis Rader a lot - BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

- One of the things that motivates Dennis Rader a lot

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Features conversations with serial killer Dennis Rader from a Kansas maximum security prison, to examine his crimes and psyche.

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Genre: documentary, crime

Year: 2022

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Released: 08 Jan 2022

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