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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

BTK Killer Dennis Rader blames demon for his murder spree

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

“BTK Killer” Dennis Rader claims that a “demon” inside of him caused him to kill 10 people over a 17-year period in Wichita, Kansas. Nancy Grace explores that the 73-year-old serial killer says in the Oxygen documentary “Snapped: Notorious BTK Serial Killer.” Grace's experts include medical examiner Dr. William Morrone, Southern California prosecutor Wendy Patrick, Los Angeles psycho analyst Dr. Bethany Marshall, Los Angeles lawyer Troy Slaten, Cold Case Research Institute director Sheryl McCollum, and Crime Stories reporter John Lemley.

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0:45.2

I would get these feelings of being woozy. It was really unusual and I was going to the doctor

0:55.7

to find out what was wrong. They sent me to a Kansas specialist. It was after

1:00.4

it, Dennis was arrested and probably about two weeks later it finally occurred to me in a way.

1:07.0

I'm not having any symptoms anymore and then it occurred to me that Dennis and I were the only two

1:15.6

people at the city who had access to a locked file cabinet for tranquilizer for animals.

1:25.6

And I truly believe that Dennis was putting very tiny drops into my diet pups. I personally believe

1:35.2

and I have no way of being able to prove this. I was a guinea pig for his ability to use tranquilizer

1:43.8

on other factors. You are hearing Mary Caps who worked with a serial killer for seven years.

1:51.5

Only knowing him as a bad tempered boss but she came to realize she was lucky to be alive.

1:59.5

We are talking about BTK, bind, torture, and kill. serial killer Dennis Raider who was spoken from

2:08.9

behind Jill House walls. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us.

2:16.0

BTK, bind, torture, and kill. Dennis Raider, I knew something was up when I first found out he was a dog

2:24.5

catcher. Who wants to catch dogs to haul them off to be euthanized? I mean is that some kind of a

2:32.1

freaky calling. But other than that career choice, he he seemed to be normal to John Limley

2:42.8

investigative reporter who is BTK Dennis Raider and he the guy who terrorized which dog

2:50.8

Kansas for 17 years. We know of 10 brutal torture and murder victims. Dennis Raider, the oldest of

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