EP. 225- SERIAL KILLER: BTK (Bind Torture Kill) | Pt. 1: The Beginnings

Murder In America

Blood In The Sink Productions

True Crime

4.8 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Before he became the nightmare of Wichita, Kansas – the sadistic serial killer who taunted police with letters signed “BTK” – Dennis Rader was just a quiet, unassuming boy growing up in middle America. In this chilling episode, we go back to the beginning. This is the origin story of one of America’s most infamous serial killers – the story of how Dennis Rader spent decades carefully constructing the perfect mask… This is the making of BTK. - Listen to our new show, "THE CONSPIRACY FILES"!: -Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5IY9nWD2MYDzlSYP48nRPl -Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-conspiracy-files/id1752719844 -Amazon/Audible - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ab1ade99-740c-46ae-8028-b2cf41eabf58/the-conspiracy-files -Pandora - https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-conspiracy-files/PC:1001089101 -iHeart - https://iheart.com/podcast/186907423/ -PocketCast - https://pca.st/dpdyrcca -CastBox - https://castbox.fm/channel/id6193084?country=us - Stay Connected: Join the Murder in America fam in our free Facebook Community for a behind-the-scenes look, more insights and current events in the true crime world: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4365229996855701 If you want even more Murder in America bonus content, including ad-free episodes, come join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderinamerica Instagram: http://instagram.com/murderinamerica/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/Murder-in-America-Podcast/100086268848682/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderInAmerica TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theparanormalfiles and https://www.tiktok.com/@courtneybrowen Feeling spooky? Follow Colin as he travels state to state (and even country to country!) investigating claims of extreme paranormal activity and visiting famous haunted locations on The Paranormal Files Official Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheParanormalFilesOfficialChannel - (c) BLOOD IN THE SINK PRODUCTIONS 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Based on the worldwide best-selling novel.
0:02.0	Why do you want this job?
0:03.0	I really enjoy being a housemaid. This Christmas. Would you like the Grand Tour? See what you're getting yourself into? Discover what lies. I don't know what's been going on with her lately. Behind closed doors. I need this job. I do not want to go back. Sydney Sweeney. You'd lie it about everything. Amanda Seifred. What kind of monsters are we?
0:23.0	I want you to feel scary. back. Sydney Sweeney. You'd lie it about everything. Amanda Seifred.
0:23.0	What kind of monsters are we?
0:25.4	I want you to feel safe here.
0:26.4	The House Maid.
0:27.9	In Cinema's Everywhere, Boxing Day.
0:29.8	See it first with previews from December 22.
0:30.6	Warning.
0:33.7	The following podcast is not suitable for all audiences. We go into great detail with every case that we cover and do our best to bring viewers
0:37.8	even deeper into the stories by utilizing disturbing audio and sound effects.
0:42.1	Trigger warnings from the stories we cover may include violence, rape, murder, and offenses
0:47.1	against children. This podcast is not for everyone. You have been warned.
0:52.5	The story we have for you today is the beginning of our series about a man that we all know
0:57.6	far too well. For decades, the media called him BTK, which stands for bind, torture, kill.
1:06.5	He gave himself that name because it's the way in which he ended his victim's lives.
1:12.5	BTK was a sadist, a stalker, a pedophile, a killer, and a monster that haunted the city
1:20.4	of Wichita, Kansas for over 30 years.
1:24.5	Throughout that time, he took the lives of 10 people, somehow managing to stay hidden in the shadows.
1:32.0	The identity of BTK was one of America's greatest mysteries until his arrest in 2005.
1:38.9	And that's when the world learned that his real name was Dennis Rader.
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