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The First Degree

Episode 101: The BTK Killer Part 1

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.510.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

A mother, father and their two children are found murdered in their Wichita, Kansas home. When a group of men falsely confess to the crimes, the real killer directs the police to a letter. He writes about the monster inside of him. The monster who needs to kill. “Maybe you can stop him. I can't. He has already chosen his next victim or victims. I don't know who they are yet. The next day after I read the paper, I will know, but it's too late. Good luck hunting.” In the 101st episode, Jac, Alexis and Billy delve into one of the most twisted serial killers of all time, Denis Rader, who for forty years was known by the initials BTK. Their first degree guest is the killer’s daughter, Kerri Rawson, who had no idea the loving father who raised her was harboring a monster. 🎟 Catch up to FOUR bonus episodes per month plus full video episodes over on Patreon: patreon.com/thefirstdegree 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/thefirstdegree 🕺 TikTok: tiktok.com/@thefirstdegreee 👤 Facebook: facebook.com/thefirstdegree   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

First degree.

0:02.0

First degree.

0:04.0

First degree.

0:06.0

First degree.

0:08.0

First degree.

0:10.0

Get on the grid.

0:12.0

Get on the paper.

0:14.0

Get on the paper.

0:16.0

You think they're supposed to happen in movies, not real life.

0:20.0

They have massive massive control.

0:22.0

They're not insane at all.

0:24.0

They do insane things, but they're not insane.

0:26.0

And so they have massive control.

0:28.0

And they're capable enough of keeping families and keeping jobs.

0:32.0

And those are the guys that are extremely dangerous because they don't get caught.

0:36.0

They only get caught because like DNA and people have been looking and hunting them for 30 or 40 years.

0:44.0

And that's why they're not getting caught because they they don't ramp up to the level of a bungee or something like they they have control.

0:54.0

Welcome to the first degree of the True Crime Podcast that you might end up on.

1:04.0

My name is Jack Phanick.

1:06.0

I'm sitting far away from Alexis Lindgleton, far away from Billy Jensen.

1:10.0

And today is such an important episode of the first degree because it is our one hunt,

1:16.0

and with episode we made it to 100 guys.

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