Episode 102: The BTK Killer Part 2

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.5 • 10.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

After murdering five people, the killer known as BTK made his first contact with the media. But now he’s disappeared. For three long years would waits, before forcing his way into the home of a woman and slaying her while her children listened. Nine months later he would kill again, and continue to taunt the police, writing “Do the cops think that all those deaths are not related? Golly-gee yes the MO is different in each but look--a pattern is developing.” The pattern was laid out for all to see. But even when he resurfaces six years later to kill once more, the cops are clueless. In episode 102, Jac. Alexis and Billy are again joined by Denis Rader’s daughter Kerri, and they attempt to answer the question: how do the circumstances in a killer’s “normal” life change the way he chooses victims in his sadistic life. 🎟 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.
0:07.0	He thinks there's supposed to happen in movies not real life.
0:18.0	My dad was like fantasizing about bondage.
0:27.0	He said when he was in the Air Force over in Asia, he was trying things, but nothing.
0:31.0	As far as we know, there's no murderers over there.
0:34.0	So he was just ramping up.
0:36.0	So by the time he was in his late 20s, he was breaking and entering and he was stalking a lot.
0:41.0	He actually, my dad, he refers to stalk over murder.
0:44.0	There was something there that was enough for a while.
0:52.0	Welcome to the first degree.
0:53.0	The true crime podcast that you might end up on.
0:55.0	My name is Jack Fanick and I'm sitting far away from Alexis Linklett and Billy Jensen.
0:59.0	So this week's episode is part two of a three.
1:04.0	Partter.
1:05.0	So if you haven't listened to part one of BTK, you need to stop listing right now and go back to last week's episode.
1:11.0	But today we're taking you through part two of what will end up being our three part on BTK.
1:17.0	And don't worry guys, we still have Dennis Raider's daughter carry with us today as our first degree.
1:23.0	But before we get started on that, Billy, what day is it today?
1:28.0	It's National Hot Dog Day.
1:31.0	And it's also National Hammock Day.
1:34.0	Yeah, you needed to really bring it back from the hot dog.
1:38.0	Like a hot dog and a hammock.
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