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The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Life As The Daughter Of BTK: How Kerri Rawson Overcame Her Trauma

The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

Fox News

True Crime

4.8708 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

When thinking back to her childhood, Kerri Rawson is able to recall fond memories with her father, Dennis Rader. To other residents of Wichita, KS, Rader seemed like a model citizen. Little did they know the darkness he held within. Over the course of three decades, the infamous serial killer dubbed BTK ("Bind, Torture, Kill") murdered 10 innocent victims to satisfy his chilling sexual fantasies. It wasn't until Rader was arrested in 2005 that his family made the connection. Author and daughter of Dennis Rader, Kerri Rawson shares details from her childhood with a serial killer father, the impact the revelation had on her life, and how she learned to overcome the traumatic discovery.   In her memoirs, A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story Of Faith, Love, And Overcoming, and Breaking Free: Overcoming The Trauma Of My Serial Killer Father, Kerri Rawson discusses how she navigated through the traumatic discovery of her father's secret life. With the help of therapy, faith, and family, Kerri could forgive her father for what he did to her, and ultimately learned to become herself again. Now, she works to help others by providing a voice for victims of trauma, crime, and abuse. Follow Emily on Instagram: @realemilycompagno Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:22.1

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2.5 megabytes per second required. When Kerry Rossin looks back on her early life, she sees a typical

0:35.6

Midwestern American household. She remembers growing up with

0:39.6

her family, a carefree childhood filled with sleepovers, bike rides, and fishing trips with her dad.

0:46.8

Dennis Rader, Carrie's father, was a model citizen of Wichita, Kansas. The Air Force veteran

0:52.6

worked as a Park City compliance officer, served as a

0:56.0

Boy Scout leader, and even became president of the congregation at Christ Lutheran Church,

1:01.4

which the family regularly attended. Carrie had a very close relationship with her dad,

1:06.9

who is responsible for many of these fond memories. But at 26 years old, the image of her father was shattered.

1:14.7

In 2005, the FBI knocked on her door with information that would change her life completely.

1:20.9

I'm Emily Campano, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast. Bind, Torture, Kill, BTK.

1:59.0

That was the name serial killer Dennis Raader gave himself as he toyed with authorities

2:04.6

for 30 years. Dennis Rader was a murderer before he was even a father. In 1974, he killed four members

2:15.7

of the Otero family, just four years before Carrie's birth.

2:20.3

Rader, or BTK, was motivated by cold-blooded sexual fantasies.

2:28.8

He found pleasure in tormenting his victims.

2:33.0

BTK terrified the citizens of Kansas for over three decades,

2:37.0

with a horrific string of murders, making him one of the most notorious serial killers of all time.

2:44.0

BTK ultimately claimed the lives of 10 innocent victims, two of whom were children.

2:53.4

BTK loved the attention he received for his crimes, a narcissism which ultimately led to his

2:59.5

downfall. After a dormant period of over 10 years, BTK's crimes were deemed cold. However, in 2004, he began to write to the media once again,

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