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You Can’t Make This Up

My Father, the BTK Killer

You Can’t Make This Up

Netflix

Society & Culture, Documentary, Tv & Film, True Crime, Film Interviews

4.21K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In the Netflix documentary My Father, the BTK Killer, Kerri Rawson embarks on a personal journey of understanding—confronting childhood trauma and searching for healing. In this bonus from the podcast Monster: BTK from Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts, Executive Producer Payne Lindsey sits down with Kerri to talk about her early childhood, learning about her dad's true identity when she was an adult, and dealing with the aftermath of his arrest, 20 years ago. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched My Father, the BTK Killer yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on.  Dig deeper into all of your favorite Netflix documentaries and films at tudum.com. Read more from director Skye Borgman about what went into chronicling Kerri’s journey in My Father, the BTK Killer. You can listen to all episodes of the Monster: BTK⁠ podcast now. Check our true crime hub at tudum.com/truecrime. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

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0:00.0

I'm Rebecca Lavoie, and this is You Can't Make This Up.

0:15.0

You Can't Make This Up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.

0:21.2

In this episode, we'll go deeper into the story behind the Netflix documentary film,

0:25.9

My Father, the BTK Killer.

0:28.5

My father just flew under the radar, and they didn't find him for 31 years because

0:34.2

he was literally right under their noses.

0:37.1

They weren't looking for somebody like, my father, the everyday man that actually does have a

0:41.6

family.

0:42.6

In 2005, Carrie Rosson's world was shattered when her father was arrested.

0:47.6

The church-going former Cub Scout leader, Dennis Rader, was accused of being the infamous

0:52.0

BTK killer, responsible for 10 gruesome murders between

0:56.0

1974 and 1991. In the Netflix documentary, My Father, the BTK killer, Carrie embarks on a personal

1:04.3

journey of understanding, confronting childhood trauma and searching for healing. Today, we'll hear a bonus episode from Monster

1:12.3

BTK, the latest installment in the Monster podcast series from Tenderfoot TV and I Heart

1:18.4

Podcasts. The 10-episode investigative series is available now. In this bonus episode,

1:24.6

executive producer Payne Lindsay sits down with Carrie to talk about her early

1:28.4

childhood, learning about her dad's true identity when she was an adult, and dealing with the

1:33.3

aftermath of his arrest 20 years ago.

1:51.5

Welcome to this special bonus episode of Monster BTK.

1:58.1

Early in the process of making the show, executive producer Payne Lindsay got a call from Carrie Rosson, daughter of Dennis Raider, the BTK Killer.

2:03.2

They sat down together for an interview.

2:05.9

What came out of that was a five-hour conversation in Atlanta,

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