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The Prosecutors
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🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Based on the iconic, Emmy-nominated series on A&E, this show explores some of the most difficult-to-solve murders, which stymied investigators and went cold, sometimes for decades. In fact, one-third of all murders in America remain open. But thanks to dogged investigators and breakthroughs in forensic technology, these cases become part of the rare 1% of cold cases that are ever solved.
In this episode, the story of the hunt for one of the most notorious serial killers in recent American history - the BTK killer, who terrorized the Wichita, Kansas, area for years. After committing at least seven brutal murders, BTK (for Bind, Torture, Kill) vanished for over 25 years before sending clues of his crimes to the media in 2004. He continued to avoid capture until a forensic computer expert traced a computer disc that led investigators to a surprising suspect - a church council president.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains stories involving violence against children. |
| 0:04.4 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:09.5 | There are over 100,000 cold cases in America. |
| 0:13.9 | Only 1% are ever solved. |
| 0:17.1 | This is one of those rare stories. |
| 0:28.6 | Thank you. This is one of those rare stories. Agents from the KBI, agents from the FBI, agents from the FBI, and members of the Wichita Police Department arrested, Dennis Rader. |
| 0:35.6 | On February 26, 2005, the Wichita Police Department holds a news conference. |
| 0:42.2 | For the murders of Joseph Otero, Julie Otero, |
| 0:47.2 | and tells the world they have caught a serial killer. |
| 0:51.0 | The bottom line, BTK is arrested. |
| 0:55.0 | Thank you. killer. The bottom line, BTK is arrested. This is the Investigations Division. |
| 1:01.0 | Lieutenant Ken Land Weir has hunted BTK for most of his career. |
| 1:06.0 | Cold Case Files was granted unique access into the investigation that ended in an interrogation of Dennis Raider. |
| 1:13.6 | What you just say? |
| 1:15.6 | Yes, you guys go. |
| 1:17.6 | What you say, say, say we are. |
| 1:19.6 | It's very difficult to sit across from someone that you chase this long, that you despise the way I despise, Dennis Raider. |
| 1:28.3 | Say, say, say, say you are. |
| 1:30.3 | I'm BTK. |
| 1:31.3 | I'm BTK, basically. That is it. |
| 1:33.3 | Who are you saying? I'm BTK. |
| 1:36.3 | And after that, the floodgates just open. |
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