BTK Killer Dennis Rader: The Killer Who Hid in Plain Sight And Fooled The World For Years

didn‘t watch it yet but came here to say that I really like your thumbnails :)

“Well I got back home from work, then I went and killed the wife and the kids, was a bit bloody but you know 🤷 on the way home I bought an apple and some bread. Was an average day for me, what can I say”

Wednesdays are exciting now!

How did neighbors in the 70's not see this man at any time in the neighborhood? It seems he stalked his victims, would think the police would eventually catch on.

Great video 🫶

This channel is sooo good!! I hope more people discover it!

Unfortunately no he didn't like animals. He killed a few animals especially as a child I imagine... but one report was in 1992, he shot a neighbours dog, randomly. Think in that situation mentioned in the video the dog wasn't a priority to him.

Thank you Helen for bringing up the fact that neglect is often disregarded when thinking about abuse. This is something that tends to come up in the Jeffrey Dahmer case - that he had a good childhood, that he wasn't abused. But I think he was very clearly neglected (and before people come for me, I'm not trying to use neglect as an excuse for his actions at all). He was a heavy drinker starting in highschool and he used to come home drunk, but his parents didn't notice. Very odd that parents don't notice their 15 year old child coming home drunk from school. His parents fought a lot and, I believe, when he was a kid he found his mom unconscious after a suicide attempt amd had to call the ambulence (which must be traumatic for a child). Now, Jeffrey Dahmer himself says that there was no abuse at home, but maybe he's idealizing his childhood like Ted Bundy.
I hope you can do a video on the Dahmer case one day! To me there are just so many odd things involving this case. Dahmer was known for being very honest and willing to answer questions about his crimes. While I don't think he was necessarily lying, I always felt like he was withholding a lot and that there was way more to tell. People are also very divided on whether he was a psychopath or not, whether he had remorse or not.
He was also one of the few killers who didn't portray hinself as the victim or blamed his actions on outside factors (like Bundy blamed pornography). He took ownership and said that everything else is just excuses. (Now was that because he was perhaps proud of his crimes or was he actually reflecting and trying to take responsibility? I don't know)
Also odd that there were several years between his first kill and subsequent kills - quite unusual. There are many people that think he probably did commit other murders in-between, just never confessed to them.
His body language is also interesting - his movements are quite rigid.
There's also this strange atory that he had a hernia operation when he was about 6 years old but he apparently thought that they cut his penis off. Plus, his parents thought that he changed after that operation and were speculating that the anaesthetics may have messed up his brain.
Sorry for the rant! To me there are just so many strange things about this case.
Love your videos btw ❤️! Looking forward to them every week. Such great insights!!!

His daughter, Kerry Rawson, is amazing and has even confronted her father in prison regarding further unsolved murders that may be linked to him.

You’re correct this is not a confession, this is him telling the judge the details because the judge wanted him to before sentencing

Have you uploaded the Chris watts video yet? I live 2 miles from where the watts lived in Frederick Colorado 🥺

Loving this channel! Please do Amanda Knox and Scott Peterson in future videos

This is my new favorite channel! I’ve shared it with friends. 😊 and yes, Paul is brilliant but this channel wouldn’t be the same without Helen. She deserves so many gold stars ⭐️!!!!

He is a Boomer, his parents were Silent Gen or older

Paul and Helen- I know this is a minute detail, but can you explain why if he truly believes he is above all others, why is so cordial and submissive to the judge, saying “Sir” but also his chin is pointed downward. Is that dissonance? Or is it just innate “charm” and manipulation?

Not many behaviorists speak to the language used, but I’ve heard you touch on it. Can you elaborate in another video if possible???

Appreciate you both.

I’m from the area of Wichita and it’s larger, much larger, than Park City. It’s interesting he went to Park City frequently for these murders.

Hard to understand why he believed he was so intelligent, when he went to isolated areas and couldn’t leave witnesses… it’s not like a heist of jewelry.

Thank you, both!

Great work. Thank you both so much, together you manage to allow make these terrible, horrible monsters evil deeds digestible. No.small feat. Fascinating and unnerving.

BTK would apparently drive around and focus on someone or a house...he'd choose his victim, then would do research by stalking them, getting to know their routines. Have you done an in depth assessment on Chris Watts ? Is it coming out soon? I surely hope so.

Love you, Helen!

Id be interested to see what you think of John Wayne Gacey and The Weepy Voice Killer. And The Green River Killer (Gary Ridgeway)

This is genuinely insane. I didn’t actually know much about this case surprisingly and I’m in utter shock and confusion. There is something physically wrong with this man’s brain, I can’t comprehend there being any other option.

Love your videos ! Can Paul please explain why he does not believe in the attachment theory ? I am dying to understand his rationale 🙏

I think this fella is on the spectrum!

I was rather flip with my comment on covering Micheal Jackson, but it was Paul’s passion about the use of experts in the Menedez case that set me off. It annoyed me at the time that the prosecutor didn’t get anyone explaining grooming and preferences as behaviours when you look at the evidence as a whole??

Oooh just thought Jimmy Savile interview , not Theroux it’s an older one, the monster is basically admitting he’s not right it’s fascinating for behaviour.

I really hope we get Chris Watts in the future! And I would love to see you guys react to Scott Peterson's fake tears. Love your content.

Just think, he has children who had to come to terms with this.

I hope Dennis is doing well

Loved this episode! (Like all of them, just fantastic!) BTK was a necrophilliac. There are 10 subsets of necro, and his acts with the bodies after death were sexual. Binding the bodies, carting them around for photos, self pleasuring, etc.
I'm fascinated by his weird morals. He didn't r4pe his victims while alive, and not much after he stole their lives, because 'you can't cheat on your wife.' He wouldn't swear, he'd say cheesy things like 'I'm a really bad dude.' (Cringe!) He believed the police wouldn't lie, because that's not a moral thing to do. His feelings were really hurt that they'd lied about the floppy disk. He really wanted others to follow his overly rigid rules, and was completely livid and perplexed when they didn't...

I’ve listened to a lot on btk and he kinda reveals why he is the way he is him and a cousin use to play in a barn tieing each other up and he got hard from that and it escalated wit time

That kid that opened the door seen a video about him he was messed up went down on drugs blames himself for opening the door so sad

His lack of emotion as he described these murders, during which his victims must have been terrified, has always been what disturbed me the most. He has always terrified me more than any other serial killer.

Excellent explanation......such a horrifying way to die.