Dennis Rader, known as BTK (“Bind, Torture, Kill”), lived a double life for decades. Born in the 1940s in Kansas, he appeared ordinary—Boy Scout, Air Force veteran, devoted husband, father, and church leader. Yet by age ten, he harbored violent fantasies he carefully concealed.
In the 1970s, Rader began murdering families, taunting police with letters and carefully staged crime scenes. Over 17 years, Wichita and Park City lived in fear, unaware the killer was among them. He vanished in 1991, resurfaced in 2004, and a traced floppy disk led police to arrest him in 2005.
Rader confessed to ten murders, earning ten consecutive life sentences. His family, including daughter Kerri Rawson, struggled to reconcile the loving father they knew with the monster he truly was—a legacy explored in a Netflix documentary, highlighting the enduring trauma and search for truth.