The Confessions of the BTK Killer. The Story of Dennis Rader, Told by Himself

For thirty years, from 1975 to 2005, a serial killer known as BTK terrorized the city of Wichita, Kansas. He came up with his own nickname, hinting at the way he murdered his victims: Bind, Torture, Kill. When he was finally caught, locals were shocked. The bloody sadist turned out to be none other than Dennis Rader — a respected citizen and the head of the local church community. Dennis was extremely organized: he referred to his victims — real or potential — as 'projects' and could spend years stalking the townspeople he planned to kill. For every aspect of his secret life, he invented abbreviations and maintained an organized filing system of everything related to the murders. Criminal psychologist Katherine Ramsland accomplished the impossible: she convinced Dennis Rader, still in prison, to open his soul to the world. After five years of correspondence and phone conversations, they created the 'managed autobiography' of BTK — a first-person account of the killer, accompanied by the psychologist's commentary. For the first time, the maniac tells his story in the most intimate details — from the first impulses toward violence in early childhood to the moment of his capture. The book 'The Confessions of the BTK Killer' vividly shows how maniacs and psychopaths think and how their twisted fantasies evolve into brutal murders.