The Resource Confession of a serial killer : the untold story of Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, Katherine Ramsland, PhD
Confession of a serial killer : the untold story of Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, Katherine Ramsland, PhD
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- Summary
- In 1974, Dennis Lynn Rader stalked and murdered a family of four in Wichita, Kansas. Since adolescence, he had read about serial killers and imagined becoming one. Soon after killing the family, he murdered a young woman and then another, until he had ten victims. He named himself "B.T.K." (bind, torture, kill) and wrote notes that terrorized the city. He remained on the loose for thirty years. No one who knew him guessed his dark secret. He nearly got away with his crimes, but in 2004, he began to play risky games with the police. He made a mistake. When he was arrested, Rader's family, friends, and coworkers were shocked to discover that B.T.K. had been among them, going to work, raising his children, and acting normal. This case stands out both for the brutal treatment of victims and for the ordinary public face that Rader, a church council president, had shown to the outside world. Through jailhouse visits, telephone calls, and written correspondence, Katherine Ramsland worked with Rader himself to analyze the layers of his psyche. Using his drawings, letters, interviews, and Rader's unique codes, she presents in meticulous detail the childhood roots and development of one man's motivation to stalk, torture, and kill. She reveals aspects of the dark motivations of this most famous of living serial killers that have never before been revealed. In this book Katherine Ramsland presents an intelligent, original, and rare glimpse into the making of a serial killer and the potential darkness that lives next door
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 262 pages
- Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The death path
- First inklings of trouble
- Dark explorations
- Down time
- Cubing
- Pent up
- Double lives
- Factors X
- The killer next door
- I have a problem
- Stir up the pot
- Looking back
- Greetings to my fans
- Story, interrupted
- The inner minotaur
- Epilogue: the tipping point
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781611688412
- Label
- Confession of a serial killer : the untold story of Dennis Rader, the BTK killer
- Title
- Confession of a serial killer
- Title remainder
- the untold story of Dennis Rader, the BTK killer
- Statement of responsibility
- Katherine Ramsland, PhD
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1974, Dennis Lynn Rader stalked and murdered a family of four in Wichita, Kansas. Since adolescence, he had read about serial killers and imagined becoming one. Soon after killing the family, he murdered a young woman and then another, until he had ten victims. He named himself "B.T.K." (bind, torture, kill) and wrote notes that terrorized the city. He remained on the loose for thirty years. No one who knew him guessed his dark secret. He nearly got away with his crimes, but in 2004, he began to play risky games with the police. He made a mistake. When he was arrested, Rader's family, friends, and coworkers were shocked to discover that B.T.K. had been among them, going to work, raising his children, and acting normal. This case stands out both for the brutal treatment of victims and for the ordinary public face that Rader, a church council president, had shown to the outside world. Through jailhouse visits, telephone calls, and written correspondence, Katherine Ramsland worked with Rader himself to analyze the layers of his psyche. Using his drawings, letters, interviews, and Rader's unique codes, she presents in meticulous detail the childhood roots and development of one man's motivation to stalk, torture, and kill. She reveals aspects of the dark motivations of this most famous of living serial killers that have never before been revealed. In this book Katherine Ramsland presents an intelligent, original, and rare glimpse into the making of a serial killer and the potential darkness that lives next door
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ramsland, Katherine M.
- Dewey number
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- 364.152/32092
- B
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6248.R24
- LC item number
- R35 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Rader, Dennis
- Serial murderers
- Serial murderers
- Rader, Dennis
- Serial murderers
- Kansas
- Label
- Confession of a serial killer : the untold story of Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, Katherine Ramsland, PhD
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The death path -- First inklings of trouble -- Dark explorations -- Down time -- Cubing -- Pent up -- Double lives -- Factors X -- The killer next door -- I have a problem -- Stir up the pot -- Looking back -- Greetings to my fans -- Story, interrupted -- The inner minotaur -- Epilogue: the tipping point -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ocn945648889
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 262 pages
- Isbn
- 9781611688412
- Lccn
- 2016009536
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40026356159
- System control number
- (OCoLC)945648889
- Label
- Confession of a serial killer : the untold story of Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, Katherine Ramsland, PhD
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The death path -- First inklings of trouble -- Dark explorations -- Down time -- Cubing -- Pent up -- Double lives -- Factors X -- The killer next door -- I have a problem -- Stir up the pot -- Looking back -- Greetings to my fans -- Story, interrupted -- The inner minotaur -- Epilogue: the tipping point -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ocn945648889
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 262 pages
- Isbn
- 9781611688412
- Lccn
- 2016009536
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40026356159
- System control number
- (OCoLC)945648889
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