Dennis Rader
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Nov 6, 2026
EdenGUEST
And then because I submitted to really and I panicked a little bit.
EdenGUEST
And with BTK, I wish I got with Zodiac.
Chris BrewerHOST
Sure.
Chris BrewerHOST
Well, BTK, he's on the Mount Rushmore of serial killers.
Chris BrewerHOST
I don't know
TamaraGUEST
BTK.
TamaraGUEST
United States.
TamaraGUEST
What's
Emily JHOST
And, you know, when I finally, when I was like, finally, like she was like, why aren't you sleeping? Like, why are you having these nightmares? What is going on? And I would tell her like, I'm really afraid that somebody's going to break in.
Emily JHOST
And oh, it was BTK.
Emily JHOST
That's what I read about when I was 10.
Emily JHOST
No, everybody is
VHOST
too young to read about BTK.
VHOST
Everybody.
VHOST
I'm too
Emily JHOST
young to read about BTK now
DustinHOST
Cultural touchstones that becomes the language of expression in serial killer behavior.
DustinHOST
And he makes a really, really strong and convincing connection with Dennis Rader, the BTK killer from Wichita, Kansas, in doing that, as well as a few of the others as well.
DustinHOST
But most strongly, it's with BTK.
DustinHOST
that he does that and so oh and by the way if you want to know more about pulp stuff listen to our patreon episode on indiana jones and temple of doom where you hear arthur talk a lot about that kind of stuff uh there in the history of the pulps
Theo VonHOST
Uh...
Theo VonHOST
Dennis Rader.
Theo VonHOST
Dennis Rader.
Theo VonHOST
Dennis Rader.
ZachUNKNOWN
Rader.
Theo VonHOST
Sent him over.
Ryan VetHOST
On my note, I listed five names.
Ryan VetHOST
Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Dennis Rader, and Gary Ridgway.
Ryan VetHOST
Underneath were these questions.
Ryan VetHOST
Is there a connection between serial killers, media, and the sexual revolution? And did a certain generation breed more serial killers than another? My hypothesis was that boomers, or maybe the silent generation, would be the deadliest generation.
Brendan SagalowHOST
Was
Nicole LyonsHOST
it the BTK?
Brendan SagalowHOST
I don't know.
Brendan SagalowHOST
I have no idea.
Billy the KidHOST
Oh, I could.
Billy the KidHOST
BTK is a serial killer.
Candice LopezHOST
OK, yeah.
Candice LopezHOST
People think I listen to all the crime dramas.
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Candice LopezHOST
I couldn't name one, though.
Billy the KidHOST
Oh, I could.
Billy the KidHOST
BTK is a serial killer.
Candice LopezHOST
Okay, yeah.
Billy the KidHOST
Oh, I could.
Billy the KidHOST
BTK is a serial killer.
Candice LopezHOST
Okay, yeah.
Candice LopezHOST
People think I name myself.
John RichardsonGUEST
Maybe you're hearing differently than I do.
SeanHOST
Well, look, do you remember the serial murderer called BTK? Yes.
SeanHOST
Yeah, it stood for Bind, Torture, Kill.
SeanHOST
Okay, that's the guy's moniker.
John RichardsonGUEST
Maybe you're hearing differently than I do.
SeanHOST
Well, look, do you remember the serial murderer called BTK?
John RichardsonGUEST
Yes.
SeanHOST
Yeah, it stood for Bind, Torture, Kill.
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