A Serial Killer's Daughter
My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming (An Insider's Look at the True Crime Story of the BTK Killer, Dennis Rader)
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Devon O'Day
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Kerri Rawson
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What is it like to learn that your ordinary, loving father is a serial killer?
In 2005, Kerri Rawson opened the door of her apartment to greet an FBI agent who shared the shocking news that her father had been arrested for murdering 10 people, including two children. That’s also when she first learned that her father was the notorious serial killer known as BTK, a name he’d given himself that described the horrific way he committed his crimes: Bind, torture, kill. As news of his capture spread, the city of Wichita celebrated the end of a 31-year nightmare. For Kerri Rawson, another was just beginning. In the weeks and years that followed, Kerri was plunged into a black hole of horror and disbelief. The same man who had been a loving father, a devoted husband, church president, Boy Scout leader, and a public servant had been using their family as a cover for his heinous crimes since before she was born. Everything she had believed about her life had been a lie.
Written with candor and extraordinary courage, A Serial Killer’s Daughter is an unflinching exploration of life with one of America’s most infamous killers and an astonishing tale of personal and spiritual transformation. For all who suffer from unhealed wounds; the crippling effects of violence; betrayal; or anger, Kerri Rawson’s story offers the hope of reclaiming sanity in the midst of madness, rebuilding a life in the shadow of death, and learning to forgive the unforgivable.
©2019 Kerri Rawson (P)2019 Thomas NelsonWhat listeners say about A Serial Killer's Daughter
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- Anonymon
- 13-02-2019
An amazing story
Kerri shares the story of her life before and after the charging of her father with horrific crimes.
We get to know the father who is like any other in his devotion and care for his family. The many camping trips and love for the outdoors, the strict upbringing and generally the reliable guiding figure for his wife and two children.
She conveys very well the struggle between not recognising the killer but still finding she loves the ''father she knew' until well into her twenties''. I struggled with her when the FBI called and she to's and fro's between "no that's impossible'' to ''hang on... he wasn't home that day'' discussions.
How does a person deal with such a tremendous shock which just keeps on shocking, day after day with each new revelation or memory.
Kerri succeeds in sharing the horror which keeps at her, while at the same time feeling the need to write to the man who has destroyed all their lives.
In keeping with her father's calculated, self absorbed, psychopathic character, he still manages to sound relatively normal and entitled in his letters back to her.
The family of this killer were as much victims as the families of those who were taken out of this life by the hand of Kerri's terrible parent.
It's an eye opener and I'm pleased to have heard it.
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- Jade
- 08-09-2024
Great POV
I liked the idea of having this in the BTKs daughters point of view though some areas I thought who cares though at the same time helps provide an insight to who BtK was personally to her.
Glad I had it on audiable and got to listen to it.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-12-2024
Really good
Loved this book. What a great insight into trauma. I could have done without the god stuff but I also see that she needed that to move forward
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- Anonymous User
- 10-04-2019
BTK is my dad.
My heart breaks for Kerrie reconciling her truth. What an amazing insight to a story that spanned decades & facinated the media. I thank her sharing her difficult story.
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- Hank
- 30-04-2021
Great story of faith and PTSD
I found out about this book through a Christian book store so being a true crime buff and a Christian I was compelled to read it. And I think she got the balance right in the book in terms of faith plus the details of the murders committed by her father. If you want a focus on just the gory details of the crimes, you won't find that in this book. Instead it talks about the crimes in the context of her families mental and emotional health after they found out what he was doing in secret and the face he put up to conceal it. It's a story about a family being betrayed by a father who was to a significant degree a Jekyll and Hyde type character. My heart and prayers go out to the family of the victims. My prayers also go out to the killer's family. Recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-03-2019
Insight but too religious.
I found this book interesting, but in regards to religion it is far too religious, if I had known there was so much religious talk in the book I would not have read it. I am comfortable with my religion, & find people who are extremely religious quite hard to take.
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- kathleen
- 04-03-2019
boring as bat poo
oh my gosh, if I could give this negative stars I would. the narrator is so slow and slow bad I had to almpst double the speed for her to dmsound normal. At normal speed she sounded like she was trying to convey something very simple to a naughty and stupid child.
The book itself shouldn't be in true crime it should be wherever they stick Christian books. Rawson has little insight into her father's behaviour and focuses a lot of the book on how normal their family is. thiugh she describes her father as a pressure cooker she never says what happens when he explodes, he is never abusive- oh except for the two times he tried to strangle her brother. I feel like there probably were behaviors that weren't normal that she just doesnt want to focus on.
So much of the book is focused on Rawson and her family, there is such a me me me vibe, between the narrator and this selfish attitude I just couldn't finish it. I really didnt want to waste s few more hours to hear how she eventually forgives her father (cos I'm sure she will) even though it isnt her place and he doesnt deserve it. If you want to learn how a woman finds God on a camping trip this is the book for you, if you wanted any kind of real insight into how people live with a serial killer for 30 years look elsewhere.
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