Inside the Mind of BTK
The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer
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Jason Klav
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A dramatic and compelling true-crime psychological thriller
This incredible story shows how John Douglas tracked and participated in the hunt for one of the most notorious serial killers in US history. For 31 years a man who called himself BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) terrorized the city of Wichita, Kansas, sexually assaulting and strangling a series of women, taunting the police with frequent communications, and bragging about his crimes to local newspapers and TV stations. After disappearing for nine years, he suddenly reappeared, complaining that no one was paying enough attention to him and claiming that he had committed other crimes for which he had not been given credit. When he was ultimately captured, BTK was shockingly revealed to be Dennis Rader, a 61-year-old married man with two children.
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- kelly
- 13-07-2022
good listen if you love this subject
loved the book.. however the incorrect reading of some words tore me out of the book. the BAU Is fascinating to me.
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- Louise
- 18-01-2022
Comprehensive analysis
Close to perfect in terms of a true crime audiobook. Lots of information, no sensationalism and comprehensive coverage of many perspectives and evidence.
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- L Holyoak
- 16-01-2022
Terrific
Awesome, insightful & terrfying look at the psyche of Demnis Rader BTK.
Wonderfully read.
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- Tracy
- 05-12-2020
A glimice into a nightmare
Its hard to put down, a monster masquerading as a human being and the hunt to capture him, worth a read.
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- Troy
- 28-01-2023
A very interesting look into the life of BYK
A fascinating tale from the FBI agent who from start to finish tracked the serial killer BTK
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- Andrew
- 05-06-2024
A five star audiobook with some flaws.
A fascinating insight into the complexities of a serial murderer.
As others have pointed out, the quality of the narration could be improved. I find it hard to believe that a neatly 13 hour audiobook wasn't proof-heard for at least 30 mins when it would have been found that words such as 'quantico' and 'larynx' were pronounced hopelessly wrong. 90% of the time the narration is just fine, the narrator reminds me a lot of Owen Wilson.
By biggest gripe with the book however comes from the attitude of the author, John Douglas towards the subject of his work. I would assume that any serious behavioural expert would dispel ridiculous notions of good and evil when discussing the science of human behaviour. The clinical way of looking at the behaviour of Rader would be easily explained as a perfect storm of a number of co-morbid personality disorders. I found the way he would continually lament the absence of the death penalty in this case to be insincere considering how he made a career of studying people exhibiting these type of behaviours and would be aware how much we can learn from them in order to save others. It struck me as a dishonest position to take possibly with the intention of placating a morally squeamish audience.
Still a great book though, highly recommend.
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- Christopher Biddle
- 10-05-2022
SAY QUANTICO PROPERLY FFS
yeah exactly what I wrote as the title. say it properly ffs it is infuriating
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- Reader
- 10-05-2022
Fascinating insight
John Douglas is a genius in taking the most complex behaviours and making them understandable to the lay person.
Great read!
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- Em
- 14-05-2023
brilliant story
incredible story, unfortunately the narrator was not great - mispronounced words and often didn't have a great flow to reading and felt disjointed
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- Anonymous User
- 10-08-2021
Interesting Story, dull narration
I found the book interesting and informative, but very dark when details of the individual cases was given.
However the narration was a dull and dry making it difficult to listen to for long periods of time, so it took me longer than usual to finish the book.
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