Inside the Mind of BTK (eBook)

The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer

John Douglas, Johnny Dodd (Autoren)

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2007 | 1. Auflage
368 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-7879-9709-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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 U.S. 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.

Autor

John Douglas, a former FBI agent and pioneer serial killer profiler, is one of the most successful true crime authors in the country. He is the author of the New York Times number one best seller Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, which first introduced the public to the idea of psychological profiles as a tool in hunting down killers. Douglas served as technical advisor for the film The Silence of the Lambs, much of which was based on his work. He has consulted on thousands of cases worldwide providing case analysis, interview and interrogation techniques, investigative strategies, prosecutorial strategies, and expert testimony. Since his retirement in 1995 from the FBI, Douglas has been donating pro bono assistance whenever possible to police and victims of violent crime. Mr. Douglas lives near Washington, D.C. Johnny Dodd is a writer at People magazine who lives in the Los Angeles area.

Inhalt

Preface to the Paperback Edition ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1

Act One: My Lifelong Hunt for BTK 11

Act Two: The Capture and Arrest of BTK 111

Act Three: Meeting BTK: An Exclusive Interview 273

About the Authors 337

Index 339

Rezensionen

"...It's an unforgettable portrait of a guy most of us are glad we
never met." (Bloomberg.com, November 8, 2007)

Legendary profiler and bestselling author Douglas
(Mindhunter), who pioneered the FBI's systematic study of
serial killers, offers his insights into one of this country's most
chilling killers--Dennis Rader, a seemingly innocuous family
man and municipal employee, whose brutal murders terrorized
Wichita, Kans., for three decades. Identifying himself by the
initials BTK (for Bind, Torture, Kill), Rader (who in 2005 pled
guilty to 10 murders and is serving consecutive life sentences)
taunted the press and law enforcement, striking at random in savage
attacks that often decimated families, and then confounded his
pursuers with long dormant periods. With the aid of People
magazine writer Dodd, Douglas nicely weaves the story of his own
development as a profiler with the history of BTK's crimes and his
own role in the investigation, drawing on analyses he developed
early on in the rampage; he noted, for instance, "the razor
sharp control" the killer maintained after his crimes. While
the stomach-turning story of BTK's crimes has been told by others,
Douglas's unique professional experience and his exclusive personal
access to Rader offers a different perspective, even as the answer
to the question of how such a monster comes to be remains elusive.
(Oct.) (Publishers Weekly, August 20, 2007)

"Inside the Mind of BTK is a chilling and fascinating place
to be, and there is no better guide to take us there than great
American Mindhunter, John Douglas. This is a story of ordinary
people and extraordinary evil - lock your doors, check your
telephone lines, and read this book."

--Linda Fairstein, bestselling author or Bad Blood, Death
Dance and Entombed, and for twenty-five years was the
chief prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Sex Crime Unit

"Riveting! Douglas and Dodd have focused a laser sight on one of
the most fascinating and disturbing serial killers of our time.
Their in-depth analysis of the BTK's early childhood, his seemingly
"normal" everyday life and his shockingly well-hidden "other" life,
deftly explores the nature of evil and how we can better protect
ourselves from such cunning predators."

--Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling suspense
author of HIDE

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.6.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Psychologie • Psychology • Psychology Special Topics • Spezialthemen Psychologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7879-9709-9 / 0787997099
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7879-9709-0 / 9780787997090