Ep23: SERIAL KILLER BTK (DENNIS RADER)
This is Part 3 of a 3-part series on Dennis Rader (a.k.a. BTK – the serial killer). In this episode, Margot explores the murders of Marine Hedge, Vicki Wegerle, and Dolores Davis. She further digs into the capture of the Wichita monster that terrorized women, men, and children alike. Margot’s main source of information for this episode was John Douglas’s 2007 book, “Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer.”
Marine Hedge
BTK’s 8th victim
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Vicki Wegerle
BTK’s 9th Victim
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Dolores Davis
BTK’s 10th & final victim.
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Dennis Rader was on a Boy Scout trip when he stepped away to murder his neighbor, Marine Hedge.
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Two Faces of BTK
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WATCH BTK’s GUILTY PLEA:
WATCH BTK’s VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS:
Part 1: OTERO FAMILY CHILDREN VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT
BTK ruthlessly eliminated 4 members of the Otero family.
Part 2: KEVIN BRIGHT VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT
Kevin survived BTK’s brutal attack, but his sister Katheryn did not.
Part 3: NANCY FOX’S SISTER, MARINE HEDGE’S REPRESENTATIVE, VICKI WEGERLE’S HUSBAND & DAUGHTER, DOLORES DAVIS’ SON – VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS
Part 4: DOLORES DAVIS’ FAMILY VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT
Episode 23 Resources:
- BTK Confession, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvWOje46Xp8&list=PLMMwrUvef-FJRE35Sg8yd8eheE5kzofYu&index=1
- BTK Victim Impact Statements – Part 1, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm56F-xlPGI&list=PLMMwrUvef-FJc9fGO9VgRrhYF7LVZUakv&index=9
- BTK Victim Impact Statements – Part 2, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnUCRS9DHKQ
- BTK Victim Impact Statements – Part 3, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdEZjDcCedI
- BTK Victim Impact Statements – Part 4, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8bI-R341rs
- Douglas, John & Dodd, Johnny, Inside The Mind Of BTK: The True Story Behind The Thirty-Year Hunt For the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer. Jossey-Bass, 2007.
- Snapped: Notorious BTK Serial Killer, Oxygen Network, https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/snapped-notorious-btk-serial-killer-premieres-september-2-on-oxygen (last accessed on 20 February 2020).
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-ap-btk-timeline-story.html
- BTK Sentencing Hearing – The Otero Family Murders (abridged), thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZK5kENj-0k&list=PLMMwrUvef-FJc9fGO9VgRrhYF7LVZUakv&index=1
- BTK Sentencing Hearing – The Murder of Katheryn Bright, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVHSYn1CyHs&list=PLMMwrUvef-FJc9fGO9VgRrhYF7LVZUakv&index=2
- BTK Sentencing Hearing – The Murder of Shirley Vian, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_FxwaQlBSs&list=PLMMwrUvef-FJc9fGO9VgRrhYF7LVZUakv&index=3
- BTK Sentencing Hearing – The Murder of Nancy Fox, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icFLv2zKmpU&list=PLMMwrUvef-FJc9fGO9VgRrhYF7LVZUakv&index=4
- BTK Sentencing Hearing – The Murder of Vicki Wegerle, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADpHxYIo8rE&list=PLMMwrUvef-FJc9fGO9VgRrhYF7LVZUakv&index=5
- BTK Sentencing Hearing – The Murder of Marine Hedge, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Cxvtz9gVk&list=PLMMwrUvef-FJc9fGO9VgRrhYF7LVZUakv&index=6
- BTK Sentencing Hearing – The Murder of Dolores Davis, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbZz-WkQvUI&list=PLMMwrUvef-FJc9fGO9VgRrhYF7LVZUakv&index=7
- BTK Sentencing Hearing – Landwehr’s Testimony, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOfe7kW0WAc&list=PLMMwrUvef-FJc9fGO9VgRrhYF7LVZUakv&index=8
- BTK Dennis Rader’s Sentencing Statement, thebtksite YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy_DC-OzriE&list=PLMMwrUvef-FJc9fGO9VgRrhYF7LVZUakv&index=13
- BTK’s Daughter Speaks Out, kptspromotions YouTube Channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EO87fspCnw
- Potter, Tim, Witchita Eagle, “BTK Describes His Own Crimes,” July 16, 2005, https://www.kansas.com/news/special-reports/btk/article1003753.html (last accessed on 20 February 2020).
- Neil, Denise, Wichita Eagle, “BTK Serial Killer Back in the Spotlight With Release of His Daughter’s Memoir,” January 27, 2019, https://www.kansas.com/news/special-reports/btk/article225077060.html (last accessed on 20 February 2020).
- Roehrman, Michael, Wichita Eagle, “BTK Serial Killer Dennis Rader’s Testimony Describing How He Killed His Victims,” June 27, 2015, https://www.kansas.com/news/special-reports/btk/article225087595.html (last accessed on 20 February 2020).
- Schonfeld, Zach, Dallas Morning News, “’I knew right away it was my dad’: How The Daughter of the BTK Killer Faces Her Trauma,” February 17, 2019, https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/02/17/i-knew-right-away-it-was-my-dad-how-the-daughter-of-the-btk-killer-faces-her-trauma/ (last accessed on 20 February 2020).
- Court Transcript – from Otero Family Murders Through Vian’s Murder, https://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/27/rader.transcript/ (last accessed on 20 February 2020).
- Miller, Kenneth, Reader’s Digest, “How I Survived the BTK Killer,” https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/surviving-btk-killer/ (last accessed on 20 February 2020).
- Davey, Monica, New York Times, “Suspect in 10 Kansas Murders Lived an Intensely Ordinary Life,” March 6, 2005, https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/06/us/suspect-in-10-kansas-murders-lived-an-intensely-ordinary-life.html?_r=0 (last accessed on 20 February 2020).
- Chu, Jeffrey, Time Magazine, “Was the Killer Next Door?” March 6, 2005, http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1034672-1,00.html (20 February 2020).
- Kini, Aditi, Oxygen Network, “Dennis Rader’s Co-Worker Recalls Looking ‘Into The Eyes of BTK,’” September 2, 2018, https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-time/dennis-raders-co-worker-recalls-looking-into-the-eyes-of-btk (last accessed on 20 February 2020).
- Boyle, Louise, DailyMail.com, “Exclusive: Surviving son of Family Killed by BTK Serial Killer Dennis Rader Recalls the Chilling Moment He Came Home From School to Discover His Parents and Two Young Siblings Bound and Strangled at their Home,” February 5, 2019, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6669831/Son-BTK-killers-victims-tells-family-strangled-bound-age-15.html (last accessed on 15 March 2020).
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