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Inside the Mind of BTK
- The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer
- Narrated by: Jason Klav
- Length: 12 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
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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- Olga Szymkowska
- 09-11-22
Great read
Deep inside to twisted mind , facts and numbers speak out stronger than fiction.
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- Jonathan Watkins
- 03-02-21
Great
crazy insight into the life of an absolute nut case, would highly recommend....what a sick man.
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- Koko B. Ware
- 10-05-21
Very Interesting - if you enjoy this type of thing.
As a hardened true crime vet, it’s hard to affect my sensibilities, but this deep dive in to the life of BTK had me grimacing and upset on multiple occasions. Be warned.
With that said, I’m not always a fan of John Douglas - I often find him to be too arrogant (although justifiably so) for my personal tastes, and often his books focus on everything he got right, and don’t mention the things he got wrong, of which I’m sure there are plenty.
This book mostly manages to avoid that, as he had been retired for 10 years by the time Rader was caught. There are multiple mentions of it being something he had predicted in 74, or 82, or 91 and so forth, but they are mostly forgivable. As the book focuses purely on BTK, and with access to his diaries, all the police records and numerous sources, there isn’t as much room for unproven speculation.
I would criticise the performance by Jason Klav. There are numerous mispronunciations that are mildly irritating, such as the repeated mistake on “Quantico”. That one is unforgivable in a true crime book. Non are so egregious that they completely spoil it though.
Not for the feint of heart; and a must listen for anyone with an interest in serial killers.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-05-21
Poor narration
I often find John Douglas’ books quite arrogant, understandably so, but it can still be a bit grating when he is listing off his achievements and what he predicted but law enforcement failed to detect. Saying that, I enjoyed the book overall. The big letdown, however, was the narration, with frequent mispronunciation of words such as ‘Quantico’ which really irked me.
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- Miranda Shaw
- 03-06-22
Fantastic
I was gripped throughout, really well paced book and the narrators voice didn’t fight with the drama of the story at all. Would definitely recommend !
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- Christopher
- 31-08-20
Great book
this was a great book, loved the way it was told and the detail it was told in
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- T P B Handley
- 16-11-20
Poor narration
Interesting book, but disappointingly narrated to the point of almost spoiling it. Mispronunciation frequent and monotonous tone.
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- Hugh O'Donoghue
- 06-03-23
Good Story Hampered by Poor Narration
The book itself is quite solid and won’t be too disappointing for John Douglass or True Crime fans. It provides a fascinating insight and treatment of the BTK narrative. However, the audio book was let down by the narrator. The narration was quite choppy. The narrator’s pronunciation of many words was wide off the mark and his diction and delivery left much to be desired.
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- Shane canning
- 13-10-22
brillent
first minutte had me glued in the music the narratation very good couldent stop listening
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- Anonymous User
- 19-01-23
Good story ruined by the narration!
Good story ruined by the narrator, boring voice and bad Pronunciation. Not again with this guy!
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