BTK: Bind, Torture, Kill

A devoted husband. A church-going Cub Scout leader. And a cold-blooded killer who terrorized a community for nearly two decades.

Between 1974 and 1991, Dennis Rader committed at least ten brutal murders in Wichita and Park City, Kansas. Operating under the chilling moniker BTK — short for Bind, Torture, Kill — he meticulously stalked his victims, broke into their homes, and ended their lives with sadistic precision. Rader’s crimes were not impulsive acts of violence, but carefully orchestrated rituals that fed his dark fantasies.

By day, Rader appeared to be the perfect neighbor — a father of two, a church council president, and an alarm-system installer. By night, he transformed into one of the most calculating killers in American history. He taunted the police and media with letters, poems, and cryptic messages, playing a cruel game of cat and mouse that left Wichita paralyzed with fear.

After vanishing for over a decade, BTK resurfaced in 2004 — a fatal mistake that led investigators to trace a floppy disk straight to Rader himself. His arrest in 2005 ended one of the longest and most haunting manhunts in U.S. criminal history.

A chilling portrait of hidden evil and small-town horror — this is the true story of Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, who lived among his victims and fooled an entire city.