EP 91: "Terror in Wichita" — The Story of 'Bind-Torture-Kill' Killer Dennis Rader (Part IV)

You knew we weren’t done yet. In Part 4 of the BTK series, we return to Wichita to cover the final set of Dennis Rader’s horrifying crimes—and the unraveling cracks in his double life. This episode picks up after the murder of Nancy Fox and carries us through the devastating story of Maureen Hedge, the rise of public awareness about BTK, and how close law enforcement almost came to stopping him in the 1970s.

⚠️ Content Warning: This episode contains graphic discussions of murder, sexual assault, grief, and abuse. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

This is the one where:

• Gen explains the infamous phone call Dennis made after Nancy's murder—and the random off-duty firefighter who almost blew the case wide open.
• Kait walks you through how BTK used a Cub Scout camping trip as a cover to kill his neighbor, Maureen Hedge.
• You learn how a tacky, awful poem almost made it into a Valentine's Day classified ad section.
• The Wichita Police Department finally goes public with the serial killer theory—and BTK's ego explodes.

It's brutal, it's dark, and it's frustrating as hell. But you also get:

• The grief and aftermath from Nancy's family
• Kerri Rader's eerily accurate night terrors
• Kait's theory on why Dennis should have been shot into a toilet at birth

All of this while he was a Cub Scout leader. A deacon. A father. A f*cking fraud.

Next week wraps the series with the real star: Kerri Rawson, his daughter, and a survivor in her own right.

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