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Unholy Messenger : The Life and Crimes of the BTK Serial Killer by Stephen Singular (2006, Hardcover)

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To all appearances, Dennis Rader was a model citizen in the small town of Park City, Kansas, where he had lived with his family almost his entire life. He was a town compliance officer, a former Boy Scout leader, the president of his church congregation, and a seemingly ordinary father and husband. But Rader's average life belied the existence of his dark, sadistic other self: he was the BTK serial killer. The self-named BTK (for Bind, Torture, Kill) had terrorized Wichita for thirty-one years, not only with his brutal, sexually motivated crimes, but also through his taunting, elusive communications with the media and law enforcement. In 1974, BTK committed his first murders -- torturing and strangling four members of the Otero family -- and wrote the police an audacious letter declaring his responsibility for the Oteros' deaths and labeling himself, for the first time, BTK. Thus he established a pattern -- stalking and killing a series of ten victims, then bragging and claiming ownership of his crimes -- that ended in 1991 but left law enforcement confounded and the public with deeply troubling memories. Until, that is, he resurfaced in 2004 with another string of letters that would finally lead to his arrest. Drawing from extensive interviews with Rader's pastor, congregation, detectives, and psychologists who worked the case, and from his unnervingly de-tailed thirty-two-hour confession, bestselling author Stephen Singular delves into the disturbing life and crimes of BTK to explore fully -- for the first time -- the most dangerous and complex serial killer of our generation and the man who embodied, at once, astonishing extremes of normality and abnormality. In "UnholyMessenger," Singular recounts the year prior to Rader's arrest, in which the BTK killer reemerged, and the aftermath. Woven throughout are the details of his crimes, elaborate schemes, and bids for public attention, and the wrenching impact his deception had on his family, church, and heartland community. The result is a chilling story of a man considered a "spiritual leader" by his pastor and congregation, who turned out to be the devil next door. More than just true crime, Unholy Messenger is a powerful, thoroughly engrossing examination of the intersection between good and evil, and of the psychology and spirituality of a killer in whom faith and bloodshed converged.

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Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
0743291247
ISBN-13
9780743291248
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Unholy Messenger : the Life and Crimes of the Btk Serial Killer
Author
Stephen Singular
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Murder / General, Murder / Serial Killers, Criminals & Outlaws
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, True Crime
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
16 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hv6534.W59s56 2006
Copyright Date
2006
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2006-042329
Dewey Decimal
364.152/3092
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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5 out of 5 stars
by sdc0120Sep 09, 2013
Well written and Intriguing book
There are aspects about the book I like. It's interesting how a person could lead such dual roles in life. He was a family man and it sounds like a good one, but his deception was amazing. I feel bad for not only his victims and their family members, but also for his now ex wife, children and people who thought he was their friend. The book is truly thought provoking.
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by callistodesignsAug 03, 2009
Excellent read! Couldn't put it down!
I opened this book, and literally never stopped reading it until it was finished. I found the whole book really fascinating. It makes me want to become a forensic psychiatrist. The concept of how people can become so off track somewhere along the line is fascinating to me. There were parts of this book that are nowhere else out in the public about this case as well. Highly recommend!
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by jd45thomMar 19, 2019
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by gldieMay 09, 2007
Wow! Wow! Wow!
There was so much in this book on the BTK that I never knew. The "details" are all here in this book. If you are the slight bit interested into psychology, what people think, forensics, etc this is a good book for you! Not for the weak hearted! I sat reading shaking my head in disbelief that a human could do and think such things. Good Reading!

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