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title: "Dennis Rader: The BTK Killer"
description: "An in-depth examination of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer, challenging the myth of the criminal genius and revealing the disturbing ordinariness behind one of America's most notorious serial killers."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/dennis-rader-btk-killer.md
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datePublished: 2026-06-16
dateModified: 2026-06-16
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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An in-depth examination of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer, challenging the myth of the criminal genius and revealing the disturbing ordinariness behind one of America's most notorious serial killers.
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