Dennis Rader

Biography

Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945), better known as the BTK killer, is an American serial killer who murdered at least ten people in Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. Although he occasionally killed or attempted to kill men and children, Rader typically targeted women. His victims were often attacked in their homes, then bound, sometimes with objects from their homes, and either suffocated with a plastic bag or manually strangled with a ligature.

Known For

20/20

E! True Hollywood Story

One Night in Idaho: The College Murders

My Father, the BTK Killer

BTK: A Killer Among Us

Serious Serial Killers

BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer

Serial Killers Defined

All Movies (6)

• My Father, the BTK Killer2025 · as Self - Serial Killer (archive footage)
• BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer2022 · as Self (voice)
• BTK: A Killer Among Us2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dennis Rader: The Bind and Torture Killer2013 · as Self (archive)
• Serial Killers Defined2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Serious Serial Killers2012

All TV Shows (3)

• One Night in Idaho: The College Murders2025 · as Self - BTK Serial Killer (archive footage)
• E! True Hollywood Story1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• 20/201978 · as Self - Serial Killer (archive footage)