Pulled over in 2005, serial killer Dennis Rader calmly admitted he knew why police were there. Over thirty hours of interrogation, he detailed ten murders with chilling precision, then pleaded guilty to avoid trial. In this episode we cover the trial, the sentencing and the aftermath of one of America’s most infamous and horrific strings of murders- the BTK Killings.

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After killing Marine Hedge in 1985 and Vicki Wegerle in 1986, Dennis Rader vanished into suburban normalcy for almost twenty years—leading Cub Scouts, serving as church president, and installing home alarms for terrified neighbors. While the task force chased ghosts, he privately curated scrapbooks and fantasized about new victims. In 2004, stung by a newspaper article implying BTK had died or lost his nerve, Rader resurfaced with letters, crime-scene photos, and a floppy disk he believed was untraceable. Digital metadata and his own daughter’s DNA ended the longest cat-and-mouse game in Kansas history, exposing the monster who had hidden in plain sight all along.

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For 31 years, the city of Wichita lived in terror of a ghost. Between 1974 and 1991, Dennis Rader – the mild-mannered family man, church leader, and compliance officer – murdered ten people in a series of meticulously planned home invasions that still haunt the American true-crime landscape. He didn’t just kill. He staged elaborate, sadistic “projects”: cutting phone lines, waiting patiently in closets, binding entire families with cords pulled from venetian blinds, torturing them for hours, and strangling them one by one while the others watched in helpless horror.

This is the story of how a monster hid in plain sight for three decades.

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Before he became the nightmare of Wichita, Kansas – the sadistic serial killer who taunted police with letters signed “BTK” – Dennis Rader was just a quiet, unassuming boy growing up in middle America.

In this chilling episode, we go back to the beginning. This is the origin story of one of America’s most infamous serial killers – the story of how Dennis Rader spent decades carefully constructing the perfect mask… This is the making of BTK.

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In today's story, we're examining one of the most disturbing series of murders to ever rock the states of Texas & Arkansas, the MOONLIGHT MURDERS. This story is so infamous that it was adapted into a notorious 70's horror film titled "The Town That Dreaded Sundown", and the phantom killer has yet to be caught.

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In today's episode, we examine the story of Dr. James Craig, whose disturbing crimes came to light in 2023 after the sudden and violent death of his wife. 
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In 1974, six members of the DeFeo family were found murdered in their home in Amityville, New York. And the scene of the crime was troubling... in fact, curiously, it appeared as if none of the family members had awoken while the others were being murdered. And when a suspect was finally arrested, and he began speaking to investigators about the voices in his head that told him to kill, things just kept getting stranger and stranger. This is one of the most infamous true crime stories in American history, and the case that inspired the film series "The Amityville Horror". You're listening to MURDER IN AMERICA!
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In August of 2016, a disturbing crime rocked the town of Jupiter, Florida. On that day, a young man did the unthinkable, and ended two lives in an unpredictable, completely random explosion of senseless violence. Join us today as we investigate the story of Austin Harrouff, and the chilling crimes that came to be known as the "Zombie Murders".

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In October of 1989, a young boy went missing from a small town in Minnesota. As time ticked on, and no leads were found, the town, and the nation, grew desperate. However, when the answers to their questions were finally revealed, people were shocked at how their suspect had been hiding amongst them, in plain sight, for years...

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In the wake of the El Paso Walmart shooting, the community of El Paso tried to recover from the tragedy, but the road to true healing would be long, and eventful. Join us today as we examine the fall out of the shooting, and take you through exactly what happened right up until Patrick Crusius was finally put behind bars.

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