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Adramaticandcompellingtrue–crimepsychologicalthrillerThisincrediblestoryshowshowJohnDouglastrackedandparticipatedinthehuntforoneofthemostnotoriousserialkillersinU.S.history.For31yearsamanwhocalledhimselfBTK(Bind,Torture,Kill)terrorizedthecityofWichita,Kansas,sexuallyassaultingandstranglingaseriesofwomen,tauntingthepolicewithfrequentcommunications,andbraggingabouthiscrimestolocalnewspapersandTVstations.Afterdisappearingfornineyears,hesuddenlyreappeared,complainingthatnoonewaspayingenoughattentiontohimandclaimingthathehadcommittedothercrimesforwhichhehadnotbeengivencredit.Whenhewasultimatelycaptured,BTKwasshockinglyrevealedtobeDennisRader,a61–year–oldmarriedmanwithtwochildren.
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JohnDouglas,aformerFBIagentandpioneerserialkillerprofiler,isoneofthemostsuccessfultruecrimeauthorsinthecountry.HeistheauthoroftheNewYorkTimesnumberonebestsellerMindhunter:InsidetheFBI'sEliteSerialCrimeUnit,whichfirstintroducedthepublictotheideaofpsychologicalprofilesasatoolinhuntingdownkillers.DouglasservedastechnicaladvisorforthefilmTheSilenceoftheLambs,muchofwhichwasbasedonhiswork.Hehasconsultedonthousandsofcasesworldwideprovidingcaseanalysis,interviewandinterrogationtechniques,investigativestrategies,prosecutorialstrategies,andexperttestimony.Sincehisretirementin1995fromtheFBI,Douglashasbeendonatingprobonoassistancewheneverpossibletopoliceandvictimsofviolentcrime.Mr.DouglaslivesnearWashington,D.C.JohnnyDoddisawriteratPeoplemagazinewholivesintheLosAngelesarea.--ThistextreferstotheHardcoveredition.