Inside the Mind of BTK The True Story Behind the ThirtyYear Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer (Audible Audio Edition) John Douglas Johnny Dodd Jason Klav Audible Studios Books
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This incredible story shows how John Douglas tracked and participated in the hunt for one of the most notorious serial killers in U.S. history. For 31 years, a man who called himself BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) terrorized the city of Wichita, Kansas, sexually assaulting and strangling a series of women, taunting the police with frequent communications, and bragging about his crimes to local newspapers and TV stations.
After disappearing for nine years, he suddenly reappeared, complaining that no one was paying enough attention to him and claiming that he had committed other crimes for which he had not been given credit. When he was ultimately captured, BTK was shockingly revealed to be Dennis Rader, a 61-year-old married man with two children.
Inside the Mind of BTK The True Story Behind the ThirtyYear Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer (Audible Audio Edition) John Douglas Johnny Dodd Jason Klav Audible Studios Books
First the book itself is excellent but I got the Audiobook and the guy reading it, Jason Klav, is just terrible. They should have fired him the first day. English can't possibly be his first language. He doesn't know how to pronounce many words and consequently he says them strangely and awkwardly. He also has no sense of how a book should flow. He races through each sentence, ignoring periods, commas paragraph breaks and even sometimes chapter breaks. It's odd and made it hard to listen to at times.He also has no ability to voice characters differently. Everyone sounds the same, like him, bored and disinterested.
Here's some words he either does know or doesn't know how to say properly:
Library - He says "Libary"
Naïveté - He says "Nah-vit-tay"
Idyllic - He says "Ideal-ick"
Dulles - He says "Dull-ass"
Those are just a few that from the last two chapters after I started noting them. There were so many.
Finally, in the narrative, when Douglas meets with the homicide detective that finally caught Rader, they have breakfast together at a restaurant called Egg Cetera (in Wichita), clearly a pun an "etcetera" (etc) but the narrator pronounces it "Egg Sah-terra" seemingly having no idea what the owner of the diner was going for. Klav's goofy pronunciation, flat, hurried read and inability to voice different characters was jarring, distracting and sometimes down-right hysterical.
The book itself is fine. I've read or listened to many true crime / serial killer books. Dennis Rader is one of the scariest, most chilling and odd serial killers I've encountered so far.
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Inside the Mind of BTK The True Story Behind the ThirtyYear Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer (Audible Audio Edition) John Douglas Johnny Dodd Jason Klav Audible Studios Books Reviews
I've often complained about Ann Rule's books during and after reading. One issue that I always have she has a tendency to "diss" her own fans, the very people who pay for her books. As an example, she has at least implied in the past that those who read true-crime books -- or worse yet, "detective magazines" (I've never read one myself, I'll admit) -- are "suspect" as well. In other words, just by reading the books means that you are a borderline psychopath, just like the criminals in those books. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
And somewhere in this beyond-riveting read, John Douglas, the ex-lead for the FBI's BSU unit -- or whatever it wants to call itself nowadays -- even discusses this issue a bit. From memory, he asserts that different people read true crime for different reasons, not all of them nefarious. After all, if anyone has read a lot of true crime, it would be he. And surely Ms. Rule as well, which should make her reevaluate her possible position. In my opinion, Mr. Douglas takes a more logical stand on this point than Ms. Rule.
I started reading and watching true crime after screening a documentary on Albert Fish, a Depression-era "gentleman" who had the bad habit of killing small children and the worse habit of eating them. After watching that, I thought, "Wow! Truth is stranger than fiction! Why would I ever want to read fiction again?" And this is pretty much the truth. There are so many real-life stories that need to be told -- that even need to be read -- so why read fiction?
But for me, it is more than this. A lot of true-crime aficionados read the genre because they "want to know why someone became so evil." For me, it's somewhat reversed. I want to know, "Why aren't there MORE serial killers?" After all, our society continues to decay -- you can and may argue that it hasn't, but you have an almost unwinnable argument -- and so the bell curve has moved left, assuming I'm correct. With that shift, it would be expected that more people would display at least violent behavior, not fewer. Looking into a crystal ball, perhaps in 100 years, people might just shrug when they hear confessions from 22nd-century serial killers, instead of so-called shock when Dennis Rader spoke of his crimes in court just like he was discussing sports. I guess the old useless tautology holds "It remains to be seen."
This is my fourth read from Mr. Douglas, and in reality, it might be his best. While "Mind Hunter" is surely terrific, "Inside the Mind of BTK" is actually better, in my opinion. Why? Well, it concentrates on one killer, and by doing that, it devotes enough pages to that one killer to do the story justice, just as justice finally came to a psychopath. After reading, you really should have a very good idea why Mr. Rader decided to become BTK, and therefore, why he decided to start killing.
I peeked at a few reviews before making this purchase, and the usual litany of "John Douglas is the most egotistical man in the universe" ad hominems were readily on display. Personally, I don't necessarily think that this is the case. Yes, everyone has an "ego" to some degree; without it you would fall into the pits of despair. But just like everything else, it is the level of that ego, and I believe that Mr. Douglas doesn't go too far with it.
Just like learning about BTK, if you read this book, you'll also learn a bit about the publishing business as well. It can be a bit dirty. One gal who became an "insider" with this story, who was using BTK -- and surely vice versa -- in hopes of gaining a book deal will make you realize that. Personally, I think that "victims' rights" have been carried a bit to the extreme nowadays. As evidence, how can a previous "outsider," who had nothing to do with the crimes but now wants to write about those crimes, be sued by the victims and nearly lose? You've got me. While I don't believe that criminals such as Mr. Rader should be able to profit from their crimes, that shouldn't hold for those that are innocent. The only thing this gal might be guilty of poor judgement.
I do believe that Mr. Rader should apologize for his crimes, but I wouldn't hold my breath on this one; you just might turn as blue as his many victims, with all due respect. But you shouldn't say you're sorry if you read true crime. After all, what do you have to apologize for?
OMG.. I really like John Douglas's books, but the guy reading this making me crazy. He pronounces Quantico as "Quan TEE co" Also the word enviable as "en vEYE able".. Also the word secrete at "see crate".. Quantico is the worst for me though, I mean how many times have we all heard that word in movies and television shows and the news? Never ONCE in my life (until now) have I heard it pronounced "Quan TEE co"... Grrrrrr! ) OMG, it gets worse as it goes on.. Anyone remember Truman Capote? He wrote "In Cold Blood".. This reader pronounces the writers last name "Ca POL tay"... The Spanish conquerors? "Con QUEE stadors" .. Reticent? "Re TIS ent".. Say what?? There's more, but I'm just too hung up on the language I guess, actually NO, I'm NOT. Words have pronunciation guides and are meant to be said properly. Today the reader of this very good book pronounced "tavern" (simply enough, yes?) as "tav-REN". Just shoot me!! Where is Frank Muller when you need him? (Rest in Peace, Frank.. You were the best..)
First the book itself is excellent but I got the Audiobook and the guy reading it, Jason Klav, is just terrible. They should have fired him the first day. English can't possibly be his first language. He doesn't know how to pronounce many words and consequently he says them strangely and awkwardly. He also has no sense of how a book should flow. He races through each sentence, ignoring periods, commas paragraph breaks and even sometimes chapter breaks. It's odd and made it hard to listen to at times.
He also has no ability to voice characters differently. Everyone sounds the same, like him, bored and disinterested.
Here's some words he either does know or doesn't know how to say properly
Library - He says "Libary"
Naïveté - He says "Nah-vit-tay"
Idyllic - He says "Ideal-ick"
Dulles - He says "Dull-ass"
Those are just a few that from the last two chapters after I started noting them. There were so many.
Finally, in the narrative, when Douglas meets with the homicide detective that finally caught Rader, they have breakfast together at a restaurant called Egg Cetera (in Wichita), clearly a pun an "etcetera" (etc) but the narrator pronounces it "Egg Sah-terra" seemingly having no idea what the owner of the diner was going for. Klav's goofy pronunciation, flat, hurried read and inability to voice different characters was jarring, distracting and sometimes down-right hysterical.
The book itself is fine. I've read or listened to many true crime / serial killer books. Dennis Rader is one of the scariest, most chilling and odd serial killers I've encountered so far.
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