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Two views of a killer, but they do converge in parts

I recently read the book by the daughter of #BTK,
A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming, and then I read this one by the psychologist who corresponded with him for years and has been interviewed on quite a few TV series: Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer

Interesting to reconcile the two very different views of this convicted killer — one from a loving daughter who was devastated by the revelation that her dad was the notorious serial they talked about in the news for years, and the other by a psychiatric professional trying to understand this criminal mind. Wow, what a trip. Katherine Ramsland does mention Kerri a few times in her own book, and the two meet on the same ground -- perhaps a bit -- a time or two, in their respective stories. But to hear Kerri's POV on her hiking trip at the Grand Canyon with her dad, her recollection that her dad was not home the night her neighbor was murdered, her finding one of the books from her dad's hidey hole stashes ... it really left an indelible impression.

Yes, it was challenging to see Dr. Ramsland's "patient," for lack of a better term, as the same person Kerri Rawson wrote about. But a #serialkiller can get pretty good at compartmentalizing. Or, as podcaster Jill of the "Murder Shelf Book Club" reminded me, what Rader called "cubing." That was a big theme of Ramsland's book.

Thanks to Tim at Darkness Radio!

Gerry and I had a chance to talk recently with Tim Dennis of Darkness Radio about The ‘Baby Doll’ Serial Killer: The John Eric Armstrong Homicides and the Armstrong case for his True Crime Tuesday. Thanks again, Tim!

🔗 https://www.darknessradioshow.com/s19... 🔗

Great synopsis of case

Great write-up on the case by Gemma Bath of Mamamia:

https://www.mamamia.com.au/baby-doll-...

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The ‘Baby Doll’ Serial Killer: The John Eric Armstrong Homicides

"As victim-centric as I could make it"

... Yes, that was my lofty goal when I started the book project on The ‘Baby Doll’ Serial Killer: The John Eric Armstrong Homicides. Finding at least one person to speak for each one of the five women who lost their lives to Armstrong in Detroit. One full chapter on each of those females, first in the book. First in priority. I'm very thankful to have done quite a few interviews on the book in the past few weeks, but these gals -- Tahli and Gemma -- really *got* it. This is the most victim-centric interview I've done. So thanks very much to host Gemma, and producer Tahli.

https://www.mamamia.com.au/podcasts/t... 

Just dropped: Interview on Crawlspace's "Missing" podcast

How does a Detroit cop get himself assigned to the interagency Violent Crime Task Force, then go after a dangerous serial killer stalking women at risk on Michigan Ave? Gerry discusses that and more from his very cop-ly perspective in our interview with Lance and Tim of Crawlspace Media for the "Missing" podcast:

https://youtu.be/v6s10u9Rxhg?feature=...

Learn more about "Missing" and Crawlspace:
https://linktr.ee/MissingCSM
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The ‘Baby Doll’ Serial Killer: The John Eric Armstrong Homicides

Recent interview on True Murder

Gerry and I got to sit down recently with Dan Zupansky of the True Murder podcast, discussing The ‘Baby Doll’ Serial Killer: The John Eric Armstrong Homicides and the Armstrong case. Thanks, Dan!

🔗 https://www.truemurderpodcast.com/the... 🔗
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#detroit #criminal

New .com alert!

I've had a few other domains over the years, from my other writing projects that are the total opposite of true crime, but I decided to stake a claim last Thursday on this one. Can you believe there was no other "BR Bates" who had this one? Come on over anytime:

BRBates.com

Created a new playlist

The women who lost their lives are the most important part of the story.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...