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When Netflix announced My Father, the BTK Killer for its 2025 documentary lineup, true-crime enthusiasts expected another retelling of Dennis Rader ’s monstrous crimes. But what the film delivers is far more intimate, haunting, and human. This is not simply a story of a serial killer who terrorized Kansas for decades. it’s a painful journey into the heart of a daughter who loved her father, trusted him, and then had to face the unbearable truth that he was one of America’s most calculating murderers. Directed with a slow, investigative rhythm that pulls viewers in layer by layer, the documentary gives the audience a seat at the emotional core of a family shattered by lies. Rader, who called himself BTK “Bind, Torture, Kill” was responsible for a series of brutal murders between 1974 and 1991. For more than 30 years, he led a double life as a devoted husband, father, church member, and community worker, while secretly planning and carrying out horrifying killings. The film does not ...