Criminal Psychologist Explains The Demented Mind Of The BTK Killer
Dr. Eric Hickey is a criminal psychologist known for working with some of the world’s most notorious serial killers. In this episode of Unraveling, he dives into the mind of the BTK Killer, and provides some insight on why he committed such brutal crimes.
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I always love hearing how he was caught, the fact that he was offended that he was lied to is so ridiculous it's funny.
can't help but think that by taunting the police and by giving himself a "professional" killer persona (having "Projects" with codenames) he was just trying to come off as smarter than he actually was. Probably he subconscioudly knew he wasn't the criminal genious he wanted to be, and in the end his stupidity prevailed
Not if you're a Boy Scout leader and Eagle Scout!
You left out the best piece about the floppy disk. He was so narcissistic, he asked if he could be traced by a floppy disk, they told him no, and he sent it. He thought himself so important, no one would lie to him, and that was his downfall Edit to add- and by his downfall, I mean him going to prison. Whether he wanted to go to prison or not is up for discussion
He looked at his correspondence with law enforcement was like a game and somehow imagined the detectives were enjoying the challenge of trying to catch him. He thought they would be honest out of respect for the game. Somehow he saw it as cheating at the game by not telling him he could be identified by the disc.
Right that's the best bit. What a fool
What’s even funnier is when he was being interrogated he said something around the lines of “I can’t believe you guys lied to me” hahaha
Yes I was waiting for that bit also as its just mind blowing that you can be this level of narcissistic. Takes quite some credibility away from this interview that is was not included. In fact it seems they are not aware of well documented facts on his capture.
@Ronni Dalhoff isn't this channel owned by buzzfeed? They aren't well known for their high journalistic standards
My basketball coach from when I was in HS lived two houses away from him when she was in college in Wichita. She had no idea and couldn’t believe it after.
It was so freaky when he resurfaced. I couldn’t sleep for weeks
That's scary, glad their ok!
What high school? Who was ur coach? I grew up in Kansas. Just curious
At the end of the trial Rader thanked the police detectives, lawyers, etc, in such a way that you'd swear he thought he was accepting an award or congratulating them for finally catching such a genius as himself. He's was a next level, off the charts narcissist.
I love hearing the analysis from an actual dr. of this kind of stuff. We can only speculate, he got to analyze the things we could not. I just find it fascinating!
Def is a whole diff class of psychology like criminal psych 101
Yeah I've watched a few of the videos with this DR and he does a really good job of breaking these people down into something understandable.
I really enjoy Dr. Hickey’s interviews. Keep them coming. Thank you.
He didn’t decide to give up killing. John Douglas writes in his book, that he(Douglas) discovered that Rader’s wife Paula, on two separate occasions, caught Dennis cross-dressing. And that scared him for a long time, along with an off-handed comment that Paula Rader made, “Oh your handwriting kind of looks like BTK’s.” My own personal opinion is that those things scared him straight for several years, but he was able to sustain his cruelties because he was a city code-compliance officer. A notoriously callous one
wow I never knew that. thanks for the info
It blows my mind that so many of these infamous people who commuted horrible crimes were either just completely ignored or abused by their parents. Shows that the parents are the root of it all and how we parent dictates so heavily where our children end up.
I think some of the parents should be guilty of something.
Its too much of an American thing to do to blame it all on parenting. I dont want my neglecting berating Parents to take credit of me and my sisters' good caring nature. Also a lot of Asian parents slap their kids to dicipline them, none of them turned Serial Killers. Also if PARENTING is to all there is to blame, wouldnt Orphans or Foster Care kids that went through the toughest childhood fit the code??? Wouldnt all criminals be Orphans in prison. All these violent criminals are mostly middle class PREVILLEGED brats.
@@shabrinaz9877 uhhh no
@@shabrinaz9877 Nature vs. Nuture is always at play though and just because something affects one child doesn’t mean it won’t affect another. Throughout this video the psychologist stated he was seeking attention and validation. When kids are not paid any attention to and then grow up, they seek these things whether it is good or bad as it allows people to turn to them as they didn’t get attention or validation and it makes them feel whole and worth something. Also there is a different psychological bond with your parent versus someone who raised you like in an orphanage. Your parents in your child like mind are all knowing and can’t do any wrong and for them to ignore a child makes that child feel like they aren’t even worthy of their parents validation and attention. Hence why he sought it out in his adult life.
I was sexually abused by my father starting at 8. I’m 55 and have 5 different mental illnesses to manage. Breast cancer at 40 has taken its toll on my body physically. Shame on him.
Y’all gotta stop making the psychologist look like the killer in ur thumbnails
I laughed way too hard at this
Come on man I’ve seen that guy since the 90s he’s just getting old 👴
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It’s scary to think that if he could of gotten away with everything, if he didn’t resurface
Genetic genealogists would have had him by 2018ish anyway just like the Golden State Killer got caught. Btk would have been top 3 priority along with GSK/ONS
They join the military because it makes them feel powerful…or it is the best opportunity to kill legally.
Knew Marines that joined just so they could kill legally.
He joined the air force so he wouldn't be drafted and avoiding seeing combat
It was Vietnam so it's just a coincidence that he was in the military because most men his age were in the military. & the two that they mentioned that weren't part of Vietnam, Dahmer was forced to join by his father because he flunked out of Ohio State & Mcveugh wasn't a serial killer, he was a mass killer.
"and his mother enjoyed watching TV" um what?😂😂😂
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That must mean you are going to turn your child into a serial killer, you lean something new everyday 😏😏
I was raised by a narcissistic single mother with a narcissistic twin brother, it took 30 years to get away and was horrible
So the chances are you're yourself a narcissist.
@@yildirimbasonly if he/she chooses to be a selfish bastard. We all have a choice
@@mathiasstrom7790 bastards dont have a choice on this matter. Dont waste my time with your bs
Lol no, people raised by narcissistic parents are typically diagnosed with BPD or borderline personality disorder or with more extreme trauma DID the old term multiple personality disorder. Narcissist are usually raised when they are over protected snd given the world by rich parents or middle class parents who never say no to their kids, thats what creates a narcissist not being abused by one. @@yildirimbas
Please post more of these videos! I’m a psych major and hearing Dr. Hickey talk about serial killers is so interesting 😂 I would love to talk to him
I love hearing from Dr. Hickey. I feel like I learn so much. Please make more of these videos! I think they're so fascinating.
A therapist once told me "you are your values." If that's true, then Dennis is truly a monster.
What strikes me about him and the Golden State killer is how they got to enjoy a 'normal life' while denying so many others of that.
When asking me "do monsters exist?" I always answer "No" to my kids, but that's a lie. I do damn well that the answer is "yes". And the scary part is that they look like us and walk among us.
Finally somebody said it about the military. I've been saying that for years.
And you've been wrong for years.
@@redcat9436 Tell me more.
I live in Wichita, & used to live in Park City. This man was in my house when I was 3. Our Doberman kept getting out. Creepy.
Ugh
His eyebrows alone make him look crazy as hell 🫢😳
Hi Dr. Hickey! I haven't seen you since Fresno State with the McNair program. Please keep the posts coming, they are very interesting.
Dude his bondage photos were horrifying. It's something from a horror film lol
I'm originally from Lincoln, Nebraska. I'd like to see Dr. Hickey's thoughts on our own spree killer Charles Starkweather.
There are so many similarities between him and Russell Williams. I’m how easily they were both ultimately caught, mainly due to their own stupidity for not hiding the tracts better.
It so fascinating how the mind of a serial killer works and his motives
Nature set the table, nurture served the meal.
The way he was caught was hilarious
Another great episode. Always look forward to the next. Keep up the great work guys. Finally subscribing. :)
It’s weird living in Wichita and only living 10 min from where the Ortega family incident happened
great work boys
Great video
intriguing!
I stand by the idea that some sort of traumatic event is what shapes these people to become what they become. There has to be some mind altering moment in their life that changes how they perceive everything
its a CHOICE. Statistically, about 60% of people who experience Childhood Adverse Experiences do not become abusers or offenders themselves. 40% of those people, decide when the trauma happens, that it's either them or someone else experiencing the trauma, instead of avoiding causing trauma all together - which is what people with empathy do.
@@lucretia_macevil 100% not at all saying it’s not a choice, I just think certain peoples traumatic experience further lead to the decisions they choose to make. Likely as an excuse but I do think that enough mental and physical damage to a person can spark a monster like this. Maybe I’m naive but I fail to believe that people are just born, quote on quote, “monsters.”
i think it's definitely because of that OR complex trauma over a long period
@@AdinaDM You are correct. I know from personal experience
Literature says the difference between psychopathy & sociopathy is one of wiring, specifically the serotinergic system. A while ago a bloke in I think IT did a TED talk where he talked about his involvement in the development of some kind of computer program that led him to taking the OHare test himself. Turns out he scored highly meaning he was a psychopath. No trauma in his childhood, in actual fact grew up in a close knit family unit with boundaries set. But he had a reputation as being difficult to work with, manipulative to the max with both co-workers & family. He was quite shocked to find out he met dx criteria for psychopathy. Never committed a crime in his life, not even a traffic ticket issued to him.
Born and raised in Augusta, KS. 15 minutes East of wichita. I still live in the wichita area. BTK is being held in eldorado, ks at a maximum security prison. About 20 minutes north east of Augusta. Two of my buddies worked as guards at the eldorado prison. Dennis is a very weird guy they say. Never gets to interact with people. Just waiting for his death row day.
His mother bringing up the fact she’d found semen stains in his underwear, it is odd that she’d even bring it up as nearly all boys his age would be doing it. Could there also be a strong religious element to it as she did tell him it was veering on being an evil act. It was probably something she truly believed and had been instilled in her the same way possibly. It was a very different time and religion played a greater role than it possibly does today.
December 2000. The worst crime I’ve ever heard was committed by the Carr brothers. Known as, The Wichita Massacre. Or Wichita Horror. I only have read the accounts. Once. It is indescribable what they did.
A young boy can't have a relationship with his mother. He can't consent
It's always the mother's fault
Interesting video
Always exscuses .years ago when people had 12 kids and had to work hard ,kids did not get much time or attention. They did not turn into killers.Personality disorders .Lack of empathy compassion.turns people into monsters who dont care
Does anyone know how I can contact Eric? I would just like to ask him a question.
"Bind, torture, kill" are not special, but his Autoeroticism make him unique.
Love Dr Hickey
I’d love to hear his thoughts on Edmund Kemper.
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@@rafaelgarcia5797 Fixed. Thank you.
I don't think he conditioned himself into sexual sadism, that condition was already there and he was responding to it.
A lot of children “kill” animals and still become normal adults. Of course nobody speaks about that. There is even more complexity to this that I think he does not talk about here.
14:47 thats some wicked look
I hope the next episode will be Jack the Ripper Behavior Analysis
This clown had gotten away with it but needed attention so bad he choose life in jail over ppl not knowing how "special" he was. The whole asking if you can trace a letter thing was bs, he knew better, he wanted the ''credit", had to have it.....
When he said that military service draws in some people with murderous intentions and they gave examples at 4:55. Only 2 of the examples had combat oriented jobs. The others were repairmen, supply guys and other non combat related jobs. Of those, none of them joined the military with murderous intentions otherwise they would have enlisted for combat jobs lol.
i guess they got killing skills and contributed to the military killing
What? What supply guy, repairman, or other non combat related job gets “killing skills”? They go through basic training, some of the were in the airforce and navy (their basic is far from teaching how to kill) and then they spend the majority of their training learning how to do their primary job (repairing things, supplying things etc)
You can’t leave out Richard Ramirez!!
Why does the thumbnail look like a before and after picture?
uncle Dennis! Mr. Hickey doesn't know much about Dennis. reminds me i need to write him back.
Ei, The psychologist looked like John Kramer (Jigsaw)
He was a sick man who doesn't deserve sympathy at all. But it's my opinion. It doesn't excuse his behavior or his crimes.
He should have used a sock.. Lol 🤣🤣
i love Hickey ☺️
his mother liked watching TV. Yup, all makes sense
rader joined the af to avoid getting drafted as people with poor grades in colleges were getting drafted for vietnam at the time. by voluntarily joining the af, he avoided getting sent to combat. i think it’s not relevant in this context to bring up the military as while yes there are many people who join the military for power, rader didn’t join for power, berkowitz was drafted, and dahmer joined as it was the alternative to be disowned by his family, i don’t know about ridgeway. good video, however some parts are under researched and misinformed
This dude has literally said all these guys had it bad for their moms
That's his lazy go to
It’s the sigmund Freud effect
Projection. He has mommy issues himself
Because most of them did. Serial killers tend all have a really messed up upbringing particularly with their mothers that makes them develop some sort of warped view towards intimacy. It’s uncomfortable to think about but it’s true in most cases. I think he’s stretching it a but with rader but there definitely was a connection there.
There's something about Rader that I find particularly pathetic and distasteful. He was so arrogant, thought so highly of himself and look at how debased he really is.
He looks so ordinary its so freaky
But what was he so angry about?
Great series!
His mother enjoyed watching tv. Horrible!!!’ Lol
This guy basically told us nothing but theories that we could of all came up with
But isn’t that what psychology is? Just theories on the human mind?
if he didnt resurface den dood wouldve done the perfect crime honestly 💀
Can y’all please do one on Jack The Ripper?
Well... you can't really do an analysis on someone if you don't know who he is. We don't even know his name, so i guess it's even more unlikely to know his intentions or reasoning. But that is only my take. Some speculation doesn't harm anyway.
He got to see his daughter get married graduated and all and finally at the end of her university and she married too he finally got arreste
One reoccurring theme this psychologist gives in these videos is shifting the blame to the mothers. there are a storm of issues that causes serial killers but it seems like he focuses most on the women in their lives.
Yes, I was going to point this out. Saying that the mother intentionally confronted him with the semen in underwear bc she wanted to shame/embarass him or have sexual interest in him seems a bit...extreme? She could have been just very God fearing and that's how she was taught to discipline her children based on how she was raised. Not saying the mother is an angel, but not everything is so black and white
i thought i was the only one who noticed. he keeps shifting the blame towards women which is really weird.... so many people are treated badly by their parents when they were younger, but they dont go around killing innocent people.
@@user-sz9qf4ih8n IMO that’s why psychology can be a fluke. The interpreter projects their own issues onto the subject. The man clearly has his own mommy issues so that’s what he sees in these men. Everything looks like a nail when you’re a hammer….
Not just blaming the mothers but saying they had either sexual fantasies of their mother or were having sexual relations with her. Mothers are important, as are fathers but damn.
I’m a high functioning sociopath and out of curiosity took that Hare test and got a 35. I act nice and kind and care but whilst I do care on a certain level I am mostly nice because it gets me what I want.
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@@gregdahlen4375 Yeah I got convicted for beating up a bully once but I only got a fine and a slap on the wrist.
@@GuitarRocker2008 Did you beat up a bully of yours? or defending another? Sometimes I wish I could not feel empathy as much as I do. It can affect a lot in life.
What in the Walter white is going on
How can he kill kids when he has them himself.Born bad ! Many normal people have urges to do d Bad things but dont go there.Evil human.
Damn what happened to Ryan I love them did they leave as i watch the KZhead for them 😕 so disappointing
Btk needed eyebrow waxing
those eyebrows 😳
Poor Mum, she gets the blame for everything.
Btk’s mother was hyper- religious.
Re the link between being in the military & being a killer - you're overthinking things. Many attracted to children tend to seek out occupations where they can get ready access to their victims - teaching, being Scoutmasters, Catholic priests, etc. The military fight wars. That's their raison detre. And war has historically involved .... killing people! Henri Landru aka Bluebeard only began killing when his family made him give up his work as a butcher (where he could safely indulge his blood lust in a socially acceptable way) & go into practising the law.
Why is he still alive? Duh!
I’m pretty sure this case is 100% solved… the name of the channel is “unsolved”
The nature of his mind and his exact thought patterns will always be “unsolved”, thats the exciting part about this, seing an expert analyse and try to “solve” his mind.
So you want this dr of criminal psychology to analysis the mind of a killer that has not been caught yet?
@@yamahapepsi yeah, wouldn’t that be more interesting? How about that case in Idaho where those four college kids were murdered, that’s a lot more interesting and useful
It's half solved he hasn't confessed to the Zodiac killings yet
@@adamirishconundrum851 Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer so that’s solved too
That poor little girl and family :( Im an avid anti gun man but if you live in america where serial killers are so normal compared to the rest of the world, i would always carry, atleast id have a chance if some sicko came after me or my family. Although i do realise these cowards wait until youre defenceless or unaware
This just too much . John 3:16
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Also having to listen to this woman is killing the whole content, everybody know those details already anyways.
56 sec his mom is hot looking
Like 666 hell yeah
This is extremely dull.
lol garbage
I see Jigsaw has a sideline in criminal psychology. Versatile!
Dr. Hickey is Jigsaw lol you got be in it to know it lol