My Father, the BTK Killer

The daughter of the infamous killer BTK gives her perspective on being the daughter of one of America's most notorious serial killers.

Beforehand, I came up with the idea that it was some form of cash grab; that was at a time when I had no idea who Kerri was. I knew zero about her, but she definitely changed my mind. It felt like Kerri was able to get a lot of stuff off her chest.

I thought Kerri came across very well, answering some tough questions and providing the human element. At the end of the day, he was her father, and she would have had a very different relationship with him.

We've all wondered and questioned one thing: how on earth could someone live with a killer and not know? I'm sure none of us would either believe it or want to believe that a loved one was a killer.

There's a fascination with serial killers. We've just had a documentary about Ed Gein drop; this gives a different perspective.

Interesting. If you haven't seen the documentary on Netflix about BTK, it's worth watching.

7/10.

This was an interesting documentary but it did not exactly shed light into the things I wanted to know when the premise was set out. I wanted to know more about the daily issues they faced as a family, how did he deal with normal adversity, what did he buy them for Christmas, who did he root for in sports etc. I hoped that this documentary would tell us about what Dennis Radar was really like - but in the end I feel he is an enigma to his family and to the world. Why did he end up having a family in the first place? How did he and the mother meet?

Some good stuff, I do think we learned a lot about the psychopath who can hide among us - and some of the pictures he took with his victims possessions are...whoa. You would never know this guy would be someone who would pose in those kinds of images - pretty scary TBH.

The daughter herself seems like a person who hopes her story will help inspire others or help with some healing, but in the end, I think she would be better off just dropping this subject matter - cause her dad is WHACK and it's a shame he never got the DP for his crimes.

A gripping insight into one of history's most notorious serial killers-told objectively and through his daughter's eyes. What makes him truly terrifying is how ordinary he was, just like any of us but very clever and cheeky just like any killer. He was both "Dad" and a deadly monster. Evil, it seems, has never looked so ordinary.

It's a great watch for those who know nothing about the murders and everything about the murders.

I'm not a professional film reviewer but I am a very deep true crime enthusiast!

A lot of what we already know about the crime was detailed, but it was a refreshing watch to actually hear from the daughter of BTK.

The way society will run with their assumptions and opinions on anything even against Kerri who wasn't even born when the murders began. Just being related to BTK was enough to warrant death threats.

I hope this documentary is what Kerri needed to finally close this chapter on her life and live the rest of it in peace.

One thing Netflix does very well is documentaries, and even more so when they're about serial killers.

Those of us who are fans of the series "Mindhunter" and are, in a way, widowed, know that the underlying plot revolved around the BTK killer. Those who are avid readers of this type of character know that he was a very prolific and organized serial killer who evaded the police for over 30 years. He was characterized by torture and sadism, with crimes that had a very strong sexual connotation, and he was ahead of his time. Too intelligent to be caught, but too impulsive to have outbursts of rage that ended in murder.

It was only with the advent of computer technology and mistakes he made that it was determined that Dennis Rader was BTK. How is it that something so interesting and morbid gave rise to this documentary that sounds more like an attempt to whitewash his daughter's image? It's been a long time since I've seen such a blatant attempt to whitewash the image of someone who was clearly a victim, but who is BTK's daughter. Throughout the entire documentary, she's constantly portrayed as a victim, focusing more on her life afterward and neglecting the families of the victims and survivors. We only get a brief glimpse of them during Rader's trial, which could easily be the subject of an entire documentary.

It's a shame this documentary was approached this way; it loses the impact of showing everything this despicable character inflicted on countless families over so many years. In short, a complete disappointment.