Pen Pal Project - Gary Ridgeway The Green River Killer

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Pen Pal Project - Gary Ridgeway                 The next serial killer we will be writing is Gary Ridgeway, The Green River Killer. He now has 49 confirmed kills. This number makes him one of the most prolific serial killers in United States History. I am really interested in hearing what he has to say. I started off the pen pal project by asking these guys to be a part of the project, allowing me to open their letters live on camera for all of you to hear, but giving them the choice to make their letters private. We will see what come of this, but it would be great to be able to correspond to as many of them as I can.                 Gary Ridgeway was born on February 8, 1949, in Salt lake City Utah, making him a member of the Baby Boomers generation. He was born as the second son of   Mary and Thomas Ridgeway, who ended with three sons in total. It is said that his childhood was rife with troubles, as he was a bed wetter born to a domineering mother. When he wet the bed, she would wa
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Pen Pal Project- BTK Dennis Rader

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Dennis Rader (BTK)

                Dennis Rader, the BTK killer is the first pen pal letter we will be sending out. Hopefully, he will write back and agree to be part of the pen pal project. I have given him the choice to be part of the project or just private pen pals. Included in this post are two pictures, the letter not in the envelope and the sealed envelope. Fingers crossed he will respond. We will be writing a new person every day until the list of names that we have are all sent out!

 

The man who would end up being one of the most infamous serial killers the United States would have, Dennis Rader was born on March 9, 1945, in Pittsburg, Kansas but his parents moved to Wichita, Kansas where he grew up. Born into a family of four siblings, and being the eldest son, his childhood was regarded as normal because he hid his abnormalities such as strangling animals from his family. He went to collage but dropped out instead joining the Air Force. When he returned from the service, he met and married his wife, Paula in 1971. It was not until 1974, however, when he started working for ADT, that he began the killing span that would terrorize Wichita for the next four decades.


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BTK killer, (Bind, Torture, Kill) his motives were purely sexual sadism, and power related in nature. He is a sexual sadist which is one of the most vicious kinds of killers and is a malignant narcissist. These types feel no remorse for what they do, their satisfaction and needs are the only ones that matter.  His first kill, January 15, 1974, was a quadruple homicide. He killed four members of the Otero family. His modus operandi was specific, he would bind his victims, torture them, rape the women, and then kill them, hence the BTK name which he chose for himself. Not being happy enough with his crimes themselves he began sending letters to KAKE, a news channel in Kansas with taunts and clues. He reported his second killing to the police, calling 911 and advising them of where the victims would be found.

Mr. Rader was caught in 2004 because of his need for notoriety. He mistakenly believed that law enforcement must tell the truth. Instead, he was caught because of digital information on the floppy disk that he sent leading back to his church, where he was a deacon. By the time he was caught he had 10 murders and no remorse at all. He seemed very proud of his accomplishments and told the court unashamedly what he did and how he did it.

                Hopefully we will shed some light on this serial killer through our correspondence with him. It will be very interesting to see what he writes back!

 

 

 

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Elizabeth Hall here, and because I have several blogs here, will explain the basic mission of the parent one, C&J, and then go on to explain the other one. The mission of Criminology & Justice is to collaborate with others and deliver articles that are devoid of opinion and fact based. These articles are free to the public because we believe that knowledge should be available to all. Our reach is global, and Truth Glasses is our motto! Currently.we have started a second blog dedicated solely to the study of serial killers, which includes scholarlyarticles on theory, case studies, bios,and projects, such as our pen pal project. We are writing to serial killers and will enlighten our readers as we go along and as we get responses!

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