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In Season 2 Episode 1, we discussed the Denver Movie Theatre Shooting 2012. We discussed the premeditation as well as Holmes's prison experience. Then we talked about the journey that is BTK. In part 1, we discuss Dennis Rader’s childhood upbringing to try and figure out where it all went wrong.Works Cited“Aurora Shooting Leaves 12 Dead, 70 Wounded.” History.Com, A&E Television Networks, 2 Dec. 2013, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/12-people-killed-70-wounded-in-colorado-movie-theater-shooting.“Aurora Theater Shooting: Profiles of the Victims.” The Denver Post, extras.denverpost.com/trial/aurora-shooting-victims.html. Accessed 22 Jan. 2023.Beeman, Amy. “Inside Dennis Rader’s Childhood: What Made Him the BTK Killer?” Heavy.Com, 6 Jan. 2023, heavy.com/entertainment/2020/09/inside-dennis-raders-childhood-btk-killer/.“Evolution of a Serial Killer: Dennis Rader, BTK.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/202202/evolution-serial-killer-dennis-rader-btk#:~:text=He%20attended%20Riverview%20Elementary%20School,while%20still%20in%20grade%20school. Accessed 25 Aug. 2023.“Map, Timeline of Shooting in Aurora.” CNN, Cable News Network, www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/07/us/aurora.shooting/index.html. Accessed 22 Jan. 2023.Mayer, Chloe. “James Holmes’ Prison Life, 10 Years on from Aurora Movie Theater Shooting.” Newsweek, Newsweek, 20 July 2022, www.newsweek.com/aurora-movie-shooting-where-james-holmes-now-prison-1725658.“Powerful Photos Released from Aurora Theater Shooting.” CBS News, CBS Interactive, 18 Oct. 2015, www.cbsnews.com/pictures/powerful-photos-released-from-aurora-theater-shooting/27/.Press, The Associated. “What Led James Holmes into the Aurora Theater Shooting? New Book Suggests Answers Aren’t Likely.” Colorado Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, 25 Sept. 2019, www.cpr.org/2018/08/06/what-led-james-holmes-into-the-aurora-theater-shooting-new-book-suggests-answers-arent-likely/.Rosewood, Jack. “Dennis Rader.” Big Book of Serial Killers, Createspace Independent, 2017, pp. 300–302.