Confession: I Had Never Heard of the BTK Killer Before This Year

[stopbush]

Maybe because I was in college back in the 70s and didn't have a TV, but I swear, I had never heard of this guy. The Unibomber, yes. BTK, no.

Is that weird or what?

[jhawk_tim]

1. Most likely

Because his actions ceased for a 10 year span. And it was in the MidWest, not the hotbed for exciting news that the two coasts provide.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Not weird.

At any given time there are 200 active serial killers in the US, according to what I've read. Seems unlikely that you'd be aware of them all.

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. Besides, we didn't have 24/7 Murderer of the Week coverage

on the news back then. That was a time when reporters covered real news and left that kind of coverage to the tabloids.

[ibegurpard]

10. That's exactly it.

eom

[illflem]

3. At first I thought

he was some guy that hated bacon, tomato and katsop sandwiches

[tamtam]

4. Same here

and I lived in Kansas for two years.

[Catherine Vincent]

5. You're not the only one.

When they were close to catching this BTK killer, and I kept seeing BTK on tv, I kept thinking of burger king or something.

[movie_girl99]

6. neither had i

i thought i was the only one.

[Minstrel Boy]

8. Me neither

I thought a BTK was something I might order with fries and a Coke.

[mattclearing]

9. I thought someone had killed off that boy band. Imagine my disappointment

:D