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.

In episode 8, we talked about Diane Downs, a mom who claimed that she and her three children were attacked by a “bushy-haired stranger,” but later investigation led detectives to believe that something more sinister may have happened. Then we talk about the murder of college student Haruka Weiser and the conviction of her murderer Meechaiel Criner.

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Blanco, Juan Ignacio. “Diane Downs: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers.” Diane Downs | Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers, https://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/downs-diane.htm.

“Diane Downs.” Crime Museum, 11 June 2021, https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/diane-downs/.

Fox News. “Police Nab Homeless Teen in on-Campus Killing of University of Texas Freshman.” Fox News, FOX News Network, 9 Apr. 2016, https://www.foxnews.com/us/police-nab-homeless-teen-in-on-campus-killing-of-university-of-texas-freshman.

Margaritoff, Marco. “Diane Downs Shot Her Three Young Children - and Then Tried to Blame It on a Carjacking.” All That's Interesting, All That's Interesting, 11 Jan. 2022, https://allthatsinteresting.com/diane-downs.

McCausland, Phil. “Man Found Guilty in Killing of Texas College Student Haruka Weiser.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 20 July 2018, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-found-guilty-killing-texas-college-student-haruka-weiser-n893316.

Reese, Lyla. “A Parent's Worst Nightmare.” Medium, Medium, 4 Sept. 2021, https://lylareese.medium.com/a-parents-worst-nightmare-bbf3a8766cad.

Richkoff, Cheryl Adams. “12 Horrifying Stories of Murder on College Campuses.” Ranker, Ranker, 19 May 2022, https://www.ranker.com/list/scary-university-murder-stories/cheryl-adams-richkoff.

Tisdale, Jennifer. “A New '20/20' Special Features the Daughter of ‘Mommy Murderess’ Diane Downs.” Distractify, Distractify, 5 Feb. 2022, https://www.distractify.com/p/diane-downs-now.