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>> tracking the dogs, they are somewhat territorial as well as vicious. >> thats him, interviewed by a local tv station t. killer, himself, right there on the screen for all wichita to see. who would ever suspect this public servant was actually the monster btk, whom everyone feared? but it was in that job that at least some people saw a darker side to dennis rader. dee stewart, a long-time acquaintance of raders has a good friend that reported to him in the compliance department this friend, he...

I said i have some suspicions why. at first, i was hoping that it was kind of a cat and mouse game, that they had a suspect. but it kind of hurt. you know, like i said, i had the power. i was a law enforcement officer technically. here i am, these law enforcement officers were doing my duty. so it kind of hurt a little bit. >> before long, rader in his self obsessed arrogance was talking up a storm and says in his interview with a psychologist, he was actually having a good time connecting to th...

>> did you enjoy that on some level? smr yes, i did. yeah. all i knew was sunk or stood with me. i enjoyed it. once the confession was out and i admitted who i was, then the bonding really started. you know, i just really opened up and, you know, we shared jokes and everything else. its just like we were buddies. >> hes proud of what hes done. he was having in a per slers way fun talking with his colleagues, the police. >> what do you make of the camaraderie he says he enjoyed with all of the po...

Bridge. of course, police didnt know then who had done it. jeff davis says he slipped into dispair and depression that destroyed his marriage and worse. >> i would go to bed every night for the better part of five years and i prayed to god that hed let me die. >> reporter: colors davis drivers license and social security card had gone missing. that was certainly the kind of. btk did to his murder victims. there were other assets that strayed from his usual m-o. until rader was caught and police ...

>> i killed her in the house, put her in the trunk of her car. took her to his church, put her on a blanket. tied her up in different bonding situation, took pictures of her and put her back in the trurng and took her out and dumped her. it was the middle of the night. he had a key because he was one of the leaders of the church. >> maureen hedges body was later found buried under some leaves and branches in this ditch several miles from her home and even as his persona btk re-emerged in 2004, r...

The opposite. >> he felt invincible, unstoppable. and thats why many serial killers communicate with the police. not because they want to invite capture, because they feel that the police are no match for their skill, their countrying. their stardom. their brilliance. so what often happens with most serial killers is they get so cocky and they make a mistake. >> and thats just what happened, it was rader, himself, who helped bring police to his door. it started in january, 2005, when rader place...

>> so in march, 2004, rader made contact. not just signaling that he was still around but far more ominously, send wack appeared to be proof of yet another murder. another young woman whose death had never been conclusively linked to btkt. innocuous piece of mail landed on wichita eagle reporter hurst lovia na desk go i took the letters right to the police department. >> did you read it? >> there was nothing to read. there were no words on it. i thought it was crime scene photographs that some c...

Things you enjoyed, theyre gone. you have to be in a position to realize it and i dont think normal people outside the world can visualize that, just like right now, you can touch people, hold them, you know, your kids and stuff. sorry. >> this was one of the few moments during the interview where rader revealed any emotion, when he was talking about himself and his family. >> well, anyway, you know -- people dont realize that once youre gone you cant go out and in the fresh air, walk your doc, ...

Now back to our msnbc special. msnbc reports continues with "confessions of btk." >> would he kill again? that was the question consuming much of wichita, kansas in the weeks after serial killer btk announced himself in 2004 following years of silence. >> i definitely lock my doors at night until i find out more. >> here in the heartland, fear of the unknown monster among them penetrated yet another new generation. >> my mom will watch out for my little sister more. >> people were buying guns,...

In fact loewen, who took a look at raders interview with the psychologist, says the serial killer is even more ordinary than he imagined. >> his family is so wonderfully kansas. his daughter was a high school golf champion. his son is, i think, in the navy. his wife sings in a church choir, has a job in a convenience store. theyre average people making a simple good life together. boy, you would never pick him out of a crowd. i thought there would be something that would be more evident, but he ...