Sunday, June 9, 2013

Revealed, the 'Bind, Torture, Kill' sadist who inspired BBC hit show The Fall: Horrifying true story of the US church leader who was really a murderer who claimed 10 victims

The BBC hit drama The Fall was inspired by one of America's most notorious killers.

The fictional character Paul Spector was modelled on Dennis Rader, who murdered 10 people in Wichita, Kansas, according to the writer and creator of the series, Allan Cubitt.

The programme has become the highest rated drama launch on BBC Two in nearly eight years.

The Fall's fictional killer Paul Spector, pictured centre, was inspired by American killer Dennis Rader
The Fall's fictional killer Paul Spector, pictured centre, was inspired by American killer Dennis Rader

Mr Rader, pictured at the El Dorado Correctional Facility in 2005, appeared to lead a normal life in Kansas
Mr Rader, pictured at the El Dorado Correctional Facility in 2005, appeared to lead a normal life in Kansas

Mr Rader, pictured, killed 10 people, believed to have taken place between 1974 and 1991, in Wichita, Kansas
Mr Rader, pictured, killed 10 people, believed to have taken place between 1974 and 1991, in Wichita, Kansas
The Fall, which stars Gillian Anderson as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson, has an average of 4.3million viewers each week and a second series has already been commissioned.
Mr Cubitt said he had the idea for the series when he was reading a book about Mr Rader's murder spree called Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of BTK, the Serial Killer Next Door.
Both Mr Rader and the fictional character Mr Spector appeared to lead normal lives.

The real serial killer was married and had two children. He was a leading member of his nearby Lutheran church and a Cub Scout leader.
While Mr Rader worked for ADT Security Services in Wichita during most of his spell killing people, Mr Spector is a grief counsellor in Belfast.

Mr Rader was interested in bondage and took photos of himself and his victims, similar to Mr Spector.

Mr Rader also sent letters to police although the fictional character in The Fall does not.
Mr Rader's victims, pictured, were mostly women; all but one died through suffocation or strangulation
Mr Rader's victims, pictured, were mostly women; all but one died through suffocation or strangulation
The Fall, pictured, has an average of 4.3million viewers each week and a second series is on its way
The Fall, pictured, has an average of 4.3million viewers each week and a second series is on its way
The series, which stars Gillian Anderson, pictured, as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson, has become BBC2's highest rated drama launch in nearly eight years
The series, which stars Gillian Anderson, pictured, as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson, has become BBC2's highest rated drama launch in nearly eight years
The majority of Mr Rader's victims were women, and all but one died after being strangled or suffocated. In his initial attack he murdered a family: Joseph, Julie, Josephine and Joseph Otero Jr.
His other victims were Kathryn Bright, Shirley Vian, Nancy Fox, Marine Hedge, Vicki Wegerle and Dolores Davis.
Mr Spector too stalks and strangles women in the BBC2 drama.

Mr Rader is believed to have carried out his killings between 1974 and 1991. However, he was not convicted until 2005 after he sent another letter to police. He is now serving 10 life sentences.

Mr Cubitt was also influenced by Ed Kemper, known as the Co-Ed Killer, who murdered his grandparents, six female hitch-hikers, his mother and a friend of hers. The other was murderer Russell Williams, a sexual fetishist and a colonel in the Canadian military.

Mr Cubitt told The Sunday Times: 'I liked the idea that both were living in medium-sized towns - about half a million - where you might have thought it would be easier to catch a serial murderer.'

He continued: 'What intrigues me about some serial killers is that they often have an arrogance that they can get away with what they do.

'They also have grandiose ideas. Those who are not psychotic, like Spector and Rader, know the difference between right and wrong at one level.'

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