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“How many do I have to kill before I get a name in the paper of some national attention,” Dennis Rader asks early in BTK: Chasing a Serial Killer. The elusive strangler wanted to be a hall of famer, along with Jack the Ripper and the Son of Sam. He got off on the killings, and wanted everyone to know it. Investigation Discovery closes out Serial Killer Week with a three-part documentary exploring the psyche of the infamous “BTK” killer, and the devastating effects he had on the community around him. Like many of the murderers profiled during the week,…