BTK
The BTK has been in the news again. And for those of you who haven't heard of the BTK, the killer known as BTK is Wichita's most notorious serial killer, now connected with eight unsolved homicides from 1974 to 1986. BTK stands for "Bind, Torture and Kill," a style of killing he used. The serial killer used the initials in letters he sent to local media.
Growing up in Wichita, and besides being absolutely terrified of the BTK (the first double murder was less than a mile from my boyhood home and the next murder was less than two miles from my home), I was impacted in another terrifying way, my Mother refused to buy any more BTK jeans for me, "The major name brands of kids jeans from the 1950s through the 60s were Billy the Kid "Texans" .... Billy the Kid jeans were featured in 1950s-60s TV shows. Both Jon Provost in "Lassie" and Johnny Crawford in "The Rifleman" wore Billy the Kid Blue Jeans.... During the 1970s, Sears "Toughskins," generally replaced both Farah and BTK as the value leader in durable kids jeans made from blended fibers and having reinforced knees." While I failed to see the connection between the jeans and the serial killer, this cowboy
was doomed to a childhood dressed in plaid:
The horror, the horror.
Growing up in Wichita, and besides being absolutely terrified of the BTK (the first double murder was less than a mile from my boyhood home and the next murder was less than two miles from my home), I was impacted in another terrifying way, my Mother refused to buy any more BTK jeans for me, "The major name brands of kids jeans from the 1950s through the 60s were Billy the Kid "Texans" .... Billy the Kid jeans were featured in 1950s-60s TV shows. Both Jon Provost in "Lassie" and Johnny Crawford in "The Rifleman" wore Billy the Kid Blue Jeans.... During the 1970s, Sears "Toughskins," generally replaced both Farah and BTK as the value leader in durable kids jeans made from blended fibers and having reinforced knees." While I failed to see the connection between the jeans and the serial killer, this cowboy
was doomed to a childhood dressed in plaid:
The horror, the horror.
posted by DEW at 12/02/2004 11:48:00 PM
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The time it takes to read around the awful formatting: 14 seconds.
The time it takes to chuckle at the undeniable humor of the tone: 2 seconds.
The time it takes to recover seeing young Wolfe with a thick head of hair: Still counting.
Priceless.
Yeah, if someone could teach me how to post a link without pasting the entire web address, I would appreciate it.
With E's help, I've mastered the hyperlink.
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