# Introducing . . . The Poet

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Podcast: [The Binge Crimes: The Poet](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-binge-crimes-the-poet-4109522)
Published: 2026-06-24T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Coming soon to the Binge is The Poet! In 1977, during the BTK Strangler’s reign of terror in Wichita, a woman named Ruth Finley receives a threatening phone call from an unidentified man. He’s blackmailing her about a secret from her past. The harassment escalates to letters, then poems, then attacks. The Wichita police wonder if this is the work of BTK. But the deeper their investigation goes, the darker and stranger the questions become. Binge all episodes of The Poet July 1st by subscribing to The Binge. Visit ⁠The Binge Crimes⁠ on Apple Podcasts and hit ‘subscribe’ or visit ⁠GetTheBinge.com⁠ to get access. The Binge – feed your true crime obsession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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