Ted Bundy
Fast Facts:
- Born in 1946 in Vermont, died in 1989 in Florida
- Killed 36 young women, although it is believed the number may be as high as 100 or more
- He was caught when police pulled him over (they were looking for him following a jail break) but his dental bite matched the bite marks on his most recent victims
- Charged with 4 murders
- Convicted of 3 murders he received 3 death penalties
Bundy was born to a young, unwed mother where he was raised as the adopted son of his grandparents thinking his mother was his sister. He moved with his mother when she married and had more children. It is believed Bundy had a normal, working-class upbringing.
From a very young age he demonstrated an interest in the macabre. A bright but shy boy he began to peer in windows at night and would steal things he wanted. At university, where he studied psychology and then law, he fell in love with a girl who had everything he wanted – money, class, influence. When they broke up he was devastated. Many of his future victims resembled her.
Woman began to go missing and rumour had the victims being seen with a man known as Ted who fitted Bundy’s general description. He often lured his victims to his car asking for help. His modus operandi was to rape then beat his victims to death. When he moved to Utah to study law women began to disappear there. Police pulled him over and discovered burglary tools. He was arrested for possession of these items but police were suspicious he was involved in more.
He was arrested for kidnapping a woman who was one of the few to escape. Convicted her received a 1 to 15 year sentence. During his prison time he was charged with murder of another woman. Travelling to the courthouse he escaped, although was recaptured a week later. He escaped a second time and headed to Florida. Here he broke into a sorority house at Florida State University and attacked 4 residents, killing 2. He then killed a 12 year old girl. Not much later he was caught by police.
Bite marks on the sorority victim’s matched those of Bundy and he received 2 death sentences, with a third a year later for the death of the 12 year old. He tried to escape the death penalty, spending years on appeals, but eventually was put to death.
April 23, 2018 at 11:42 am
So, even after he’d been in prison and escaped, he committed MORE murders? Not a lot of remorse there, eh? And no reason to feel sorry for him. He lived a comfortable enough life, was not abused. What a horrible man!
T Is For P.L Travers and Shaun Tan.
https://suebursztynski.blogspot.com.au/2018/04/a-to-z-blogging-challenge-t-is-for-pl.html
April 23, 2018 at 3:19 pm
No, hard to have any sympathy for him at any point in his life.
April 23, 2018 at 9:14 pm
Bundy was a name that I recognised, but I never knew what crimes he actually committed. He should never have been released.
Too Close For Comfort by McFly
April 24, 2018 at 7:27 pm
It’s incredible he was also able to escape!
April 23, 2018 at 9:59 pm
I certainly knew of Ted Bundy but am not sure I knew he’d been put to death. In this case, glad to hear it.
April 23, 2018 at 10:33 pm
His eyes give me the shivers.
Dena
https://denapawling.blogspot.com/
April 24, 2018 at 7:28 pm
They are rather scary, aren’t they, Dena. Like they are looking straight through you.
April 24, 2018 at 2:52 am
By the time you get to Z, I will be completely jaded on strangers. Yikes!
April 24, 2018 at 7:29 pm
Oh no, Jacqui. I’ll have to find some more kittens and puppies before the end of the month.
April 24, 2018 at 5:36 am
As my mother would say, he was bad news.
April 24, 2018 at 7:29 pm
I agree with your mother, John. Bad news indeed.
April 24, 2018 at 11:30 am
I watched an interview shortly before he was put to death, where he told the reporter that viewing pornography had led him down a darker and darker road.
How awful that so many fell for his charm.
April 24, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Lots of people watch pornography, but don’t go down the road he did. I wonder if he was looking for something to justify or excuse his actions?
April 25, 2018 at 1:42 am
There was a TV movie or miniseries about him years ago, and I was fascinated–probably because he spent a little time in Colorado, where I live. I seem to remember he used to wear a sling on his arm and ask women for help…? What a horrible person. I had no idea that his victims might number 100.
April 29, 2018 at 9:48 am
The worst thing about killers whose numbers are potentially so high is that family members will be left wondering what happened to their loved one forever.