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About Ted Bundy
Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy (born Theodore Robert Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper and necrophile who assaulted and killed numerous young women and girls (from ages 12 - 25) during the 1970s and possibly earlier. He was sentenced to death and was executed by the electric chair in 1989.
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Facing interrogation after his 1978 arrest, the speaker chillingly proclaimed himself "the most cold-hearted son of a bitch you'll ever meet," hinting at his psychopathic nature.
“I'm the most cold-hearted son of a bitch you'll ever meet.”
“Okay, you've got the indictment, that's all you're gonna get... I'll plead not guilty right now.”
“The ultimate possession was, in fact, the taking of the life. And then … the physical possession of the remains.”
Facing imminent execution for his horrific crimes, Ted Bundy offered a final, seemingly heartfelt message to his loved ones through his attorney and minister.
“Jim [Coleman, his defense attorney] and Fred [Lawrence, his minister], I'd like you to give my love to my family and friends.”
“I don't think anybody doubts whether I've done some bad things. The question is: what, of course, and how and, maybe even most importantly, why?”
“I wanted to become a part of my defense because I am such a part of it. Obviously I'm going to bear the consequences, so why not bear the responsibilities?”
- Ted Bundy, 1977 interview in Pitkin County Prison, Colorado)
In a chilling glimpse into his mindset, Ted Bundy, writing from prison in 1977, rationalized victim selection by claiming some people "invite abuse" through perceived vulnerability.
“I have known people who ... radiate vulnerability .... Their facial expressions say 'I am afraid of you.' These people invite abuse ... By expecting to be hurt, do they subtly encourage it?”
Reflecting on his isolated adolescence, Ted Bundy reveals a profound lack of understanding regarding the fundamental aspects of human connection and social dynamics.
“I didn't know what made things tick. I didn't know what made people want to be friends. I didn't know what made people attractive to one another. I didn't know what underlay social interactions.”
“I don't want to die. I'm not going to kid you. I'll kid you not. I deserve certainly the most extreme punishment society has...I think society deserves to be protected from me and others like me.”
- Ted Bundy, 1989 interview with James Dobson)
Facing execution, Ted Bundy chillingly toys with Detective Keppel, offering a deliberately vague and unsettling clue to the location of Georgann Hawkins' severed head.
“I just said that the Hawkins girl's head was severed and taken up the road about twenty-five to fifty yards and buried in a location about ten yards west of the road, on a rocky hillside. Did you hear that?”
“I'm not looking for anything. I understand now a lot of stuff about myself that I didn't understand then. It makes me realize what was going on. The senselessness of it appalls me although I'm sure not so much as those who were so close to it.”
“Which one do they pick? Do they pick the law student with no criminal background, who was probably even known by some of the prosecutors working the case? Or are they going to go after the types, you know, the guys in the files... the real weirdos?”
“This guy doesn't want to be caught. He doesn't want to play around. He's not Son of Sam and he's not even the LA Hillside Strangler. He doesn't want notoriety. That's why he's going to all these length to dispose of these people in the way that he has.
Ibid pp. 224”
- Ted Bundy, 1984 interview with Detective Robert Keppel
“.....murder is not just a crime of lust or violence. It becomes possession. They are part of you … [the victim] becomes a part of you, and you [two] are forever one … and the grounds where you kill them or leave them become sacred to you, and you will always be drawn back to them.”
“Sure, I get angry. I get very, very angry and indignant. I don't like being locked up for something I didn't do, and I don't like my liberty taken away, and I don't like being treated like an animal, and I don't like people walking around and ogling me like I'm some sort of weirdo, because I'm not.”
- Ted Bundy, 1977 interview in Pitkin County Prison, Colorado)
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Ted Bundy on Homicide
“.....murder is not just a crime of lust or violence. It becomes possession. They are part of you … [the victim] becomes a part of you, and you [two] are forever one … and the grounds where you kill them or leave them become sacred to you, and you will always be drawn back to them.”
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Ted Bundy on Anonymity
In *The Only Living Witness*, Ted Bundy analyzes the anonymity and mobility of modern American society as key enabling factors in his ability to commit serial murders.
“A factor that is almost indispensable to this kind of behavior [serial killing] is the mobility of contemporary American life. Living in large centers of population, and living with lots of people, you can get used to dealing with strangers. It's the anonymity factor, and it has a twofold effect. First of all if you're among strangers you're less likely to remember them, or care what they're doing or what they should, or should not, be doing. If they should or shouldn't be there. Secondly, you're conditioned almost not to be afraid of strangers. Mobility is very important here. As we've seen...the individual's [himself in third person] modus operandi was moving large distances in an attempt to camouflage what he was doing. Moving these distances, he was able to take advantage of the anonymity factor.”
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Detective Robert Keppel clip on Ted Bundy
“He's definitely a premier serial killer. He is probably the model. But I don't think there's many of them like him, fortunately.”
Stephen Michaud on Ted Bundy 2 quotes
“Ted did not have any guilt. He did not have any remorse. He did not have a conscience. And so when he talks about being 99% normal and 1% abnormal, its an ugly joke. He was 100% abnormal.”
Ann Rule on Ted Bundy 2 quotes
“Ted was never as handsome, brilliant or charismatic as crime folklore deemed him. But as I said before, infamy became him.”
Joseph Aloi on Ted Bundy
Polly Nelson. on Ted Bundy
“Ted was the very definition of heartless evil.”
Louise Bundy on Ted Bundy
“If he killed all those lovely young women–we have several beautiful daughters of our own, we know how we would feel and its a terrible thing. And he wasn't raised that way! He was raised in a good, loving, caring family.... We still love and care for him, but we want to know: what caused this?”
Eleanor Rose on Ted Bundy
“For everything he did to the girls–the bludgeoning, the strangulation, humiliating their bodies, torturing them–I feel that the electric chair is too good for him.”
Charles Manson on Ted Bundy
“Bundy's a rumpkin. Bundy's a poopbutt. Bundy's his momma's boy. Bundy's out there trying to prove something to his own manhood. That's got nothing to do with me. I don't roll around with poop people like that. I stand with people that can stand with themselves.”
About Ted Bundy
Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy (born Theodore Robert Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper and necrophile who assaulted and killed numerous young women and girls (from ages 12 - 25) during the 1970s and possibly earlier. He was sentenced to death and was executed by the electric chair in 1989.