Ted Bundy is often remembered as the charming law-student type, but behind that clean-cut mask was one of the most calculated predators of the 1970s. In this episode, we break down his early life, the manipulative methods he used to lure victims, his cross-country murders, the jail escapes, the Chi Omega attack, and the final moments leading to his 1989 execution. A look at the real Bundy — without the myth, without the glamor.
Sources
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
Conversations With a Killer by Stephen G. Michaud & Hugh Aynesworth
The Deliberate Stranger by Richard W. Larsen
Netflix — Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
Seattle Times archival reports (1974–1978)
Tallahassee Democrat — Chi Omega coverage (1978)
Utah & Florida court records and official case files