Theodore Bundy : Serial Killer

As stated before, Bundy had killed over 30 women. This vast number of killings would qualify him to be considered a “serial killer”. Although serial killers are not common among society, the act of killing another person intentionally, or homicide, is fairly common. Homicide is a crime that usually always shocks the public when they hear of it because it is not

Theodore Robert Bundy (Cowell) was born on November 24, 1946, in Burlington, Vermont and is known as one of the most notorious serial killers in American history. Bundy was responsible for the murders of more than thirty females which he would lure using his charm and charisma while pretending to be injured and needing help. Once he would successfully lure the Bundy would then take them to more remote locations overpower assault to rape and then kill the victims. Bundy was the son of Eleanor Louise Cowell who was unmarried when she gave birth him, which humiliated her religious parents. Due to this, her parents thought it would be best if they just acted like Ted was there son and Elinoire was his older sister in order to avoid being ridiculed

Ted Bundy attended college at the University of Puget Sound and the University of Washington. During this time, he took on various low-level jobs, such as being a busboy and a shoe clerk. Generally, he did not stay in one position for very long, which caused employers to view him as unreliable. He was always very focused on his studies and grades. In spring of 1967, he entered a life-changing relationship with his “dream woman,” a classmate of his at the University of

Theodore Robert Cowell was born November 24, 1946, in Burlington, Vermont, at the Elizabeth Lung Home for Unwed Mothers. Born to Eleanor Louise Cowell, twenty-two years old and unmarried and an unidentified father. Eleanor’s family suspected that her abusive father was Bundy’s biological father. Being an unwed, single mother in 1946 was looked down upon, and as a result Bundy was raised by his religious grandparents. His grandparents and mother both aware of the truth, tell young Ted that the women he has been with is his sister. Throughout his childhood, Bundy thought his grandfather was a respected man, with dignity and honor. Later finding out his grandfather had history of being physically and emotionally abusive towards his family and pets.

Beneath the charming Theodore Robert Bundy lurked a devilish individual, who was capable of anything in order to satisfy his lust for power and control. After being betrayed by his family and discovering that his first love decided to leave him because she thought that he would never amount to anything drove his urge for domination. He was mad at the world and wanted to revenge. He wanted every single one of his victims to see and feel what others had made him feel when he was known for his weak personality. He wanted to deprive them of everything they owned and wanted to feel how his hands would slowly wrap around their victims necks. The feeling of seeing and hearing how life would leave his victims body would arouse him. He was incapable

Since age 3, he was interested in knives, and slept with his knives (Biography.com Editors, 2014). He scared his aunt by watching her sleep with his knives. His mother got married to Johnie Bundy in 1951, and grew up as a working-class family (Crime Feed Staff, 2015). His working-class family led him to create inferior feeling, and get surrounded by the wealthy classmates. Ted Bundy was a very insecure

Ted Bundy had a hard life, he lived with mother and his step-father. John Philip Jenkins author of “Ted Bundy” stated. “Bundy had a difficult childhood, he strained a relationship with his step-father and his shyness made him a target for bullying.” (John Philip Jenkins 1) Ted Bundy had been bullied when he was young, looking back at his life when he was younger might have made him snap. The possible reason Ted became a serial killer was because of how bad he was treated by others.

He grew up in a constant working-class home (“Ted Bundy” Biography). He seemed to be growing up just fine but at the age of three, he seemed to have an interest in knives. Bundy was a good student in school and was very intelligent but didn't seem to get along with his other peers, he enjoyed creeping through windows and stealing without thinking anything of it (“Ted Bundy” Biography). As this may already be a sign of something wrong in this kids head he still managed to attend University of Washington and fall in love with a wealthy, pretty, smart girl from California(“Ted Bundy” Biography). After the breakup is when everything seems to have shifted, his victims resembled his ex-girlfriend with long dark brown hair(“Ted Bundy” Biography).

Looking into Bundy's life, many of the facts and images from his early life stand in stark contrast to the vicious killings he engaged in. The young many Bundy was well behaved and "grew up an attractive teen" that was "generally liked and who performed well in school," according to Charles Montaldo writing in About.com. When he enrolled in the University of Puget Sound, he did very well in his schoolwork but he was embarrassed that he had so little money and the students around him were far wealthier, so he transferred to the University of Washington

Ted Bundy was a young rising politician, a crisis hotline volunteer, a law student, and the charming boy next door. He was also a deranged sociopath, a cannibal, and was suspected of murdering 100 women in the 20th century. As Ted Bundy put it, “I’m the most cold-blooded son of a bitch that you’ll ever meet.” (Pulditor, p.24)

Ted Bundy was an American born rapist, a necrophile; a serial killer and a kidnapper who assaulted and murdered several young women during the 1970’s. The criminal kept on denying the charges for more than ten years and later confessed of having committed the thirty homicide crimes in seven different states before his execution (Rule, 2009). Bundy’s handsome and charismatic appearance made it possible for him to easily win the confidence of young women who were always his targets. He broke into the dwellings of his victims at night and bludgeoned them as they slept. He also approached young women in public places where he impersonated as an authority figure or feigned injury on his victim before empowering and assaulting at a

Theodore Robert Cowell, more notoriously known as Ted Bundy, was born in Burlington, Vermont on November 24, 1946. Bundy was raised by his grandparents for the first three years of his life in order to avoid public disgrace from their community due to the fact that Bundy’s mother had him out of wedlock. As a young boy, Bundy was under the notion, along with the community around him, that his grandparents were his parents and his mother was his older sister. At the age of four, his mother left with Bundy to live in Philadelphia and there met her new husband, Johnny Bundy. Together, they resulted in conceiving four children and despite the fact that Johnny Bundy had adopted him; he continued to stay secluded from the rest of the family. His childhood overall is controversial; in interviews, Bundy described his grandparents as respectful and was very attached to his grandfather. Later on, it was revealed to attorneys by other family members and himself that Bundy’s grandfather, Samuel Cowell, was a domineering and prejudice person. Different reports from beating his wife and the family dog to pushing Bundy’s aunt down a flight of stairs were claimed to have happened. His grandmother however, was described by Bundy as being humble and loyal who went through therapy for depression. Bundy started exhibiting his abnormal behavior at a young age, reports from his aunt stating she woke up from a nap to discover she was surrounded by knives and a three year old Bundy was standing over

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Sadly, this is when Theodore’s behavior seemed to take a turn for the worse. On January 5, 1974 Theodore Bundy viciously attacked a woman referred to as Joni Lenz, a pseudonym used to protect her true identity, in her basement apartment, beating her severely and then brutally raping her vaginally with a piece of her metal bedframe. The high from this outburst did not last long however, and on February 1, 1974 Theodore Bundy’s first confirmed kidnapping and probable homicide victim, Lynda Ann Healy, was reported missing, her body was never found. After this first confirmed victim of kidnapping and suspected murder, a flood of women disappeared, all eventually attributed to Ted, who took his victims approximately once a month. Donna Gail Manson, Susan Elaine Rancourt, Robert Kathleen Parks, Brenda Baker, Brenda Carol Ball, Georgeann Hawkins, Janice Ott and

Ted Bundy is known for charismatic personality, good looks, and charm; he is also known as the most organized murderer to have lived. Bundy would lure woman to his car using a number of excuses; he was handicap or else lost. Because he was so charming women would feel at ease around him and go where he asked. Once at his car, Bundy would grab and restrain the woman. He would then drive to a different location where he would beat and rape the woman until death. Finally he would drive to yet ANOTHER location to dispose of the body. In February 1978, Ted Bundy was finally captured and interviewed. As a child, raised by his grandparents, he showed no signs of previous abuse or neglect. He was raised well and sociable during high school where classmates report that he was well liked. After further analysis, Bundy was presumed to have low activity to his orbital frontal cortex; this is the part of the brain in charge of the conscious, and the “right or wrong” factor. This is not to say that Bundy had a deficiency that prevented him from knowing what he was doing. Just merely a common abnormality that should be noted. Bundy’s case supports the idea that an individual’s makeup can have an effect on their actions.