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own satanic cult within the prison walls. He would be known to howl like a wolf when the moon was full and often threatened the guards with a series of makeshift weapons fashioned in his cell. This beatnik cannibal was paroled to his native Wyoming in 1985, his present whereabouts are unknown.
Ted Bundy
Looks can be deceiving and between 1974 and 1978 this dashing fiend certainly proved the rule. Prowling campuses for coeds from the Pacific Northwest to the Sunshine State, the handsome prince among serial killers relied on social compliance to lure at least twenty women to their doom.
B ECOMING B UNDY
Throughout his life, Ted Bundy went by many names. Born on 24 November 1946 in Burlington, Vermont to an unwed mother, this serial-killing Sagittarius began life as Theodore Robert Cowell. His surname would then change twice before his sixth birthday. Young Theodore never knew his father and grew up believing his mother was actually his older sister – a charade to avoid social disgrace – and the pair lived under the roof of his grandparents in Philadelphia.
At four years old, the boy and his mother moved to Tacoma, Washington in the Pacific Northwest and soon ‘sister’ Eleanor met Johnny Culpepper Bundy whom she married in May 1951. The new man in their lives played father figure to young Ted who then took his name. As Ted Bundy he now had the title that, in later life, would be synonymous with extreme evil.
Despite all his stepfather’s efforts, he grew up a distant child, deeply introverted and unable to fully interact with other schoolchildren. Instead the social misfit would prefer to hunt for violent and sexually explicit literature in the local libraries. At high school he started to thieve to fund his love of skiing; petty crimes that would prove the teen was on a slippery slope to more acute malevolence.
After switching institutions in his first year of higher education, Ted proved a likeable psychology student at the University of Washington. Then in the spring of 1967 he fell head over heels in love with his dream girl. Stephanie Brooks was an attractive, sophisticated student from a wealthy family and shared his passion for the pistes. The pair dated but once she graduated, Stephanie chose to end their relationship, citing immaturity and a lack of direction. This broke Bundy’s heart and he fell into a depressed state, dropping out of college.
Throwing in the towel on his education, he then uncovered the truth about his parentage. This double shock to the system forced a change within Ted Bundy. The reticent, reclusive greenhorn mutated into a more confident, socially-adept young man with a new-found bravado. Yet under the surface a more sinister transformation was taking shape.
F IRST L OVE, F IRST K ILL
Over the next few years, this bombastic new demeanour seemed to be a positive addition to Bundy’s character. He entered the world of politics, working hard on a Republican presidential campaign and became the assistant to the state party chairman. Even when he was appointed to the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Committee, he still found time to complete his psychology degree. Bundy was also dating again, a divorcee named Elizabeth Kloepfer. However, despite being back on the track and showing such promise, his mind was elsewhere.
Stephanie Brooks, his first love, still plagued his thoughts and in the summer of 1973, whilst on a business trip to California, he got back in touch. She reacted well to his new attitude and political standing and agreed to give Bundy a second chance. However, following her acceptance of his marriage proposal, he broke off all contact. She then discovered this renaissance romance was Bundy’s wicked plan to avenge the pain she had caused him. He had wanted revenge.
A few weeks later young women started to vanish from the Pacific Northwest area. It appeared Ted Bundy’s wicked plan did not end with revenge on his former lover. On 4 January 1974
Ted Bundy
Looks can be deceiving and between 1974 and 1978 this dashing fiend certainly proved the rule. Prowling campuses for coeds from the Pacific Northwest to the Sunshine State, the handsome prince among serial killers relied on social compliance to lure at least twenty women to their doom.
B ECOMING B UNDY
Throughout his life, Ted Bundy went by many names. Born on 24 November 1946 in Burlington, Vermont to an unwed mother, this serial-killing Sagittarius began life as Theodore Robert Cowell. His surname would then change twice before his sixth birthday. Young Theodore never knew his father and grew up believing his mother was actually his older sister – a charade to avoid social disgrace – and the pair lived under the roof of his grandparents in Philadelphia.
At four years old, the boy and his mother moved to Tacoma, Washington in the Pacific Northwest and soon ‘sister’ Eleanor met Johnny Culpepper Bundy whom she married in May 1951. The new man in their lives played father figure to young Ted who then took his name. As Ted Bundy he now had the title that, in later life, would be synonymous with extreme evil.
Despite all his stepfather’s efforts, he grew up a distant child, deeply introverted and unable to fully interact with other schoolchildren. Instead the social misfit would prefer to hunt for violent and sexually explicit literature in the local libraries. At high school he started to thieve to fund his love of skiing; petty crimes that would prove the teen was on a slippery slope to more acute malevolence.
After switching institutions in his first year of higher education, Ted proved a likeable psychology student at the University of Washington. Then in the spring of 1967 he fell head over heels in love with his dream girl. Stephanie Brooks was an attractive, sophisticated student from a wealthy family and shared his passion for the pistes. The pair dated but once she graduated, Stephanie chose to end their relationship, citing immaturity and a lack of direction. This broke Bundy’s heart and he fell into a depressed state, dropping out of college.
Throwing in the towel on his education, he then uncovered the truth about his parentage. This double shock to the system forced a change within Ted Bundy. The reticent, reclusive greenhorn mutated into a more confident, socially-adept young man with a new-found bravado. Yet under the surface a more sinister transformation was taking shape.
F IRST L OVE, F IRST K ILL
Over the next few years, this bombastic new demeanour seemed to be a positive addition to Bundy’s character. He entered the world of politics, working hard on a Republican presidential campaign and became the assistant to the state party chairman. Even when he was appointed to the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Committee, he still found time to complete his psychology degree. Bundy was also dating again, a divorcee named Elizabeth Kloepfer. However, despite being back on the track and showing such promise, his mind was elsewhere.
Stephanie Brooks, his first love, still plagued his thoughts and in the summer of 1973, whilst on a business trip to California, he got back in touch. She reacted well to his new attitude and political standing and agreed to give Bundy a second chance. However, following her acceptance of his marriage proposal, he broke off all contact. She then discovered this renaissance romance was Bundy’s wicked plan to avenge the pain she had caused him. He had wanted revenge.
A few weeks later young women started to vanish from the Pacific Northwest area. It appeared Ted Bundy’s wicked plan did not end with revenge on his former lover. On 4 January 1974
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