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While the true number of his victims is ultimately unknown, Bundy ultimately admitted to thirty-six homicides committed across seven states between 1974 and 1978. Experts, however, suspect that his number of victims could be as much as over 100, with several feeling Bundy implied this with his offhand quote "Add one digit to that [[note]](his known total[[/note]] "and you'll have it." He was eventually given three death sentences, and finally executed by electric chair in Florida State Prison, Raiford on January 24, 1989 at the age of 42.

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While the true number of his victims is ultimately unknown, Bundy ultimately admitted to thirty-six homicides committed across seven states between 1974 and 1978. Experts, however, suspect that his number of victims could be as much as over 100, 100 and that he may have committed his first murder before he was even in his teens, with several feeling Bundy implied this with his offhand quote "Add one digit to that [[note]](his known total[[/note]] "and you'll have it." He was eventually given three death sentences, and finally executed by electric chair in Florida State Prison, Raiford on January 24, 1989 at the age of 42.
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Bundy is associated with VisibleVictimology, due to the perception that his victims generally matched a standard physical type: white women with long, dark hair parted in the middle. That trope will usually come with a ShoutOut to Bundy. However, it's worth noting that Bundy denied this, claiming that his only "type" was conventionally attractive women.
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\n\n* ''Literature/{{Tenderness}}'': The SerialKiller Eric Poole is based on Bundy, with some elements of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menéndez Erik Menendez.]] Eric is dark-haired and perceived as charming and handsome, killing girls and women with long dark hair (though, unlike Bundy, Eric attacks women/girls who are Hispanic rather than solely white women) and using a cast on his arm to catch them off guard.
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->''"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."''

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->''"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 it's an ugly joke. He was 100% abnormal."''
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While the true number of his victims is ultimately unknown, Bundy ultimately admitted to thirty-six homicides committed across seven states between 1974 and 1978. Experts, however, suspect that his number of victims could be as much as over 100. He was eventually given three death sentences, and finally executed by electric chair in Florida State Prison, Raiford on January 24, 1989 at the age of 42.

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While the true number of his victims is ultimately unknown, Bundy ultimately admitted to thirty-six homicides committed across seven states between 1974 and 1978. Experts, however, suspect that his number of victims could be as much as over 100. 100, with several feeling Bundy implied this with his offhand quote "Add one digit to that [[note]](his known total[[/note]] "and you'll have it." He was eventually given three death sentences, and finally executed by electric chair in Florida State Prison, Raiford on January 24, 1989 at the age of 42.
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While the true number of his victims is ultimately unknown, Bundy ultimately admitted to thirty-six homicides committed across seven states between 1974 and 1978. Expects, however, suspect that his number of victims could be as much as over 100. He was eventually given three death sentences, and finally executed by electric chair in Florida State Prison, Raiford on January 24, 1989 at the age of 42.

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While the true number of his victims is ultimately unknown, Bundy ultimately admitted to thirty-six homicides committed across seven states between 1974 and 1978. Expects, Experts, however, suspect that his number of victims could be as much as over 100. He was eventually given three death sentences, and finally executed by electric chair in Florida State Prison, Raiford on January 24, 1989 at the age of 42.
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Theodore Robert Bundy (born Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American SerialKiller who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. He was thought by many to be handsome and charismatic, approaching his victims in public areas while posing as a police officer or feigning a disability to get their assistance before knocking them unconscious and taking them to a secondary location.

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Theodore Robert Bundy (born Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American SerialKiller who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. He was thought by many to be handsome and charismatic, mostly approaching his victims in public areas while posing as a police officer or feigning a disability to get their assistance before knocking them unconscious and taking them to a secondary location.
location. But on a few occasions, he would break into homes at night and bludgeon his victims to death as they slept.
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While the true number of his victims is ultimately unknown, Bundy ultimately admitted to thirty-six homicides committed across seven states between 1974 and 1978. Expects, however, suspect that his number of victims could be as much as over 100. He was eventually given three death sentences, and finally executed by electric chair in Florida State Prison, Raiford.

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While the true number of his victims is ultimately unknown, Bundy ultimately admitted to thirty-six homicides committed across seven states between 1974 and 1978. Expects, however, suspect that his number of victims could be as much as over 100. He was eventually given three death sentences, and finally executed by electric chair in Florida State Prison, Raiford.Raiford on January 24, 1989 at the age of 42.

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->''"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."''
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While the true number of his victims is ultimately unknown, Bundy ultimately admitted to thirty homicides committed across seven states between 1974 and 1978.

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While the true number of his victims is ultimately unknown, Bundy ultimately admitted to thirty thirty-six homicides committed across seven states between 1974 and 1978. Expects, however, suspect that his number of victims could be as much as over 100. He was eventually given three death sentences, and finally executed by electric chair in Florida State Prison, Raiford.

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* ''Literature/TheSouthernBookClubsGuideToSlayingVampires'': James Harris, the main antagonist and a savage vampire who's both a serial molester and a SerialKiller, is modeled after Ted Bundy. Harris is a FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon monster who charms his victims and has an all-American handsome face that hides an an all-American monster. The main four heroines also mention ''Literature/TheStrangerBesideMe'', which is a novel about Bundy and his murders in relation to Harris, and he gets comparisons with Bundy in the book.

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* ''Literature/TheSouthernBookClubsGuideToSlayingVampires'': James Harris, the main antagonist and a savage vampire who's both a serial molester and a SerialKiller, is modeled after Ted Bundy. Harris is a FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon monster who charms his victims and has an all-American handsome face that hides an an all-American monster. The main four heroines also mention ''Literature/TheStrangerBesideMe'', which is a novel about Bundy and his murders in relation to Harris, and he gets comparisons with Bundy in the book.



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* ''Literature/TheSouthernBookClubsGuideToSlayingVampires'': James Harris, the main antagonist and a savage vampire who's both a serial molester and a SerialKiller, is modeled after Ted Bundy. Harris is a FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon monster who charms his victims and has an all-American handsome face that hides an an all-American monster. The main four heroines also mention ''Literature/TheStrangerBesideMe'', which is a novel about Bundy and his murders in relation to Harris, and he gets comparisons with Bundy in the book.





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* ''Literature/TheSouthernBookClubsGuideToSlayingVampires'': James Harris, the main antagonist and a savage vampire who's both a serial molester and a SerialKiller, is modeled after Ted Bundy. Harris is a FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon monster who charms his victims and has an all-American handsome face that hides an an all-American monster. The main four heroines also mention ''Literature/TheStrangerBesideMe'', which is a novel about Bundy and his murders in relation to Harris, and he gets comparisons with Bundy in the book.

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Theodore Robert Bundy (born Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. He was thought by many to be handsome and charismatic, approaching his victims in public areas while posing as a police officer or feigning a disability to get their assistance before knocking them unconscious and taking them to a secondary location.

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Theodore Robert Bundy (born Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer SerialKiller who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. He was thought by many to be handsome and charismatic, approaching his victims in public areas while posing as a police officer or feigning a disability to get their assistance before knocking them unconscious and taking them to a secondary location.
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* In ''Literature/NewDealCoalitionRetained'', Bundy manages to cover up his murders in Washington and goes into politics, becoming a county prosecutor and later Governor of the state [[spoiler: before becoming President in 1996]]. It's all but outright stated that he continues to kill women all throughout this, and [[spoiler: when members of his cabinet uncovers evidence of this in 2001, [[GovernmentConspiracy they assassinate him rather than expose his crimes, to avoid tainting the party's image]]]].
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He really wasn't that handsome nor was he charismatic, and that's an opinion, anyway.


Theodore Robert Bundy (born Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. He was handsome and charismatic, approaching his victims in public areas while posing as a police officer or feigning a disability to get their assistance before knocking them unconscious and taking them to a secondary location.

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Theodore Robert Bundy (born Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. He was thought by many to be handsome and charismatic, approaching his victims in public areas while posing as a police officer or feigning a disability to get their assistance before knocking them unconscious and taking them to a secondary location.

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* ''Film/TheDeliberateStranger''


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Theodore Robert Bundy (born Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. He was handsome and charismatic, approaching his victims in public areas while posing as a police officer or feigning a disability to get their assistance before knocking them unconscious and taking them to a secondary location.

While the true number of his victims is ultimately unknown, Bundy ultimately admitted to thirty homicides committed across seven states between 1974 and 1978.
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!!Works about Ted Bundy:
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* ''The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History''
* ''Defending the Devil: My Story as Ted Bundy's Last Lawyer''
* ''The Only Living Witness: The True Story of Serial Sex Killer Ted Bundy''
* ''The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy''
* ''Literature/TheStrangerBesideMe''
* ''Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer''
* ''Violent Mind: The 1976 Psychological Assessment of Ted Bundy''

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* ''Film/AmericanBoogeyman''
* ''Film/BundyAnAmericanIcon''
* ''Film/TheCaptureOfTheGreenRiverKiller''
* ''Film/TheDeliberateStranger''
* ''Film/ExtremelyWickedShockinglyEvilAndVile''
* ''Film/NoManOfGod''
* ''Film/TheRiverman''
* ''Film/TheStrangerBesideMe''
* ''Film/TedBundy''

!!Fictional Depictions of Ted Bundy:
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* ''Film/ThePoughkeepsieTapes''

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* ''WebOriginal/MakeAGoodLawyer''
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