The Ted Bundy Tapes (Netflix)

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Couldn't see a thread on this already..

Has anyone watched this yet?

We've just finished episode 3, hoping to watch the last one tonight. I wasn't sure what to expect, but found it interesting. Thought I was a bit at the fact that he managed to escape (seemingly relatively easily) twice.

I thought it was interesting. Had never realised about his escapes before.

Very interesting and chilling that he seemed so normal and charming in the courtroom footage. I bet he killed lots more than he's officially responsible for.

Very interesting and chilling that he seemed so normal and charming in the courtroom footage. I bet he killed lots more than he's officially responsible for.

Definitely, I think some say it could be over 100 victims? Given that his known victims spanned across states it wouldn't surprise me if that were true.

He did hint that his victim count was in the 3 digits and across 6 states.
Given the fact that he disposed of the bodies in woods, it's entirely possible that many were never found. Moving bodies across state and county lines would also make it harder to identify victims/ find the culprit.
I would not be surprised if a lot of missing person cases are in fact murder victims.
I also thought that his first known victim was unlikely to be the first, it seemed to practiced and skilled to be a first attempt.

I found it fascinating and was aghast that he managed to escape twice - but equally open mouthed at how lucky they were to have caught him the second time. Throughout watching it I was struck by (a) how good looking he was (I wonder if I would have been sucked in by his ploys to get women to come and help him and (b) how he could change his look so easily and (c) the thought that he probably would have been caught much earlier if the science that exists today existed then. I also found it very hard to stomach the whooping outside the Florida prison once he had been executed. But then I will never agree with the death penalty.

An interesting documentary

I don't quite get how he escaped and killed yet no one saw any blood etc on him? You'd think he'd be really obvious walking around after having murdered like that!

Fascinating programme.
I am sure Bundy was guilty but can see why friends and family believed he couldn’t possibly have done those sort of crimes.
I don’t agree with death penalty anyway , but think perhaps he should have been kept alive. The FBI / police could have continued their “relationship “ with him. He may then have gradually revealed scores of other murders which would have brought closure to parents of missing girls.
Chilling really.

On the flip side, without the death penalty and the incentive of saving his own skin he might not have admitted to anything.
I'm shocked that he has a child. How was that ever possible?

*I'm shocked that he has a child. How was that even possible?
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I thought before watching this that the child must have been conceived prior to prison, didn't realise it was during (I think) his time on death row!?

Even more shocking that they seemingly allowed them to set up a family unit in there with his wife, their daughter & his step son!? So bizarre. I wonder if it was down to the fact that he seemed likeable so the guards all turned a blind eye?

Even more shocking that they seemingly allowed them to set up a family unit in there with his wife, their daughter & his step son!? So bizarre. I wonder if it was down to the fact that he seemed likeable so the guards all turned a blind eye?

This ^

That was the thing about Bundy, though, wasn’t it? He could charm the birds out of the trees; even people who knew he had tortured and murdered scores of people. That was what was so chilling about this; that and his jaw dropping arrogance.

More shocking than the lax guards, though, was the judge who let Bundy know so openly, clearly and publicly that he really liked him and wished him well. After his conviction and death sentence! I wonder how his victims’ families, who may well have been in the courtroom, felt about that.

More shocking than the lax guards, though, was the judge who let Bundy know so openly, clearly and publicly that he really liked him and wished him well. After his conviction and death sentence! I wonder how his victims’ families, who may well have been in the courtroom, felt about that.

Yes, totally agree, we were stunned by the judge in that scene!! Just seemed unbelievable!

By the way coveting there is a longer thread about this programme in the Streamed TV topic if you're interested.

It's interesting he put his crimes down to porn mags and also that every girl he killed was the image of the beautiful middle class girl who turned him down at age 17: Tall, slim, athletic build & very long dark hair. The charm & intelligence combined with no remorse & revelling in the attention is chilling