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| 1 | Subject of the song "The Ted Bundy Song" by the band Macabre. |
| 2 | Ted Bundy fathered a child while incarcerated in Florid'a death row. Shortly before his execution, his wife divorced Bundy and secretly moved away with his daughter. It uncertain to this day where they reside, and the identity of his daughter remains unknown. |
| 3 | Was considered a strong suspect in the 1961 kidnapping of 8-year-old Ann Marie Burr, who vanished from her Tacoma, Washington home one stormy night and was never seen or heard from again. Many experts believed that this was Ted Bundy's first abduction and murder. However, recent DNA analysts was unable to link Bundy to the girl's disappearance. The case remains unsolved to this day [April 2015]. |
| 4 | According to Bob Hayward, the police officer on duty who approached Ted Bundy during the early morning hours of August 6, 1975, he was positioning his gun on Bundy. Years later, when Bundy was being tried for murder in a Florida courtroom, Hayward expressed guilt and remorse for not killing him. "I didn't want to shoot the guy," he said. "(Now) I wish I did.". |
| 5 | When the "Ted" murders and attacks started surfacing in 1974, true crime author Ann Rule began writing the first chapters of The Stranger Beside Me, the book that would later be about her good friend and co-worker, 'Ted Bundy.' According to Rule, when Bundy was first being suspected of the killings, she personally offered Bundy to write his own chapter. He refused. |
| 6 | Was supposed to be executed in February 1986 but was granted a stay of execution. |
| 7 | Was sentenced to death three times in two separate trials; twice for the two Chi Omega sorority sisters killed in Tallahassee, Florida on January 15, 1978 and once again for the brutal kidnapping, rape and murder of a 12-year-old middle school student on February 9, 1978 in Lake City, Florida. |
| 8 | Declined having a last meal. |
| 9 | He decapitated at least four victims and kept the severed heads as shrines and mementos. |
| 10 | Years after his execution, guards have reported seeing a figure sitting in the electric chair, smiling. Many have said they believe it to be Bundy's ghost. |
| 11 | His father has never been definitively identified. While his birth certificate lists an Air Force veteran named Lloyd Marshall as the father, his mother later claimed that she was impregnated by a sailor whose name may have been Jack Worthington. |
| 12 | Was often able to evade capture due to a remarkable ability to change his appearance with minor alterations such as growing a beard or cutting his hair. |
| 13 | His last interview was with Dr. James Dobson in which he discussed the events that led him to the murders. |
| 14 | Son of Louise Bundy. Ted grew up believing that Louise's parents were his parents, and that she was his sister. |
| 15 | Had four siblings. |
| 16 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 139-141. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. |
| 17 | One of the most feared and prolific serial killers in U.S. history. |
| 18 | Was an honors student. Attended the University of Puget Sound, Washington by way of scholarship. He took courses in psychology, law, and Asian studies, but after attending just two semesters, he transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, where he received a Bachelor's degree in psychology. |
| 19 | Following Bundy's execution, in an unusual twist, his remains were cremated at the request of his family and spread over the mountains in Washington State, where the bodies of several of his victims had been discovered. |
| 20 | Three TV movies and one feature film have been produced about Ted Bundy and his crimes: The Deliberate Stranger (1986) with Mark Harmon starring as Bundy, Ted Bundy (2002) with Michael Reilly Burke starring as Bundy, Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me (2003) with Billy Campell starring as Bundy and The Riverman (2004) with Cary Elwes as Bundy. |
| 21 | Escaped twice from prison. |
| 22 | Only 5 women he attacked survived. |
| 23 | He and Ann Rule worked together as volunteers at a suicide prevention hot line. Rule later wrote "The Stranger Beside Me" about Bundy. |
| 24 | Daughter with Boone, born October 1982 |
| 25 | In his final days, he said pornography was to blame for his desire to murder women. |
| 26 | Had been groomed by the Republican Party for local political office. |
| 27 | Towards the end of his trial, he began to cooperate with the authorities by giving invaluable insights into the psychology of serial killers. He tried to help in the capture of the Green River Killer as in the 1995 book: "The Riverman : Ted Bundy and I Hunt For the Green River killer" by Robert D. Keppel with William J. Birnes. |
| 28 | When told that he was believed to have killed 36 women in six different states, Bundy suggested that that they "add a digit, then you'll have it.". |
| 29 | Married Carole Boone during his second trial, in which he was condemned to death row. Acting as his own attorney, he called her as a witness. He phrased a question such that an affirmative answer in front of a judge and recorded by the court would legally bind marriage. |
| 30 | Had a daughter with Carole Boone during his years on death row. This was highly unusual, as death row inmates are not permitted conjugal visits. |
| 31 | Although Bundy was only proven to be responsible for the deaths of 28 women, is it widely believed that he killed at least 33. According to Bundy himself in a taped confession, he killed more than 100. |
| 32 | The term "Serial Killer" was invented and first used for Ted Bundy as a description of his character. |
| 33 | Had a measured IQ of about 124, signifying superior intelligence (but not quite on the genius level). |
| 34 | Converted to a vegetarian diet during his last years on Florida's death row. |
| 35 | Serial killer who murdered at least 28 women. |
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