1 comments about The Professional Serial Killer and the Career of Ted Bundy: An investigation into the macabre ID-ENTITY of the Serial Killer.

1. Was very well put together, but seems like reading a college term paper. Author has many good observations about the young Ted and seems to have the same questions alot of us have-Why did Ted become a serial killer?

2 comments about Ted Bundy: The FBI Files.

1. This book contains very little info and is not what you may think with tons of interesting documents. There is much blacked out on every page. Don't waste your money.



2. it appears that these are in fact... official FBI files, but all the interesting information has been blacked out... and so i say
   ...................WHAT IS THE POINT?

No comments about Ted Bundy - The Campus Serial Killer (Biography).

5 comments about The Phantom Prince: My Life With Ted Bundy.

1. This book give you another look at the serial killer Ted Bundy, who whould had thought that Bundy was a nice guy, well he give the apperance he was. To Elizabeth Kendall the girlfriend of Bundy at that time, Ted Bundy was for her a normal and very nice guy, what a shock it must had been for to discovered that the man she love was a serial killer. This book is very intense because it put you in the shoes of Elizabeth Kendall, that gave you a very different look of Ted Bundy, so he could be a nice guy to some people but he could also be a murderer, he was sick and it very scary to know that people like Ted Bundy do existe and they have family and friends who see them in a different light not just as a killer. This is one of the best book about Ted Bundy because it tell you more about him, his past, family, friends and not so much about the trial and all the awful murders he did, it's not details as some other book did and I'm glad it not, I am not too found at knowing how cruel the murders of the girls had been, that creepy and also the boring trial, what I want to know was how Ted Bundy really was, well a part of him that his girlfriend, friends and family knew, the everyday Bundy and not just the serial killer. Why he did all theses things you don't really know why, just that you know he his a very sick man. This book can trouble you, well it trouble me, how can Bundy could had been such a nice guy to so many people and did what he did?



2. Great book: "Liz Kendall"'s story flows and flows, everything is natural and simple, the only thing is that her Prince was killing women. This is a story of a regular human life crossed by fate that it wasn't meant for. Author is emotional, engaging; she's causing compassion, she's not posing--she seems to tell the truth. I read this book overnight--I couldn't stop, so easily it reads. The book shows "ordinary" side of Bundy, it illustrates his perfect ability to comaprtmentalize and wear a mask. It talks about him as of a person just like you and me and it causes you to feel sorry for him. This is definitely written by a woman who was completely in love with him. Sincere and spontaneous girl, "Liz Kendall" had spent some of her best years waiting for Bundy to marry her, but she couldn't capture him. The book is a great life story, as much about "Liz" as about Bundy, and I think it gives a perfect slice of ONE of Bundy's personalities. You'll end up loving the charactes.



3. I just finished reading Phantom Prince also, and I was captivated by how "normal" their dysfunctional relationship was! Theirs actually sounds like a lot of relationships 20-something females have with aloof men.

   One thing I am curious about is -- in the movie, The Deliberate Stranger, Liz (called Cas) mentions how once they were making love and he tried to strangle her. But this book makes no reference to that incident at all. Does anyone know if this was created to enhance the plot? Or do other Bundy books make a reference to this incident? I am leaning toward it being fabricated, since Liz was otherwise quite revealing in her story.




4. Ms. Kendall is not a professional mystery writer, and each of us knows how her story will end before we even pick the book up. Yet it's engrossing all the same, because her honest, unpolished prose puts us in her shoes. She's Everywoman, a flawed single mother with many insecurities, who falls in love with the Wrong Guy ("wrong" in an extraordinarily big way!) and we can all imagine ourselves in the same situation. The love, the guilt, the paranoia, the shame, the jealousy ... gulp. I just hope that wherever this lady is now, she and her daughter are happy and at peace.



5. Liz Kendall's account of her seven year relationship with Ted Bundy, one of America's worst serial killers, is difficult to put down and offers a uniquely personal account of the man. Having read several books on Bundy that offered limited personal information, I was eager to read this book. I found the experience incredibly fulfilling. Kendall comes across as a highly sympathetic, flawed young woman. You truly get a feel for how agonizing her relationship with Bundy was. Bless her heart. Furthermore, you learn more about the nature of the man himself and it may surprise you. It's easy to paint a completely bleak, horrific picture of someone once they've committed such crimes and we forget that they are human beings themselves. We learn that Bundy was a tender lover, that he was great with children, that he was highly insecure, that he was a great cook, what his favorite beer was, that he was rarely ever violent with Kendall, and that he had a funny sense of humor. As you read about him, it's difficult to imagine that this person could have done what he did. It proves even now, years after his execution, that he still casts a spell over people. I have studied him extensively and cannot get a good grasp of what kind of person he truly was: a great murderous manipulator or a deeply flawed, tragic human being? What is genuine and what is not? I highly recommend this for anyone interested in Bundy.

5 comments about Defending the Devil: My Story As Ted Bundy's Last Lawyer.

1. Nelson's book is easily the worst of the seven books written to date about Bundy and his crimes. In it, she tries to make Bundy into some sympathetic character deserving of society's forgiveness, and clearly tries to salvage a wreck of a legal career by sacrificing her objectivity on the altar of a cause celebre. Nelson is truly Bundy's final victim; at least she lived to tell.



2. What got to me most about this book is how attached Nelson becomes to Bundy. Being passionate about your opposition to the death penalty is one thing; speaking of a monster like Bundy as "my Ted" and buying him a Mickey Mouse watch when you go to Disneyland is something else. However, this does give a detailed look at Bundy's case from the judicial perspective, which hasn't been covered much before. Most people seem to want to read about the details of Bundy's gruesome crimes; if you've read all those books and want a new perspective, this is a worthwhile read.



3. In early 1986, a young attorney named Polly Nelson took on a case that would catapult her name into the headlines. Yet because the job was to save Ted Bundy from Florida's electric chair, the publicity wasn't favorable. Reporters would invariably ask "what about the victims?" and Nelson would have no answer. In the end, Nelson and her colleagues would fail to persuade the courts that Bundy deserved to live, and he would be put to death in January 1989. Even staunch death penalty foes refused to protest at the prison as Bundy, the very personification of evil, died in Old Sparky.

   This is much more than a sob story for Ted Bundy, however. Nelson's book has an agenda, but it really doesn't involve deifying Bundy. Rather, Nelson believes that the American justice system is unfair to convicts facing death sentences, and her passion is clearly not for Ted Bundy but instead for justice. Keep in mind that she was a neophyte attorney with very little experience -- she didn't even know who Ted Bundy was when she took the case. Her story isn't just about a horrible serial killer; it's about the judges and court clerks and prosecutors and public defenders who together held a man's life in their hands. She does put forth some questionable theories, such as Bundy's being mentally ill (manic depressive) and being forcibly tranquilized on the day of his critical May 1979 plea hearing, but to her credit she appears to simply be acting as a good lawyer who is exploring all the evidence -- not as someone who thinks Bundy got a raw deal and should go free.

   If you are a true crime fan who also has an interest in jurisprudence, this book will probably interest you. If instead you are primarily interested in Bundy himself, this book still has plenty of relevant information to offer. For example, Nelson exposes the role of Diana Weiner as being more than just Bundy's civil attorney. She discusses Bundy's meetings with psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Lewis. And she offers a great deal of insight into Bundy's Florida trials where Bundy sometimes acted as his own counsel, essentially signing his own death warrant with his grandstanding. This book is a very good supplement to the other books on Ted Bundy.




4. Defending The Devil is an excellent book. Polly Nelson provides a detailed account of the struggle involved in being Ted Bundy's last lawyer. I deeply appreciated her straightforward sharing of her emotions, the criminal 'justice' system, and her knowledge of Ted Bundy. Here is a rare insightful look at an intelligent man who sadly took a path into darkness...yet Nelson sees also his humanity... I learned an incredible amount from this book--about the legal procedures & difficulties in defending such a notorious capital case, about the evils of a society which executes its own citizens in the name of justice, and details about a man most wish to view only as a 'monster,' but whom Nelson provides a more in-depth look at based on her own experiences. I commend Polly Nelson for having the courage to fight the case to save his life...and I thank her for sharing her experiences and thoughts in her excellent book! This book is well written, provocative, thought-provoking...and I highly recommend it to all with an interest in law (criminal defense), psychology, and social justice...I recommend it to all with an open mind who care about learning the truth in several areas this book explores.



5. Just as Ann Rule's The Stranger Beside Me gave us an eyewitness account of the beginnings and middle of Ted Bundy's gruesome career, "Defending the Devil" covers the end. Think of it as a companion piece.

5 comments about Ted Bundy : Conversations with a Killer.

1. First, I want to say that I love Ted Bundy and reading anything about him. That's why this book got 3 stars instead of maybe 1 or 2. From everything else I've read about him, this is nothing new. And the way it's presented is so BORING. You can see how manipulative Ted is in his monologues which are often verbose. A lot of times he doesn't make much sense.
   
   If you've read a lot about Ted Bundy, I wouldn't recommend this book. The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule is a much better book. I guess if it's your first time reading about him, it might be interesting.



2. Ted Bundy murdered over 30 women in the late 70's and has a kind of cult status among people who are obsessed with serial killers and voilence, which is not why I read this book. I read this book because I was hoping it would shed light on a problem which seems to be a product of modern American society.
   The First half of this book is very interesting. Ted creates a hypothetical psychological model of a killer and in the third person describes how this person developed from a regular guy with deep emotion issues into a full fledged mass murder. That part of the book is very frightening and thought provoking. Ted describes the killer's initial fascination with alcohol and violent pornography. From there he describes the slow progress of the killer instict: how his trips to the pornographic book stores became more frequent and urgent, how he spent a year spying in women's house before almost attacking a woman one night, followed months later by an actual attack, then a rape and killing.He also describes the killer's remorse between killings and his frequent promises that this would be the last one.
   Toward the middle of the book it gets pretty boring. The second interviewer takes over and keeps trying to get Ted to admit his guilt, which he won't do. Most of the answers in this half of the book are evasive and tiringly repetitive.
   It is redeemed in the last interview in which Ted makes some rather interesting statements about how it is our society which creates the serial killer. He also talks about how this a problem which manifests itself rather early in the life of these sick men,and what's even more frightening, he states that for every man arrested for multiple homicide there are five or six more that are not caught. With a little money, Ted states, a man can kill indiscriminately for the rest of his life without fear of detection. This book is a must read for anyone interested in Abnormal Psychology.



3. Pages and pages of verbatim interviews with a megalomaniac, even one as twisted as Ted Bundy, get dull after a while. It would be a necessary reference book for anybody writing a doctoral thesis on Bundy or the psychopathic mind, but really holds little interest for the average reader.



4. I found this little number in my local used bookstore. Having been fascinated with Ted Bundy over the last couple of years but yet to read anything in depth about him, I bought it, hoping to learn something new.
   
   Unfortunately, "Conversations With A Killer"'s biggest flaw is Bundy himself. I feel really bad for Michaud and Aynesworth; they honestly try to write a ground-breaking book about the case, and Bundy promises them before the interviews that he will reveal to them "the truth about everything." How could any print journalist say no? Rather than embarking on the horizon of a new look at Ted Bundy, however, the duo are instead treated to interview after interview of Bundy whipping them around this way and that, never once giving them the kind of information they need.
   
   After initially being asked point-blank about his whereabouts during the crimes he is committed of and clamming up immediately, Bundy is instead offered the ability to speak of these crimes in the third-person, freeing him from self-incrimination. Instead of offering any new outlooks, however, Bundy dances about, choosing to "speculate" about the killer's mental workings and treating us to paragraph after paragraph of half-baked, psycho-analytical noodlings. I'm surprised Michaud and Aynesworth didn't fall asleep while interviewing him; when Bundy's not pumping his side of the testimony full of mostly-nonsensical, winding explanations of the "killer's" mindset, he chooses to be very vague about his choice of words, offering a lot of "could be" and "might have been that, also might have been this" and "I don't know". And, of course, he denies absolutely everything about his involvement in these crimes, standing infuriatingly adamant about his innocence all the while. Michaud and Ayneworth ask him numerous times about his whereabouts during crimes or about the testimony of witnesses, and Bundy is rarely ever able to give them an answer, either sidestepping the question and weaseling his way into another subject, or simply refusing to answer at all.
   
   The book does have a few positive marks, as few as they are. The first few chapters of the book do offer a decent, albiet selective, history of Bundy from youth to the (then) present, revealing an education in words passed on by his mother, crippling shyness during high school, and his strange fetish with socks. Also detailed are his struggles with bi-polar disorder, using his escape from jail in Glenwood Springs as a compelling example. Lastly, one can glimpse some truths behind Bundy's words, including the dangerous influences that both "stress" and pornography had on his transformation into a serial killer. However, while these are great tidbits for a newcomer to Bundy's persona, they're not nearly enough to provide one with a fulfilling look at the man and his life & doings.
   
   As for Michaud and Aynesworth, they humble Bundy at the beginning and are eager to try new approaches, but as the book is chronological, it is easy to grasp their growing impatience with Ted's mind games. Aynesworth gets especially agitated, and his multiple outbursts of anger at Bundy (only to be met with smiles, jokes, denial, irritation, and sidestepping on Bundy's end) are by far the most interesting parts of the book. And that's got to be a sad statement: that the anger of one of the authors at the subject of the book is ultimately more interesting than the sum of the book's parts.
   
   I can't really recommend it. Only those truly interested in Ted Bundy or the way his mind works could grasp much enjoyment out of it. Much of the book will just bore you to tears. An interesting first look at Bundy, it proved to be a vastly unfulfilling one for me, and I hope that Ann Rule's "The Stranger Beside Me" will prove to be much better. Good luck next time, Steve and Hugh.



5. I enjoyed the insight on how Ted Bundy thinks and how manipulative he could be. On a more personal level, some of the things he said are eerily similar to the way I operate. For example, when he said he used to fantasize about having an endless supply of socks and underwear so he never had to worry about a clean pair being available. I impulsively buy a new pack of each every two or three months, long before I've had to throw any out. I could go a month or more without washing laundry and never run out of clean socks or underwear. Many times throughout the book, I found myself thinking, had I been the right age, at the right time, in the right place, I would have gotten along with Ted, and wondered if I'd have made a suitable victim, although he probably wouldn't have "gone there" with someone who was a true friend.
   
   Similarities aside, I was more interested in the details of the crimes, the investigation, trial, and sentencing. In that respect, this book was not what I had hoped for or expected. Any time the interviewers got too close to the topic at hand, Ted would veer in the other direction. At times it got so painfully slow and repetitive, I found myself skipping entire paragraphs, then going back to re-read just in case I missed something interesting or important.
   
   If all you're interested in is Ted Bundy: The Man, this is a great book with plenty to offer, although according to one reviewer, it's nothing new. I wouldn't know, as this is the first book on Bundy that I've read. It just wasn't what I was looking for, and I guess I shouldn't hold that against it.

3 comments about Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer (The Death Row Interviews).

1. But perhaps this is what would happen when you are reading a sociopath's thoughts. I actually thought it would be more interesting, more first hand, but you find through reading this account, that he still can't admit to himself what he has done. While it allows you to understand the "beast" of being a serial killer, it isn't as gripping to read and descriptive as I hoped it would. I do recommend this book if your interested in Ted bundy, or just interested in the killer mind. It won't be what you think.



2. This book was slightly a let down, due to no fault of the author. If I had no expectations, it probably would've been very good, but who doesn't have expectations? Especially when they are getting ready to read Ted Bundy's own words, a window into his psyche? But, it's not just the reader who is frustrated with Bundy's hesitant and evasive dialogue. The author, too, voices those same sentiments through the book. Unfortunately, it is not, as I had hoped, some interesting view into the mind of a mad man. But, I suppose I was hoping for the answer to the ever present question of 'why?'. There are no whys here. There are hows, whos, whats and whens, but Bundy will not speak in the first person. He couches everything in the protective cocoon of hypothetical situations, so you aren't exactly sure if he is really telling the truth, or just leading you on. You get a very solid sense of his narcicism, and a disturbing view of his normalcy. While we all hope to see a monster reflected in the page, something recognizable as wrong or dangerous, his words don't ooze evil, and it is easy to see how he was able to fool so many unfortunates. It is an interesting book, and I would still recommend it, but read it with a grain of salt already on your tongue. If you go into it with the wrong idea, it feels anticlimactic.



3. Okay, you are invited to interview and converse with one of the most deadly serial killers in American History, Theodore Robert Bundy. While I was interested in his background especially his family life and his paternity which might have solved some questions about his genetic composition. Except for when he discusses about possession of items like the television or the stereo that he admits to stealing like a game, do we get to understand his problems. He doesn't know how to relate to people even his devoted wife, Carole, girlfriend like Liz, even his family members like his mother or stepfather. He never really identifies or understands human behavior. Just like the television and stereo, he needs to possess somebody particularly a woman but dead. The book doesn't discuss the necrophilia that drew Ted into placing his victims' heads and other body parts in certain areas because like the Green River Killer, Ted visited them and I won't go any further than that. Even in the prison system, he was embarrassed by his necrophilia which probably would place him lowest scale on the prison system hierarchy even below child molesters since he did murder a 12 year old girl. Not enough mentions of the victims that Ted took away and there were probably a lot more that we don't know about because Ted was slick, mobile, and perfected his set-up in luring his victim like a predator catching his prey and rendering them unconscious and murdering them but maintaining their body parts for his own pleasure at the risk of torturing family members, relatives, friends, and neighbors from continuing their search for their loved ones.

5 comments about The Riverman: Ted Bundy and I Hunt for the Green River Killer.

1. The reason that this book was written was to teach. I am finishing up a class taught by Keppel, and it is called Serial Murder. When I read the book for the first time, I thought it was bland and fragmented as well. But that is becuase he wrote it not for the general public but for those learining about the investigative aspect of serial murder, and what the Bundy-Ridgeway-Keppel connection could bring to light in the criminal justice world. When he implemented the book into his lectures, it all made perfect sense. In actuality, if you paid attention to the book, and knew enough about criminal investigations, you realized that Bundy was actually giving the criminal justice field valuable information on the way a serial killer thinks. The book was a little tough to get through, but if you go through and read it a second time, and watch the TV movie on A&E, its really a fascinating subject.



2. In this book Kepple kind of goes off on a tangent, more about Bundy rather than the Rivermam himself who is the title of the book. It may have been more aptly named "my interviews with Ted Bundy". I guess I cant blame him though, he persued Bundy for a long time and his blatant dislike (to put it mildly) of the man shows through, thus objectivity is not something to be expected. I much better liked his book "Signature Killers" there his experience and wisdom of the subject shows through making it a very enlightening read on the subject. I found Riverman to be more drawn out, and somewhat more disorganized than "Signature Killers". Kepples treatment of his subject is more personal but for anyone studying serial murder it is still a worthwhile read.



3. in reality, keppel was at best tangential to the hunt for the green river killer. this book comes across as nothing more than a self-aggrandizing attempt to milk some personal publicity out of a horrific murder case. those expecting for details about the search that ultimately led to the arrest of gary ridgway will likely be disappointed. those interested in ted bundy or bob keppel will fare better. sadly, i was not one of those readers. the title is misleading, and i was one of those suckered in. oh well. one star it is.



4. Seattle was gripped with another serial killer in the mid-eighties which wouldn't be solved until about twenty years later. The killer was known as the Green River Killer and he killed about 50 women who were mostly prostitutes and drug addicts. At first, nobody seemed to notice these missing transients. As they piled up in certain spots, the Seattle Task Force had another monstrous serial killer on the loose and didn't know who it could be without the use of technology or DNA evidence. Anyway, Keppel who wrote this book gets the most unlikely help and assistance from somebody who knows about serial killing, Ted Bundy, on death row in Florida. Despite the obvious reasons that anybody would associate with Ted Bundy, Keppel has his reasons and motives to get inside the mind of a serial killer without going insane and to prevent an end to the murders. Bundy is useful with some of his ideas. He calls the victims in the Green River cases as bottom-feeders. Most of Bundy's victims were not prostitutes or drug addicts but college students, wives, and pretty young women. Bundy does confirm that the Killer and himself were involved in necrophiliac acts on the victims after their deaths. The murders were not so much the act as to get the victim. For Bundy, he needs to possess them. For Ridgway, he doesn't clarify his actions. The book is well-written, researched, and graphic at times. It's not for children or adults who get sqeamish at such acts of horror.



5. I read another reviewer point out that the title of the book should be
   "How I tried to outwit Bundy, and lost". in my opinion, there couldn't be a better title. There are so many logical fallacies in the book that it really makes Keppel look quite unprofessional. He makes assertions and states as fact, information that is nothing more than suspicion speculation. Some of the information in this book has been proven completely inaccurate since its publishing date. All I ask is that a non-fiction writer present me with a review of the FACTS...NOT long winded, delusional, self promotion. One of the last things Robert Keppel writes is something about Ted being a truly insignicant creature. Well, the fact that you've written books about the guy would indicate otherwise, BOB!

5 comments about The Only Living Witness: The True Story of Serial Sex Killer Ted Bundy.

1. "The Only Living Witness" has been around for awhile. How could I not know? Yeah, I loved Ann Rule's "The Stranger Beside Me," and this is even more interesting! It is amazing to hear Bundy's own words - to get an insight into his mania - and to watch as he denies denies denies only to ultimately try to come clean in hopes of living a few more months. The Stephen G. Michaud writes wonderfully - a high priority for me. As a writer, he obviously isn't "talking down" to his reader. This is definitaly worth buying...going to check out his other books now!



2. Many books have been written about Ted Bundy and none are better known that Ann Rule's "Stranger Beside Me". While the author of this book refuses to mention Rule by name, the story in this book is much the same. Michaud's book does however go a step further than Rule in "The Only Living Witness."
   
   Thirty females died at the hands of Ted Bundy. The stories of the murders are told largely the same in any credible book about the subject. The interviews with Bundy set this book apart. The interesting part of the interviews is that Bundy refuses to admit guilt. However, Bundy does tell how he believes the killings happened through a third person account. In almost a bi-polar reality, Bundy does confess through these interviews. The author varies the chronological order of events early in the book, but stays on a straight course after the initial chapters. If you acquire a newer printing of the book, you will also be able to read about Bundy's final days and admission to his crimes in his own words, without disguise of a third person account.
   
   There were aspects of this book that I like better than other books about Ted Bundy. Yet there was no part of this book that sets it out as the definitive Ted Bundy book. Still, it is a very well written and well researched book.



3. Studying criminals and crime is one thing... Being exposed to the mind and life story of a serial sex murderer is entirely different. You may watch a horror movie and see the special effects of a person being chopped to pieces. You may also see an episode of a crime show depicting the horror of an innocent woman being kidnapped and raped. But the mental images a reader receives when reading about the horror Ted Bundy reaped across the United States in the 70s is astonishing and chilling. It is very easy to see why a nation was scared to leave their house, walk down a dark alley or wonder if their daughter made if home okay from the library at your local college. This book tells all of Ted Bundy's life from his childhood all the way to old sparky. The author writes this book after much in depth research, not to mention countless first hand interviews with the most notorious serial killer of all time himself. A must read for anyone curious about the deranged killer.



4. This is an excellent book, by a pair of thoughtful and talented authors with genuine first-hand knowledge of one of the most terrifying human beings ever to walk the planet. Their account of the life, crimes and psychopathology of Ted Bundy is certainly among the best of the many written. The only reason I gave this edition (the paperback) 4 stars instead of 5 is that it's full of annoying typos! There are mis-spellings, mis-prints and lapses in tense consistency which are really pretty ridiculous in this day and age. These are the type of thing that the most basic word-processing software picks up and they kind of jolt you out of the narrative and spoil your enjoyment from time to time. The publishers could simply have done a better job.



5. This is a strong book that always keeps yo guessing and on the edge of your seat. I think that this author writes some nice pieces of written masterpiece! I will be buying more!

5 comments about The Stranger Beside Me (Revised and Updated): 20th Anniversary.

1. So I am a bit of an alarmist, but honestly, Ann Rule's account of her friendship with Ted Bundy is riveting. Perhaps that word is overused, but it is entirely accurate to describe this story. Even if true crime is not your first literally passion, give this book a chance. Rule is magnificent.



2. I've read a few of Ann's books and really appreciated this one. She outlined the story of Ted Bundy well. She also related experiences she had with him on a personal level. Very interesting and educational about the story of the monster who was Ted Bundy.



3. I think Ann Rule is a decent writer, but I found the story of Ted Bundy to be a bit boring. I don't need all of the lurid details, but a little more time talking about the murders might have pulled me more into the sick world of Bundy. Ann gives tons of details about just about everything else connected to the Bundy cases, but not enough about the crimes. She almost seems like a mother protecting her son when she talks about Ted. She seems to refuse to get into his twisted mind. You really can't get a better book about Bundy than this one, and Ann has knowledge of Ted that no one else can ever have. Still I didn't find it as engrossing as most of the reviews.



4. I have been fascinated and terrified by the Ted Bundy murders since I was a little girl. He was a bit of an iconic anti-hero in my hometown of Seattle. When I was a teenager, I picked up this book for the first time, and over the years I've read it over and over again. My first copy became so dog-eared I passed it onto a friend, who bought me the updated version. Ann Rule is one of my favorite authors. I was always an avid reader of both fiction and non-fiction, but I have been so accustomed to her writing style, I scarcely want to read anything else anymore. I'd recommend this book to anyone, whether they enjoy true crime or not, whether or not they're familiar with the Bundy case.



5. Ann Rule is my among my favorite writers, I read everything she has out there, her book on Bundy was chilling and one of the best on the subject