Ted Bundy: from the killer’s victims to his gruesome death, what you need to know

Bundy killed more than 30 women across seven US states during his reign of terror in the Seventies before he was sentenced to death

Following the success of Making A Murderer, a new Netflix docu-series will focus on one of the most notorious serial killers in American history who killed at least 30 people across seven states in the Seventies.

Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes will feature audio footage from the barbaric criminal himself after he was convicted of numerous murders across a number of states in America.

With the programme set to be released to UK viewers on Friday 25 January, a new trailer has been released and shows Bundy introducing himself as a “normal individual” who isn’t a “animal” or “crazy”.

Contributors are also seen commenting on how his personality and demeanour fooled a lot of people, with one guest stating: “He had really blue eyes and when he really got going his eyes went absolutely black.”

Ted Bundy is believed to have killed over 30 women in the 1970s (Photo: Netflix)

Who was Ted Bundy?

Ted Bundy from Burlington, Vermont became one of the FBI’s most-wanted in the Seventies due to murders he committed between the years of 1974 and 1978.

Despite his murderous ways, he was said to be well-liked and well-known at high school. He was accepted into the University of Puget Sound Law School, but did not complete his degree.

He later worked at Seattle’s Suicide Hotline Crisis Centre and went on to work as the assistant director of the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Commission.

He married Carol Ann Boone in 1976, with whom he had a daughter. The couple separated in 1986.

How did he commit his crimes?

Bundy began to pry on females and managed to get them alone by posing with his arm in a sling and asking them for help to put something in his car.

It was then that he would attack his victims and sexually assault them before killing them and keeping their bodies in the woods. He would later return to the deceased bodies and perform sexual acts on them, according to history website allthatsinteresting.com.

His first murder victim was Lynda Ann Healy, who was a student at the University of Washington. He broke into her apartment and attacked her until she was unconscious. He then carried her out of her flat and she was never seen again. However, remains of her skull were found years later in an area Bundy used to place the dead bodies of those he had killed.

The killing spree continued with five more female college students being murdered over a period of five months.

After being accepted into college to study law, Brundy moved to Salt Lake City where he continued to target and murder his victims, before moving on to Colorado.

During this time, Bundy had a series of relationships with women before marrying Boone.

The docu-series will feature real audio footage of Bundy (Photo: Netflix)

Escape from custody

It was believed that Bundy’s reign of terror had come to an end in 1977 when he was finally caught by police.

However, that wasn’t to be after the killer managed to escape while being remanded in police custody, and committed another series of murders.

After going on the run, Bundy ended up in Florida where he broke into a sorority house on the Florida State University campus and killed two female students. He then went on to abduct and murder a 12-year-old girl.

He was finally caught in 1978 and later put on death row after being convicted.

How did he die?

After being sentenced to death, Bundy spent 11 years on death row, before he was executed by electric chair on 24 January 1989.

It is thought that Bundy could have killed up to one hundred women during his lifetime.