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Ted Bundy: A Killer in the Archives

Ted Bundy: A Killer in the Archives

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The Washington Confession in full, 1989, Part 1

The Washington confession to Bob Keppel, with Bill Hagmaier and Diana Weiner present. Corresponds to pages 1-17 of the transcript I posted earlier, in case you'd like to follow along. The first of ...

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Bundy Timeline, 1946-1973

A detailed timeline of Bundy's life and yearly activities, created by the King County Police in 1975. 

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A Conversation About the Riverman, 1984, Part 6

“My guess is, he’s doing a lot of driving… Doing a lot more driving than what’s necessary. My guess is he would be, if nothing else, be hunting for sites. Or going back to other places wher...

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Colorado Arrest Warrant, 1978

The Colorado arrest warrant issued Feb 21, 1978, several days after Bundy's recapture in Florida. Includes a detailed timeline of the second escape.

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Dr. Gadowski's Testimony, 1977

"Caryn and Allen had discussed a magazine that they were apparently looking at in the store, and I believe I had a copy of the magazine in the room, or a similar copy and Caryn volunteered to-- or ...

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Sentencing, Feb 12, 1980

"Your Honor, how ludicrous, how fallacious, how ridiculous it is to assume that Andy Anderson is to be believed, that the abduction that occurred and the manner in which the state alleged that it o...

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Charles Shearer, 1976

A particularly interesting interview transcript from Feb 19, 1976 with Chuck Shearer, Ted's neighbor at his Salt Lake City apartment in the Avenues. [The interview update is about halfway down the ...

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Surveillance, 1976

King County Police Report by Detective Roger Dunn on surveilling Ted while he was in Seattle in the winter of 1975-76:


I got two impressions as to why Bundy uses a tactic of parkin...

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A Conversation About the Riverman, 1984, Part 5

"Over the years I’ve had an opportunity I’m sure you’ve had, to read about cases where a man accused of mass murders had his belongings examined. Some of them had the effort, you know, newspa...

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Ted's Transcripts

Upon request, Ted's academic transcripts in full.

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Letter to Bruce Lubeck and John O'Connell, 1978

"Lickity-split, cleaner-than-a-whistle, I vanished into thin air - freer than the birds! I had my chance. I knew what it would. take to remain free and I had rehearsed it a thousand times lying in ...

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FBI Tapes, 1986-1989

Since the Darksider Press website run by Richard Duffus seems to have gone down, I'm reposting the FBI tapes featuring Ted and Bill Hagmaier here for those who haven't listened to them yet. Richard...

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Interview with Cheryl Thomas, Jan 31, 1978

Patchen: For the record, uh, Cheryl's mouth is wired so it's difficult to understand her at times. Um, she has two black eyes and complains of an injury to the ear, and she has a noticeable bruise ...

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Seattle Times, 1979

A collection of Seattle Times clippings by Richard Larsen, who would later go on to write "The Deliberate Stranger." Primarily covers the Chi Omega trial.


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A Conversation about the Riverman, 1984, Part 4

Bundy: “Why he would do something to one victim as opposed to another—sometimes it may be baffling, maybe even to him... I’d say that if he’s just raking stuff over some of them and burying...

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DaRonch Trial-Related Transcripts

The full transcript of the 1976 Carol DaRonch trial, as well as the court transcript from Thompson's lineup affidavit, the transcript of the Oct. 2, 1975 lineup itself, and an excerpt from the prel...

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Diagnostic Study, 1976

This report was written in addition to the presentence report by the same Utah investigator, ...

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More Taylor Mtn bone confusion...

I just came across another strange twist in the Taylor Mountain long bone story. If you read my previous post about Taylor Mountain, and the fact that there were indeed victims' leg bones found at ...

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Bundy Deposes Dr. Wood

Ted directly and graphically questions Dr. Thomas Wood, the coroner who autopsied Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman, on November 14, 1978. He frequently asks the doctor to point out the victims' injuri...

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Nita Neary, Part 3

The final portion of the interview with Nita Neary, after she is brought out of her hypnosis:

What did you think when you saw him?

Neary: I thought we had a burglar, but I never suspect...

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Life on Death Row

An enlightening news clipping dated 12/27/87 describing Ted's daily life on Death Row, with an especially interesting portion about Carole Boone's visitation in 1987. She definitely visited him tha...

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"Memories that Will Not Die"

I found this very interesting article recently, written right before the execution in 1989. The journalist tracked down the surviving Chi Omega sisters for interviews about that terrible night in 1...

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Other Girlfriends Update

Updated the Other Girlfriends blog post to include some newly discovered reports on Utah girlfriends Leslie Knudson, Anne Swensen, and especially Margith Maughan. Anne Swensen has a new correct nam...

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Florida Memo, 1989

A post-execution memo to the Attorney General of Florida, March 1989. Summarizes the known info on the Bundy case, with occasional errors and assumptions not supported by evidence. Let me know what...

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A Conversation about the Riverman, 1984, Part 3

"This guy obviously thought that dumping bodies in the river was a good way to get rid of bodies. And sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. And as anyone who's searched for people who've fallen in t...

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Dawn Kraut, 1975

Near the end of 1975, the Bundys had bailed Ted out of the Salt Lake County Jail and back to Washington. By then Bundy was a hot topic of local conversation, after the shocking news of his Utah arr...

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Ted's Juvenile Record?

Excerpts from Keppel's Notes; Dec. 11, 1975

0840 hrs:

Anonymous Caller Tip:
Ted was arrested as a juvenile in Pierce County (burglary). Expunged, but [arrest?] card...

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Dorothy Lewis' Testimony, 1987

In late October 1987, US District Judge Kendall Sharp held a competency hearing to determine whether Ted Bundy was legally competent at the time of his 1980 trial for the murder of 12-year-old Kimb...

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Jim and Jan; July 13, 1974

July 13, 1974

Dearest Jim,
Hello! Here I sit supping on the delicious fruits of summer- in other words, I am sitting in the gorgeous warm sunshine on our front porch. After a week of suc...

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Next victim case file?

Which victim should I focus on for the next case file? (please choose only one)

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