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1946–1989
Theodore Robert "Ted" Bundy (born Theodore Robert Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer, rapist, kidnapper and necrophile who assaulted and killed numerous young women and girls (from ages 12 - 25) during the 1970s and possibly earlier. He was sentenced to death and was executed by the electric chair in 1989.
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I'm the most cold-hearted son of a bitch you'll ever meet.
When you feel the last bit of breath leaving their body, you're looking into their eyes. A person in that situation is God!
Jim [Coleman, his defense attorney] and Fred [Lawrence, his minister], I'd like you to give my love to my family and friends.
That's why it's so much easier for me to try to locate the bodies than it is to talk about the actual thing. It's so much more positive such as it could be.
Tell the jury they were wrong.
Okay, you've got the indictment, that's all you're gonna get... I'll plead not guilty right now.
The ultimate possession was, in fact, the taking of the life. And then … the physical possession of the remains.
I don't think anybody doubts whether I've done some bad things. The question is: what, of course, and how and, maybe even most importantly, why?
Guilt. It's this mechanism we use to control people. It's an illusion. It's a kind of social control mechanism and it's very unhealthy. It does terrible things to our body.
I didn't know what made things tick. I didn't know what made people want to be friends. I didn't know what made people attractive to one another. I didn't know what underlay social interactions.
I have known people who ... radiate vulnerability .... Their facial expressions say 'I am afraid of you.' These people invite abuse ... By expecting to be hurt, do they subtly encourage it?
I think I stand as much chance of dying in front of a firing squad or in a gas chamber as you do being killed on a plane flight home. Let's hope you don't.
I wanted to become a part of my defense because I am such a part of it. Obviously I'm going to bear the consequences, so why not bear the responsibilities?
I just said that the Hawkins girl's head was severed and taken up the road about twenty-five to fifty yards and buried in a location about ten yards west of the road, on a rocky hillside. Did you hear that?
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