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Ted Bundy may be the most notorious serial killer in American history. But few want to get inside his head. If you are one of those few, we may have a strange treat for you.
These 8 quotes from Bundy are sure to make you shiver. From overly frank confessions to callous questions, these confessions will shock you.
“I think society deserves to be protected from me and others like me.”
1. Bundy said this to psychologist James Dobson the day before his execution in the electric chair in 1989. His statement tells us that Bundy was acutely aware of the severity of his crimes.
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“What’s one less person on the face of the Earth anyways?”
2. Ted Bundy apparently gave up on pretending any innocence at this point. Of course, he had killed as many as 30 people at this point.
“We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere. And there will be more of your children dead tomorrow.”
3. During an interrogation with Detective Keppel, Bundy recapped the murder of 18-year-old college student Georgeann. Keppel was shocked by his casual discussion of his hatred for women and the way he could speak calmly of his murders. He responded with this.
“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 each other. I didn’t know what underlay social interactions.”
4. Bundy said this when discussing his high school years. He was quoted in Stephan Michaud and Hugh Aynesworth’s book “The Only Living Witness: The True Story of the Serial Sex Killer Ted Bundy.”
“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.”
5. In this quote, Bundy’s levels the playing field between himself and the office interviewing him.
“Well meaning, decent people will condemn the behavior of a Ted Bundy, while they’re walking past a magazine rack full of the very kinds of things that send young kids down the road to be Ted Bundys.”
6. On the day on his death, Bundy had another interview with psychologist James Dobson. It was here Bundy revealed how his vicious tendencies stemmed from pornography. He became interested in violent sex, and when merely watching it was no longer stimulating enough, he decided to act on these impulses in the real world.
“I don’t think anybody doubts whether I’ve done bad things. The question is: what, of course, and how and, maybe even most importantly, why?”
7.This came during an interview with Bundy and Bob Keppel days before his execution. Despite all of his professions, Bundy admits that he, too, doesn't know what made him the way he is. And if we don't know how killers become killers, how can we stop them?
“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”
8. Quoted again in Michaud and Aynesworth's book, Bundy refused to believe that guilt could do meaningful things. Of course, if Bundy actually felt any guilt about his crimes, his victims may still be alive.
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