Inspiration Requested
Added 2023-01-06 23:51:37 +0000 UTCSo, I think I've mentioned this before, but I often get overwhelmed by everything I have on this case. My Bundy hard drive just keeps growing, and I often don't know what to do with all of it, so I don't do anything. "Analysis paralysis," as it were.
Can you help me out, and tell me what kinds of materials you're most interested in seeing? Please comment below, or send me a message. I'd appreciate it.
Anyway, I found the above letter to Nordstrom department store in Seattle amusing. He wrote this shortly after moving to Salt Lake (and murdering the Idaho hitchhiker).
Comments
I appreciate all of it!
Jodi Reinke
2024-06-23 16:06:13 +0000 UTCThank you for mentioning the Idaho hitch hiker. She and Lynette Culver don't seem to get mentioned. As you know LC was only 12. Bundy piked her up walking home from Alameda Junior high School in Pocatello Idaho.
True Crime Serialized
2023-05-02 12:59:43 +0000 UTCChiming in late to say I enjoy seeing new (or higher quality than available previously) images as well. I also enjoy the interview recordings and transcripts and some of the articles and things you've posted as PDFs.
OverTheRhine
2023-04-13 08:32:58 +0000 UTCAnything and everything!
Jennifer Madden
2023-02-21 02:14:40 +0000 UTCThe things you might imagine people would find boring or irrelevant to true crime are things that would probably be very interesting to me. Like, you could reveal what he cooked at his gourmet dinner nights with friends and I'd probably go and look up the recipes lol
Joy Mulvaney
2023-02-06 07:05:03 +0000 UTCHonestly, everything! For me, the every day stuff is even better than the criminal stuff. Tiny little things that tell us about the life he lived, the things he enjoyed, the person he was. Psychology is my favourite angle so anything psychologically revealing about the personality is great. My favourite is probably any and all tapes where he talks. He could be talking about anything, not necessarily saying revealing things about the crimes. Honestly if Steve and Hugh released all 100-150 hours of the tapes I would personally listen to every minute. Considering how he viewed those tapes like a celeb bio he probably went through his life with a fine tooth comb, I just listened to the 3 recordings in the childhood tag, it added up to around an hour but I'd listen to way more.
Joy Mulvaney
2023-02-06 07:02:15 +0000 UTCSure. He talks about Gacy and the Hillside Stranglers in the Riverman tapes (posted here) and Lucas during his confession to Keppel. Re: Lucas, Bundy said he didn't want people to think of him the same way, making false confessions.
Tiffany J.
2023-01-31 05:38:27 +0000 UTCI haven't yet come across any Bundy mentioning other killers. Thanks for the info. You just gave me a direction to further my research.
9iovanni
2023-01-31 05:35:04 +0000 UTCDahmer didn't happen until after Ted was executed. But he did mention Gacy, and Henry Lee Lucas, and was very interested in the Hillside Stranglers, as well as the Green River Killer. He studied serial murder quite a bit.
Tiffany J.
2023-01-31 05:15:53 +0000 UTCDo you know if Bundy was aware of Gacy and Dahmer? Did he mentioned any other killers in interviews? Thanks
9iovanni
2023-01-30 22:28:33 +0000 UTCIt’s all great Tiffany—and every little nugget, like this letter, sheds more light on Ted. As you know, all info on Diane before and after Ted’s arrest always intrigued me. Anything that sheds light on his day to day life during that odd period post Diane and pre Liz—wasn’t he rooming with some antique dealer who sold pot, or am I confused? His family—the Rich interview was riveting. Recollections of anyone who ever met Ted-no matter how briefly. And what’s become of the peripheral characters like Frances Meisner. The whole escape to Florida-the bar in Michigan, the women he danced with at Sherrods.. So I guess anything and everything:) And as I’ve mentioned before, it’s amazing you do all this-I seriously get butterflies when I see a new post, and look forward to seeing what it will be (maybe that Diane interview one day!!!)
Joe Ulam
2023-01-25 22:23:57 +0000 UTCMore candid stuff like this, please.
Nunya consoin
2023-01-19 02:15:29 +0000 UTCYes, it's a matter of finding the time. I do have her number...
Tiffany J.
2023-01-17 21:03:42 +0000 UTCDo you still want to interview Frances? :D
Kyrie Lizik
2023-01-16 04:21:30 +0000 UTCI really enjoy and look forward to the casefiles. There are many victims where not a lot of information is easy to find. At least for me what drives my obsession for Ted Bundy isn’t him, it’s the victims. It just tears at my heart and I want to learn everything about them. They are full human beings who had lives and loved ones and I find it the most fascinating learning details about them and seeing photos.
molly hollinger
2023-01-12 16:46:57 +0000 UTCUnfortunately this would require cooperation from the victims family members and so far none have been interested in talking.
Tiffany J.
2023-01-11 06:15:46 +0000 UTCI was just thinking that a noble goal to set might be the eventual replacement of all the black and white versions of the victims' portraits with quality hi-res scans of the original color versions; this doesn't just go for this site, but as the largest and most ambitious site on the Bundy murders, it's a good place to put the idea out there. A lot of people probably aren't aware that by the end of the sixties, and certainly by 1974 when this story starts, most photos, including both formal portraits and amateur snapshots, were being shot on color film. By that time, black and white stock was mostly just being used by artistic landscape photographers, amature photographers who wanted to develop their own film (black and white is simpler to develop and print than color), press photographers, and a few luddite cheapskates who didn't want to pay extra for color film. The photos of the victims we're used to seeing in those sad black and white mosaics are press copies meant for posters, newspapers, and paperback books. If we could eventually display each of the victims' original color portraits it would be a move towards giving just a little bit of their dignity and individuality back to them.
Emmanuel Allison
2023-01-11 00:58:10 +0000 UTCHadn't thought of that, but sounds likely.
Tiffany J.
2023-01-09 06:12:38 +0000 UTCI think he did not want to flag himself for any kind of prosecution, like not paying his bills. He wanted to stay way off anyone’s radar.
Kyrie Lizik
2023-01-09 01:54:23 +0000 UTCMe too. Her case is so fucking interesting even though the cops did not take her disappearance too seriously. Apparently when they presented Ted with all of the cases, he grabbed hers first and reacted very angrily about it.
Hannah
2023-01-08 23:58:46 +0000 UTCAnything you post is great. Thank you so much.
Stryder Hatcher
2023-01-08 23:16:57 +0000 UTCI’d like to see more rare audio interviews, a lot of other rare stuff that hasn’t been posted to the public.
Christina Gagnon
2023-01-07 21:11:19 +0000 UTCI truly value and appreciate all of your posts and the work you have done! You have given me an unnameable amount of hours of intriguing reading material. Sometimes it gives me the illusion that I’m an insider and as if I was part of the investigation myself. And it seems like it’s an inexhaustible source, that gives valuable insights, but nonetheless keeps Bundy an eternal enigma in such a way he remains captivating. I agree with Hannah that the formalities of court hearings, appeals, et cetera, are of the least interest to me. Everything and anything else I find extremely interesting, may it be little remarkable snippets or elaborated accounts or statements. What stand out are the victim reports, but I realize these must take an incredible amount of time, research and commitment. Like the recent posts of the witness accounts from Janice and Patricia from Lake Sammamish were very interesting to me as it unveiled the calculated, yet brazen and manipulative, way he operated in luring his victims. Also enjoyed the post about his second escape from prison and the notable, sometimes funny, anecdotes of the cook and the jailor (like ‘being a health nut, eating liver and taking vitamins out of fear becoming bald and his way of pulling pranks like hiding under the bunk in his cell. I understand it can be overwhelming, but don’t set the bar too high for yourself. I’m grateful for anything you post! 🖤
Anna
2023-01-07 18:42:09 +0000 UTCI'd like to see more audio like the one you posted after this post, more letters, vids etc. Those interest me the most and if you have more Bill Hagmaier stuff that would be interesting to see
kathleen jolly
2023-01-07 17:21:25 +0000 UTCI'm still excited about the piece on Laura Aime you were hinting about a few months back. I hope that's still in the cards eventually.
Emmanuel Allison
2023-01-07 16:46:07 +0000 UTCAbsolutely EVERTHING!
Marianna von Birken
2023-01-07 16:43:28 +0000 UTCYour latest post "An apology" was one of the best I've seen. If you see my comment on that, this is what I'd personally speaking like more of. Secondly, I wonder if you perhaps overthink what to release, what you think people might find most interesting etc. By your own admission you have so much, just post it; so long as there's some explanative context, however small, I believe someone will appreciate it. You once said to me something to the effect of "we all have are own reasons for being interesting in Ted, even in a weird scary indefinable way relating to him". Well there you go: Bundy people are very idiosyncratic; we care about different things for different reasons. You'd do yourself no damage by being more trigger happy with releasing the veritable endless toy chest of random bits you have, I think. PS, I DM'd you in Insta. I know you don't use it much but I was just worried you weren't okay. Glad to see you are, paralysis notwithstanding ha.
Joseph Wartke
2023-01-07 10:54:10 +0000 UTCI really enjoy these types of everyday things. They provide great perspective into who Ted was as an everyday person & serve to remind us that he was a real person, not some larger than life monster. I find this to be the scariest part.
The Disavowed 1
2023-01-07 09:33:27 +0000 UTCAnything that sheds light on his motivation, the elusive ‘why’. So interviews, psych assessments, or crime scene analysis etc.
Martyn Gerard
2023-01-07 09:13:39 +0000 UTCI would opt to see more victim Case Files as a first choice. Also anything regarding Bill Hagmaier and his time with Bundy, confessions and anything regarding the investigation and searches of the girls/linking it to Bundy (this is usually in the Case Files but as a stand alone upload this would also be really interesting). Thank you!
Beth
2023-01-07 07:17:18 +0000 UTCThank you for asking. I prefer recordings of Mister Bundy speaking plus transcripts of any interviews with him.
Bruce Harry
2023-01-07 02:34:56 +0000 UTCanything like this which shows his personality and sense of humor.
Kyrie Lizik
2023-01-07 02:02:47 +0000 UTCI really enjoy the internal reports at the jails and within the police departments. I loved working at his elementary school report cards.
Anne Catherine
2023-01-07 01:56:24 +0000 UTCHey apologizes if you’ve already seen them, but if you are interested in lesser known victims, Captain Borax on YouTube has excellent videos about the Utah and Idaho girls (incl Nancy and Susan) with interviews from family members, tours around their hometowns, pictures, etc. Its the kind of stuff you’re not going to read online otherwise.
Hannah
2023-01-07 00:14:58 +0000 UTCLove it all! Could you post all of it. I can´t enough. I wamt to know everything and this i were i go ❤️❤️🥰😘🙏🏻 thank you so much xxxx
Lise-Lotte Pedersen
2023-01-07 00:13:14 +0000 UTCAnything and absolutely everything you can. The more the better. I love the whole case, anything to do with it. I can´t get enough. I am truly grateful and appreciate it all. All your work and research. Thank you so much❤️🥰😘🙏🏻 xxxx
Lise-Lotte Pedersen
2023-01-07 00:12:16 +0000 UTCPhotos of the victims alive particularly the ones with few photos out there Nancy Wilcox, Susan Curtis, etc
Joseph DeStefano
2023-01-07 00:00:34 +0000 UTCAnd to piggy back off of that, in general I like reading stuff about his life from the early 70s up until he got nabbed in Florida. I personally find the courtroom drama somewhat dull, but obviously I am not the only subscriber. I always read what you post, but stuff not related to Ted in court is more interesting IMO
Hannah
2023-01-06 23:58:40 +0000 UTCWhere do you find this stuff?? ❤️
Carey
2023-01-06 23:55:16 +0000 UTCHey! Love your blog. I am mostly interested in case files about the girls. Loved the Deborah Kent one (that’s the first one I read and reason why I subscribed). I like reading all the police documents surrounding the girls, witness statements, etc. Personally I am less interested in Ted’s courtroom drama and courtroom documents.
Hannah
2023-01-06 23:54:51 +0000 UTC
