"Social Control and the Violation of Human Rights: The Relationship Between Sociological Variables and Serial Murder"

Check out this unusual article, written in 1995 by college professor Bernard East and published in the professional journal "Criminology Australia." Most of the stranger information stated as fact in this article originated with the author's personal communication with Florida State Prison inmates, who claimed intimate knowledge of Bundy's murders. Excerpts from the article:

"I suggest that serial killers are most likely to disclose their secrets to those they perceive as sharing their social reality. In this particular case study I consulted Kenneth McKenna and Gerard Schaefer for precisely this reason. McKenna's connection to Bundy as [a Satanic] high priest made him privy to many of Bundy's secrets over a 15-year period...
After murdering several hitchhikers during 1973, Bundy believed his own arrest was inevitable unless he could secure the protection of metaphysical forces. Through his contacts in the pornography underworld he met Kenneth "Mad Dog" McKenna whom he believed could help him through an organisation known as the Church of the Process, established in 1963...
McKenna allowed Bundy to visit him at his home in Manasota, Florida. McKenna was able to cite details and provide evidence from his own criminal history which convinced Bundy that he could indeed kill with impunity provided certain guidelines were followed. He offered Bundy a contract to sign which would enable him to commit murder and avoid detection as long as he acted as a representative of Satan and not simply indulge his own desires. A ritual was enacted, with Bundy becoming a practitioner of Satanism..."

The author describes McKenna as "a prisoner in Florida State Prison who gained a notorious reputation for crimes spanning four decades, largely in his role as a professional killer for the Santo Trafficante Mafia Crime Syndicate."

I can't help but wonder if Dr. East did any research into the background of his "expert" Kenneth McKenna. A basic Florida Corrections inmate search shows that McKenna is serving a life sentence at the Florida State Prison, not for murder or organized crime, but for four counts of sexual assault of a child in 1987. McKenna was only in the prison since May, 1988, and never on Death Row, so his claims of intimate knowledge from Bundy's personal confessions seems dubious at best. McKenna has been deemed a "vexatious litigant" by the Florida courts, which means his frequent, irrelevant pro se filings have been deemed permanently without merit and will no longer even be considered. There's no reason to believe that anything McKenna claims is true.

Dr. East has since written an entire book based on these conversations with McKenna (and Schaefer) called "A Dramaturgical Approach to Understanding the Serial Homicides of Ted Bundy: Impressions of Murder." 

Thanks to Leto for originally sharing this article with me.