TED BUNDY CONFESSED TO
MURDERING 30 PEOPLE.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA EXECUTED
HIM FOR THOSE CRIMES.
WE SENT OUT WITH A MAN WHO
TRAVELED TO THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE FOR A ONE ON ONE AND
COUNTER WITH TED BUNDY.
HE IS THE CREEPIEST GUY I
HAVE EVER MET.
ONE OF THE WORST STORIES I
HAVE EVER HAD TO COVER.
HE HAVE COVERED ALL OF THESE
CASES.
HE CALLED THIS AREA HOME.
I SOUGHT JOURNALISM AS A WAY
TO MAKE SOCIAL CHANGE.
ONE DAY IN 1970 HE RECEIVED
A CALL FOR TALLAHASSEE,
FLORIDA.
BECAUSE I SPECIALIZED IN THE
DEFT ABILITY THEY ASKED ME IF I
WANTED TO INTERVIEW TED BUNDY.
THIS WAS GOING TO BE HIS FIRST
INTERVIEW SINCE HIS ARREST.
KNOWN FOR HIS GOOD LOOKS AND
CONFIDENCE, HE HAD BEEN
CAPTURED AND ACCUSED OF KILLING
TWO COOL HEADS AND SUSPECT OF
KILLING OTHER WOMEN ACROSS THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
IT WAS A BIG STORY.
I WAS JUST GETTING STARTED.
IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY I
COULDN'T PASS UP.
HE RECALLED THE MOMENT HE
WALKED IN.
HE WAS SITTING AT A TABLE
INSIDE OF A CELL AND HE WAS
PLAYING CLASSICAL MUSIC.
HE WAS VERY RESTRAINED.
HE HAD A FAINT SMILE.
WHEN I WALKED IN, I SAW A
PROFESSIONAL LOOKING ROPE.
YOU DON'T EXPECT TO SEE THAT IN
A JAIL CELL.
HE SAID HE TORE UP HIS SHEETS
AND HE MADE THIS ROPE.
HE SAID HE USES IT FOR A
JUMPING ROPE.
HE WAS A DEMONIC.
I THINK HE KNEW HIS JOB WAS TO
CHARM ME AND PUT ME AT EASE.
IN HIS ARTICLE, HE WROTE
ABOUT A FIXATION WITH BUNDY.
IS THIS THE SAME PERSON I SPOKE
TO.
I HAVE BEEN DESENSITIZED I FEEL
PEGGED TO THE WALL AND
SOMETIMES I'VE EELLIKE GIVING A
SILENT RESPONSE TO ALL OF THIS.
WHAT ABOUT THE SPECULATION
THAT YOU HAD IN UNHAPPY
CHILDHOOD?
THAT IS COMPLETELY FALSE.
YOU EVER EXPECT TO GET OUT
OF JAIL?
I DON'T THINK ABOUT IT
ANYMORE.
IT IS NOT A HOPE I CLING TO.
DID YOU KILL ANY OF THESE
WOMEN?
ANY OF THESE WOMEN, NO I
DIDN'T. I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE SO
I DON'T HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY
ANSWERING THE QUESTION.
HE WAS ALL OF THE THINGS I
THOUGHT A MURDERER WOULD NOT
BE.
HE WAS JUST LIKE ME AND THAT
WAS VERY DISCONCERTING.
I KNEW HE WAS A MONSTER AND
HALF OF ME HAD THE EXPERIENCE
OF SITTING WITH A NORMAL
SEEMING PERSON, DEMOGRAPHICALLY
JUST LIKE MYSELF.
HE JOINED REPORTERS FROM ALL
AROUND THE WORLD AT BUNDY'S
TRIAL.
HE RELISHED THE SPOTLIGHT.
HE STRODE THROUGH THE COURT
ROOM CROSS-EXAMINING PEOPLE AND
HE LOVED THE ATTENTION AND THE
LIMELIGHT.
A JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF
KILLING THE TWO COEDS AND IN A
SEPARATE TRIAL, HIS FINAL VIC
OF GOD 12-YEAR-OLD KIMBERLY
LEACH.
HE WAS EXECUTED IN FLORIDA.
OUTSIDE OF THE PRISON, PEOPLE
CELEBRATED.
SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN THE
SUBJECT OF MANY BOOKS AND
MOVIES.
INCLUDING THE NETFLIX SERIES
CONVERSATIONS WITH A KILLER.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
FIGURE OUT.
HE IS SOMEONE WHO LOOKS NORMAL
DOING A MONSTROUS THING.
NOW HE LOOKS BACK ON THE
INTERVIEW AND THE PARTING WORDS
THAT BUNDY WROTE.
HE SAID THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME THIS INTERVIEW.