As a result of both the new Netflix Serial Killer Profile and the forthcoming Zac Effron
movie, Ted Bundy's name is trending.
Bundy was one of the most depraved and prolific serial killers in the United States in the
1970s until his final capture in 1978.
He was executed in the electric chair in 1989 ... but what if he hadn't been?
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I am your host Rebecca Felgate and today I am asking What If Ted Bundy Was Still Alive?
Before I get into this list I want to ask you guys what you would do if you found out
somebody you knew well was a killer?
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So, Ted Bundy - real name Theodore Robert Cowell, was a charming, charismatic and attractive
man who managed to masterfully manipulated those around him in order to live a life of
crime, deceit and murder.
He confessed to have committed over 30 homicides but it the true number is likely to be much
higher.
He would feign injury in order to ensnare women's sympathies after which he would over
power them and kill them, later he would often return to their corpses to have sex with them....so...not
such a catch now to all those calling him hot after watching the Netflix documentary.
Ted Bundy made two escapes after being apprehended by the police, and after being caught a third
time he spent the rest of his years in Florida State Prison.
Our question is What if Ted Bundy was Still Alive - which could mean a number of things
- alive in prison - alive and on the run and alive and undetected.
If he were simply alive in prison, he presumably would have not been arrested in a sate with
capital punishment.
He would be 72 years old right now and perhaps markedly less famous - perhaps part of the
cult of his personality was because he WAS sentenced to death.
Or... maybe he would be just as notorious... he did manage to create quite a cult of personality
while he was alive.
It is likely if he were alive and in jail at this time we may know more about the crimes
he committed and the people that he killed, perhaps allowing his victims families a greater
sense of closure.
Although maybe, a master of escape as he was, he could have schemed a great prison break.
For the sake of the females of America, I certainly hope not.
If Bundy were alive and on the run I can only assume he would have been caught again by
now - the authorities were aware of his identity and were actively searching for him when he
was finally caught.
It is unlikely he could have managed to evade them for prolonged periods of time, unless
he hopped the boarder to Mexico or Canada, where he could be living under a new identity
killing a fresh spate of women.
The third possibility is equally if not more terrifying - he is alive and undetected.
During Bundy's time at the University of Washington, females on campus were disappearing at a rate
of around one per month.
While Bundy only admitted to killing around 30 people it is suspected he killed many many
more.
Women wearing slacks or blue jeans with long brown hair parted at the centre seemed to
be his preferred genre of female to kill - the pattern was there.
The thing about Ted Bundy was that he was a climber.
This is something his former girlfriend Stephanie Brooks noticed about him.
At the time he was arrested he was already affiliated with the Republican Party and working
his way up the political ladder.
If he was alive and undetected, his social climbing, along with his charm and charisma
would likely have seen him in a high powered job...like a real life Patrick Batemen.
Worryingly, he may have a high powered job in a government office.
Even after his crimes were revealed, Bundy garnered a perverse following and even his
prison officers thought he was an alright guy!
Seriously!
I am sure he would have had no issue swaying people to vote for him had he decided to run
for office.
With this in mind I am sure he would have taken a wife to keep up appearances, although
not Elizabeth Kloepfer, someone more along the lines of Brooks who could help him climb.
So, Bundy, married with swathes of supporters in a high powered job...imagine all of the
women he could have killed.
Would he have eventually been caught?
The man was a self confessed master of crime scenes but this was in the days before DNA
profiling an abundance of CCTV.
Would he gave managed to get so powerful it was hard to link him to crimes, or would DNA
technology caught up with him in the end.
The thing is, by the time Bundy was first caught in the mid 70s, the cracks in his visage
were starting to show.
He was skipping classes, showing his temper and making mistakes...
With his metal health, I feel like eventually he would have outed himself.
Plus, composite sketches' were being printed in regional newspapers and broadcast on local
television stations - which eventually lead to his identification... as time continued
and media grew.
If he manage to get a good job, he would have been more noticeable.
These days, in the age of MeToo, womens voices are actually heard, unlike in the 70s.
If Bundy wanted to remain unapprehended and undetected it would have required a degree
of restraint, I don't think he would have been capable of.
I think Bundy's story was always going to end behind bars at best, or sat on the electric
chair at worst for him.
It is just a shame he wasn't caught sooner.
SO what do you guys think would happen if TED BUNDY was still alive?
Let me know in the comments section down below.
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