re: 35 Years Ago (1/24/89) - Ted Bundy Was Executed

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He was a necrophile. He visited his dump site on Taylor Mt. until they were basically mush.

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When that came out, it showed a whole other level of depravity on his part.

I can't even imagine abducting someone and killing them much less having sex with their mutilated corpse until it got putrid enough to make it unpleasant.

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Oh I will just jump out the window when no one is looking

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That was his first escape. The kicker with his second escape that eventually found him in Florida on a new killing spree is he had told a friend who had visited him in jail he was planning an escape.

Bundy told him exactly how he was going to do it and the guy didn't report it to authorities. Bundy lost a lot of weight, removed a ventilation grill in the ceiling of his cell and climbed out through it to escape.

His friend harbored a lot of guilt over the killings in Florida due to him not reporting it.

Ok thanks for clarifying

I remember talking about it that day in 8th grade social studies.

Refused to request a last meal so he was given Florida's standard last meal. Didn't eat a bite. Strange guy.

Wish I remembered the documentary, but I remember a scene from his final trial in the Florida courtroom where he lost his cool and displayed a quick example of the "real" Ted Bundy. For a brief moment the evil/crazy side was all over his face.

Just thinking of the terror and savagery he inflicted on all of those victims....Really makes you angry over how many times that monster managed to slip under the radar before finally being caught for good. If anyone ever deserved to spend his last living moments staring down the barrel of a would-be victim's gun, it was him.

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I also found it odd that for a guy who seemed intelligent, heading all the way across the country to mass kill in a death penalty happy state seemed like a really dumb move

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He initially flew to the North (Michigan) and left a trail of breadcrumbs because he wanted the authorities to think he had fled to Canada. He was active in outdoor activities where he grew up (PNW) and had spent time in Canada. Then he headed to the deep south because he figured they would be the least informed about his case.
Not that dumb of a strategy - get as far away from the local news of your crime and the authorities hunting you while also making them think you went somewhere else. It worked for Whitey Bulger.

Plus most states still had the death penalty back then. Obviously Texas and Florida became different beats when it came to enforcing it but he didn't know that at the time (1978) because the Supreme Court had just re-instated the DP after a 10 year national moratorium.

He claimed his plan was to "go legit" and work a regular job under a false name, but he couldn't get a job without a valid ID and SS# so he just said screw it and went on a murder rampage. I think that's BS. His mind was so twisted he was always going to keep killing.

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Finally, Bundy was interviewed the night before his execution by James Dobson.

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Written like this, it seems like James Dobson executed him

Has anyone visited the Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge? I’ve always wanted to head up there especially since they have Bundy’s 1968 VW Bug on display.