Ted Bundy: Romanticized or Accurate Portrayal?
More than 40 years after he was placed on death row, Ted Bundy has stepped back into the spotlight. The Netflix series “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes” and an upcoming film, “Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile,” have made the criminal soar into recent headlines.
In the Netflix series, the narrator was Hugh Anyesworth, a journalist that was given a chance to speak with Bundy before he eventually received the death penalty by the electric chair in 1989. This journalist was able to give Bundy a chance to tell his story. Instead of allowing Bundy to incriminate himself, Anyesworth suggested he tell his story in the third-person.
Bundy, a law student with virtually no criminal record, gained popularity in the mid to late 1970s after he was linked to over 30 murders in six different states. Many investigators believe his victim count is well over 100. Because of his newfound criminal record, many young women around the world should be startled by the fact that Bundy looked as if he was the stereotypical young man they’d want to bring home to their parents.
Many of his victims lived in the Seattle area, where he was pursuing a psychology degree at the University of Washington. After getting in to a law school in Utah, his murderous habits continued a month after his move. Bundy was pulled over and had his vehicle searched, in which officers found the front seat had been removed. Where the seat once was, a bag was found that contained a ski mask, a crowbar, handcuffs, and other items that were assumed to be burglary tools.
After a woman he kidnapped had escaped, Bundy was later added to an interest list for murders that had occurred in Utah, where he was arrested, which eventually connected him to a string of murders in Washington, Oregon, and Colorado.
Upon escaping prison, Bundy made his way from Colorado to Florida. After arriving in Tallahassee, he was able to sneak into Florida State University’s Chi Omega sorority house and a nearby apartment where he assaulted a handful of women, killing two.
High School Musical heartthrob Zac Efron was pegged to play Ted Bundy in the upcoming movie that follows his story through his murderous second life. Many social media users have accused filmmakers of romanticizing the murderer after many women had called him “hot.”
The fact of the matter is, Ted Bundy was originally thought to be a man that every father would want their daughter to date. He was an honors student and worked at the local Suicide Hotline Crisis Center. Bundy was the stereotypical attractive man with dark hair, blue eyes and resting just under six feet tall.
Finding a victim was easy for him—he was able to lure any woman in with his charm. From a woman’s perspective, he was the perfect idea of a suitor, which makes him every parent’s worst nightmare.
The idea of Bundy being attractive is important for young women to admit. Not every dangerous individual will show it on the outside. Every dangerous individual doesn’t outwardly present that they could be dangerous or have a long list of offenses on a criminal file. A criminal can hide in plain sight; their kind face or actions do not mean they have a kind heart or good intentions.
Ted Bundy being romanticized in “Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile” will only portray him in his true form and will allow individuals all over the world to understand him completely.
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