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Ted Bundy

Conversations with a Killer

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Ted Bundy

By: Stephen G. Michaud, Hugh Aynesworth
Narrated by: Graham Halstead, Keith Sellon-Wright, Jason Culp
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Presented for the first time in audio format, the chilling transcript of Stephen G Michaud and Hugh Aynesworth's interviews with notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, as seen on the hit Netflix documentary series Conversation with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes - based on their New York Times best-selling book.

Handsome and educated, Ted Bundy killed scores of women during the 1970s, eventually confessing to 30 murders committed over seven states between 1974 and 1978. In 1979, much to the surprise of the nation, Bundy made the bold decision to represent himself in the Chi Omega murder case, thinking that his intelligence and enigmatic charm could best the prosecution. He was convicted, however, and was incarcerated on death row in Florida State Prison. After he exhausted all appeals, Bundy spoke to detectives, confessing to other homicides he committed across several states. He had already spoken frankly about himself, his victims, and his crimes to famed journalists Stephen G. Michaud and Hugh Aynesworth.

Thirty years later, thanks to the combination of an unlikely killer, a sensational murder trial (featuring Bundy acting as his own attorney), and a series of Death Row interviews that represented the dynamics of any extraordinary psychological profile, this prolific serial killer continues to intrigue and haunt the American popular imagination. Yet as Netflix’s sensational show reveals, an old case is never as preserved as it may seem.

Presented in audio format for the first time, Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer provides shocking insights into the killer's 11th-hour confessions before his death in a Florida electric chair in January 1989. Drawn from more than 150 hours of exclusive tape-recorded interviews with Bundy in 1980 by Michaud and Aynesworth - in which the veteran journalist used a psychological tactic to get Bundy talking in the third person - this audiobook, voiced by a cast of narrators, is a harrowing portrait of a serial killer’s final reckoning and the two journalists trying to understand the psychology behind the darkness.

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Disappointed that it was not Bundy speaking .

Interesting and compelling dialogue but it was not the actual discussion.
Actors played the parts instead.

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WOW...! Extremely wicked, vile , insightful....

This was a jaw dropping book. I would highly recommend to anyone trying to understand the mind of a killer. Though it only scratches the surface of the true mind of Ted Bundy. Not because of the investigators but the lack of Ted’s ability to admit guilt and confess.
Anyone wanting to listen to this book to hear the gory details will be disappointed, as I was. Once again Ted would not allow himself to full commit to the re-telling of his crimes. None the less it is the closest thing to what really took place as told by the killer.... in the third person of course.
I would not consider this book a true crime book. It’s more of a convoluted admission of a sick individual. Once started though, I could not stop listening until the end . Always wanting a little more, just like the investigators.
The book starts off a little slow but by the middle section of the book things are red hot. The different changing voices through me off a little but by the end of the book, I left as though Ted Bundy himself was reading it. Give it a listen. You won’t be disappointed.

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Writers are great. Subject frustrating

I think the writers did an excellent job. It is not their fault that their subject is a frustrating individual who picks and choses what is important, and human life is appearently for his amusment only. I was able to understand the dialogue after reading The Bundy Murders. After this, the book at hand made tremendous sense. But by that time, I despised Bundy and didn't want to give him anymore airtime.

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great book

this book is great because it shows how Ted Bundy is just a liar and manipulators, you can tell the author was really losing their patience with him and he is just loving all the attention. if anyone out there is under the impression that bundy was misunderstood or was really a hood person should listen this book. it would make you have him for sure . the voice actors did a great job!

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Fun but dangerous

I love the book but as expected hate the killer. The detail is extravagant and very in depth. I will definitely recommend this book to other people in this genre circle.

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Not bad

It started out very slow. But when it picked up it instantly got my attention. The narrators did great.

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What a first-class sponge.

These interviews clearly capture the psychopathy and uselessness of this guy. He obviously holds himself in esteem, but never held down a job or completed anything well. He obviously hates women and states that he kills them to vent his rage. Interviewers do a good job of holding his feet to the fire, pointing out that he blames his circumstances on everyone else - nothing is ever his fault. It made it easier going through these interviews knowing how desperate he became in his final days when it was too late for him. He rails and opines against justice as if his opinion on anything mattered. Glad he’s off this earth as they all should be.

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Excellent Performance

It's fascinating how the interviewers tricked Bundy into revealing information about the killings. I had no idea that they coerced him into speaking in the third person. The most revealing moment was when Bundy talked about the uselessness of guilt. When he was reflecting on how society uses guilt as a means of control, I was thinking - wait a minute, guilt is a natural function of the human psyche. Guilt enables us live empathetically and in connection with others. It allows us to create an ethical society where we condemn murder. Listening to his words, it's now clear that Bundy was more monster than human.

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Chiller but Thought Provoking

I've studied Ted for years but it was truly interesting to hear his thoughts on different things. the scariest part about ol Ted is he really isn't much different than most people.

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Great listen

I wasn’t sure of the Ted narrator the first time I heard him speak but he definitely grew on me. He really captured Ted and actually sounded quite a lot like him, and the way he talked.

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