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Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

It was quite intriguing to watch and I was hooked for most of the time but mainly it was simple, generic information that everyone obsessed with serial killers and in turn, Ted Bundy, already knew. It was information all of us knew, he escaped prison twice, was convicted of 30+ slayings, the main breakthrough into his capture was his attempted failed abduction of Carol DaRonch, he drove a VW Beetle, he never fully confessed to his crimes, never disclosed the true kill count, dodged execution many times and even tried to do so 3 days prior to his execution, I mean it’s all stuff we know, nothing that special. Secondly, I also felt as if they almost tried to portray Bundy as a depressed man who needed help more than a psychopath who found pleasure in killing women. It kind of presents the idea of Bundy being driven to it due to some ups and downs he faced in his life and that maybe, if he was given help, he would’ve been of great advantage to the society when we all know he was just a manipulator. Don’t get me wrong I do believe if he had gone the right way he would’ve been very successful but here’s the catch, he didn’t. It also gives insight on how smart he could be and how smart he actually was in deceiving the law enforcement and justice system and also on the consistent failures of the police, and other forces involved, in the entire ‘manhunt/conviction’ of Bundy. It was quite an addicting series but just didn’t have the kind of element to it that would make it different to any other Ted Bundy documentary you may have watched. It was the same stuff, same confessions, same manipulative games and same piece of information he shared through tape recordings that we got to learn of on any other show.