r/TedBundy

About a week ago, I saw "The Vanishing," the film starring Sandra Bullock...

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Two nights later, I watched a TV show about the American serial killer Ted Bundy. Intrigued, I delved deeper into his story, and was struck by the similarities between the character of Barney (the "villain" of the film) and Ted Bundy himself: the fake cast trick used to lure victims; the rescue, years earlier, of a drowning girl...

I don't think it's a coincidence.

I wanted to know if anyone else who's a fan of true crime and cinema has noticed these similarities.

I saw that the American film is a remake of a Dutch film, which is based on the short novel "The Golden Egg" by Tim Krabbé; perhaps it was the author of the novel who drew inspiration from Ted Bundy for his character.

I've done some research online, but I haven't found any evidence to support this derivation.

I'd be curious to know if anyone can tell me more about it.

I’ve always wondered how Ted funded himself. He didn’t come from money and was on the run for quite some time a few times in his life. Hotels, motels, gas, cars, food, clothes, etc is not free….

These videos go into many areas- his mysterious visits to San Francisco in the late 60s. Him being accused of being a large time drug pusher by multiple sources in his college days. His political connections. He dated Herb Swindler’s daughter, the lead SPD homicide investigator in Washington at the time of Bundys prowl there. Some early would-be victims who escaped him/got away who described a man everyone assumed/s to be Ted, but may not be if you look further into their claims- like his height and style of clothing being totally wrong.

Just lots of strange things in the man’s past. Excellent videos; I highly recommend them both.

This is something I’ve always wondered about. In 8th grade, ‘81 or ‘82, my class took a field trip to DC. One of our activities was a tour of the FBI headquarters. One of the things we got to see was a lab worker, in all white protective gear, in a white room, over a white table, carefully scraping off a dirty VW car mat. I was fascinated. I decided then and there that’s what I wanted to do - forensics, although I didn’t know the name for it at the time.

(Spoiler alert - when I looked at colleges later on, I saw how much chemistry was involved, and I knew sadly it was not to be).

Knowing what I know now, could this have been Ted Bundy’s VW? I’ve tried to look into a timeline, but I’m still not sure. Would this have been too early or late?

Does anyone see the similarities between the two ?
I have a list of reasons on why I particularly think this is relevant information but just want to know what the consensus is here before I start ranting o\_0 🕳️

I always see in modern court cases that families, friends, and survivors are given the floor to address the judge before the defendant is sentenced — particularly in the Idaho 4 case. It seem that this wasn't a standard practice in the '70s/early '80s, though? If, so, that's sad. I'm sure at least some family members/friends/survivors would've expressed at least some thoughts to the judges if they could've — like they did in Idaho.