Ted Bundy

Conversations with a Killer

De: Stephen G. Michaud, Hugh Aynesworth

Narrado por: Graham Halstead, Keith Sellon-Wright, Jason Culp

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 bestselling book.

Handsome and educated, Ted Bundy killed scores of women during the 1970s, eventually confessing to thirty 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.

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.

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.

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.

good but unfulfilling

great discourse but most of it is Ted just lying and it's very frustrating. Nothing will be revealed here in regards to details of the murders or real confessions. it is mostly him beating around the bush.
maybe it's shame by being exposed and knowing no one else has a clue as to what really happened so let's just bullsh** everyone so they don't know how really f"d up I am kind of thing. just like israel keyes. these cats think they own some special thing so if they don't tell then it's theirs. it's really kind of silly. it is annoying though.
anyway, you will not find new clues or tips etc. it's basically you talking to a guy you have on camera who is carrying out your TV and him explaining why someone may stal a TV and how he was not the person who stole the TV.
this is not the books fault. the interview is great and well done. but don't come here in the hopes of gleaning any real facts etc. it is a good book if you do not mind being left unfulfilled however. good book but facts, bundy does not divulge. just a lier dumping a load of crap on a guy and the guy recording it.
but! in the end it is exactly what was said so in that regard its fantastic. but just realize he doesn't reveal a thing.
book for truth in the interviews 5 stars.
narration 4
revelations 1

Ted's scamming the detectives. the game playing.

I think Ted loved stringing these detectives along as much as he did killing. he had no intention of giving them what they really wanted from him. in the end though it really displayed Ted as a monster because that is what he did best. Ted was so well spoken and so charming even from prison. his creepiness and purposeful calculating manipulation was just as obvious. chilling.