Theodore Robert Bundy was born Theodore Robert Cowell on November 24, 1949.His mother, Louise Cowell was unmarried at the time, and the name of his biological father has never been determined with certainty, however Lloyd Marshall was named on his birth certificate. Louise moved into her parent’s home shortly after Ted’s birth and allowed him to be raised as her ‘brother’ for quite some time. When Ted’s mother married Johnnie Culpepper Bundy in May 1951 in Tacoma, Washington, when Theodore was four years old, Theodore took his step-father’s last name of Bundy. Theodore Bundy lived an average life as far as is known, however his shyness and self-doubt made him a constant target for bullying in his younger years. During his high school years Ted’s popularity blossomed, but he was reluctant to date as he was more involved in extracurricular activities and work. He was never kept at one job too long however, as his employers considered him unreliable. His work was not the only place where Ted was considered unreliable. When Theodore transferred from University of Tacoma to the University of Washington he met and fell in love with Stephanie Brooks. At first in this relationship all was well, “But Stephanie was pragmatic. It was wonderful to be in love, to have a college romance, to stroll through the wooded paths of the campus hand-in-hand…but she sensed that Ted was floundering, that he had no real plans, no real prospects for the future” (Rule, 2000). Much to Ted’s dismay, Stephanie soon broke this relationship off. Some claim that this is one of the many things that helped ease Theodore Bundy over the edge into homicidal rage, and most cite a similar description of Stephanie Brooks to the majority of his later victims. For qu... ... middle of paper ... ...educes their behaviors’ social impact.” (Black, 2006). As witnessed with Theodore Bundy, imprisonment, and eventually execution was the only way to stop him from brutally killing again. Works Cited Bell, R. (2011). Ted Bundy. Retrieved September 2, 2011, from TruTV.com: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/bundy/2.html Black, D. (2006). Treatment for Antisocial Personality Disorder. Retrieved September 3, 2011, from PsychCentral: http://psychcentral.com/lib/2006/treatment-for-antisocial-personality-disorder/ Comer, R. J. (2011). Fundamentals of Abnormal Psychology (Sixth ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers. Michaud, S. G., & Aynesworth, H. (2000). Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer. Irving, Texas: Authorlink Press. Rule, A. (2000). The Stranger Beside Me (20th Anniversary Edition ed.). New York, New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Why would someone be so embarrassed of their son that they have to disown them, maybe because he was born out of wedlock, to Eleanor Cowell, though she attempted to give him a good life by giving him to her parents? Also, with the theory of the X or Y model you could say that Bundy could have had an extra X chromosome since he was a person who lived a life of crime and had an uncontrollable urge to keep killing, but you can’t exactly confirm that the theory is right since it’s never been proven to be 100% true, hence the term to why its called a theory. Ted Bundy was a a distributed man who had such a promising future and could have had it all, but something messed this man up so badly that he had to go on a rampage of killings and find joy in it. A man who thought he was going to get away with it all got what he deserved.
Ted's family knew there was something wrong with him ever since he was a baby. His mother said that he had strange lapses as a child where he would go silent and still. As he got older the "shut-downs" (as they became known as by his family,) started to be accompanied with rage. He never fit in with anybody his own age. For instance, when Ted was 10 years old, his father tried taking him to a boyscout meeting but Ted would not have anything to do with the other children, so his father gave up. The only thing Ted liked doing was reading and playing his trombone. Ted proved to be very smart and at the young age of 15 years, was given a scholarship to study Greek tragedy for the summer at the University of Chicago. Ted went to Harvard and graduated with a degree in Mathematics, when he was 20 years old. Ted was then offered a tenured-track job at the University of California and taught there until his abrupt resignation in 1969. His family knew nothing of his resignation until he showed up at his parents house to move in. Ted stayed with his parents for two years and during that time he had many low paying jobs, the first being a gardener at the local mall. In 1971, Ted's parents woke up to find Ted gone and only a note thanking them for letting him stay with them. The note was so short and to the point that his father thought that it he was going to commit suicide.
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, in New York City, to Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Roosevelt (Unites States. National Park Service. History: Theodore Roosevelt: Life). As a child, Teddy was burdened with an “acute” asthma, his eyesight was horrible, having to wear thick glasses his whole life, and his physical stature was small and frail (Teddy Roosevelt). His father advised Teddy to dedicate himself to physical fitness. Heeding his father's advice, Teddy soon began to develop a muscular frame and his asthma and frailness bothered him less and less (Teddy Roosevelt). “Teedie” was also a childhood nickname he had (Theodore Roosevelt Hi...
He was intelligent, articulate and handsome. During a gruesome killing spree, Ted Bundy slaughtered more than thirty five women within the span of five years, becoming one of the most notorious serial killers in American history. He grew up believing that his grandparents were his parents and his unwed mother to be his older sister. He was not very good at building relationships and had a lot of conflict with his stepfather and enjoyed the terms of violence and sex as a child. Ted shoplifted during his teenage years and enjoyed being above the law. He was generally very shy and gained a lot of popularity and self esteem in high school because of his good looks. It was there that he met his high school girlfriend Stephanie Brooks with whom he become obsessed, but the relationship did not last very long as she did not feel the same way for him so she broke up with him. Depressed by the break up, Ted dropped out of college and returned home with his family where he found out the truth about his biological mother. This left Ted in a state of confusion about his identity and he felt betrayed by the women in his life. He went back to high school where he and Stephanie got back together but right after she agreed to marry him, he broke up with her to seek revenge. After this charade his killing spree began, luring young women with lies, abducting, raping, physically abusing and killing them.
by his mother. While in college, Ted found the love of his life. They later broke up and
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Ted met his first girlfriend in college and eventually falls in love. His girlfriend did not see Ted as someone who would be successful and eventually broke up with him and this broke his heart. This was about the time he learned the truth about his family too. He developed deep depression and this marked the time his killing ventures started.
He was an extrovert and that was why he needed to kill and rape multiple women not just one. He says it was not his family’s fault he was like this and that is true but somewhere in his DNA caused him to do these crazy things. He also had some type of stress that made him snap and never go back to the way he was. I wonder if Ted Bundy would have been different if he put himself in a different environment. Bundy blamed the environment is what caused him to make these crimes but I don’t think so plenty of men watch porn and do not go around killing
Theodore “Ted” Bundy (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, burglar and necrophiliac
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Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27,1858. He was the second born out of four children. His father’s name was Theodore Roosevelt Sr. His mother’s name was Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. He grew up in a wealthy family in New York City. As a young child,
Bundy was a very well-educated man studying phycology in college. He worked numerous of jobs, no job lasted over a few months for him. Ted had fallen in love with a girl in college but slowly had his heart broken after she considered him to childish and not ambitious, Bundy
Ted was devastated. He had always had doubts about his and Stephanie’s relationship, and still, he could not believe that their relationship was over. After that, Ted set out to prove to himself (and Stephanie) that he was good enough for her. After doing so, he went back to her only to break her heart. This book works to capture Ted Bundy as a human being rather than the serial killer that the world knows him as, but it focuses mainly on his crimes. Ann Rule recalls how nice Ted was and how calm he was when he worked with her in frantic situations at the call center where they met. She remarks on how she noticed how indecisive and unsure of himself Ted was, and how many people believe that she was the basis for the look of his victims. Most of his victims were slim college students, but some were younger. Rule also tells the story of Bundy’s girlfriend, “Meg Anders,” and how much he loved her. Again, the main focus of the book is on his crimes and how her work unknowingly intersected with his crimes. Her retelling of his crimes starts in 1973 with fifteen year old Kathy Devine. Kathy Devine, of Washington, told her friends that she was hitchhiking to Oregon. They reported that they saw her get into a pickup truck with a man and never saw her after
Ted Bundy is one of the most infamous, sadistic serial killers known to man. During his tenure as a killer, Bundy confessed to the murders of 30 women, though the official number of kills is unknown to this day. Bundy’s sadistic habits began at an early age due to his rough upbringing and abusive parents. His tactical methods of killing left miniscule amounts of evidence, which remained undetectable by the “still rudimentary forensics techniques of the 1970s” (Crime Museum). Bundy also managed to uphold an impressive “clean-cut appearance” and portrayed characteristics of an “upstanding character” (Crime Museum). Ted Bundy, through the course of a troubled childhood and keen wit, managed to successfully become known as one of the most infamous
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