Dr. Dorothy Lewis interviewed Ted Bundy in his last hours, reconstructing the roots of a serial killer and uncovering a reality very different from his mother’s picture of a normal childhood. VFArchive
or a journalist in search of clues to Ted's childhood, Mrs. Bundy brings out a collection of artifacts, neatly arranged. His elementary-school report cards: a blizzard of A's and B's, with a few notes about helping Ted to control his temper and to ''develop a respectful, cooperative attitude toward the other pupils." Birthday cards from Grandmother Cowell: ''Just think, you are four years old.
The inexact science of psychiatry cannot yet divine how such killers can compartmentalize and rationalize to an amazing degree and live outwardly normal lives if they are not schizophrenic or multiple personalities. From such descriptions, Dr. Lewis had thought she might be able to elicit a multiple personality. But Bundy's altered states didn't fit the standard mold for multiple personalities or seizure disorders."I'm convinced he was not a multiple," says Lewis,"but he came"It sort of fits with his total amnesia for his childhood. Bundy spoke at times of the other 'entity.' For a time, he even heard voices.
But Bundy continued to disarm those around him. As a suicide-hot-line counselor, he could save lives with thoughtful, caring advice—and then coldly turn off the phones and go to sleep, leaving potential suicides adrift. He worked on a preliminary investigation into rape assaults for the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Commission—just as he was planning his premeditated murders.
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