Ted Bundy, Stephen G. Michaud
Ted Bundy, Stephen G. Michaud
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Ted Bundy
Conversations with a Killer

Author: Stephen G. Michaud, Hugh Aynesworth

Narrator: Graham Halstead, Keith Sellon-Wright, Jason Culp

Unabridged: 9 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/04/2019


Synopsis

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.

About Stephen G. Michaud

Stephen G. Michaud is the author or coauthor of nine books, including The Evil That Men Do and The Only Living Witness.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dannii on April 29, 2020

This is the chilling account of Ted Bundy, notorious serial killer, in his own words. Over 150 hours of interviews were conducted to provide the reader with an insight to the mind of a unapologetic and unfeeling killer. This does not detail his many crimes nor is it set out in an entirely chronologic......more

Goodreads review by Julie on January 16, 2020

I watched the Netflix documentary (Confessions of a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes) and it made me curious about the transcribed conversations in this book. I knew this would be a rough read....but I also knew my curiousity would not be sated until I had this book in my hands. While killing 30 women (i......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on May 04, 2022

4.0 Stars This was such a uniquely intimate perspective on this infamous serial killer. It's incredible how the interviewers were able to get him to share so much information without actually making a legal confession. It was incredibly disturbing to hear his twisted narrative as he explained and just......more

Goodreads review by Erin on June 01, 2020

Told in his own words, through interviews with the writers, the self-proclaimed “most cold-blooded son of a bitch you’ll ever meet”, Ted Bundy reveals his inner most thoughts and outlines his crimes, as he sits on Death Row. “Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer” by Stephen G. Michaud and Hugh Ayn......more

Goodreads review by Ingstje on May 01, 2019

Conversations with a Killer is not a straightforward reply to all the questions we might want to ask Ted Bundy but it certainly is a good start if you’re curious about his personality. The interview gives an insight how he started and what sort of a person he is. I thought it would go into the crime......more