Summary and Analysis of The Stranger Beside Me: The Shocking Inside Story of Serial Killer Ted Bundy: Based on the Book by Ann Rule
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Among American serial killers, Ted Bundy is infamous not just for his crimes, but for the way he was able to charm his victims. Bundy’s friendly demeanor fooled many, including Ann Rule, bestselling true crime author and former law enforcement officer.
Rule and Bundy met while working together at a suicide hotline. The two remained friends throughout the period of Bundy’s crimes, trials, and fight against execution. This friendship gives the reader an intimate window into a man countless psychiatrists struggle to explain.
Get to know Ted Bundy, a true sociopath, and learn about his reign of terror in the Pacific Northwest, Florida, and perhaps beyond. Rule’s police background adds compelling perspective to one of the most popular, detailed, and personal books written about Ted Bundy.
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Contents
Context
Overview
Summary
Timeline
Cast of Characters
Direct Quotes and Analysis
Trivia
What’s That Word?
Critical Response
About Ann Rule
For Your Information
Bibliography
Copyright
Context
The known crimes of Theodore Robert Bundy began after the 1969 Manson Family murders and the last gasps of the free-love movement. Feminists were blazing trails for the very types of women that Bundy was attacking and killing. He shattered the perceived safety of college campuses and forced women, and those who loved them, into a frenzied fear. The fact that he looked just like an everyday college guy was even more terrifying. A nice
boy killing nice
girls.
In addition, the 1970s and ’80s were decades when serial killers seemed to be operating everywhere—from the Hillside Strangler in Los Angeles and Son of Sam
David Berkowitz in New York, to John Wayne Gacy in Chicago, and the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway, in Washington State.
Ted Bundy is one of modern America’s biggest celebrity criminals. Part of his appeal is what likely helped him obtain so many victims—he was handsome, charming, witty, and intelligent. On the outside, he was a man many women would be proud to bring home to their parents. His popularity was such that his trials were televised and female groupies attended every day. In one case, prospective jurors lined up in hopes of being a part of the spectacle. The very fact that The Stranger Beside Me exists, and is a bestseller, is a testament to Bundy’s celebrity status, despite his horrific crimes.
Murdered and missing women remain of special interest in popular American culture. From the tragic death of Nicole Brown Simpson and the killing of Laci Peterson, to the disappearances of Natalee Holloway and so many others, the media and public continue to be drawn to these stories.
Overview
Acclaimed true crime writer and former police officer Ann Rule was friends with infamous American serial killer Ted Bundy. Having met while working together at a suicide hotline, the two became close and remained so even during Bundy’s killing sprees.
Ann Rule, trained in criminology, recounts the story of how she began researching the missing women in her area and the search for an abductor—later known to be a killer—named Ted.
Rule’s familiarity with local law enforcement lend an insider’s view to the tale, while her own knowledge of Ted Bundy allows for a particularly detailed view into the mind of a killer. While her background led her to realize that her friend Ted Bundy fit the profile of the killer Ted,
Rule found it impossible to believe he could really be the one they were looking for. Though she reported him to police as a possible lead, she didn’t expect anything to come of it.
As Ted Bundy’s guilt became more and more clear, Rule continued to feel empathy toward him and struggled to understand what would make her friend commit such horrors.
Throughout his jail time, his escapes, his trials,