While many documentaries, docuseries, films, and TV specials have been done about the notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, they have all taken a different angle. And the latest from Amazon Prime Video, Ted Bundy: Falling For a Killer, takes a unique look that has never been done before.
The docuseries, which include five one-hour (or so) parts, feature an interview with Elizabeth Kendall, Bundy’s long-time girlfriend and her daughter Molly. This is the first time the two have ever talked publicly about their lives with Bundy. While they never married, Bundy and Elizabeth spent many years together in a long-term relationship prior to her knowing who he was and what he was doing.
It’s raw and emotional and features more details about many of his victims than has been revealed before, thanks to interviews with some who survived and family members of those who didn’t. But what were the biggest revelations?
10 He Once Got Naked During a Game of Hide-And-Go-Seek With Molly
Molly, now a grown woman, recounts one incident that puzzled her from her childhood. While most of her time with Bundy included pleasant memories of him being an amazing father figure to her, she found one time odd when they were playing hide-and-seek.
She moved a blanket to reveal where he was hiding only to find that he was unclothed. When she questioned him about it, he strangely said that while he can turn invisible, his clothes could not. She shrugged it off as a logical explanation but admits that it made her feel uncomfortable.
9 His First Victim Is Still Alive
While we know quite a bit about Bundy’s many victims who perished at his hands, a few actually got away. One such woman was his very first victim, Karen Sparks, who managed to survive his attack. But not without serious and lifelong injuries.
Following the attack, which included her skull getting smashed and sexual assault with a bed frame so violent it caused her bladder to be split open, she was left with permanent brain damage, lost 50 percent of her hearing, and 40 percent of her sight. She also says she suffers from constant ringing in her ears and went through a period of having epileptic seizures.
8 He Believed When He Was Done Killing, It Was Just…Done
After somewhat confessing to Elizabeth that he was indeed a killer, Bundy tried to explain the feeling that overcame him to her, saying that once he had the urge and killed someone, it was simply done in his mind. There was no remorse, he didn’t feel as though he did anything wrong, and he went about his usual day.
Case in point: after the Sammamish State Park murders, when Bundy brazenly abducted two women in broad daylight with thousands of people around and later killed them, he met Elizabeth at a bowling alley for hamburgers and a casual date, as if nothing had just transpired.
7 Elizabeth Was Suspicious Earlier On And Called Police
The coincidences began to be too much for Elizabeth and she actually contacted the local police with suspicions that her boyfriend could actually be the guilty perpetrator they were seeking out. While she didn’t want to believe it, there was just too much that evidence that pointed to Bundy.
For example, she felt he had a strange look about him after the Sammamish murders, she thought the composite drawing police released looked eerily like him, and she caught him with crutches in his room (which he explained away by saying they belonged to his landlord) around the time that one of the murders involved a man pretending to be on crutches.
6 He Called The Urge a “Force”
Perhaps Bundy was the inspiration for the book Darkly Dreaming Dexter and the popular TV series Dexter based on it. In the show and book, the title character referred to an urge that overcame him to kill as his Dark Passenger and said he was unable to ignore it.
Bundy told Elizabeth that there was a “force” that would build up inside of him, often for days before he took action. Once he did, however, it was gone. That is until it started brewing again and he was on the hunt for his next victim.
5 Molly Watched The Trial
Still just a child at the time, Molly confirmed that she actually watched the trial on television when it was happening. She was staying with her grandparents for the summer at the time and would wake up every morning and tune in.
It was in doing so that she began to see Bundy in a new light. She called the retelling of the experiences the women went through “horrendous. That was the moment for me,” she said, “that my whole world shifted.”
4 Elizabeth and Molly Struggled With Alcohol Addiction
Elizabeth struggled with alcohol addiction before she met Bundy in an effort to deal with her self-esteem issues, as well as after. She got sober after he was convicted and she realized that she needed to turn her life around.
But her daughter Molly also suffered from the same issue as she grew up and dealt with the aftermath of having Ted Bundy, serial killer, as the man she trusted like a father as a child. Both, however, are doing better today.
3 Elizabeth Still Has All Of The Family Photos
Throughout the docuseries, you see tons of photos of Bundy’s life with Elizabeth, including ones that were seen in other documentaries as well as ones that were never seen before. In them, they look like your typical family, relaxing by the pool, posing on the beach, Bundy playing with Molly, and everyone all smiles.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth and Bundy look like your average, good-looking young couple. Nothing seemed amiss. Elizabeth says she struggles with whether any of it was real and if he actually had the capacity to love them.
2 Elizabeth Felt An Instant Connection With Him
Elizabeth says that when she met Bundy at a nearby bar one night, she felt an instant connection. They danced and she even went back up to him when he wasn’t pursuing her. She called the experience magical and referred to him as “marvelous.”
After they began seeing more of one another, and Bundy developed a close relationship with Molly, Elizabeth says their bond only grew stronger. She said they fit together like two pieces of a puzzle, which is why she had an even tougher time accepting what deep down she knew was true about him.
1 Molly Burned Ted’s Final Letter to Elizabeth
Arguably the biggest revelation of the series is that right before getting the electric chair, Bundy mailed a letter to Elizabeth. In it, he talked about how much he loved and cared for her and Molly, and how he found God and spirituality.
Molly happened to be home when the letter arrived but Elizabeth wasn’t. She opened it and disgusted, made the decision to burn it in the fireplace and not tell her mother about it. She didn’t want him to get his hooks into her once again. Elizabeth only found out much later that he had sent a letter to her that she never saw.
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