Enjoy another one of Manson’s classic tirades. You may find, gentle readers, that the powerful, cutting words of this cult leader and convicted murderer on the subject of serial killer Ted Bundy, who was executed in the weeks prior to the interview, will likely stay with you for the rest of your life — or not.

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On February 15, 1978, Ted Bundy was arrested, this time for good. While at a Colorado jail, he’d sawed a hole in his cell and lost 35 pounds to be able to wriggle through it. He made his way to Chicago, then Michigan–where he caught a college football game–and finally down to Florida, where he killed six women before being captured.

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On January 24, 1989, notorious and prolific serial killer Ted Bundy met his death in Florida’s electric chair at age 42. Bundy had contemplated suicide, not wanting to give the state the satisfaction of putting him down. Ultimately, the state got its way. Before the fatal current surged through his body, Bundy spoke his final words: “I’d like you to give my love to my family and friends.”

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On January 23, 1989, the eve of his execution, serial killer Ted Bundy discusses at length his crimes, his childhood and his impending death in Florida’s electric chair.

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On January 15, 1878, Ted Bundy broke into a sorority house and killed two girls who were sleeping inside. Before leaving, he wiped the room clean, but one crucial piece of evidence was left behind: a bite mark on the buttock of one of the victims. This bite mark would become central in Bundy’s conviction.

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The woman who gave birth to one of America’s most notorious killers has died. The Tacoma News Tribune reports that Louise Bundy, 88, passed away in December after a long battle with an undisclosed illness.

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On January 23, 1989, the eve of his execution, serial killer Ted Bundy discusses at length his crimes, his childhood and his impending death in Florida’s electric chair.

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On October 18, 1974, Melissa Smith, 17, a police chief’s daughter, was headed home after a night out with friends. She never made it, and a few days later her brutalized body was found. Though he was a suspect, it would not be until shortly before his execution that Ted Bundy would confess to her murder.

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Prolific serial killer Ted Bundy’s undoing was a bite mark he left on the buttocks of one of his victims, Lisa Levy. Levy and her sorority sister Martha Bowman had been strangled and beaten to death, but their killer did not leave much evidence in the Chi Omega sorority house, except for the bite mark, which later matched impressions taken of Bundy’s teeth and became a central piece of evidence at his trial.

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Retired detective and renowned criminologist talks openly about his work on the Ted Bundy and Green River Killer cases.

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