The Bundy Tapes - Netflix doc

robfosters · 25 Jan 2019 at 12:28

Binge watched all four episodes last night.

Fascinating watch, he really was an interesting guy. Intelligent, charismatic, handsome, funny. The last kind of person you’d expect to be a serial killer, yet capable of such evil.

The show has lots of great video and audio footage, interviews with people involved and is a must watch for anyone with an interest in this kind of thing. It’s amazing to see how far we’ve come with technology as well since those days.

One thing though for people that watched it.

I know it was the seventies, but Bundy was on the FBI most wanted list. How did the Florida cops have him for so long without knowing his identity. He was being paraded on the telly every five minutes lol!

Musty Pie · 25 Jan 2019 at 22:39

Currently watching this now.

Know a fair bit about most well known crimes, but still an interesting watch so far.

rebel rebel · 25 Jan 2019 at 22:57

I will watch this next time I have Netflix. It sounds interesting.

Have you seen any of the Ed Kemper interviews on YouTube?

bowey · 26 Jan 2019 at 15:26

Watched it all last night then googled Ted bundy, went onto someone called Jeffrey dahmer and I wish I didn't, horrific crazy stuff he done to people.. There was pictures aswell I couldn't bloody sleep.

Bony Maloney · 26 Jan 2019 at 15:35

Half way through. Watching the rest tonight. Fascinating viewing.

robfosters · 26 Jan 2019 at 16:19

bowey said:
Watched it all last night then googled Ted bundy, went onto someone called Jeffrey dahmer and I wish I didn't, horrific crazy stuff he done to people.. There was pictures aswell I couldn't bloody sleep.

Yeah, but Dahmer is another one where if you watch his interviews on YouTube, he seems a calm, polite, intelligent guy and you just cannot compute how he could have done the utterly depraved things he did.

Malevolence · 26 Jan 2019 at 18:09

bowey said:
Watched it all last night then googled Ted bundy, went onto someone called Jeffrey dahmer and I wish I didn't, horrific crazy stuff he done to people.. There was pictures aswell I couldn't bloody sleep.

Read up on Albert Fish. He makes Dahmer look like choirboy.

bowey · 26 Jan 2019 at 20:36

Malevolence said:
Read up on Albert Fish. He makes Dahmer look like choirboy.

Well that's enough Internet for today. Think I'll sleep round me mams tonight haha.

Minusorange · 26 Jan 2019 at 21:27

Malevolence said:
Read up on Albert Fish. He makes Dahmer look like choirboy.

Issei Sagawa is an unusual one, he murdered and ate his victim in France and ended up becoming a celebrity and food critic in Japan

Rroff · 26 Jan 2019 at 21:42

robfosters said:
Yeah, but Dahmer is another one where if you watch his interviews on YouTube, he seems a calm, polite, intelligent guy and you just cannot compute how he could have done the utterly depraved things he did.

I suspect these people are quite detached from normal human emotions and don't have things like empathy in the same way - they can play a part completely dispassionately and turn on the charm and come across as polite and intelligent because of the degree of control - often with an innate ability to manipulate people.

It often surprises me how many are fooled by an act of sincerity by those who are manipulative playing on the prejudices and natural perceptions/beliefs that are commonly held (and you are the bad person for pointing it out until their true nature is revealed in some way).

hominid · 26 Jan 2019 at 22:24

I love stuff like this, thanks for the pointer!

wakadoo · 26 Jan 2019 at 22:50

love stuff like this, just ordered a chinese so going to try it out while eating, thank you.

Ninco! · 27 Jan 2019 at 19:20

I blame Freeview, loads of documentaries. Murder Maps is a high quality production, Deadly Women is another, Bizarre Murders and the tongue in cheek acting; all of which I cannot help but be drawn into!

Will have to check this out.

Ninco! · 1 Feb 2019 at 20:10

robfosters said:
Binge watched all four episodes last night.

Fascinating watch, he really was an interesting guy. Intelligent, charismatic, handsome, funny. The last kind of person you’d expect to be a serial killer, yet capable of such evil.

The show has lots of great video and audio footage, interviews with people involved and is a must watch for anyone with an interest in this kind of thing. It’s amazing to see how far we’ve come with technology as well since those days.

One thing though for people that watched it.

I know it was the seventies, but Bundy was on the FBI most wanted list. How did the Florida cops have him for so long without knowing his identity. He was being paraded on the telly every five minutes lol!

I caught up on this series this week - I knew the name but not of the actual crimes.

There are moments when you think... Is this the same person who could commit such heinous crimes?

And then there are moments when you are left with no doubt.

Your summary is spot on.

Hades · 3 Feb 2019 at 21:33

I knew about him and heard about it when I was younger. But it was fascinating to see just the extent of what he did.

CircleFaust · 15 Feb 2019 at 14:15

watched all these, it was good to get an insight. he even had the Judge charmed who wished him all the best after his conviction

robfosters · 15 Feb 2019 at 14:57

CircleFaust said:
watched all these, it was good to get an insight. he even had the Judge charmed who wished him all the best after his conviction

Tbh, I found the well wishing and sympathetic way he addressed Bundy after the verdict as a bit of a kick in the teeth to the victims families. Judge should have just taken the usual route of calling him out for being a cold sadistic killer and nothing else.

Musty Pie · 18 Feb 2019 at 07:35

robfosters said:
Tbh, I found the well wishing and sympathetic way he addressed Bundy after the verdict as a bit of a kick in the teeth to the victims families. Judge should have just taken the usual route of calling him out for being a cold sadistic killer and nothing else.

As a judge seeing a man self litigate at the level Bundy did, clearly indicates he was an intelligent man. His comment was fair. It was a waste of a life .

CircleFaust · 20 Feb 2019 at 15:25

robfosters said:
Tbh, I found the well wishing and sympathetic way he addressed Bundy after the verdict as a bit of a kick in the teeth to the victims families. Judge should have just taken the usual route of calling him out for being a cold sadistic killer and nothing else.

yeah i kind of felt the same

Ayahuasca · 20 Feb 2019 at 16:41

Musty Pie said:
As a judge seeing a man self litigate at the level Bundy did, clearly indicates he was an intelligent man. His comment was fair. It was a waste of a life .

Yep, I think people take what the judge said the wrong way, he was not sympathising with Bundy.