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Red Square at the University of Washington Courtesy Gina Wilmoth
The cafeteria at the University of Washington where it opens up to Red Square, and it would be here where Dawn Kraut and Ted Bundy would end their 45 minute conversation which began inside the cafeteria on Thursday, December 4, 1975 Courtesy Gina Wilmoth
Bundy lived in this upstairs apartment at 364 Douglas Avenue near the University of Utah law school. Courtesy Francine Bardole
The left apartment of this duplex on Redondo Ave was the home of Leslie Knutson and her son Josh, and after Bundy started dating Leslie, he stayed here often. Courtesy Francine Bardole
This was the home of Francine Bardole and her son, Larry Tucker. Just down the street, lived Leslie Knutson and her son, Josh. Although Francine and Leslie were friends, the real glue to that relationship was the friendship between Larry and Josh. Courtesy Francine Bardole
Aspen Courthouse in Aspen, Colorado. In June 1977, Bundy would jump out the far-left window on the top floor to make his escape into the wilds of Colorado.
The view from the window from which Bundy made his escape from the Aspen Courthouse.
The outdoor pool at the Wildwood Inn in Snowmass, Colorado
The sunken fireplace at the Wildwood Inn where Dr. Gadowski and his two children waited while Caryn Campbell retrieved a magazine from their room.
This is the location of the McMillan Elementary School in Murray, Utah where Bundy attacked Carol DaRonch after stopping his VW in this bus drop-off lane in front of the school.
The building across the side street from the fashion Place Mall. It would be here that Bundy led Carol DaRonch by falsely telling her it was a police substation
Ted Bundy’s rooming house at 565 First Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah
Viewmont High School, Bountiful, Utah
The front of Alameda Middle School where Bundy pulled up in his VW and waved Lynette Culver over to his car.
The walkway that runs in front of the library at CWSC, where Bundy was hunting for victims on April 17, 1974.
The area at CWSC where Bundy parked his car and led Susan Rancourt to it on the night of April 17, 1974 and abducted her after knocking her out with a crowbar. The train trestle at CWSC (where his VW was parked) crossed this road at an angle approximately where the red car is located. Bundy and his first potential victim, as well as victim Susan Rancourt, came from the left of the picture, having crossed the small bridge and Black Hall which is also on the left and not shown in this picture. The trail they took would have caused them to enter the area about where the asphalt separates the concrete sidewalk on the left of the photo. It’s important to note that the buildings in the foreground were not there in 1974, making it perhaps the most secluded area on campus.
The Rogers rooming house in Seattle, WA, where Bundy maintained a room on the second floor for almost six years, until he moved to Utah in September 1974.
The rooming house of Lynda Ann Healy near the University of Washington. It was here, in the early morning hours of February 1, 1974, when Ted Bundy would enter through an unlocked door, and after walking down to the basement, he attacked Healy and carried her unconscious into the night. Her partial remains would later be discovered on Taylor Mountain along with other known Bundy victims.
The library at Evergreen State College, to where Donna Manson was heading when she disappeared from a secluded walkway on the campus on March 12, 1974.
The Bundy residence at 1620 Sheridan Avenue in Tacoma, Washington. (Courtesy Gina Wilmoth)
The University of Puget Sound. Ted Bundy would enroll at the university and begin classes in September 1965, and would spends just two semesters at the school. (Courtesy of Gina Wilmoth)
There is an interesting, and what appears to be an impromptu, photograph taken of Bundy on the day he graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, where he stopped on this walkway. The black and white photo is grainy but still a good shot. And this is that walkway and Bundy was standing about a foot in front of the walkway separating line closest to the photographer, with his feet almost touching the grass. (Courtesy of Gina Wilmoth)
The Bundy residence at 3214 North 20th Street, Tacoma, Washington. The Bundy’s moved here in the mid-1960s.
Leslie Parmenter, who, at age14, barely escaped from Ted Bundy in a K-Mart parking lot in Jacksonville. Florida on February 8, 1978. This photograph of Leslie was taken one year later.
Dawn Kraut
On the evening of May 6, 1974, Kathy Parks and Lorraine Fargo, both Oregon State University students, spent a few minutes talking on the sidewalk area seen in the above photo. Afterward, Kathy crossed the small street and entered the Memorial Union Commons by way of the steps seen on the right; the steps being partly obscured by the street light. Minutes later, Ted Bundy introduced himself to Kathy and convinced her to leave with him.
The front of Alameda Middle School where Bundy pulled up in his VW and waved Lynette Culver over to his car.
The Chi Omega sorority house in Tallahassee, Florida
Central Washington State College in Ellensburg, WA, where Bundy kidnapped Susan Rancourt on April 17, 1974.
Ted Bundy unknown date by the Salt Lake Tribune
Bundy being led back to jail, Salt Lake City, Utah 1976. Photo by the Salt Lake Tribune
Ted Bundy being led to jail in Utah, 1976. Photo from the Salt Lake Tribune
Det. Donald Patchen, lead investigator for the Tallahassee PD into the Chi Omega murders of January 15, 1978.
The Seattle, Washington alley that runs behind Greek Row where Bundy encountered Georgann Hawkins and led her away to her death on June 11, 1974
Dante’s Tavern at 5300 Roosevelt Road, Seattle, Washington
Sandra Schwartz
Bryan Severson, the youth who “purchased” Bundy’s VW but wouldn’t be allowed to keep it very long.
Janice Ott
Kathy Parks
Susan Rancourt
Ted Bundy, in the hands of Utah law enforcement, 1976. Photo from the Salt Lake Tribune
Carol and Ted Bundy
Denise Naslund
Janice Ott
Georgann Hawkins
Brenda Ball
Ted Bundy after his second arrest in Utah, October 1975
Ted Bundy after his August 16, 1975 arrest in Granger, Utah
One of the many secluded trails at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington where Donna Manson disappeared on March 12, 1974
The parking lot, now paved, where Ted Bundy led Georgann Hawkins to his car in the early morning hours of June 11, 1974 and attacked her
Ted Bundy’s boyhood home at 658 N. Skyline Drive, Tacoma, Washington
The Ann Marie Burr home at 3009 North 14th Street, Tacoma, Washington
The rear portion of the Holiday Inn in Pocatello, Idaho
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I read the first four books and learned so many new details I never knew even though I grew up in Tallahassee. One thing I wondered is that while I don’t think Linda healey was the first murder of Ted she does resemble Diane Edwards the most they could be twins. No one seems to mention that. It does seem to appear he stalked her awhile. I also have a lot of curiosity about other possible victims still not atributed to Ted.
Hi APH,
First, thanks for the good words about my Bundy books!
You’re correct, Healy was not his first murder, but it was the first after he launched himself into unabated murder at the dawn of 1974, knowing he was never going to stop until he was either captured or killed. And yes, both Healy and Edwards were dark haired and quite striking to look at. And one could easily say that the similarity in looks could have contributed to Lynda’s disappearance; that is, Bundy chose her because of her looks. Unfortunately that is something we’ll never know. From all of my years of experience studying and writing about this case, I am of two minds when it comes to the abduction of Lynda Healy: On the one hand, it may be that he knew Lynda and was stalking her. This is something I’ve considered. However, I’ve also considered that the attack on the home that night/early morning, may have been totally random (after he spotted a group of women at Dante’s and followed them home), and that Bundy had no idea who was actually in that room when he entered it? We will never know conclusively one way or another. My personal feeling is that he knew of Healy (rather than “knowing” her), and he may have recognized her in Dante’s Tavern earlier in the evening. That said, he may have had his eyes on the other two women with her too (there was a guy with them as well), and perhaps he wanted one of them that night? Again, these are things we will never know. There were one or two odd calls to the house later that night around, I believe, 8:00 p.m. on that Feb. 1st – some 16 or 17 hours after Lynda vanished. After one of the women answered it, they could only hear breathing over the line, and they caller refused to talk. I can’t prove it, but I believe that was Bundy. Anyway, i hope this helps.
Thanks for the contact. 🙂
Thanks for sharing this, Kevin. Your Encyclopaedia is on my wish list.
You’re most welcome, Fiz. And thanks! 🙂
Hi Kevin, I am a psychiatric Nurse Practitioner intrigued by the psychosocial development of TB. Am starting to devour your writings on TB.
Questions:
The Elizabeth Lund home only released some of their records on Louise and Ted saying Louise would not sign for all of them. Are they obtainable now that both of them are deceased?
Did Ted grow up calling her Louise or Mom? How disorienting and frustrating to have never been given an explanation.
Being left at the home for some months and then taken home by an ambivalent mother, and having to sense his birth having been a misfortune that must be hidden and never talked about, all the while the family presenting as healthy had a poisonous impact on his psyche.
Also the grandfather, if he was indeed sadistic and Ted was close to him he would have wanted to emulate his grandfather. Apparently he had access to the grandfather’s sadistic magazines. No one intervened, instead it was unaddressed. Then being taken away from his grandfather and moving in with strangers with his much older sister…
His early years were dreadful but had to be presented as stellar, not to mention genetic loading. A breeding ground for unbonded rage And it’s asked “what went wrong?”
Hi Carol, and thanks for the contact…
I’ll be happy to answer your questions and give you the facts that always “bust” the myths. And there are a number of myths about Bundy’s childhood. One recently put to rest (thank God!) was the myth that Bundy’s grandfather was actually his father. Although incest is a problem in society, the story never seemed valid to me. And recently, a fellow I know obtained Bundy’s DNA from a source once close to Ted, had it tested, and grandfather Sam Cowell is not the father. So glad that one is now dead.
As far as the Lund home and their records, I have no idea how you can obtain them or even if they’re still available. Sorry.
I don’t know the exact time or days Louise left him at Lund, and frankly, it’s hard to tell myth from the truth for that one. When I was writing The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History, I stayed away from it because we do know Louise brought the child to her parents’ home in Philadelphia, and little teddy spent the first four plus years of his life there. Now, it wouldn’t surprise me if I found out she never left the child at Lund, and instead, took her baby immediately back to PA, but I can’t be dogmatic about it.
Now, the myth (and this is a BIG ONE) that Ted grew up believing his mother was his sister, and his grandparents were his mother and father, has become a mantra among the less-informed students and readers of the Bundy case. So what’s the truth of the matter? Well, if there ever was a mix up in Bundy’s head, it was completely cured by the time he moved with Louise to Brown’s Point, WA (close to Tacoma) when he was either 4 or no later than 5-years-old. When Bundy was asked about this (as someone recently told me) he shrugged it off and called it BS. Here are the facts: after Louise married Johnnie Bundy, Johnnie adopted Ted and gave him his last name. From their union came four additional children. As those children grew up, they all knew Ted was their elder brother, and Ted would always refer to Louise as mom. Bundy’s two best friends when he was young (Terry Storwick and Warren Dodge) knew Louise was his mother and that Johnnie was his adoptive father. In the end, Bundy always knew who his real mother was. If there ever was any truth to this, it was cleared up when he was a very small boy.
As to Sam Cowell and the Cowell home in Philadelphia, and whether or not it was filled with moral depravity (to the degree people talk about today); such as to warp little Teddy, I have my doubts, and here’s why: While it may be true that Sam Cowell had a problem with anger, and there may have been an incident or two in the home (again, lot’s of things have been said and determining the truth can often be difficult), Bundy said he had nothing but fond memories of the man. Bundy also spoke to Dr. Al Carlisle about how much he liked living with the family in Philadelphia. So there is no record of Bundy stating anything was wrong or weird about the family. Also, I know a fellow who Interviewed Bundy’s aunt Audrey twice and it was clear to him she didn’t agree with these assessments at all. Could she be lying? Of course, but to what end? One more myth: They say Bundy got into Same Cowell’s porno collection, and that’s what got Ted on the wrong course; and because this rumor has persisted, I did include it in The Bundy Murders. However, if Sam Cowell had a collection of skin magazines, just how much pleasure could a 3, 4, or 5-year-old get out a bunch of pictures of naked women? Not much I suspect. However, when Bundy was interviewed by the late Louisville criminologist, Ronald M. Holmes, Bundy said when he was a teenager (and you can read this in my latest book, The Enigma of Ted Bundy) he discovered true detective magazines (there were 5 or 6 at that time and I remember them well) in the garbage cans in his neighborhood, and Bundy made a mental note of which houses purchased them. And these publications, with their outrageous violent and sexual covers, fascinated Ted Bundy far more than even soft pornography, because they contained images of not just scantly clad women, but women in the grip of fear who were bound and ready to be killed. Bundy would later confess to Bill Hagmaier that not only were these his favorite magazines, but that he would sometimes duplicate with his victims the scenes he’d seen on the covers of the detective magazines.
I hope this helps.
take care,
Kevin