Ted Bundy

Ted Bundy

Michaud, in “The Hollow Men’, states that 1999 was the year of the murderous moral imbeciles, with the likes of Killer kids, the janitor at Yosemite, the ‘Railway Killer’ Angel Maturino Resendez, Mark Barton, and the deranged bigot Buford Furrow, to name a few. I say a few because, there remains an undisclosed number of cases still to be zeroed in. The name of Ted Bundy stands well above the rest. A handsome, well educated psychopathic law student, Bundy would stalk young women; win their confidence, before murdering them (Michaud, 2007).

Though many revelations have elucidated serial killers as habitual or addicted murderers, who show no remorse to refrain from indulging in their sadistic rites, there have been cases of some psychopaths refraining from their continued activities approach the police and confess their deeds. The mental state of these serial killers is quite intricate and psychologists work continuously in an effort to reveal this mystery.

Drug abuse, diminished mental state, personal tragedy, and the likes are causes attributed to such behavior. The law has been constantly working overtime to bring as many sinister offenders to book and their efforts are beginning to show. The number of related cases has 7shown a marked decrease, yet there remain a number of files, that has accumulated dust over the years.

As a youth, Ted was terribly shy, self-doubting and uncomfortable in social situations. He was often teased and bullied by others in junior high school. He wasn’t like the other children his age; “he looked and acted like them, but he was haunted by something else: a fear, a doubt.” Sometimes only a vague uneasiness inhabited his mind, and he felt this for years, and didn’t recognize it till much later. Despite being indifferent, Ted maintained a high grade-point average in school and later in college as well. Ted attended college at the University of Puget Sound and the University of Washington, and though he worked hard, he...