Ted Bundy: The Killer Next Door

by Steven Winn

Very Good mass market paperback Solid binding with some reading creases on spine. Clean interior pages clean and free of markings save for previous owner's name written on title page. Light shelfwear to corners and edges. short 1" long corner crease to top front corner of cover. 359 pages. 7" X 4.25" Includes 32 pages of black and white photos of Bundy and the murder victims. Ted Bundy is linked forever in the eyes of many Americans with the worst string of sex killings in our history. He is the prime suspect in the brutal murders of more than 30 young women from coast to coast. The corpses were found in beds, ravines, snowbanks, even a hog shed, many of them raped, stangled, or bludgeoned to death, their bodies dumped. Bundy denies everything. Once this charming, good-looking, brilliant law student lived the All-american dream. Now he is waiting to die. Sentenced to death in the electric chair, he refuses to admit any guilt. Is he in fact the killer next door? or is he totatlly innocent? Will he be executed? or will he finally win his appeal?

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

Reviews

[Terry Cornell · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've read several books on Ted Bundy, and probably nowhere near all of them! It seems like just about every true crime writer has tackled this one-man crime wave. This combo of journalist and fiction writers Steven Winn and David Merrill do a good job of summarizing Bundy with out a dry, just-the-facts approach. The authors even make the sometimes boring court room procedures interesting. I didn't give the book a four rating, because none of their material is sourced, even though it does seem accurate based on my other reading. A fast read considering it is a long book.

[Fishface · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the book I guess I have been looking for all along when it comes to the Ted case. Told me all the interesting details I've never seen anywhere on the lives and personalities of his victims, the hassles faced by investigators in the wake of the crimes and a very colorful account of the courtroom antics of everyone involved. All the interesting stuff, no dullsville repetition of court transcripts. And here I find some real evidence behind Ted's last-minute statements that alcohol had a lot to do with the progress of his life. Not a boring or irrelevant line in here. Read it by all means.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Old School Bundy book. Interesting seeing the differences between here and older books, when the trials were wrapped up.

[Bonsauce Webb · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s a bit dry at the beginning and can feel heavy to get through. But once you get to when the criminal case and trial starts, it does become a more interesting read.

[Robert]

He acted polite; he was very intelligent, and handsome. Nobody would ever suspect him of committing horrible crimes. In the book, Ted Bundy: The Killer Next Door by Steven Winn, a college graduate and an assistant to the governor of Washington is suspected of murdering women in the states of Washington and Utah . His name is Ted Bundy, a law student living in Utah isn’t happy about the police suspecting him of committing such evil crimes and is willing to defend himself in court. The police thought Ted was suspecious because when a police officer was behind him, he fled. When the officer caught up to him, he found a bunch of burglary tools in the trunk of his car. A would be victim named, Carol DaRonch escaped from the clutches of the murderer and immediately told the police. The authorities gave her a pile of pictures of criminals and the girl picked out Bundy’s picture. When asked about the murders in Colorado and Utah, Ted said, “I was so busy going to law school at U.P.S. I didn’t have time to read the papers. I wasn’t even aware of it. I don’t read that kind of news”. This book would shock you because it’s about a person that you would’nt even suspect of being a murderer. If you like crime and mystery, I do recommend this book. It’s also about a man trying to stay alive and his mind together while everyone else just wants him dead. “I’ll plead not guilty right now”-Ted Bundy.

[Tony Baker · Rating 4 out of 5]

This might be my favorite Bundy book. Wish I could find a copy of it that's in halfway decent shape!

[Big John Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was attending the University of Alabama when the Chi Omega murders occurred at nearby Florida State University. Women were afraid on campus after the shocking murders, wondering who did it and could it happen here. This book was one of the first books written about Ted Bundy and his murder spree. It was the first true crime book I had read. The book has 36 pages of photos and was very well written. It covered the victims and the investigators and reporters that covered the murders well. It was a thorough and interesting read which kept me glued to the pages until the finish. I later read Ann Rule's "The Stranger Beside Me" and did not like it as well.

[Judy Tarver · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another of the earlier books published about the crimes of Bundy and is well researched and well written. A good addition to one’s collection of books regarding this case.