Bundy’s Early Years and the 1974 Campus Alley Murder

The episode traces Ted Bundy's upbringing, contested family myths, and his constructed public persona, then turns to the night Georgann Hawkins vanished from a campus alley in Seattle—an event that opened federal attention to his crimes across Washington, Utah, Colorado, Florida, and beyond. It examines how early misrepresentations of his past intersect with forensic evidence, courtroom strategy, and multiple escapes that shaped the national response to a serial killer’s trail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices