Arlene Bynon

And I don't think I am a bitch. I think that I'm just very clear, that's all.

And I don't think I am a bitch. I think that I'm just very clear, that's all.

You think it's because I'm frightened?

You think it's because I'm frightened?

Not frightened, no.

Not frightened, no.

And I'm Arlene Bynum. This is Episode 1, The Olsen Tapes.

And I'm Arlene Bynum. This is Episode 1, The Olsen Tapes.

This is me about 35 years ago. I was hosting one of Toronto's most popular afternoon radio news programs. I got to do it all on this job, reporting hard news, producing documentaries, interviewing celebrities and politicians. But this week, in 1989, I took listeners deep into the case of Ted Bundy.

This is me about 35 years ago. I was hosting one of Toronto's most popular afternoon radio news programs. I got to do it all on this job, reporting hard news, producing documentaries, interviewing celebrities and politicians. But this week, in 1989, I took listeners deep into the case of Ted Bundy.

It was about 10 years after his trial, but the story still fascinated me.

It was about 10 years after his trial, but the story still fascinated me.

I saw myself in his victims, and I was desperate to learn what could make ordinary men monsters. In Bundy's case, there was a journalist who'd been able to ask the question to Bundy himself. I'd like to welcome to Chronicle Stephen Michaud. Good afternoon.

I saw myself in his victims, and I was desperate to learn what could make ordinary men monsters. In Bundy's case, there was a journalist who'd been able to ask the question to Bundy himself. I'd like to welcome to Chronicle Stephen Michaud. Good afternoon.

Stephen Michaud had been granted extensive access to Bundy over months. He was able to extract information from Bundy that police never were. His interviews led to some of the only insight the public really had into Bundy's crimes, into this new kind of killer.

Stephen Michaud had been granted extensive access to Bundy over months. He was able to extract information from Bundy that police never were. His interviews led to some of the only insight the public really had into Bundy's crimes, into this new kind of killer.

By this time, serial killers had become sort of a beat for me. I interviewed experts, I learned what I could of the research that existed back then, and it all led to me being interviewed about Bundy on national TV. What I didn't know then was that the show was playing on a TV in Kingston Penitentiary, a maximum security prison home to Canada's most notorious criminals.

By this time, serial killers had become sort of a beat for me. I interviewed experts, I learned what I could of the research that existed back then, and it all led to me being interviewed about Bundy on national TV. What I didn't know then was that the show was playing on a TV in Kingston Penitentiary, a maximum security prison home to Canada's most notorious criminals.

Soon after the show aired, I got a letter. It was really a taunt. It read, It was signed, Clifford Robert Olson. Nearly a decade earlier, Olson was one of the first to get the label of serial killer in Canada. From the end of 1980 to the summer of 1981, Olson had abducted, raped and killed 11 young people in the province of British Columbia.

Soon after the show aired, I got a letter. It was really a taunt. It read, It was signed, Clifford Robert Olson. Nearly a decade earlier, Olson was one of the first to get the label of serial killer in Canada. From the end of 1980 to the summer of 1981, Olson had abducted, raped and killed 11 young people in the province of British Columbia.