Katie Ring
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Friends even recall Ted provoking Johnny and Johnny sometimes responding with violence.
They looked like a happy family on the outside, but Ted was just as miserable as he'd been in Philly.
And things only got worse when Ted found his birth certificate one day.
That's when he learned the truth, that his birth father had abandoned him and his older sister was actually his mom.
As you'd expect, it turned his world upside down.
Ted became consumed by his bitterness.
He felt rejected and insecure.
And as a teenager, he developed a reputation for being kind of a loner.
His attitude was strange to his classmates because on the surface, Ted seemed to have it all.
He was smart, good-looking, and well-spoken.
A lot of the girls at his high school wondered why he'd never went on dates.
That's the thing about insecurity, though.
It isn't always rational.
Despite everything he had going for him, Ted never felt like he fit in, especially around young women.
He was interested in girls, but Ted wasn't able to express those desires in a healthy way.
He was more comfortable being on the outside looking in.
Somewhere he was in control.
So instead of letting himself be vulnerable, he started sneaking out at night to take walks around his neighborhood, stalking women and peeping on them as they got dressed.
He'd fantasize about dominating these women and controlling them.
He graduated high school in 1965 when he was 18 with average grades and moved on to the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.