Katie Ring

And at some point during his first semester in Philadelphia, Ted decided to give in to those desires.

One night in 1969, the 23-year-old drove to Ocean City, New Jersey, and tried to approach a young woman outside of a bar.

His plan was to kidnap her once her guard was down, but apparently the conversation didn't go the way he planned.

Eventually, Ted tried to grab the woman, but she was thankfully able to escape.

Meanwhile, Ted rushed back home and managed not to get caught.

Tragically, the experience only made him more determined to try again.

After only a couple months at Temple University, Ted moved back to Washington with a new scheme.

By day, he would work hard to appear as normal as possible, to seem like he was above suspicion.

Once that image was in place, he could unleash his dark side at night, a persona he called the entity.

That was the real Ted Bundy, the one he'd been struggling to contain all his life.

And now he was ready to embrace it.

The first step of Ted's plan was to find another steady girlfriend.

In September of 1969, he met a divorced single mother named Elizabeth Klepfer at a bar.

24-year-old Elizabeth was smart and mature.

She had to be to take care of her three-year-old daughter all on her own.

From the moment they started dating, Elizabeth was clear she was looking for something serious.

So if Ted expected to stay with her, he would need to get his act together.

That played right into Ted's hands.

He told Elizabeth he was planning to go back to college, then law school after he graduated, and Elizabeth took him at his word.

She had so much faith in him, she even paid his tuition when he went back to the University of Washington in 1970.