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Rachel Sharp

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

So this is a real marker of how arrogant this man is.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

He had actually studied law at two different universities.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

He was very intelligent and he actually represented himself.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

And what is insane about this is that that meant that the two survivors of the attack in the sorority house, Karen Pryor and Kathy Kleiner, were forced to go on the witness stand and be cross-examined by the man who would try to beat them to death.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

Exactly.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

So it's just, yeah, crazy that they were just totally re-traumatized in that way, having to go through that all over again.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

And as you say, he also attracted a fan following, which is bizarre that so many people were supporting this man.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

And he ended up being found guilty and being convicted of the murders of Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy in the sorority house, as well as the attempted murders of the three other students who survived.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

Then he had the trial after that of Kimberly Leach.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

And this was the one trial he actually decided not to represent himself.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

And instead, his team went for a different tactic, claiming he was not guilty by reason of insanity.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

What he did then was yet another bizarre thing.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

So he was convicted, he was sentenced to death.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

During the death penalty phase, when he was, you know, arguing that he shouldn't be sentenced to death, he actually got married in the courtroom.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

To who?

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

To his longtime lover, Carol Boone.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

She had taken the stand.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

He decided he would cross-examine her, and he asked her to marry him on the stand.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

And it turned out they'd actually got a marriage license a few days earlier, and they were married in the courtroom.

The Trial: USA
The Ted Bundy Murder That Took 50 Years to Prove

And actually, she gave birth to his child...