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You're listening to the Best of Chronicle. Good morning. I'm Arlene Bynum. This Tuesday in Florida State Prison, Theodore Robert Bundy was executed for the murder of two Florida co-eds and a 12-year-old girl.

You're listening to the Best of Chronicle. Good morning. I'm Arlene Bynum. This Tuesday in Florida State Prison, Theodore Robert Bundy was executed for the murder of two Florida co-eds and a 12-year-old girl.

On Chronicle this week, we dedicated an entire program to try and find out why this killer became an enigma of U.S. criminal justice.

On Chronicle this week, we dedicated an entire program to try and find out why this killer became an enigma of U.S. criminal justice.

Ted Bundy was certainly not the typical killer most of us have in our minds, and this charm explains his celebrity, even in death. It also explains how he lured a bevy of unsuspecting young girls to their graves.

Ted Bundy was certainly not the typical killer most of us have in our minds, and this charm explains his celebrity, even in death. It also explains how he lured a bevy of unsuspecting young girls to their graves.

I'm wondering how you are today.

I'm wondering how you are today.

I remember working on the story and interviewing you many years ago and learning the lesson that the person that I thought was lurking in the shadows for me may have a nice suit on and may be handsome. I learned that lesson. Do you think anybody else did?

I remember working on the story and interviewing you many years ago and learning the lesson that the person that I thought was lurking in the shadows for me may have a nice suit on and may be handsome. I learned that lesson. Do you think anybody else did?

From May to August, the families had to face the grim news their sons and daughters had been murdered, stabbed repeatedly or beaten to death.

From May to August, the families had to face the grim news their sons and daughters had been murdered, stabbed repeatedly or beaten to death.

All were nude. They are both male and female, picked up while walking, hitchhiking, waiting for a bus or looking for a job. Until recently, there was still hope some would be found alive.

All were nude. They are both male and female, picked up while walking, hitchhiking, waiting for a bus or looking for a job. Until recently, there was still hope some would be found alive.

For a brief moment in the year 2000, the city of Phoenix was on fire. You could see a glow in the sky. An arsonist was on the loose.

For a brief moment in the year 2000, the city of Phoenix was on fire. You could see a glow in the sky. An arsonist was on the loose.

The culprit will shock you.

The culprit will shock you.

From Novel and Sony Music Entertainment, listen to The Arsonist Next Door. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts to binge all episodes now, or listen weekly, wherever you get your podcasts.

From Novel and Sony Music Entertainment, listen to The Arsonist Next Door. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts to binge all episodes now, or listen weekly, wherever you get your podcasts.