Carol DaRonch: The Survivor Who Escaped Bundy
The episode follows the 1974 incident in Salt Lake City when Carol DaRonch was almost abducted by a man posing as a police officer and the evidence that turned a string of unsolved murders into a focu...
4 Aug 20min
Bundy’s Courtroom Gambit: Self‑Representation, Spectacle, and the Evidence
This episode examines Ted Bundy’s bold decision to represent himself during the Florida trials, how he turned the courtroom into a stage, and the evidence that ultimately exposed his performance as a ...
4 Aug 17min
The Chi Omega Trial: Forensic Evidence, Media, and the Making of a Legal Landmark
This episode dives into the 1979 Florida murders of Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy, the courtroom drama that brought the case into national television, and how forensic bite‑mark testimony and media co...
4 Aug 22min
Susan Rancourt: The Unsolved Vanishing that Still Echoes in the Bundy Saga
This episode examines the 1974 disappearance of 18‑year‑old Susan Rancourt, the witness reports of a Volkswagen Beetle and an arm‑sling‑bearing suspect, and the forensic and investigative challenges t...
4 Aug 21min
The Washington Murders and the Search for a Pattern
This episode unpacks the early Washington disappearances that prompted investigators to look for a serial killer, focusing on Lynda Ann Healy, Donna Gail Manson, and other women who vanished in 1974. ...
4 Aug 20min
Lake Sammamish: Bundy's Bold Abduction of Ott & Naslund
In this episode we revisit the July 1974 Lake Sammamish abductions that exposed Ted Bundy’s audacious tactic of posing in a Beetle to lure Janice Ott and Denise Naslund. Through witness testimony, veh...
4 Aug 23min
Bundy’s Impersonation of Authority: How a Killer Played the Badge
The episode examines Ted Bundy’s habit of posing as a police officer or emergency responder—most famously during the Carol DaRonch kidnapping—and how this strategy enabled him to manipulate victims, e...
4 Aug 23min
Bundy’s Courtroom Marriage, Escapes, and the Final Confessions
This episode traces the moment Ted Bundy wed Carole Ann Boone inside a Florida courtroom, his two high‑profile escapes from custody, the confessions he offered in the weeks leading to his execution, a...
4 Aug 22min
