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"CHI OMEGA MASSACRE: TED BUNDY DEFENDS HIMSELF IN THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY" (Part 2 of 4)

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FBI profiler Robert Ressler asked Ted Bundy why he defended himself; Bundy replied, 'I enjoyed the spotlight. I enjoyed being my own lawyer. I enjoyed the challenge.'

This episode details the 1979 murder trial of serial killer Ted Bundy, who chose to defend himself in a nationally televised courtroom spectacle. It covers the key evidence, including groundbreaking bite mark analysis, Bundy's manipulative tactics like marrying his girlfriend mid-trial, and the jury's swift guilty verdict leading to his death sentence.

As heard by us

A televised courtroom performance is set against bite-mark testimony and the named human cost.

At Miami's Dade County Courthouse, the trial becomes less a dry legal proceeding than a portrait of Bundy's need to dominate whatever space he enters.

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Why you'd press play

Want a televised murder trial where Ted Bundy grabs the spotlight, then bite mark evidence pulls the room back to Lisa Levy's body?

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