Born on November 24, 1946, Ted was an illegitimate child. Leading an apparently normal childhood--a member of the Boy Scouts, playing little league baseball--Ted became attached to his grandfather, perhaps seeing him as a surrogate father. When Ted's mother moved them to Washington state, it began to grow apparent that Ted was developing abnormally--he tended to avoid other children and had a violent temper which he could not control.

As a teenager, Ted grew fond of voyeurism--he used to watch women in his neighborhood undress as he stood in the dark outside of their windows. When he finished high school he was known to sneak out at night in order to do this. He found that seeing women in vulnerable situations made him more attracted to them--for example, at one time, he disabled one woman's car, just to see her made more vulnerable. He also expressed the desire to acquire things--theft became a passion to him. Social standing was also important to him. He very much wanted to break out of the working class he was born into, thus, he joined political groups defined by high class. In his need to possess expensive items--including attractive women--he created fictions for himself: "suave and stylish Ted, wealthy and successful Ted, brilliant and accomplished Ted, famous celebrity Ted" (Time-Life).

Going to college in 1965 on a scholarship, Ted was an above average student. In college, Ted became the model citizen, earning a commendation from the Seattle Police Department and joining the Republican Party. He also worked alongside with crime writer Ann Rule (who wrote the novel The Stranger Beside Me based on her experiences with Ted) at a suicide hotline. Rule argues that "If, as many people believe today, Ted Bundy took lives, he also saved lives. I know he did, because I was there when he did it."

Graduating in 1972 from college, Bundy went into politics and attended law school at night. But, by January 1974, his dark voyeuristic side had propelled him to climb into girls' apartments and proceed to beat them.

And, from there, the killings began.

What follows is a montage of photographs from Ted's childhood.

Ted showing off his snowman in 1950.	Ted playing cowboys and Indians.
Decorating the Christmas tree in 1953.	With his stepfather in 1953.
High school graduation day in 1965.	Ted (far right) in a family picture in 1960.