Miniseries – Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

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Jan 2019

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Ted Bundy was one of America's most notorious serial killers. He was convicted in the deaths of more than 30 women before being caught in 1978. Thirty years after Bundy's 1989 execution, this docuseries brings viewers into the mind of the criminal known as the Jack Ripper of the United States. Oscar-nominated director Joe Berlinger pieces together archival footage and audio recordings of Bundy that were made while he was on death row to provide the unique perspective of hearing the killer analyze his own life and motives. More than 100 hours of interviews were used to create this four-part series.

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Critics Consensus

Laced with troubling irony, Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes skirts introspection, making it just as elusive as its subject.

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Sam Adams

Slate

02/05/2019

Joe Berlinger's four-hour Netflix series about Ted Bundy is called Conversations with a Killer, but its dialogues tend to only run one way.

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Lucy Mangan

Guardian

02/04/2019

2/5

When your first thought is how much the murderer would have loved to see this day, you know you've got a problem.

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Matt Zoller Seitz

New York Magazine/Vulture

01/31/2019

Conversations with a Killer seems largely unaware of its own obliviousness.

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Melissa Camacho

Common Sense Media

08/20/2025

The formulaic and sensational docuseries takes viewers down an already well-publicized path that reveals what Ted Bundy was like and how far-reaching and violent his killing sprees and post-murder rituals were.

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Bonnie Burton

CNET

05/30/2019

Fascinating true-crime fanatics all over social media, but the new docuseries makes me want to look over my shoulder like I did during Bundy's reign of terror.

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John Tones

Espinof

02/28/2019

3.5/5

The series draws its strength precisely from what many have misunderstood as an error that serial killers are perfectly capable of integrating as the neighbor next door. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Mar 3

A wild ride of a true crime series!

Samuel W

@jockhater2 11/27/2024

I pretty much binged watched it because I found it so fascinating. I didn’t know really anything at all about Ted Bundy but after watching this. I am disturbed.

Connor S

@CWSutherland 10/14/2022

I couldn't stop watching... I'm shocked at just how captivating this horrific saga that I previously knew little about turned out to be.

09/11/2020

Чудесна документальна стрічка, яка показала наскільки Злучені Штати не були готовими до зустрічі з метким серійним убивцею. Із шоком та здивуванням спостерігав за тим, якою дірявою була система супроводження та охорони підозрюваного у стількох убивствах, за тим як та скільки разів Банді тікав від копів. Серія обов'язкова до перегляду!

Jessica C

@RT35720282 04/20/2020

"The Ted Bundy Tapes"? More like "The Try to stay awake during the first episode Tapes". Good God. They claim to have around 100 hours of Ted Bundy having a monologue and telling his story. Guess how much you've heard about that in the first episode? Maybe 10 mins. I stopped watching after the first episode, haven't seen something this boring in a long time.

samuel l

@RT76616206 03/21/2020

A good introduction to the disturbing life of Ted Bundy.

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Justin Wilkes

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Jon Doran

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Episode 1

Aired Jan 24, 2019

Handsome Devil

Two journalists set out to get the definitive story of infamous serial killer Ted Bundy, as told by the man himself.

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Episode 2

Aired Jan 24, 2019

One of Us

As investigators search for a suspect in the string of murders near Seattle, a woman manages to escape the killer's clutches in Utah.

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Episode 3

Aired Jan 24, 2019

Not My Turn to Watch Him

Following several brazen escapes, Bundy flees to Florida, where he unleashes a wave of atrocities; a simple traffic stop spawns a mystery.

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Episode 4

Aired Jan 24, 2019

Burn Bundy Burn

Bundy's double-murder trial transforms into a bizarre circus with an unhinged ringleader; the accused makes a last-ditch effort to stay alive.

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Director: Joe Berlinger
Executive Producer: Justin Wilkes, Jon Doran, Jon Kamen
Network: Netflix
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Documentary, Crime
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jan 24, 2019

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