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Miniseries – Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

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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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Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes — Miniseries

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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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review Matt Zoller Seitz New York Magazine/Vulture 01/31/2019
Conversations with a Killer seems largely unaware of its own obliviousness. Go to Full Review Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media Aug 20
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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review 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] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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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. See more Connor S 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. See more 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! See more Jessica C 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. See more samuel l 03/21/2020 A good introduction to the disturbing life of Ted Bundy. See more 01/06/2020 doesnt really shed any new light on bundy. does show how incompetent multiple law enforcement agencies were. once again, they allowed in bundy claiming that his problems started with the viewing of pornography, even though in multiple searches of his residences, no pornography was ever found. bundy was born a sociopath...whatever happened in his childhood home triggered his impulses to rape and kill...and despite this docs attempt to connect events of the 60s and 70s into explaining the "rise" of serial killers...it's a stretch. we know that serial killers go back as long as civilization has existed, its just that law enforcement had very little ability to connect multiple murders and disappearances to specific individuals. See more Read all reviews
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Kathleen McChesney

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Bob Keppel

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Stephen Michaud

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Joe Berlinger

Director

Justin Wilkes

Executive Producer

Jon Doran

Executive Producer

Episodes

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. Details 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. Details 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. Details 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. Details

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Season Info

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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