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Ted Bundy and true crime: How we glamorize serial killers

By Madeline Fry Schultz
Published February 11, 2019 10:02pm ET
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Ted Bundy and true crime: How we glamorize serial killers
In this June 27, 1979 photo, Ted Bundy smiles during the second day of jury selection for his murder trial in a Dade County courtroom in Miami, Fla. on Jan. 15, 1978. | (AP Photo)

Ted Bundy was handsome. But he wasn’t hot.

This may sound like an unnecessary thing to say about a serial killer, but considering the way pop culture has reacted to the recent slew of Bundy content, it’s worth emphasizing. The murderer of 30 women and girls is having a moment, but that doesn’t mean he was anything more than extremely wicked, shockingly evil, and vile.

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