When is Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes released on Netflix and what’s it about?
TED Bundy is at the centre of a dark and chilling new Netflix documentary.
It was released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of his death - here's everything you need to know.
When is Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes released on Netflix?
You can watch this new series on Netflix NOW.
The documentary was deliberately scheduled for release on January 24, 2019, as this was the 30th anniversary of his death.
Created by Emmy winner Joe Berlinger, the four episodes will sample unheard audio of interviews with Bundy while he was on death row in Florida.
It also includes present-day interviews and archive footage.
What's Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes about?
The docuseries brings the infamously twisted mind of serial killer Ted into the light for the very first time with never-before-heard interviews from the “Jack the Ripper of the United States,” himself.
This unique series focuses on a man whose personality, good looks and social graces defied the serial-killer stereotype, allowing him to hide in plain sight as he committed the brutal sex-crime slayings of more than 30 women before being caught in 1978.
While on trial, Bundy received extraordinary adoration from American women, which made his gruesome crimes doubly haunting, even in an era of anything-goes mayhem.
How was Ted Bundy executed?
The execution of smooth-talking serial killer Ted was celebrated by hundreds of people who chanted "burn, Bundy, burn" outside his death chamber.
The cold-blooded murderer, who confessed to killing 30 women the night before he died, was electrocuted in Florida on January 24, 1989, aged 42.
That day, hundreds of people gathered outside Florida State Prison to cheer on the execution – creating a "circus atmosphere" outside, according to journalist Jon Word.
His death even inspired Souvenir T-shirts which were sold among the crowd, some of who chanted “Burn, Bundy, burn” and set off fireworks when his death was confirmed.
The sex-crazed psychopath – who would often abuse the dead bodies of his victims – spent the night crying and praying before his state-sanctioned killing.
He also spent time with FBI agent Bill Hagmaier mapping out his murders state-by-state.
While he confessed to 30 killings across seven US states in the 1970s, many people who have studied his case believe the number is much larger.
Who is in the cast of Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes?
The documentary has all of the original people featured in it, as the tapes are legitimate and authentic and completely unedited.
The telly giant unveiled the doc, which features hours of previously unheard footage of the serial killer, on the 30th anniversary of his execution - warning: "Don't watch it alone."
Bundy confessed to killing 36 women and young girls in America in the 1970s, with the film using Death Row tapes, interviews and old footage to tell the chilling story.
The show - whose full title is Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes - centres around recordings made of Bundy talking about himself in the third person.