Author(s): Jereena Babu

Abstract: Crimes are not something that is hidden from the eyes of the public. But some crimes have their way of being kept secret from the eyes of those hunting down the ones behind this atrocity, namely serial killers. This would not be possible unless the murder was planned out in such a way that was undetectable by the police and for that to happen it was necessary that the person committing the murders had higher-order thinking skills and a unique way of planning a murder so clean and perfect. Ted Bundy, being the handsome heartthrob of many young women despite them knowing his background of killing spree is the main subject of this research paper and through the unveiling of his psychopathic pattern of crime and his pattern of victim choosing, the murders of one of the greatest serial killers of all time are studied and exposed to have a better understanding of what methodology worked through the criminal mastermind’s head.

Keywords: Serial killer, Ted Bundy, young women, higher-order thinking skills, psychopathic.

Article Info: Received: 08 Nov 2020; Received in revised form: 09 Dec 2020; Accepted: 19 Dec 2020; Available online: 27 Dec 2020

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.56.57