the last ten years, the homicide rate has increased by leaps and bounds. my god, somebody fired a shot! these tragedies keep getting closer and closer to home. i m afraid to let my kids walk out the door. the interurban crime wave has touched off a new round of gun buying. step out, mr. bundy. i ll plead not guilty right now. there has been a disturbing growth in cult phenomenon in this country. i shall be god. and beside me there shall be no other. all the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. the 70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. at the time of a mass murder, there s a lot of media coverage. but usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perp
during a court hearing break he was left alone in a law library. he bailed out of the second floor window and escaped. he high tailed it in the woods. he got lost up there. he probably would have died of exposure if they didn t arrest him. they caught him. he was put back in jail. in christmas time 1977 he escaped again. bundy starved down to less than 140-pounds slipped through a hole in his cell and was free again. the fbi put bundy on its ten most wanted list. posters were circulated throughout the nation. ted did not have a plan when he escaped. he just wanted to get as far away from where he might be identified as he could. so he stole a car and went to florida. his new quart ers are cramped. bundy was living in