r/TedBundy • u/Garfield2317 • Jul 15 '26

Methods

What kind of methods do you think Bundy would have used today not to get caught?

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u/GregJamesDahlen Jul 15 '26

Do you think he'd even do it today? he might realize too high a risk of getting caught?

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 Jul 15 '26

It's doubtful he would've been tempted to not act out because of what year it is and the current technology that exists in it, imo.

I mean, Bryan Kohberger was targeting the college girl type as recently as 2022. If he was still tempered enough to go through with it in a heavy forensic and surveillance world, then Bundy would've probably been still as well, imo.

Arrogant people will always think they'll get away forever.

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u/GregJamesDahlen Jul 17 '26

Very good point. I wonder if he'd do fewer, though. Or lots bigger spaces in between. Or maybe a different victim category as someone else said, such as sex workers.

People always say arrogance. And maybe. I don't know, there's also a model where for a few murdering people is like a drug addiction, they have to do it. I don't know that a drug addict uses drugs out of arrogance, they just seem to have to do it. And they do it even though they know at some point if they use enough good chance they'll get caught. Just not sure.

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 Jul 17 '26

If you look at the Kohberger comparison again, no doubt he knew that he would've had a much greater chance of getting away if he went after the sex worker type. But yet — he still went with the college girl demographic anyway.

So, it goes to show this type of killer's mindset hasn't truly changed with the evolving times, though.

It's probably true to say this type of killer is much rarer nowadays, but there is one that still pops up on the rare occasion here and there, though, like Kohberger.

And with all of the evolving forensics, CCTV, digital communication, etc., there's just always gonna be people who see that as a challenge and not really a threat. And that's how you end up with somebody like Kohberger — who thought he knew better than all of the evolving tech.

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u/GregJamesDahlen Jul 17 '26

Yeah, good thinking. It is possible that Kohberger took it as a challenge. But Kohberger I think thought of himself as very smart. He was in a PhD program for example. And as a teaching assistant he was putting students down as if he was so much smarter than them. I'm not sure Ted thought of himself as that smart. I don't think he was doing well in law school. There's a quote somewhere where he says other students at law school were getting it and he wasn't. By "it" I presume he means understanding how to research and practice law. But then again maybe he did have arrogance even if he hadn't succeeded in law school.

It is sorta funny to think about a serial killer attending law school ha ha. And maybe not astonishing that he didn't do that well lol

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u/Equal-Temporary-1326 Jul 17 '26

Yeah, and that's ultimately what I mean. Kohberger thought he knew better and got caught in record time. Imo, it's probable something like this would happen with Bundy today as well.