Ted Bundy Murder Cellar.

~ Another Bundy Blog.

My Salt Lake City trip was a bit of a disaster right from the start: my Mom passed away in July 2022 after a six year battle with Multiple Myeloma… then we got pregnant less than a month later after trying for over 2.5 years! Then as quickly as that happened, suddenly we weren’t anymore… despite not being in the best mindset mental health-wise, by Fall I was ready to get away. So, I planned a 4 day long trip to Salt Lake City in November 2022. Unfortunately I not only missed my flight there but I missed it home as well. I guess I just wasn’t at my best and it showed. I probably should have pushed the trip off but I did get through all the places I wanted to see.

We all know that Ted left Seattle and moved to Salt Lake City to attend the University of Utah Law School in early September 1974. He resided in a few different apartments while in SLC: he lived at 565 1st Ave N from September 1974 to September 1975 then moved to 364 Douglas Street on September 26th, 1975. His 1st Ave address is roughly 15 minutes away from the cellar where Douglas Street is just 10 minutes away. In 1976 he briefly lived at 413 B Street while on trial for the kidnapping of Carol DaRonch.

This site in Emigration Canyon is supposedly where Bundy killed up to 12 girls, although there is absolutely no evidence whatsoever proving he ever stepped foot in the area. Ted never mentioned taking his victims to a cave or cellar in any capacity. No longer a cave, it’s now just a weird old shack sitting right in between Donner Way and a condominium complex. In my opinion, it sounds like it’s all just a local urban legend. Watching videos about this place before I went to Salt Lake, it looks like it’s in a super sketchy area in the middle of the woods but it was right by the Donner Pass and strangely enough, the condominium nearby was built in 1966 (meaning it was there when Bundy was active in Utah). I put this off until last because I was pretty sure Ted never killed anyone here (meaning if I missed it I wouldn’t have been too upset). I’m shocked at how out in the open this place is. Once I knew where I was going it was easily accessible, with well worn pathways that have been used frequently.

I couldn’t have summed it up better myself, screen grab courtesy of thisinterestsme.
An informative post about the cellar from someone local to Salt Lake City in Utah, screen grab courtesy of Reddit.
The entrance to the murder cellar… that’s a lovely wang spray painted on the gate.
A shot of the outside door of Teds alleged murder cellar, photo taken in November 2022.
A shot of the outside of the cellar door of Teds supposed murder cellar, photo taken in November 2022.
A shot of the outside of the cellar in comparison to the Canyon Crest Condominiums, photo taken in November 2022.
A shot of the inside of the cellar, photo taken in November 2022. That’s the furthest I was willing to go.
A broad shot of the outside of the cellar, photo taken in November 2022.
A shot of the outside of the cellar, photo taken in November 2022.
A shot of the wall surrounding the “cellar,” photo taken in November 2022.
The supposed murder cellar, photo taken in November 2022.
The well-worn path to the murder cellar, photo taken in November 2022.
Another picture of the well used path to the murder cellar, photo taken in November 2022.
My rental car by the street walking away from the murder cellar, photo taken in November 2022.
An opposite shot of Canyon Crest Condominiums in Salt Lake City, Utah, photo taken in November 2022.
A sign for Donner Hill, photo taken in November 2022.
A sign for Donner Hill, photo taken in November 2022.
A beautiful shot of the mountains in Salt Lake City, photo taken in November 2022.
The coordinates for this abandoned shack near Emigration Canyon in Utah are: 40.75135, -111.80201, photo courtesy of thisinterestsme.
Bundy’s apartment located at 565 1st Ave N in SLC, Utah. The top right window was his room.
Bundy’s apartment located at 364 Douglas Street in SLC, Utah.
Bundy’s apartment located at 413 B Street in SLC, Utah.

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