As I come across them I’ve been putting my old Facebook posts onto my WordPress page (the one came way before the other). I saw this post about Richie Bundy as I was researching an article about Ted’s girlfriends.

“Richard Bundy is Ted Bundy’s half-brother, and was born to Ted’s mother, Louise, and his step-father, Johnny Bundy. Rich was born in 1961, in Tacoma, Washington, the place where Ted spent most of his childhood. The two had an age difference of around 15 years, but were considered to be extremely close.

In fact, in the docuseries (Amazons ‘Falling for a Killer’), Rich speaks of how he looked forward to spending most of his summers and vacations with Ted in Seattle. He looked up to Bundy as he was a positive influence in Rich’s life. Ted was well-educated and well-groomed, and gave a lot of attention to Rich. He often took Rich out for camping trips, or rafting in the lake. According to Richard, Ted seemed to have been the man who had his life figured out.

But Rich also realized in retrospect that there were moments where Ted would just act strange. One such moment is including in ‘Falling for a Killer’. Rich had paid a visit to Ted during a holiday, and the two were meant to go to the lake together. But Ted cancelled their plans suddenly at the last-minute, and got Rich to go back home. In hindsight, Rich realized that it was around the same time Ted began abducting and killing people. Perhaps, he got rid of Rich before his blood lust took over him.”

Datta, Tejasvani. ‘Where is Ted Bundy’s Brother Now?’ The Cinemaholic. January 31, 2020.