Susanne ‘Sue’ Arlette Swanson-Crawford.

September 13, 2025December 13, 2025 ~ Another Bundy Blog. ~ Leave a comment

Susanne Arlette Swanson was born in May 1955 to Herbert and Blanche (nee Haynes) Swanson in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Blanche Ethel Haynes was born on July 12, 1916 in Mason, MI, and Sue’s father Herbert Clarence Swanson was born February 9, 1918 in Tacoma, WA. The couple were married in Flagstaff, Arizona on October 13, 1948 and had two daughters together: Susanne and her sister, Holly. After serving in WWII Herb went to school and got a degree in engineering, and after he graduated he got a position with the LA Department of Water and Power, and would frequently talk about how much he loved going to work every single day, not just for his love of engineering but also because of the wonderful people that he worked with.

Sue was a strong student and while she was attending Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in Los Angelas she was in Spanish Club, Advanced Girls Ensemble, and concert choir. After she graduated in 1973 she relocated to Salt Lake City and enrolled in Brigham Young University. Susanne married LeRoy Crawford on May 23, 1975 in their temple in SLC and the couple had four children together: Kristi , Jaden, Glen, and David. Leroy Dalley Crawford was born on November 9, 1949 in Summit, Utah.

One hot day in early August 1975 after registering for a Spanish class for the upcoming semester at BYU, Crawford made a quick call on a pay phone in the Wilkinson Center. After she hung up, she nearly ran into ‘a handsome, curly haired man in his early 30’s’ that had ‘mesmerizing clear green eyes,’ ones that she had felt for sure were fixated on her as she finished up with her phone call moments before. The young newlywed softly apologized and quickly walked off, but the attractive stranger stayed with her and placed himself between her and the exit; she said that his voice was ‘deep’ and ‘rhythmic,’ and it ‘sounded poetic’ to her… she also thought to herself that his smile was perfect and his ‘handsome dimples’ drew her to every word that came out of her mouth. He told her: ‘you have such long, beautiful hair. You really are a pretty woman…. I love your eyes, they are captivating.’ Then came the question that stuck with her for the next forty years: ‘may I walk you to your car?’

Crawford lied, and told him: ‘thank you, but my husband is going to pick me up shortly,’ then flashed her diamond ring at him (which she pointed out had been in plain sight during the entire interaction). She said in response the man said nothing, but quickly turned and darted out of the building. At the time she thought the encounter was unusual and he offered her no explanation to his quick departure, like ‘I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you were married,’ or ‘it was nice talking to you.’ He simply turned away from her then fled.

She later concluded that he probably was anxious to go and: ‘find his next victim, to captivate her with his charm, wit, intelligence and charisma. I had no idea who this evil man was until many years later. ’She said that fourteen years later (which would have been roughly around the time of his 1989 execution) she was watching the news and a story about none other than Ted came on and it dawned on her who it was that she had run into in August of 1975: ‘I saw him for the first time after all those years in three-dimensional form, walking and talking as I had remembered.’ Crawford said that even though she had seen Bundy’s face ‘multiple times over the years’ in the newspaper and on newscasts she didn’t realize it was him because he ‘had so many different faces, each captivating with an array of hairstyles and looks. His eyes seemed to mutate from green to brown and then back to a hue of green again while we were talking that day in 1975.’

Sue said she’ll obviously never know what would have happened if she had never gotten married only six months prior, and strongly believes that she ‘would have allowed him to walk me to my car if I had not been married’ because she ‘sensed no danger in his presence.’ Thinking about it, she realized that she ‘fit into his pattern of victims: young, tall and thin, with long brown hair parted in the middle.’ ‘It had to be him,’ she thought to herself. At that time in early 1989 she was stuck in an unhappy marriage and remembered that the man was the only person in the past fourteen years that had bothered to pay her a single compliment.

At the time Crawford claimed she had her encounter with Ted in early August 1975 he had been a law student at the University of Utah and was in the final stages of his relationship with Elizabeth Kloepfer (although by then we knew he was being unfaithful to her). According to her, ‘Bundy was arrested two weeks after my meeting him when police finally caught up with him on August 16, 1975. It was also a little more than a month after the abduction and murder of Susan Curtis, a 16-year-old girl attending a youth conference at BYU.’ This statement is at the very least confirmed to be true: According to the ‘1992 FBI TB Multiagency Team Report,’ on June 27, 1975 after she left the Wilkenson Student Center to go back to her room during a youth conference but she was never seen or heard from again.

At the time she wrote her article for Spectrum, Crawford was a resident of Ivins City, UT (according to her FB page she still lives there) and was a student at Dixie State University; she is a grandmother to six and concluded her article by saying: ‘these days I can count four wonderful children and six darling grandchildren. They never would have been born had I accepted Ted Bundy’s offer.’

Herbert Clarence Swanson passed away on February 15, 2008, and at the time of his death, he had been married to Blanche for close to sixty years. According to his obituary, Herb was a gifted gymnast in his youth and loved to roller skate, go camping, and go out flying with his brother, Fred (who was a pilot). Sue’s mother died only ten months after her husband on December 24, 2008. Blanche was gifted in music (she excelled at the piano) and poetry, and in her younger days taught at a small school in the country. Her obituary said that: ‘her greatest gift, and most beloved of her family, was her kind and gracious heart and the sweetness which she radiated to all who knew her. Her greatest passion in life was dancing, and we as her family in our mind’s eye, can see her dancing once again as she once used to!’ During Herb and Blanche’s time together, they enjoyed traveling through the continental United States (including Canada and Alaska).

Leroy Dalley Crawford passed away suddenly on August 9, 2016 at the age of sixty-six of Richfield, Utah. According to his obituary, he was a huge fan of music, and knew how to play the piano, the organ, and a variety of different wind instruments (his favorite being the tuba, which he played in the Utah Valley Symphony while he attended BYU). He was called to the Southwest Indian Mission in 1969 where he served the Navajo Native Americans in the four corners area of the US (where Arizona, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico meet), and while there he learned how to speak Navajo fluently.

Works Cited:
Crawford, Susanne. ‘A chance encounter with serial killer Ted Bundy.’ (March 8, 2015). Taken December 11, 2025 from http://www.spectrum.com

Sue and her father Herb poising together with a horse.

Blanche Swanson and her two daughters, Holly and Sue.

Susanne’s sophomore year picture from the 1971 Palos Verdes Peninsula High School yearbook.

Susanne’s junior year picture from the 1972 Palos Verdes Peninsula High School yearbook.

A picture of Susanne in a group shot for girls choir ensemble from the 1972 Palos Verdes Peninsula High School yearbook (she is in the top row ion the far right).

Susanne’s senior year picture from the 1973 Palos Verdes Peninsula High School yearbook.

Crawford on her 1973/1974 student ID card at Brigham Young University.

A photo of Sue in front of Dixie State University.

Leroy and Sue in the list of people that applied for marriage licenses published in The Daily Herald on May 12, 1975.

The announcement of one of Sue and Leroy’s children published in The Salt Lake Tribune on February 14, 1983.

The announcement of one of Sue and Leroy’s children published in The West Valley View: The Green Sheet on February 17, 1983.

A FB post Sue made for what would have been her father’s 99th birthday.

A FB post Sue made for what would have been her mother’s 107th birthday.

Bundy’s whereabouts in August 1975 according to the ‘1992 FBI TB Multiagency Report.’ Notice he was apprehended on August 16th so this would make me think if Crawford’s enocunter did happen it was in the first hald of the month.

Ted’s first apartment located at 565 1st Ave in SLC, where he was living at the time Sue claims she had her encounter with the killer.

Sue Curtis, who was never seen or heard from again after she left the Wilkenson Student Center at BYU to go back to her room during a youth conference.

Bundy’s whereabouts on June 27, 1975 when Sue Curtis was abducted from BYU according to the ‘1992 FBI TB Multiagency Report.’

The outside of the Wilkinson Student Center at Brigham Young University. Picture courtesy of OddStops.

The outside of the Wilkinson Student Center at Brigham Young University. Picture taken in November 2022.

The route from Bundy’s apartment on 1st Ave in SLC to the Wilkinson Student Center at BYU.

An announcement that LeRoy Crawford was Christened published in The Parowan Times on December 9, 1949.

A picture of Leroy Crawford driving a bus, an occupation Sue said he did for many years.

Sue’s ex-husband, Leroy Dalley Crawford.

A comment Glen Crawford left on his fathers Legacy page.

The final resting place of LeRoy Dalley Crawford.

Herbert Clarence Swanson’s WWII draft card.

Herbert and Blanche Swanson, 1938 versus 1985.

Holly Swanson’s freshman year picture from the 1975 Palos Verdes Peninsula High School yearbook.

Sue’s four children: Jaden, Glen, Dave, and Kristi at Glen’s wedding in 2009.

Ted Bundy Crime Scene Locations as they Appear Today, My Personal Pictures.

April 11, 2025December 5, 2025 ~ Another Bundy Blog. ~ Leave a comment

Up until about five years ago I lived paycheck to paycheck, and after getting two really good jobs I banked quite a bit of money and decided to start traveling. In April 2022 I went to Seattle and since then have been to Florida, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Colorado, Cobleskill (in NY, for a suspected Bundy victim) and Portland (on that trip I also went back to Seattle). I’ve been retracing the steps of Ted Bundy and taking pictures along the way.

Where Bundy’s very first home once stood in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia, where he lived with his mother, aunt, and maternal grandparents until he was three years old; it was formerly located at ‘7202 Ridge Avenue’ and is now ‘499 Domino Lane.’ Picture taken in May 2023.

The Cowell family’s second home. A diabetic (and agoraphobic), Eleanor Cowell had suffered a stroke in the mid-1950’s and underwent electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression. She passed away at the age of 76 in April 1971, and in December 1983 Samuel passed away at the age of 85.

Ted’s Uncle Jack Cowell’s house, located at 1514 South Alder Street in Tacoma, WA. Louise and Ted lived here briefly when they moved to Washington state in 1951. Picture taken in April 2022.

The Bundy family’s first home, April 2022. During an interview with author Stephen G. Michaud, Ted talked about his time living here: ‘Our house was on Sheridan Street in Tacoma. It was the second house from the corner, on the west side of the street. We moved there, I would guess, in about 1951. My boyhood on Sheridan Street was not an unpleasant one. I remember those days, of roaming with my friends. The adventure, the exploration. Those were the days of frog hunting and marble playing.’

The Bundy family’s second home, located at 658 North Skyline Drive in Tacoma; Ted spent a good portion of his adolescent years living here. Picture taken in April 2022.

The former house of eight-year-old Ann Marie Burr, located at 3009 North 14th Street in Tacoma, WA. The oldest of five, on the morning she went missing on August 31, 1961 her mother, Beverly, woke up early and noticed that Ann wasn’t in her room, and after walking downstairs, she noticed that the front door was slightly open along with the living room window. There’s so many rumors about Bundy and Ann Marie Burr: my favorite is that his Uncle Jack was her piano teacher, and where she did take lessons, he wasn’t her instructor. Also, it’s said that Ted was her neighbor as well as the Burrs’ paperboy… and where he did deliver newspapers as a youngster, he was not hers, and where they didn’t live super far away from one another they were hardly neighbors (I made the 3.3 mile walk from the Ann’s house to Ted’s during my first trip to Seattle). Picture taken in April 2022.

The front of Ann Marie Burrs house, picture taken in April 2022. I thought the trees were beautiful.

The third and final home of Johnnie and Louise Bundy, located at 3214 North 20th Street in Tacoma. The family moved here in 1968 after selling their second house on North Skyline Drive and lived there until the late 2000’s. In May 2007, Johnny died at the age of 86 and two years later, Louise sold the property for $305,301. In December 2012, Mrs. Bundy passed away at the age of 88. Picture taken in April 2022.

This is the front of Silas High School, formerly Woodrow Wilson High School, where Ted graduated from in 1965. Picture taken in April 2022.

Ted Bundy’s alma mater: Dr. Dolores Silas High School, located at 1202 North Orchard Street in Tacoma. From its founding in 1958 until July 2021 it was called Woodrow Wilson High School. Picture taken in April 2022.

Dr. Dolores Silas High School, in Tacoma, WA. Pictures taken in April 2022.

The music building at Silas High School in Tacoma, WA. Picture taken in April 2022.

The entrance to the University of Puget Sound, a school that Ted attended twice: right after he graduated from high school (then dropped out) then again for his (first attempt) at law school (he once again dropped out). Picture taken in April 2022.

The University of Puget Sound, picture taken in April 2022.

Another shot of the entrance to the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. Picture taken in April 2022.

While getting a cup of tea at the University of Puget Sounds coffee shop, one of the baristas reminded me that Louise Bundy used to work at the school, and that she had a brick on campus near the water fountain. Picture taken in April 2022.

A broader shot of Johnnie and Louise’s brick on the campus of the University of Puget Sound, picture taken in April 2022.

McMahon Hall located at the University of Washington. In 1966 during Ted’s first year at the school he lived on the 4th floor of the dormitories South Tower, and reportedly kept a key after ‘officially’ moving out and would return there on occasions to take naps. Picture taken in April 2022.

The apartment building where flight attendants Lisa Wick and Lonnie Trumbull lived when they were attacked in the early morning hours of June 23, 1966, located 2415 8th Ave North in the Queen Anne district of Seattle. Ted is still considered a suspect in their attacks (Wick survived but Trumbull sadly did not). Picture taken in April 2024.

Another shot of ‘The Sherri Lee Apartments,’ picture taken in April 2024.

The back portion of ‘The Sherri Lee Apartments,’ picture taken in April 2024.

The Seattle Yacht Club, where Ted worked as a busboy until he was fired for stealing food. Its strongly thought he began his employment there in September 1967, but how long he was there for seems to be a bit of a gray area: Mrs. Ferris said he was there for roughly six weeks, but Ann Rule wrote in ‘The Stranger Beside Me’ that he worked there for six months. Additionally, Dr. Robert Dielenberg’s true crime masterpiece ‘A Visual Timeline’ said he parked cars at the club and left in January 1968.

The Seattle Yacht Club, located at 1807 E Hamlin Street in the Montlake neighborhood of Seattle. Picture taken in April 2022.

A sign at the entrance of The Seattle Yacht Club, picture taken in April 2022.

A memorial outside The Seattle Yacht Club, picture taken in April 2022.

5015 16th Street Seattle, WA, Picture taken in April 2024. According to the ‘1992 FBI TB Multiagency Report,’ Ted lived here sometime in 1967. Picture taken in April 2024.

One of Bundy’s residences, located at 5015 16th Northeast Avenue in Seattle. The dates and circumstances of Ted living here are unknown, however according to the ‘1992 TB Multiagency Report 1992,’ he lived here at various intervals between 1966 and 1967 (which is before his relationship with Liz and roughly around the time he started seeing Diane Edwards). I will say, I’m not sure if this address is a mistake, as it is incredibly similar to 5015 16th Street, but who knows. Picture taken in April 2024.

The (former) Olympic Hotel in Seattle, where Ted worked in March 1968. This is where he met his friend Sybil Ferris, who was employed here as a pastry chef. The establishment, now called The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, was built in 1924 on the original site of the University of Washington and was originally part of a larger development plan that included the Metropolitan Theatre. He was fired for stealing from lockers. Picture taken in April 2022.

The sign outside the entrance for The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, picture taken in April 2022.

The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, picture taken in April 2022.

The entrance to The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, picture taken in April 2022.

The fountain in the plaza outside The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, picture taken in April 2022.

Some plaques on the side of the entrance of The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, picture taken in April 2022.

The Safeway that Bundy worked at as a stock boy in the Queen Ann neighborhood of Seattle from April 12, 1968 to July 26, 1968. According to his friend Sybil Ferris: ‘I helped him get a job at Safeway for a short while and he just quit, not even going back to work to tell them he was leaving.’ Picture taken in April 2022.

The inside of the Seattle Safeway where Ted Bundy worked, picture taken in April 2022.

This is Ted’s Aunt Julia’s house, and he stayed here while attending Temple University in Philadelphia during the late 1960’s, located at 4039 South Warner Road in Lafayette Hill (in the outskirts of Philadelphia). Picture taken in May 2022.

The University of Washington campus in Tacoma, picture taken in April 2022.

The entrance of the University of Washington in the heart of Seattle. Picture taken in April 2022.

What the former SandPiper looked like in April 2022.

During his time at The University of Washington Ted was a psychology major, and the main building on campus for psych majors is Guthrie Hall. Picture taken in April 2022.

The back of Guthrie Hall, picture taken in April 2022.

A sign for Guthrie Hall, picture taken in April 2022.

The University of Washington School of Medicine, where Liz Kloepfer worked when she was in a relationship with Ted Bundy. Picture taken in April 2022.

When employed at The University of Washington, Liz Kloepfer worked for the Medical School on campus. Picture taken in April 2022.

The University of Washington School of Medicine, which opened in 1946 and was founded as part of a larger School of Health Sciences. It quickly gained recognition and received full accreditation from the AMA and AAMC in 1949 and by 1970, it had become a national leader in biomedical research grants. Picture taken in April 2022.

Another shot of the University of Washington School of Medicine, picture taken in April 2022.

The parking lot where Dante’s once stood, April 2022.

The former ‘O’Banion’s Tavern,’ where Bundy frequented during his time living in Seattle located at 5220 Roosevelt Way NE. As of April 2025,it is the home of the Laughs Comedy Club. In an interview with the King County Sheriff’s Department Elizabeth Kloepfer, told investigators that Bundy and his neighbor, John Neeler went to O’Banion’s Tavern a few times each month, along with Dante’s Tavern and The Pipeline Tavern. It’s also only a few steps away from where Dante’s Tavern once stood. Picture taken on April 2022.

Harborview Medical Center, where TB interned from June 1972 to September 1972. He had a lot of jobs and never seemed to stick around for very long. Picture taken in April 2022.

Harborview Medical Center, picture taken in April 2022.

The Pike Place Market, located in Seattle, Washington. The open market was created on August 17, 1907 in response to public outcry over high food costs, and is one of the oldest continuously operating public farmers’ markets in the US. Picture taken in April 2022.

Another shot of The Pike Place Market, Picture taken in April 2022.

I love this shot, picture taken in April 2022.

Another part of The Pike Place Market, picture taken in April 2022.

Another part of The Pike Place Market, taken in April 2022.

The front of the Rogers’ Rooming House, located at 4143 12th Northeast Avenue in Seattle, Washington. Bundy lived here from September 1969 to September 2, 1974. Picture taken in April 2022.

The residence housed multiple tenants (along with the owners, Ernst and Freda Rogers) that shared the same facilities. Ted lived in a room on the second floor for four years until he left for his second attempt at law school on September 2, 1974. Picture taken in April 2022.

This is the apartment where Liz Kloepfer lived in when her and Bundy began dating, located at 5208 18th Avenue NE in Seattle. She lived here with her daughter, Molly in an apartment on the first floor, on the right side of the building. Although Bundy was known to stay here a lot he still formally lived at the Rogers’ Rooming House. Picture taken in April 2022.

According to the ‘1992 TB Multiagency Report 1992,’ Ted lived here briefly with Marlin Vortman and his wife sometime in late 1973, located at 3510 West Elmore Street in Seattle. Photo taken in April 2024.

A shot of where Sotria Kritsonis claims she was abducted from, picture taken in April 2022.

The final resting place of Katherine Merry Devine, picture taken in April 2024.

Kathy Devine’s diary, courtesy of Charlene Devine-Gonzales. Picture taken in April 2024.

A picture of a page taken from Kathy Devine’s diary, courtesy of Charlene Devine-Gonzales. Picture taken in April 2024.

Where the apartment of Karen Sparks once stood, who Bundy attacked and left for dead in her basement apartment on January 4, 1974. Picture taken in April 2022.

This is the house where Ted Bundy attacked and abducted his first known murder victim, Lynda Ann Healy located at 5517 12th Avenue NE in Seattle, Washington. Picture taken in April 2024.

A path located on the side of the house (and in the back) that Lynda Ann Healy was renting at the time of her murder. Picture taken in April 2024.

A picture of Lynda Ann Healy’s former house taken in April 2022. On the evening of January 31, 1974, Healy and her roommates were drinking at Dante’s Tavern, but because she needed to be at her job the following morning at 5:30 to read the ski report they didn’t stay out late and returned home around 10 PM (their friend Pete also had to catch a bus back to his place).

A picture of the side of Lynda Healy’s former house, taken in April 2022.

Donna Manson’s former dormitory located on the campus of The Evergreen State Collegein Olympia, WA. Picture taken in April 2022.

A path near Manson’s dormitory, picture taken in April 2022.

A path in the back of the dorm buildings that Donna may have taken the night of her murder, picture taken in April 2022.

Some interesting trees in front of the Daniel J. Evans Library on the campus of The Evergreen Sate College. Picture taken in April 2022.

The Library on the campus of The Evergreen State College, picture taken in April 2022.

A picture taken at the entrance of Central Washington University from April 2022. Susan Rancourt was abducted from campus on April 17, 1974.

Before Bundy came across Sue Rancourt he approached two other young women, Jane Curtis and Katherine Clara D’Olivo. Earlier in the evening both women said they were approached by a man with his arm in a sling onthe schools campus.

Another picture of the Susan Rancourt Memorial Garden located on the campus of Central Washington University. Picture taken in April 2022.

Barto Hall, where Rancourt was living at the time of her murder. Picture taken in April 2022.

Before her murder Sue Rancourt was attending a meeting about being a residential advisor the following school year, picture taken in April 2022.

A safety phone on the campus of Central Washington University. Picture taken in April 2022.

Millersylvania State Park as it looked in April 2022. This is where the remains of Brenda Joy Baker were discovered in May 1974. Most likely Brenda was killed by a man named William Cosden Jr., but because no DNA was ever taken at the crime scene we will most likely never know for sure who took her life.

One of the signs for the entrance of Millersylvania State Park as it looked in April 2022.

The sign for the entrance of Millersylvania State Park as it looked in April 2022.

The former Flame Tavern as it looked in April 2022. On May 31, 1974 Brenda Ball vanished without a trace after seeing a band play here, and was last seen in the company of a handsome man with his arm in a sling.

The former Flame Tavern as it looked in April 2022.

The alley where Bundy first encountered Georgann Hawkins, picture taken in April 2022.

The alleyway where Ted first encountered Hawkins, picture taken in April 2024.

The parking lot where Bundy abducted Georgann Hawkins on June 11, 1974 from outside the Phi Sigma Sigma sorority house on the University of Washington campus. Picture taken in April 2024.

Another shot of the parking lot where Bundy first encountered Georgann Hawkins, taken in April 2024.

A sign at the entrance of Lake Samammish State Park in Issaquah, WA. Picture taken in April 2022.

The entrance of Lake Sammamish, picture taken in April 2022.

Lake Sammamish, picture taken in April 2022.

A beach at Lake Sammamish for Tibbetts Beach. Picture taken in April 2022.

A sign at Lake Sammamish for Tibbetts Beach. Picture taken in April 2022.

A sign for some King Country Government buildings, picture taken in April 2022.

The King County Sheriff’s office, located at 516 3rd Ave in Seattle… To be honest, I went here right before I was due to come home, and as I was walking around taking my pictures I saw a young man smoking crack in one of the buildings alcove. In that moment, I was ready to come home, and I had enough of my vacation. Like so many other things I experienced that week, if was definitely a first. Picture taken in April 2022.

Another shot of the King County Sheriff’s Department, picture taken in April 2022.

The King County Sheriff’s Department, picture taken in April 2022.

The side of the King County Sheriff’s Department, picture taken in April 2022.

A door to the King County Sheriff’s Department, picture taken in April 2022.

Another door at the King County Sheriff’s Department, picture taken in April 2022.

A photo I took of the Issaquah Dump Site in April 2024.

This is the former boarding house where Bundy rented a room in during his second attempt at law school in SLC, located at 565 1st Avenue; he lived here from September 2, 1974 to September 1975. Picture taken in November 2022.

The house where Nancy Wilcox lived when she was abducted and killed by Bundy. It’s located at 2409 Arnette Drive in Salt Lake City, is 1,482 square feet in size and was built in 1957. I took this picture in November 2022.

A picture of where the orchard once stood located across the street from Nancy Wilcox; I took this picture in November 2022.

A picture of Big Cottonwood Canyon taken in November 2022. This is where Rhonda Stapley claims Ted took her after abducting her in October 1974.

A picture of a couple signs from Big Cottonwood Canyon taken in November 2022.

Where The Pepperoni Pizza restaurant once stood, where Melissa Smith died with a friend before she was last seen. Picture taken in November 2022.

The intersection close to where the remains of Melissa Smith were found, picture taken in November 2022.

On October 18th, 1974, Bundy abducted Melissa Anne Smith from outside of a pizzeria in Midvale, and her nude remains were discovered twenty-three miles away by deer hunters nine days later, on this hillside in Summit Park. The seventeen-year-old had a man’s blue nylon sock tied around her neck raped, beaten, and then strangled. She was found face down in some scrub oak. Picture taken in November 2022.

The home of Melissa Smith, located at 527 Fern Drive in Midvale, Utah. Picture taken in November 2022.

William S. Robinson Park in American Fork, which is one of the places Laura Aime was possibly last seen alive. Picture taken in November 2022.

Where Laura Ann Aime was possibly last seen, this is where ‘The Knotty Pine’ was once located in Lehi, UT. Picture taken in November 2022.

This white SUV is where Bundy dumped the remains of Laura Ann Aime, and is located off Utah State Route 92 in American Fork (per the OddStops website). Pictures taken in November 2022.

A beautiful shot in front of The Fashion Place Mall in Murray, where Carol DaRonch was abducted from. Photo taken in November 2022.

A shot of front sign for The Fashion Place Mall in Murray. It’s where Bundy attempted to abduct 18 year old Carol DaRonch from on November 8th, 1974. At the time the store was home to Sears, now it is a Dillards Department Store. Photo taken November 2022.

The ‘police substation’ that Bundy took Carol DaRonch to when he pretended to be a police officer in an attempt to abduct and most likely kill her. Picture taken in November 2022.

The door to the entrance of the ‘police substation.’ Photo taken in November 2022.

Where my rental car sits is where Carol DaRonch fled Bundy’s car. It’s on the western side of McMillan Elementary School, close to the intersection between South Fashion Boulevard and 5900 South. Photo taken in November 2022.

McMillan Elementary School, located close to the intersection between South Fashion Boulevard and 5900 South. Photo taken in November 2022.

Viewmont High School in Bountiful, UT. Picture taken in November 2022.

Viewmont High School, located at 120 West 1000 North in Bountiful, UT. Photo taken in November 2022.

The doors for the auditorium at Viewmont High School, where Debra Kent was abducted from. Picture taken in November 2022.

The parking lot in Viewmont High School that Bundy abducted Deb Kent from. Picture taken in November 2022.

Where Deb Kent was abducted from, picture taken in November 2022.

A broader shot of the entrance to Fairview Canyon, where Deb Kent’s remains were found. It’s about an hour and a half outside of Salt Lake City. Photo taken in November 2022.

This is close to where Bundy buried the remains of 17-year-old Debra Jean Kent, near a dirt road in Fairview Canyon around 105 miles away from Viewmont High School. During one of his final confessions, he said he left her near a steep dirt road that ‘wound up to the left’ and buried her about three feet deep and then covered her with heavy rocks. Photo taken in November 2022.

The entrance to where the remains of Deb Kent were found

A shot of the entrance to Fairview Canyon, where Deb Kent’s remains were found. Photo taken in November 2022.

A sign for the Wildwood Hotel (formerly Inn) located in Aspen. I’m shocked at how squished together everything is, I imagined this beautiful, sprawling hotel… but it was all so close together. 2/10, would not recommend.

The Wildwood Hotel (formerly Inn), where twenty-three-year-old Michigan nurse Caryn Campbell was staying with her fiancé when she disappeared on January 12, 1975; her body was found on February 17, 1975, 3.1 miles away on the side of Owl Creek in the outskirts of Aspen. Picture taken in March 2025.

This is the GPS coordination’s where Caryn Campbells remains were discovered on Owl Creek Road in Aspen. Picture taken in March 2025.

Bundy moved into an apartment on the right side of the top floor of this residence located at 364 Douglas Street in SLC on September 26, 1975. He claims that he moved here because it was within walking distance of the University of Utah. Picture taken in November 2022.

A picture of where Caryn Campbells remains were found on Owl Creek Road, picture taken in March 2025.

On January 12, 1975 Bundy bought gas in Glenwood Springs and Bundy abducted 23-year-old Caryn Campbell from the Wildwood Lodge in Snowmass, Colorado. Picture taken in March 2025.

Bundy’s Douglas Street apartment, located at 413 ‘B’ Street in SLC, Utah. He moved here some time before March 22, 1976, during his trial for the kidnapping of Carol DaRonch, and was also under heavy police surveillance. He didn’t live here for very long: on March 1, 1976, he was found guilty of kidnapping Carol DaRonch and was immediately taken intp custody. Picture taken in November 2022.

A photo I took of the entrance to the Taylor Mountain Dump Site in April 2024. On March 3, 1975 the remains of Lynda Ann Healy, Susan Rancourt, Roberta Parks, and Brenda Carol Ball were discovered by two forestry students at Green River Community College.

A photo I took of the Taylor Mountain Dump Site in April 2024.

A photo I took of the road from the Taylor Mountain Dump Site in April 2024.

On March 15, 1975 Bundy came across 26-year-old ski instructor Julie Cunningham near this covered bridge by Gore Creek Drive in Vail, Colorado. Picture taken in March 2025.

An area close to the parking garage where Julie Cunningham was abducted from. Picture taken in March 2025.

The parking lot where Bundy abducted Julie Cunningham from, picture taken in March 2025.

The parking lot where Bundy abducted Julie Cunningham that is located at 395 South Frontage Road in Vail, Colorado. At the time of the murder, it was a regular ground-level parking lot however in more recent times it is home to a multi-story car park. Picture taken in March 2025.

The underground parking lot where Bundy abducted Julie Cunningham from in Vail, Colorado. Picture taken in March 2025.

The entrance to the Apollo Park Apartments, where Julie Cunningham was living at the time of her murder. Picture taken in March 2025.

The Apollo Park Apartments, where Julie Cunningham was living at the time of her murder. Picture taken in March 2025.

The back of Cunningham’s apartment complex in Vail, picture taken in March 2025.

1619 LaVita Street in Grand Junction, Colorado, where Denise Oliverson lived at the time of her murder. Picture taken in March 2025.

This is the South 5th Street Bridge in Grand Junction, where Bundy abducted Denise Lynn Oliverson from on April 6, 1975.

A (blurry) shot of the South 5th Street Bridge where Denise Oliversons’ bike was found the day after she disappeared. Picture taken in March 2025.

The South 5th Street Bridge, in Grand Junction. Denise Oliverson vanished after leaving her nearby house on April 6th, 1975, and the next day, a railway worker found her yellow bike and sandals underneath this overpass. Photo taken in March 2025.

A shot of the alley next to the South 5th Street Bridge in Grand Junction, picture taken in March 2025.

The entrance of Brigham Young University, where Ted Bundy abducted Susan Curtis in June 1975. Originally from Bountiful, the fifteen-year-old was attending the Bountiful Orchard Youth Conference at the school when she disappeared. She had ridden her bicycle fifty miles to Provo to attend the conference and was last seen on June 27, 1975, the first day of the conference. After a formal banquet that evening, Susan left her friends and made the quarter mile walk to her room to brush her teeth. No trace of Curtis has ever been recovered. Picture taken in November 2022.

Brigham Young University, where Ted Bundy abducted Susan Curtis from in Provo, Utah On June 27th, 1975, Curtis attended the Bountiful Orchard Youth Conference at the Wilkinson Student Center. Picture taken in November 2022.

The Wilkenson Student Center on Brigham Young’s campus, where Susan Curtis was last seen alive. Picture taken in November 2022.

I had great plans of hiking Berthoud Pass, where the remains of Shelley Kay Robertson were found on August 23, 1975, but my rental car kept getting stuck so this was as far as I was able to go. On July 1, 1975, the twenty-three-year-old failed to come into work at her family’s printing business in Colden, and she was last seen earlier that same day and was in ‘the company of an unknown man.’ Picture taken in March 2025.

A picture of a sign announcing my arrival in Pitkin County, taken in March 2025.

The ‘Ted Bundy Murder Cellar,’ which is a urban legend of sorts where locals claim he brought victims to (there is no evidence that proves this). Picture taken in November 2022.

The inside of the TB Murder cellar. Even though it was two o’clock in the afternoon when I visited this location this was as far as I would venture in. My momma didn’t raise no fool, taken in November 2022.

This house was the focus of a Ghost Adventuress episode about Ted, and is located near Viewmont High School in Bountiful where Deb Kent was abducted from. Zak Baggins claims that Bundy brought her back her to torture her, but there’s no evidence to back this up (in fact, there’s proof that a family lived there at the time). The (fuzzy) picture was taken in November 2022.

A current picture of where Bundy got arrested for the first time, taken in November 2022.

A horrible quality picture of Bundy’s first arrest site (as I am no master photographer), taken in November 2022.

The entrance to the Utah State Corrections Facility, picture taken in November 2022. I was actually wrong that Ted was housed here before he was transferred to Colorado to stand trial: he actually was in Utah State Prison, and in July 2022 (just a few mere months before I went there) it was replaced by the Utah State Correctional Facility.

The Pitkin County Courthouse, where Bundy escaped for the first time on June 7, 1977.

A close up shot of the side of the building Bundy escaped from, picture taken in March 2025.

A (terrible) shot of the window Bundy would have jumped out of when he escaped from the Pitkin County courthouse on June 7, 1977. Picture taken in March 2025.

A plaque on the Pitkin County Courthouse that it is in the ‘National Registry of Historic Places.’ Picture taken in March 2025.

An inscripted stone on the Pitkin County Courthouse. Picture from March 2025.

This is (roughly) the grassy area that Bundy would have landed on when he jumped out the second story window of the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen on June 7th, 1977. Picture taken in March 2025.

A picture I took in March 2025 of a statue of a generic Civil War soldier that’s located in front of the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen. The monument, which is dedicated ‘to the soldiers of 1861-1865’ and is intended as a symbol of national healing, does not representing either the Union or Confederacy and was erected on Memorial Day in 1899 and is dedicated to all of the soldiers that fought in the Civil War.

The Pitkin County Clerk and Recorder building located at 530 East Main Street next to the Pitkin County Courthouse in Aspen, Colorado. Picture from March 2025.

The Aspen Police Department, located two buildings down from the Pitkin County Courthouse. Picture taken in March 2025.

The house that Bundy stole a Cadillac from in the early hours of June 13, 1977, located at 805 Bonita Drive in Aspen. Picture taken in March 2025.

This is the only picture I was able to get that was close to where (I think) Fritz Kaeser’s cabin is located… I rented a piece of junk Ford Focus with bald tires and got stuck on a back road searching for it. I have no problem admitting I underestimated my husbands warnings of how bad Aspen winters can be, as I’m from Buffalo and have no problems driving in the snow… but what I have never encountered before is snow AND mountains. Where I hate admitting defeat, I knew I would have to take the L on this one. I didn’t have cell phone signal on top of it all and I was STUCK stuck, but thankfully the girls house I got stuck in front of helped me get out thanks to kitty litter and a board). It all worked out.

The entrance to the Glenwood Springs government building, picture taken in March 2025.

A picture of the Garfield County Jail, taken in March 2025.

Another shot of the Garfield County Sheriff’s Department, picture taken in March 2025.

The keystone on the Garfield County Court Building, picture taken in March 2025.

The Chi Omega sorority house, located at 661 West Jefferson Street in Tallahassee. On January 15, 1978
Bundy entered the dormatory armed only with a piece of firewood, and killed twenty-one-year-old Margaret Bowman and twenty-year-old Lisa Levy; he also brutally harmed Karen Chandler and Kathy Kleiner, but thankfully both women survived. Picture taken in May 2023.

Another shot of the Chi Omega sorority house.

Where Sherrod’s night Club once stood, located next door to the Chi Omega sorority house at 675 West Jefferson Street in Tallahassee. Photo taken in May 2023.

The road sign for Dunwoody Street and Pensacola Street, photo taken in May 2023.

This is where Ted brutally attacked (and most likely left for dead) twenty-one-year-old dancing student Cheryl Thomas, in her residence located in one side of a duplex located at 431 Dunwoody Street in Tallahassee. Photo taken in May 2023.

The area near Dunwoody Street where Cheryl Thomas was living at the time she was attacked by Ted Bundy. Photo taken in May 2023.

The sporting goods store where Ted Bundy purchased a hunting knife on February 8, 1978, located at 8764 Normandy Boulevard in Jacksonville. Picture taken in May 2023.

This is where the mall parking lot was once located on Blanding Boulevard where on February 8th, 1978 Bundy attempted to abduct-fourteen-year-old Leslie Parmenter. The daughter of Jacksonville PD’s Chief of Detectives, Parmenter was confronted by Ted (who had introduced himself as Richard Burton from the Fire Department) after leaving Jeb Stuart Junior High School, but said he backed down when her older brother showed up. Back in 1978 it was home to a Kmart, and today it houses an Amazon Hub. Photo taken in May 2023.

This is the school where Bundy abducted twelve-year-old Kimberly Dianne Leach located at 372 West Duval Street in Lake City, Florida. Photo taken in May 2023.

On the morning of February 9th, 1978, Kim left her gym class in the auditorium and walked over to her homeroom when she realized that she had lost her purse. After going back and getting it, Leach started back to the auditorium but never got there. Picture taken in Mat 2023.

The house where Bundy stole an orange VW ‘Super Bug’ from its owner Rick Garzaniti. On February 12, 1978 Garzaniti and his wife parked their 1972 Volkswagen outside this residence located at 515 East Georgia Street in Tallahassee and went inside to pick up their toddler from the babysitter. He admitted to leaving the keys in the vehicle, as they weren’t sticking around for very long. Picture taken in May 2023.

The location of Ted Bundy’s final arrest, picture taken in May 2023. This is where he was arrested by Officer David Lee at roughly 1 AM on February 15, 1978, located at West Cross Street in Pensacola.

A broad shot of an area of the farm where Kim Leach’s body was recovered, photo taken in May 2023.

Another area of the farm where Kim Leach’s body was recovered, photo taken in May 2023.

An area of the farm where Kim Leach’s body was recovered, photo taken in May 2023.

Another shot of an area of the farm where Kim Leach’s body was recovered, photo taken in May 2023.

A road named ‘Kimberly’ that is located close to the cemetery where Kim Leach is buried. Photo taken in May 2023.

The entrance to the cemetery where Kim Leach is buried in Memorial Cemetery in Lake City. Picture taken in May 2023.

The gravesites of Kim Leach and her brother, Michael. Photo taken in May 2023.

The entrance to the Leon County Detention Center, picture taken in May 2023.

The Leon County Courthouse, where Bundy stood trial in 1980 for the Chi Omega/Cheryl Thomas attacks. Picture taken in May 2023.

The courtyard in front of the Leon County Courthouse, picture taken in May 2023.

The entrance to the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building, located at1351 NW 12th Street in Miami. Picture taken in May 2023.

Bundy Residences, in full.

April 16, 2023April 8, 2025 ~ Another Bundy Blog. ~ 3 Comments

I listed the addresses in order of how they were on the ‘Ted Bundy Multiagency Investigative Team Report 1992’; for obvious reasons I left the Palo Alto address out, as there wasn’t anything to it (despite how much I looked into it).

McMahon Hall, University of Washington. During his first year at the University of Washington in 1966 he lived on the 4th floor in the South Tower in McMahon Hall. He reportedly kept a key for the building after officially moving out and would return there on occasions to take naps.
658 North Skyline, Tacoma, Washington. In 1953 the growing Bundy family left their first home on South Sheridan Ave and moved into this house.
Unknown Address, Palo Alto, California. Dates unknown.
5015 16th Street, Seattle, Washington. All the information in the ‘TB Multiagency Report 1992’ says Bundy lived here at some point in 1967. This was the same year he attended Stanford University in Palo Alto from June to August.
873 North 16th Street, Seattle, Washington, 1968. I couldn’t find much information about Bundy’s time at this address although according to the Multiagency Report he was traveling all over the Pacific Northwest at the time so maybe he lived here just briefly at one point. There doesn’t see to be a building at this address anymore (on Google Maps its a vacant lot).
3214 North 20th Street, Tacoma, Washington. This is the Bundy family’s third and final home. After selling their second house on North Skyline Drive in 1968, they moved to this house in the North End of Tacoma.
4039 South Warner, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. Ted lived here with his Aunt Julia (Cowell) while he attended Temple University (the general consensus is that he moved to Philadelphia at some point in December 1968). His time in the ‘City of Brotherly Love’ didn’t last long: in May of 1969 he dropped out of school after finishing a single semester and moved back to Tacoma.
1252 15th Ave, Marin County, California, 1970. I found no information about Ted at this address anywhere (although I’m fairly positive it’s in San Francisco). According to the Multiagency Report he was in Seattle for the entirety of 1970 when he was supposedly there (I posted the screen shot below). Strangely enough the same address only in Seattle, Washington is listed as the residence provided when Ted was given a ticket by Highway Patrolman for hitchhiking on August 8, 1970 in Marin County, WA.
4143 12th Northeast, Seattle, Washington. Ted lived at the Rogers Rooming House from September 1969 to September 2, 1975 (when he moved to Salt Lake City for law school). His room was on the second floor.
5015 16th Northeast, Seattle,WA. Dates unknown. A similar address is listed above just with Northeast added to it (both addresses are real). I couldn’t find any other details about Bundy residing here.
5208 18th Northeast, Seattle, Washington. This was one of Liz Kloepfer’s apartments. She lived on the first floor on the right side of the house. It was built in 1912 and contains eight bedrooms.
1252 15th Ave, Seattle, Washington. On August 8, 1970 Bundy was given a ticket by a Highway Patrolman for hitchhiking southbound on Highway 101 in Marin County, Washington. He told the officer that his address was 1252 15th Ave in Seattle, WA despite never living there (he resided at the Rogers Rooming House at the time).
3510 West Elmore, Seattle, Washington, sometime in late 1973. Per the ‘Ted Bundy and File 1004 documents from Seattle PD’ document, this is Ted’s friend Marlin S. Vortman’s residence.
565 1st Ave #2, Salt Lake City, Utah. Bundy lived here from September 2, 1974 to September of 1975 (he moved from Seattle for law school). At the time it was a boarding house and Ted rented room two. His former living space is on the second floor directly above the porch. To the right of the house is a fire escape which he used to come and go in the middle of the night as he pleased. On the left side there is an entrance to a basement, and according to one resident Bundy would occasionally go down into this basement late at night (however at the time they didn’t think it was weird because he was the property manager).
413 ‘B’ Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. According to the ‘Ted Bundy Multiagency Investigative Team Report 1992’ Ted lived in this house on B Street for a brief period in 1976 but he didn’t reside there very long: on March 1st, 1976 he was found guilty of kidnapping Carol DaRonch and was immediately remanded in custody.
364 Douglas Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Bundy moved into an apartment on the top floor on September 26th, 1975. He claims he made the choice to move into this house because it was within walking distance to where he was attending law school (at the University of Utah). At the time he also worked on campus as a security guard.
409 West College Avenue, Tallahassee, Florida. Bundy rented a room on the second floor beginning on January 7th, 1978 after he escaped prison for the second time. He signed the lease under the name Chris Hagen. Ted left Tallahassee on February 12th, and was arrested for the final time three days later. At some point after 2016 the building was demolished and turned into a parking lot for the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house.*

* Some places where Bundy lived in his earlier days were left out of the report. I added the following:

1514 South Alder Street, Tacoma, WA. When Louise took three year old Ted and left Philadelphia for Tacoma in 1950 they lived at this address with her Uncle Jack Cowell, a professor of music at a private college that Ted greatly respected and admired. Cowell was well-educated, financially secure, and very well-respected in the community: all traits that Bundy wanted to possess.
1620 South Sheridan Avenue, Tacoma, WA. In May of 1951, Johnnie and Louise Bundy moved into this four bedroom house after they got married; it was the family’s first home. It was at this point that little ‘Teddy Nelson’ officially became known as ‘Ted Bundy.’ While they were living here Louise gave birth to Ted’s little sister, Linda.
7202 Ridge Avenue/499 Domino Lane, Philadelphia, PA, The Cowell family’s first home. Ted and Louise lived here with his Mother, Aunt, and Grandparents, Samuel and Eleanor Cowell until he was three. Its in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia. At the time the address was 7202 Ridge Avenue (it’s now 499 Domino Lane). The house was torn down at some point during the late 1960’s and the strip mall that is there today was built in 1970.
4617 Pulaski Avenue, Philadelphia PA. Samuel and Eleanor Cowell moved here after they sold their house in Roxborough, PA. It’s strongly speculated that Ted often visited this house on a number of occasions while he was staying at his Aunt Julia’s house in Lafayette Hill in 1969 while attending Temple University. Eleanor Cowell died at the age of 76 in April of 1971; she was a diabetic and suffered a stroke in the mid-1950’s. Additionally throughout her life she underwent electroconvulsive therapy for depression. She rarely left her house thanks to a bad case of agoraphobia, especially during her final years of life. Samuel passed away in December of 1983 at the age of 85.

A list of Ted’s residences according to the ‘Ted Bundy Multiagency Investigative Team Report 1992.’ Its not entirely accurate.

An older picture of McMahon Hall, courtesy of the University of Washington.

A picture of McMahon Hall in the daytime, April 2022.

A picture of McMahon Hall at dusk, April 2022.

A sign for the outside of McMahon Hall, April 2022.

A stone outside McMahon Hall, April 2022.

Teds whereabouts in 1966 when he lived at McMahon Hall at the University of Washington according to the ‘Ted Bundy Multiagency Investigative Team Report 1992.’

An older picture of Bundy’s second childhood home at 658 North Skyline Drive in Tacoma, WA.

The inside of Bundy’s childhood home on N. Skyline Drive after it was remodeled.

Bundy’s childhood home on N. Skyline Drive, April 2022.

5015 16th Street Seattle, WA, April 2022.

Bundy’s whereabouts in 1967 according to the ‘Ted Bundy Multiagency Investigative Team Report 1992’ in 1967 when the report said he lived at 5015 16th Street Seattle, WA.

873 North 16th Street in Seattle, where the ‘Ted Bundy Multiagency Investigative Team Report 1992’ says Ted resided in 1968.

Bundy’s whereabouts in 1968 according to the ‘Ted Bundy Multiagency Investigative Team Report 1992.’

3214 North 20th Street, Tacoma, Washington, April 2022. This is the Bundy family’s third home.

3214 North 20th, Tacoma, Washington, April 2022.

4039 South Warner, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania in the daytime, May 2022.

The ‘Ted Bundy Multiagency Investigative Team Report 1992’ in 1969 when Ted lived in PA.

1252 15th Ave, San Francisco (in Marin County), California; the TB Multiagency Report estimates Ted lived here sometime in 1970.

The front of the Rogers Rooming House, April 2022.

The back of the Rogers Rooming House, April 2022.

5015 16th Northeast, Seattle, WA.The dates and circumstances of Bundy residing here are unknown.

Liz’s apartment at 5208 18th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105, November 2022.

1252 15th Ave in Seattle, photo courtesy of Google Maps.

Bundy’s whereabouts on August 20, 1970 when he got caught hitchhiking and told the officer he lived 1252 15th Ave in Seattle, WA.

3510 West Elmore, Seattle, Washington. Marlin Vortman’s residence.

364 Douglas Street, Salt Lake City, November 2022

‘The Oak’ is located at 409 West College Avenue in Tallahassee, Florida, photo taken in 1978.

“The Oak” as it looks today (it was demolished).

Ted’s Uncle Jack Cowell’s house at 1514 South Alder Street in Tacoma, WA. Louise and Ted lived here briefly when they moved to Washington state in 1951.

The ‘Ted Bundy Multiagency Investigative Team Report 1992’ for 1951 when Louise moved ‘little Teddy’ to Washington state.

Bundy family first home with the property cleaned up.

The Bundy family’s first home, April 2022. During an interview with author Stephen G. Michaud, Ted talked about his time living on Sheridan Street: “Our house was on Sheridan Street in Tacoma. It was the second house from the corner, on the west side of the street. We moved there, I would guess, in about 1951. My boyhood on Sheridan Street was not an unpleasant one. I remember those days, of roaming with my friends. The adventure, the exploration. Those were the days of frog hunting and marble playing.”

7202 Ridge Avenue as it looks today: as 499 Domino Lane, May 2022.

4617 Pulaski Avenue in the daytime, May 2022.

The Cowell family’s second home, May 2022.

Bundy’s Philadelphia Roots…

March 21, 2023March 22, 2023 ~ Another Bundy Blog. ~ Leave a comment

In May 2022 I got in my little purple VW Beetle and made the 6 hour trek from Attica, NY to Philadelphia to explore where Ted Bundy spent his early years…

The address of Bundy’s grandparent’s house in Roxborough (before it was bulldozed) was ‘499 Domino Lane / Philadelphia PA 19128.’ This above photograph was taken on March 29th, 1950. Ted lived here with his Mom, Aunt, and Grandparents until Louise moved him to Tacoma, WA when he was three years old. Photo courtesy of oddstops.

The first house Bundy lived in when his Grandparents (not Louise) brought him home from the ‘Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers’ in VT. Interesting fact, it was called the ‘Home for Friendless Women’ before the name was changed. Photo courtesy of oddstops.

A photograph of the back of 7202 Ridge Avenue, as seen from Domino Lane. In 1950, Louise Cowell took her young son, left Philadelphia and moved to Tacoma to live with her Uncle Jack Cowell, a music instructor at the University of Puget Sound. Before moving she changed Ted’s last name to Nelson in order to hide the fact that he was illegitimate. In 1951, Louise met Johnny Bundy (a cook at the nearby Madigan Army base) at a Methodist church in Tacoma and the couple wed later that same year. As we all know, Johnny adopted Ted and attempted to raise him as his own. Photo courtesy of oddstops.

An aerial image of where the Cowell’s first home once stood taken on May 2, 1948; at the time this was taken Ted was 18 months old. In the 1940’s and 50’s this was a rural, middle class neighborhood in northwest Philadelphia, photo courtesy of oddstops.

A picture of Ted’s Grandfather, Samuel Cowell.

There is a health spa and Italian Ice stand where the Cowell’s home once stood (picture taken in May 2022).

The site where the Cowell families home once stood (as of May 2022).

An interesting visual of what the Cowell’s house would look like if it was somehow transplanted today, photo courtesy of oddstops.

Samuel and Eleanor Cowell moved here to 4617 Pulaski Avenue in Philadelphia after they sold their first home in Roxborough. It is strongly speculated that Ted visited this house on multiple occasions in 1968/69 while staying at his Aunt Julia’s house in Lafayette Hill. His grandmother sadly died at the age of 76 in April of 1971; she suffered a stroke in the mid-1950’s and had diabetes. Because she had agoraphobia, Eleanor seldom left her house (especially during the final years of her life); she also underwent electroconvulsive therapy for depression. Bundy was on death row when Samuel passed away in December of 1983 at the age of 85.

The Cowell families second home located at 4617 Pulaski Avenue in Philadelphia.

The right side of the Cowell’s second home, picture taken in May 2022.

The house is MASSIVE, it’s like a compound, picture taken in May 2022.

Ted’s Aunt Julia’s house in the daytime, pic taken in May 2022. Bundy stayed here in while attending Temple University and it’s strongly speculated he moved to Lafayette Hill at some point in December of 1968 and stayed until May of 1969 (when he moved back to Tacoma).

A picture of Ted’s Aunt Julia’s house located at 4039 South Warner Road in Lafayette Hill, PA. While living in PA, Bundy made frequent trips to the Jersey Shore and NYC. He especially enjoyed going to 42nd Street in Manhattan, which was known for its prostitution and sex shops before it was “cleaned up” in the 1990’s. Ted also enjoyed hanging out at the beach at Ocean City in New Jersey. He would often just sit and stare at women as they were sunbathing, even going so far as to stalk some of them.

The death notice for Ted’s Grandmother, photo courtesy of oddstops.

Bundy’s Seattle Homes.

March 13, 2023September 6, 2023 ~ Another Bundy Blog. ~ Leave a comment

Here’s all the places Ted at lived while residing in Washington. The pictures are from April 2022.

This house located at 1514 South Alder Street in Tacoma is where Ted Bundy’s great Uncle Jack Cowell resided. According to 1950 US census records Cowell was living here with his wife Eleanor and their 3-year-old son John when Bundy moved in. When Louise and Ted left Philadelphia in 1950 they stayed here for a while before Louise met Johnnie.

In May of 1951 Johnnie and Louise Bundy, moved into this house at 1620 South Sheridan Avenue in Tacoma. It was the family’s first home.and when they moved in Ted was only four years old. Before they moved in Louise and Ted lived at his great Uncle Jacks house at 1514 South Alder Street.

The second Bundy home located at 658 North Skyline Drive in Tacoma, Washington. They moved in 1953 and stayed for 13 years.

This is the third and final house the Bundy family lived in, located at 3214 North 20th Street in Tacoma, WA; the family moved into the house in 1968. Johnny and Louise stayed here until the late 2000’s.

This is the front of the Rogers’ Rooming House located at 4143 12th Ave NE where Bundy lived while he was living in the University District of Seattle. He moved in September of 1969 after he returned to Washington after staying with family in Philadelphia.

This is the back of the Rogers’ Rooming House.

Ted’s (first) Utah Apartment.

February 15, 2023September 19, 2024 ~ Another Bundy Blog. ~ Leave a comment

My friend Kyrie Allyson asked me to share the pictures of Ted’s apartment in SLC at 565 1st Ave. I didn’t get any sort of weird vibe from it, but I wasn’t in Utah for very long… I had limited time and needed to get through things FAST. Maybe if I had been able to walk around and linger a bit I would have been able to get a better feel for what may have happened here.

Ted Bundy lived at this house while attending law school in Salt Lake City between September 1974 and September 1975. Almost immediately after he moved in women started mysteriously disappearing from both Utah and Colorado. At the time, the residence was a boarding house meaning multiple tenants rented rooms and shared basic common areas. While living here Ted occupied room two, which (when looking at it from the street) is on the second floor right above the porch.

Located on the right side of the residence is a fire escape that was added some time in the 1960’s; Ted supposedly used it frequently to come and go as he pleased in the middle of the night. There is an entrance to a cellar in the back of the house on the left side, and according to one of his house mates (who didn’t find it suspicious at the time), Bundy would sometimes go down there late at night.

Before he was put to death, Bundy confessed to bringing two of his victims back to his room: Debra Kent and Nancy Wilcox. He claimed that he left Kent in his room ‘for a period of time’ before he killed her, and eventually dumped her body in a canyon around 100 miles away; he also claimed to have left Wilcox in his room as well before he took her life. Obviously there’s a lot of doubts with these claims: how could he keep girls there for days at a time against their will completely undetected? After leaving this residence in September 1975 he moved about a mile away to 364 Douglas Street.

Ted Bundy’s first Salt Lake City apartment, located at 565 First Avenue. Photo taken November 2022.

Ted Bundy’s first Salt Lake City apartment. Photo taken November 2022.

Definitely a constant theme I noticed in my adventures is ‘no trespassing’ signs, here and in Seattle. Photo taken November 2022.

A close up of the ‘no trespassing’ sign located at the entrance to the house. Photo taken November 2022.

The rear of Ted’s one-time boarding house. Photo courtesy of Chris Mortenson/Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

The front of Ted’s former boarding house; his room on the second floor is around the red block. Photo courtesy of OddStops.

The fire escape located on the eastern side of TB’s former boarding house that leads directly into his bedroom. Photo courtesy of Chris Mortenson/Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

How the bathroom in Ted’s former apartment building looked in 2016; it is located immediately to the left as you walk in the front door. Photo courtesy of Chris Mortenson/Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

The stairs leading up to Ted’s room at 565 First Ave in SLC. Photo courtesy of Chris Mortenson/Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

The entrance hall in TB’s former rooming house; his one-time bedroom is straight ahead and the bathroom is the door on the right. Photo courtesy of Chris Mortenson/Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

Bundy’s former room as it looked in 2016. Photo courtesy of Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

The kitchenette in Bundy’s former rooming house. Photo courtesy of Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

The dining area and lounge located in TB’s former boarding house. Photo courtesy of Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

The kitchenette in TB’s former boarding house. Photo courtesy of Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

Photo courtesy of Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

The hatch and steps leading to the cellar located in the back of Bundy’s former rooming house. Photo courtesy of Chris Mortenson/Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

The steps leading to the cellar in TB’s former boarding house. Photo courtesy of Chris Mortenson/Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

The back of TB’s former boarding house. Reading through Jerry Thompson’s reports, the basement was never inspected when Ted’s room was searched on August 21, 1975 after his first arrest. Photo courtesy of Rob Dielenberg’s, ‘Ted Bundy: A Visual Timeline.’

Rogers Rooming House, part one.

July 25, 2022 ~ Another Bundy Blog. ~ Leave a comment

This is the house at 4143 12th Avenue in Seattle where Ted Bundy lived while he was living in the University District of Seattle. Bundy moved in September of 1969 after only recently returning to Washington after a six month stay in Philadelphia (where he attended Temple University).
The house at the time was a rooming house, meaning it has multiple tenants that shared the same facilities. Back during the time of the murders it was known as the “Rogers’ Rooming House” and was owned by Ernst and Frieda Rogers. This house is located in the heart of the University District, and Bundy would have blended in with the other students beautifully.
The fence that is currently around the outside is there to prevent “true crime tourists” from trespassing on the property. I had to hold my phone above the fence and was just waiting for someone to shoo me away. There was construction right in front of the house, and the workers had no idea what I was looking for.
Bundy lived on the second floor for four years until he left for Utah on September 2nd, 1974. We think Bundy started his crime spree while he was living here in January of 1974. He attacked his first known victim, Karen Sparks, in a house that was less than half a mile away. That site was in visual distance to The Sandpiper, where Bundy met his longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer.
While he was giving one of his third-person “pseudo-confessions”, Bundy tip toed around the concept that he may have picked Brenda Carol Ball up at a bar and brought her back to his rooming house. Once there, they had “consensual sex” before he strangled her to death in her sleep. If he was telling the truth (and that is a big IF), then it means that Bundy murdered at least one of his victims at this location.

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Bundy Family First Home.

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The Bundy Family First Home, 2022.
On May 19, 1951 Johnny and Louise Bundy got married in Tacoma, Washington and shortly after purchased their first home located at 1620 South Sheridan Avenue in Tacoma, WA. Previously, Ted and his mother had lived with his great uncle’s place at 1514 South Sheridan Ave in Tacoma. Ted was only four years old when he moved into the home with his new family and it wasn’t long before his half sister Linda was born in 1952.
Louise and Johnny began their life together in this four bedroom house shortly after they got married in May of 1951. Shortly after their union little “Teddy Nelson” officially became known as “Theodore Robert Bundy.” In 1953 the Bundy’s welcomed Glenn into the world and to accommodate their growing family moved to 658 North Skyline Drive in Tacoma. This would ultimately become Ted’s main childhood home until the family moved in 1968 to 3214 North 20th Street in Tacoma.

A very young Ted Bundy. Bundy has always claimed to have had a completely normal, almost uneventful childhood; however a closer analysis determined he was an awkward child who had a hard time figuring out who he was. What is brought up most often is Teds “origin story”: it’s common knowledge in the True Crime community that Bundy was born illegitimate. He had no idea who his real Father was and back in the 1940’s when he was born it was far more scandalous than it is now and it really seemed to have a deep effect on Ted’s psyche and the way he viewed the world. He thought Louise was his sister and his Grandparents were his parents.

Bundy has always claimed that he had a completely normal, an uneventful childhood. His friends and family often backed up this claim. But a closer look reveals he was a socially awkward child who sometimes crossed the lines of propriety, morality and legality. Though the suspect behavior exhibited by a young Bundy has been seen in others who didn’t go on to rape and murder numerous victims, his childhood offers some clues as to how he became a serial killer.

Theodore Robert Cowell was born on November 24, 1946, to Eleanor ‘Louise’ Cowell at the Elizabeth Lund Home for Unwed Mothers located in Burlington, Vermont. His father’s identity was unknown to him and is still unconfirmed to this day. Ted’s birth certificate listed his Father as a mystery man named Lloyd Marshall that Louise claims was a salesman and Air Force veteran, but Louise later changed her story claiming she’d been seduced by a sailor whom she knew as Jack Worthington. Like Mother, like son, is it possible Louise could have been misleading about the identity of Teds Father: investigators could find absolutely no proof that anyone by that name existed in either Navy or Merchant Marine archives. Some family members suspected that Bundy was fathered by Louise’s own violent, abusive father, Samuel Cowell however he was eventually cleared by DNA analysis.

A picture of Ted with his grandfather, Samuel Cowell in the summer of 1950. In interviews Bundy spoke warmly of his maternal grandfather and claimed that he “identified with, respected, and clung to” Samuel. However in 1987, other family members came forward and admitted to attorneys that Cowell was actually a maniacal bully as well as a bigot that hated “blacks, Italians, Catholics, and Jews.”

From an early age it seemed Bundy showed a keen interest in the dark and twisted. Louise’s younger sister Julia recalled one time where she’d taken a nap and woke up to discover she was surrounded by knives with a three year old Ted standing over her, smiling.

Ted with his adopted Father Johnnie Culpepper Bundy. He had a strained relationship with his stepfather and resented the fact that he was a blue collar working man with no higher education..

By the time Ted reached his teenage years he earned a reputation in his community as a peeping Tom, a habitual liar, and a thief. He was arrested twice on charges of burglary and auto theft but those were later dropped and expunged from his record due to good behavior and his youthful offender status.

A young Ted Bundy out fishing, taken in September of 1962.

Ted shooting a rifle at a boy scout event.

A young Ted Bundy poses with two childhood friends.

From left to right: Sandra, Glenn, Louise, Sandra, and Ted.

Front Row: Linda (b. 1952), Richard (b. 1961), Sandra (b. 1956). Back Row: Ted (b. 1946), Glenn (b. 1954).

I was able to dig up a better picture where the property was a little better maintained and you can actually see the house.

Ted’s Childhood Home.

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This little blue house located at 658 North Skyline Drive in Tacoma is where Ted Bundy spent the better part of his childhood years living with his mother, stepfather and four half-siblings. Before they lived here the Bundy family resided at 1620 South Sheridan Avenue also in Tacoma. The Bundy’s moved into their new residence in 1953 when Ted was about six to accommodate their growing family: his mother (Louise) and stepfather Johnny had 4 other children together. Ted himself said that Johnny loved and raised him as his own and he didn’t treat him any differently because he wasn’t blood.

Because both of his parents worked and his Mothers attention was largely focused on his younger half-siblings, Ted had a lot of freedom to wander the streets and get into trouble. He was a bit of a loner who never had many friends, and seemed to prefer to keep to himself most of the time. Bundy admitted in multiple interviews with detectives and journalists that during this time he was a peeping Tom that enjoyed sneaking out late at night and prowling around his neighborhood looking for women undressing. It was at this time that Bundy claims he started drinking so perhaps it was liquid courage that helped fuel his perverse desires so early on in his life. In addition to peeking at women undressing through their windows, he also enjoyed roaming around his Tacoma neighborhood searching through people’s garbage for discarded hardcore pornographic magazines. He was also on the lookout for things to steal and would take pretty much anything that wasn’t nailed down..

Shortly before his execution, Bundy told a psychiatrist about some of the autoerotic activities he engaged in when he was only 13 years old: according to Bundy, he liked to go into the woods at the back of his house, take off his clothes and then run around. Hahaha just a random thought but I wonder if anyone ever saw him. The world may never know…

David Truong purchased the old Bundy house in 2017; he originally planned on purchasing it to “flip it” and sell it for a profit. It wasn’t until after the papers were signed and the house officially became his that he learned of its strange history. While the house was being remodeled the contractors reported so many strange events that pastors were called to bless it.

Although Bundy’s first confirmed murder did not happen until 1974 with the tragic death of Lynda Ann Healy, he is still considered to be a suspect in the 1961 disappearance of eight year old Ann Marie Burr. Little Ann Marie lived at 3009 North 14th Street in Tacoma roughly five miles away from Teds North Skyline Drive home. It is worth pointing out that the Bundy’s first home was also close to the Burrs house as well. Fourteen year old Ted was The Burr Family’s paperboy at the time of the abduction, and to help strengthen the argument police found a footprint outside of Ann Marie’s window that fit the profile of a teenager. During his later teenage years Bundy attended Woodrow Wilson High School (now called Silas High School) roughly a mile and a half away from their home. Bundy lived at this North Skyline residence until 1966 when he moved to McMahon Hall at the University of Washington. However, there is some local folklore and gossip around the University of Puget Sound regarding where Bundy lived at his time there: I asked the manager of the campus coffee shop if she could give me any good Bundy tidbits and she reported that he “lived at Schiff Hall during his time at their law school.” Unfortunately, after excitedly running over there and taking a dozen and a half pictures it turned out to be campus legend, as my research tells me that Bundy still lived with his parents during his time at the University. I’m posting those pictures anyway, so deal with it. In 1968 Johnny and Louise sold this house on North Skyline Drive and moved a little over three miles away to 3214 North 20th Street in Tacoma.

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