I just got the book in the mail, I will most likely do a review after I finish it (or at the very least, will go through and bullet point things I found interesting or new).
John ‘Jack’ Cowell and Eleanor Gellert in uniform.A young Ted (right) with Edna’s brother (left) and her mother (middle).A young Ted Bundy.The Cowell family in a promotional picture for a local Washington newspaper.A young Bundy family.A picture of the Bundy family around Christmas time, Ted is holding baby Richie. A young Bundy family.The Bundy children in December 1960.Edna and her brother on a boat.From left to right: Edna (on the horse in the back), John, Ted, Jack, Edna’s friend, Margie (on horse) , Eleanor; Louise and Johnnie are on the far right with two of their younger kids.Edna Cowell in the 1970’s.The seafood processing ship where Edna worked after she graduated from college, in Dutch Hollow, Alaska. Edna and Don.Edna and her husband, Don.Edna’s husband Don (r) and his best friend Clark Palmer (l).Edna’s 1967 Cadillac DeVille convertible. Don and Anna.Don, Edna, and Anna.Edna and one of her lifelong friends, Jeanie at the Grand Canyon.Edna, Anna, and Don Martin.Edna and Anna.Anna Martin and her Uncle John.Jack Cowell conducting a choir rehearsal in his home studio in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Edna and her husband Don.From left to right: Louise, Edna, Johnnie, and Anna.Edna (right) said that her old roommate Margie (middle) was once slow dancing with Ted during a romantic evening and his ‘mask slipped.’A more recent picture of Edna Cowell-Martin, when she was on Piers Morgan in July 2024.A letter Ted wrote to his grandfather Sam dated February 6, 1969. Courtesy of Edna Cowell.Louise Bundy wrote a short note to her dad on the back of Teds letter from 1959.A letter from Jack Cowell to his daughter telling her that Ted had been arrested.A transcribed letter from Ted to his aunt and uncle dated October 28, 1975.The original copy of a portion of the May 31, 1986 letter from Edna Cowell to Ted. Photo courtesy of The Daily Mail.In part one of a transcribed letter from May 31, 1986, Edna expressed to Ted how she was remorseful over how she missed her cousin’s murderous rage, admitting that she ‘saw only one side of you.’Part two of Edna’s transcribed letter from May 31, 1986.An original copy of Edna’s follow up letter written on June 10, 1986, after Ted ignored her first attempt.The transcribed letter Cowell sent Bundy on June 10, 1986. In it, she once again pleaded with him to give closure to his victims’ families.Part two of the transcribed letter Cowell sent Bundy on June 10, 1986. An original copy of Ted’s letter to Edna on August 1, 1986, where he berated her for believing ‘innuendo, gossip, and accusations’ about his crimes and urged her to ignore the evidence against him.Part one of the transcription of Bundy’s letter to Edna written on August 1, 1986.The second page of a transcribed letter from Ted to Edna dated August 1, 1986.An original copy of a letter sent by Bundy to Edna on November 13, 1986, where he told her he had ‘no guilt, remorse, or regret over anything I’ve done.’An excerpt from Bundy’s November 13, 1986 letter to Edna, where her tried to offer her some insight on his daily routine while on death row in Florida. The transcription of Bundy detailed his day-to-day routine, including being woken up at 5:30 AM for ‘cold scrambled eggs’ and filling his time by exercising in his cell.The cover of Edna’s book.The text from the last Christmas card Ted sent Edna.
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