The double life and murders committed by Ted Bundy . Initial Publication: 1980.
Ann Rule (a former police officer and true crime reporter). THE STRANGER BESIDE ME - Murders
The book details the horrifying scale of Bundy's crimes across several states: The double life and murders committed by Ted Bundy
The story follows Rule's time working the late shift at a Seattle crisis hotline alongside Bundy in 1971. She describes him as a "sensitive, charismatic young coworker" and a "trusted confidant". During this same period, Rule was researching a string of unsolved murders of young women in the Pacific Northwest—unaware that the "monster" she was tracking was the friend sitting right beside her. The Crimes and Confessions The book details the horrifying scale of Bundy's
is a landmark 1980 true crime book and memoir written by Ann Rule . It is widely considered one of the most chilling accounts in the genre because Rule was personally acquainted with her subject—serial killer Ted Bundy —long before his crimes were publicly known. Quick Facts