She was his close friend and colleague.She thought she knew him well.But she didn't know the monster within . . .When Ann Rule and Ted Bundy became friends while working at a Seattle crisis clinic in 1971, she had no idea that her kind, charismatic c...
I never saw that anger, I never saw any anger at all. Ted’s treatment of me was the kind of old-world gallantry which he also showed toward other women I saw him with. He is capable of hiding his dangerous side. (from the book The Stranger beside me.) During her career, Ann Rule has written about many true crimes. Never before has she written about someone she knows personally, which makes it even harder for her. At what point in his life did Ted change or what triggered this change in behaviour? And why did she not see any signs? These among other questions happen to torment Ann Rule throughout those years. She’s torn between two sides, believing that he is really guilty of those horrible crimes and Ted who claims his innocence. It’s very devastating when you find out that you have been played and betrayed all along. The first part of the book is very interesting and detailed written in the author’s usual fashion. Very informative up until the beginning of the trial. There the story lost its speed a bit, and the long part begins as trials are very often tiring to follow. But it doesn’t end there, the author has added an updated Epilogue which describes the last couple of years of Ted Bundy’s life in prison. All in all a very insightful story, in my opinion very well researched. It’s despite the long part in the end worth reading.
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She was his close friend and colleague.She thought she knew him well.But she didn't know the monster within . . .When Ann Rule and Ted Bundy became friends while working at a Seattle crisis clinic in 1971, she had no idea that her kind, charismatic co-worker would go on to become one of the world's most notorious serial killers, who confessed to murdering at least thirty-six women across America. In The Stranger Beside Me, Rule details not only her personal relationship with Bundy, but his life; covering everything from his complicated childhood to the media circus revolving around his trials, and his eventual execution.An unforgettable work of research, journalism and personal memories, The Stranger Beside Me defies the expectation that we would know if a monster walked among us.
Fremdsprachige Bücher
Sphere
Englisch
528
2019-04-11
9780751578096
978-0-7515-7809-6