Plot Synopsis

TED BUNDY: THE SURVIVORS is a two-part special the explores the life and crimes of Ted Bundy, one of the most murderous minds ever -- with the frightening stories from the women who faced Bundy and lived to tell about it. He was a serial monster who seduced and killed with shocking depravity.He was a chameleon so deceptive that some experts estimate he charmed more than a hundred women to their cruel deaths with his reign of terror inspiring countless movies, including AMERICAN PSYCHO and SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. But for all the women who were murdered, there were a surprising number who got away through their own will power, sharp thinking and a stroke of luck. In this two-part special viewers hear the jarring first-hand accounts of women who survived Bundy's attempt to assault and murder them including that of Karen Sparks who Bundy attacked and beat so severely she was unconscious in the hospital for 10 days. Viewers also hear survivor accounts from Sandra Swartz and Rhonda Stapley, who recount their experience with Bundy's twisted personality. The two-parter also explores Bundy's childhood from his days as an innocent paperboy to an admired high school athlete and budding attorney to becoming one of the most notorious mass murderers in American history. How did Bundy's story begin? Why did his crimes begin? Why wasn't he captured sooner? This special explores his amazing ability to cover his tracks and uncovers how he outwitted an army of investigators despite being identified by friends, colleagues and even his girlfriend. TED BUNDY: THE SURVIVORS features commentary from former King County detective Kathleen McChesney, Kevin Sullivan author of "The Bundy Murders," psychologist Dr. Sherry Ginn and crime writer Shirley Lynn Scott.