Serial Killer Ted Bundy's Warnings about Pornography Re-Aired on 20th Anniversary of Execution

LifeSiteNews ^ | 1/27/09 | Kathleen Gilbert

[wagglebee]

COLORADO SPRINGS, January 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On the 20th anniversary of his execution, the final interview with notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, in which he warned of the deadly effects of pornography addiction, the primary factor that he says led to his notorious killing spree in the 1970s, was re-aired by Focus on the Family.

Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, also appeared on Fox News' “Glenn Beck” last Friday to discuss his historic final interview with Ted Bundy, one of the most notorious serial killers in American history.  Last Friday marked the 20th anniversary of the Jan. 23, 1989 interview, which took place on the eve of Bundy’s execution in a Florida state prison, and was originally released as Focus on the Family's 1989 videotape, "Fatal Addiction."

“Pornography can reach out and snatch a kid out of any house today. It snatched me out of my home 20, 30 years ago,” Bundy told Dobson. “I’ll tell you, there are lots of other kids playing in streets around the country who are going to be dead tomorrow and the next day and the next day and next month, because other young people are reading the kinds of things and seeing the kinds of things that are available in the media today.”

Bundy permitted only Dr. Dobson to interview him in his final hours because, as Dobson noted, “Bundy wanted to talk about the role media violence and particularly violent, hard-core pornography had played in his years-long killing spree, and he knew the mainstream media wouldn’t report that story.”

Despite growing up in an almost idyllic Christian home, Bundy said that his moral values were subverted by the softcore pornography he discovered outside his home as a preteen.  The addiction led him to view materials that were not only pornographic but also violent in nature.  "The wedding of those two forces - as I know only too well - brings about behavior that is too terrible to describe," said Bundy.

"Those of us who have been so influenced by violence in the media, particularly pornographic violence, are not some kind of inherent monsters. We are your sons and husbands. We grew up in regular families," he said.

"There are those loose in their towns and communities, like me, whose dangerous impulses are being fueled, day in and day out, by violence in the media in its various forms - particularly sexualized violence. What scares me is when I see what’s on cable TV. Some of the violence in the movies that come into homes today is stuff they wouldn’t show in X-rated adult theatres 30 years ago. 

"That is the most graphic violence on screen, especially when children are unattended or unaware that they could be a Ted Bundy; that they could have a predisposition to that kind of behavior," he said.

Bundy emphasized his full accountability for the murders, but made clear that his addiction to pornography ignited and fueled the crimes that otherwise would never have happened.  He also insisted that, of others he met who had a similar tendency to violence, "without exception, every one of them was deeply involved in pornography."

“Sadly, Bundy was right,” Dobson said. “Pornography has been found in the possession of almost every killer where sex was the motivation."

To see excerpts of the interview, go to: http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000009138.cfm

[wagglebee]

“Sadly, Bundy was right,” Dobson said. “Pornography has been found in the possession of almost every killer where sex was the motivation."

And the leftists/libertarians continue to insist that it's not an issue.

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[Phantom Lord]

Hands off my porn!

[RolandTignor]

The Supreme Court didn’t want to stop it for kids.

[MrB]

The left doesn’t want to stop it for anyone. They know its destructive nature, and they’re using it as a tool to destroy the family as an institution.

[Auntie Dem]

Ted Bundy is also the poster child for why “Life in Prison, Without Parole” does not work. He escaped custody and killed again.

Yes, there are flaws in death penalty cases, but “Life” doesn’t work. The death penalty works every time it’s tried.

[freedumb2003]

HEY! I HAVEN’T KILLED ANYBODY AND...

Um I mean, what an interesting article.

[Golddigger3]

And the leftists/libertarians continue to insist that it's not an issue.

Judging from sex scandal posts on FR, about 85% of Freepers don't think it's an issue.

[NinoFan]

Hmm. Interesting. I’m not sure I’d ever trust what Ted Bundy had to say though. Evil sickos like him are known to be liars.

As for porn, while it’s true that pornography can be addictive and it can cause problems with some people, there are also a lot of people who use it who don’t have such problems. Think of all the military guys who look at girlie mags. They turn out OK.

I’m not aware of the answer to this, so I’m really asking out of curiosity (No hostility, just asking a question). What does Mr. Dobson suggest be done about this issue that he considers to be a significant problem?

[Question_Assumptions]

I think it's a mistake to focus only on the effects of consuming pornography (where the evidence is debatable) and not the harm caused to real people by the manufacture of hardcore pornography, amateur pornography, and other sex trades fed by pornography. Sex slavery is big business and a lot of the participation in pornography blurs the lines of consent (drugs, alcohol, coercion, lies, etc.). Again, I highly recommend taking a look at the Frontline episode American Porn. You can watch it on the web site and the related material, which talks about how the Clinton Administration and Janet Reno undermined obscenity prosecutions, is also interesting.

[VirginiaConstitutionalist]

Everyone knows that criminalizing dirty pictures makes society safer.

Just look at what it’s done for Iran, Afghanistan, Burma...

[Drango]

“Sadly, Bundy was right,” Dobson said. “Pornography has been found in the possession of almost every killer where sex was the motivation."

Post hoc ergo propter hoc is a logical fallacy error. Look it up if you don't understand it. Each of these killers also drank milk and water. If you need more convincing, millions of men look at porn and don't become ax murders.

[wagglebee]

Good point.

[autumnraine]

My theory on pornography (and especially the internet)

It starts out with a breast being exciting, then it takes a little more.

Then it’s soft porn, then you need a little more.

Then you start getting into fetish type stuff, then it gets a little worse.

And on and on and on.

[bigbob]

Good point.

Now lets try to eliminate something else that’s impossible to control. How about evil thoughts police?

[Citizen Blade]

“Sadly, Bundy was right,” Dobson said. “Pornography has been found in the possession of almost every killer where sex was the motivation."

You are familiar with the adage that "all German shepherds are dogs, but not all dogs are German shepherds?"

Is anyone surprised that killers who murder for sexual reasons are going to have porn in their possession?

Given that probably tens of millions of Americans have porn (loosely defined) in their possession, but very few of them commit sex-based crimes, I'm not sure I see the problem.

[domenad]

This is absolute crap, Dobson, and you're a royal turd for pretending you believe it. Bundy was a psychopath. He would have said absolutely anything to manipulate people. Apparently a moron like Dobson is so impressionable that he's able to be manipulated twenty years after a guy is worm food. You want to find someone to talk down porno, Dobson? Get a better spokesman, you idiot.

By the way, I look at porn EVERY DAY, and the only problem I have with my family is when my wife tries to go to a website that doesn't have the women with the big rear ends that I like. Thank you.

[VirginiaConstitutionalist]

And splinters, and clouds, and shoes that won’t stay tied.

[Pharmboy]

I’m with you on this one...

[MahatmaGandu]

I hear Bundy stopped smoking the other day.

:-P