Factors that led to Ted Bundy's Murders

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“The most damaging kind of pornography - and I’m talking from hard, real, personal experience - is that that involves violence and sexual violence.” -Ted Bundy

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  • He was betrayed by his mother when he found out she was his mother not his sister
  • His first girlfriend left him because she thought he had no future
  • He was introduced to pornography at a very young
    age
  • He became addicted to hardcore, violent pornography
  • Once he became addicted, he had to find more violent, more graphic pornography
    to fuel his addiction
  • His addiction grew as the years went on and at some point, the hardcore, violent pornography he was watching was not satisfying the addiction
  • At some point, these fantasies became a reality and to get his 'fix' to satisfy his addiction, he needed to actually perform the acts

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  • He was classified as a High Factor 1 Psychopath, which means he was intelligent and had very few signs of psychopathy early in his life
  • Factor 1 psychopathy is characterized by a grandiose sense of self, pathological lying, conning-manipulative behaviors, lack of remorse, lack of empathy and failure to accept responsibility
  • Psychopathy is the label name for antisocial personality disorder
  • People with this disorder live only in the present and behave as if social regulations do not apply to them
  • To be diagnosed with APSD, there can be no symptoms of any other mental disorders
  • According to Dr. Al Carlisle, a psychologist who evaluated Bundy after his first arrest, his criteria for right and wrong changed over time to minimize to polarity between the good part of his brain and the evil part
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http://voices.yahoo.com/serial-killer-ted-bundy-blamed-pornography-his-311774.html

Petrolini, Andrea. "AntiSocial Personality Disorder: The Case of Theodore Bundy." The Case of Theodore Bundy. Info Board, May 2002. Web. 12 Dec. 2012.
http://www.psychohelp.at/h/college/abnormal/aspd.shtml

"Fatal Addiction: Ted Bundy's Final Interview." Pure Intimacy. Focus On the Family, n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2012.