Ted Bundy, an American serial killer during the 1970s, was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1946.
Ted Bundy was born on November 24, 1946, in Vermont, United States of America, as Theodore Robert Cowell. Elanor Louise Cowell was his mother's name, while his father's identity is unknown. Ted Bundy was raised as their own kid by his maternal grandparents, Samuel and Elanor Cowell, to avoid the societal shame of their daughter Louise being a young single mom. Ted Bundy, also known as Theodore Robert Bundy, was a serial murderer and rapist in the United States of America during the mid and late 1970s. He admitted to carrying out 30 murders as well as other crimes such as kidnappings, rapes, and necrophilia.
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