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Conversations With Killer: Ted Bundy Tapes Tweets Reactions

The Ted Bundy Tapes Is the Latest Captivating (and F*cked Up) Documentary to Hit Netflix

Conversations With Killer: Ted Bundy Tapes Tweets Reactions
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After the global success of Making a Murderer, Netflix capitalized on the true crime boom with a slew of harrowing documentaries. There were relatively unknown, yet totally bizarre cases, as well as series that shined a new light on some of the country's most terrifying cults. And now, with Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes — which premiered on the 30th anniversary of his execution — the streaming giant is simultaneously repulsing and captivating audiences all over again by examining the life and crimes of one of America's most well-known serial killers.

One of the things that makes Conversations With a Killer so chilling is its unique look inside Bundy's twisted mind, which the documentary does by piecing together Bundy's public statements, along with archival footage from around the time he perpetrated his crimes and from inside the the trial that ultimately led to his execution on Jan. 24, 1989. In the mix are present day interviews from experts, which paints a fuller picture of just what kind of man Bundy was. His notoriously charming and charismatic demeanour has also been leaving some audiences more scared than usual, presumably because of how normal he initially comes off.

"The reason I think is because he taps into our deepest, darkest, primal fear that the person next you is ultimately unknowable, because Bundy defied the stereotype of what is a serial killer," the documentary's director, Joe Berlinger, told E! News. "He was good looking, he was charming, people liked him, women were attracted to him, he could have had a career in politics or law, and yet he had this horrible, vicious, dark side."

Netflix UK & Ireland even tweeted a warning to "maybe don't watch it alone," which is almost a creepier thing to say when you take into account that one of the biggest points that the doc makes is that serial killers don't walk around wearing blood-spattered hockey masks — they could be in our social circles and we wouldn't even know it. Naturally, Netflix users can't get enough of the series, while also fully admitting that it's giving them nightmares. See some of the buzzier reactions, ahead.

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