Way before the modern craze of the true crime documentary, filmmaker Joe Berlinger had already released three of the best entries in the genre with his “Paradise Lost” trilogy of HBO films. Back when Steven Avery wasn’t on anyone’s radar, Berlinger and his filmmaking partner Bruce Sinofsky brought true crime to the mainstream with the docs about the West Memphis 3. And now, Berlinger is hoping to do the same again with a new docu-series about the notorious killer Ted Bundy.
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In “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes,” Berlinger has a new Netflix series that uses taped conversations with Bundy to help illuminate the man behind the brutal killings of dozens of women. As seen in the trailer, the series will confront the mindset of one of the most well-known serial killers in history, as well as how he became a bit of a sex symbol and celebrity due to his incredible charisma.
The series is set to debut on January 24 on Netflix, and is sure to be the latest true crime series that will be the talk of the town. So, if you’re one of those serial killer aficionados, we know what you’ll be doing in a couple of weeks.
Here’s the synopsis:
On the 30th anniversary of his Florida execution, CONVERSATIONS WITH A KILLER: THE TED BUNDY TAPES brings the infamously twisted mind of serial killer Ted Bundy into the light for the very first time and invades our psyche in a fresh yet terrifying way through exclusive, never-before-heard interviews from the “Jack the Ripper of the United States,” himself. This unique and gripping doc series, directed and executive produced by true crime pioneer Joe Berlinger, focuses on the man whose personality, good looks and social graces defied the serial-killer stereotype, allowing him to hide in plain sight as he committed the brutal sex-crime slayings of more than 30 women before being caught in 1978. While on trial, Bundy received extraordinary adoration from American women, which made his gruesome crimes doubly haunting, even in an era of anything-goes mayhem. Inspired the book of the same name written by Stephen G. Michaud and Hugh Aynesworth, the series utilizes over 100 hours of exclusive audio interviews that the two journalists conducted with Bundy on death row in 1980, giving the unique perspective of hearing the killer analyze his own life and motives.