The Devil Around Me

Ann Rule has been hailed as "America's best true crime writer." "The Devil Beside Me" is a classic true crime work, a criminal investigation notebook and memoir written from first-hand sources. When it was first published, it topped the list of major true crime works in the UK and the United States. It has been reprinted over the years and has been made into many film and television works. Ted Bundy is one of the most prolific serial killers in the United States. Over the years, he has committed a heinous crime of abusing young women he had never met across state lines. He was extremely cunning, relying on the training he had received in law school, and kept pleading innocent in the face of conclusive evidence from the police and forensic doctors. He also played with the law, judicial officers and even his own team of lawyers. As a result, the verdict and execution were postponed several times, and the case was delayed for more than ten years without being resolved. He also repeatedly looked for opportunities to escape. Finally, when he was at the end of his rope, he suddenly announced that he had actually killed more than 300 people... Even until his death, Ted Bundy never let the American police feel relieved. Not only that, more than thirty years after he was sent to the electric chair, reporters are still investigating him, psychologists are still analyzing him, and judicial personnel are still studying him. This is the story of America's most prolific serial killer. Ann Rule has been hailed as "America's best true crime writer." "The Devil Beside Me" is a classic true crime work, a criminal investigation notebook and memoir written from first-hand sources. When it was first published, it topped the list of major true crime works in the UK and the United States. It has been reprinted over the years and has been made into many film and television works. Ted Bundy is one of the most prolific serial killers in the United States. Over the years, he has committed a heinous crime of abusing young women he had never met across state lines. He was extremely cunning, relying on the training he had received in law school, and kept pleading innocent in the face of conclusive evidence from the police and forensic doctors. He also played with the law, judicial officers and even his own team of lawyers. As a result, the verdict and execution were postponed several times, and the case was delayed for more than ten years without being resolved. He also repeatedly looked for opportunities to escape. Finally, when he was at the end of his rope, he suddenly announced that he had actually killed more than 300 people... Ted Bundy did not let the American police feel relieved even until his death. Not only that, more than thirty years after he was sent to the electric chair, reporters are still investigating him, psychologists are still analyzing him, and judicial personnel are still studying him.After the author Ann Rule left the police force, she volunteered at Seattle's "Crisis Hotline." During the relationship, she gradually realized that Ted, the volunteer with her, was the serial killer "Ted" her police were tracking. She and Ted met in 1971, and their friendship and correspondence lasted the rest of his life. During this period, she was both his friend and a crime reporter looking for a brutal serial killer. She used Ted's description of his double life to her, plus she tracked the detective work of the police in many places, as well as court trials and media reports, to string together Ted's entire life story with rich details. As a gripping and explosive true crime classic, this book captures the psychology of ordinary people - everyone wants to know whether there is a monster living around us, or even getting along with us day and night.