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Disturbed: True Horror Stories

I Survived Ted Bundy; Kathy Kleiner Tells Her Story

Disturbed: True Horror Stories

Evergreen Podcasts

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.2943 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Kathy Kleiner was asleep in her Florida sorority house, Chi Omega, in 1978 when the notorious serial killer Ted Bundy broke in and brutalized her and her roomate. Bundy had killed sorority sisters Margarette Bowman and Lisa Levy as well. He fled the sorority house and immediately broke into a duplex up the street and attacked Cheryl Thomas, leaving her in a coma. Kathy testified against Bundy at his trial. I spoke with Kathy Kleiner about the attack, the trial and the aftermath. Rolling Stone article on Kathy Kleiner More info and sources at disturbedpodcast.com Follow us on social: facebook.com/disturbedpodcast instagram.com/disturbedpodcast twitter.com/disturbed_pod Can’t get enough Disturbed? Join the Fan Club! For $3/month as a pro listener, you’ll enjoy an ad-free listening experience, a special podcast shout out and early access to new episodes. Still not enough? Bump it up to an elite listener for only $6/month and unlock a bonus episode every month as well as exclusive access to live-streaming guest interviews. By becoming a fan club member, you'll be supporting the podcast as well as getting some awesome perks and benefits. It's a win-win. Join today at disturbedpodcast.com/fanclub This episode was made possible by the following equipment: Shure SM7B Cardioid Dynamic Microphone RODEcaster Pro Podcast Production Studio RODE PSA 1 Swivel Mount Studio Microphone Boom Arm Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1 Mic Activator OneOdio A71 Wired Over Ear Headphones Join the fan club/support the show: http://www.patreon.com/disturbedpodcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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and shop all your gifts now at a.o.com welcome in to season one of disturbed All stories and cases you hear are real,

0:40.5

either narrated by myself or as told by the person involved.

0:46.0

I hope you enjoy this season of Disturbed.

0:50.4

And now, on with the show.

0:56.0

Warning, this episode contains descriptions of violent attacks.

1:01.9

Listener discretion is advised.

1:06.3

Back in 1978, Kathy Kleiner was attending Florida State University as a pledge to the Kai Omega Sorority House.

1:16.6

On a Saturday in the middle of January, she had attended a wedding at Wesley Chapel.

1:23.6

After, Kathy decided to head back to the sorority house and do some studying instead of going out with her friends.

1:32.1

She called it a night around 11.30 p.m.

1:37.3

But in the early morning hours, Kathy's life would dramatically change after a man broke into the sorority house and brutally attacked several of the sorority members of Kai Omega, including Kathy.

1:52.8

So just who was the attacker that made his way into the sorority house?

1:58.7

Well, you may have heard of him.

2:02.0

His name was Theodore Robert Bundy, Ted Bundy.

2:08.8

In this episode, we're going to hear from Kathy Kleiner herself about the day she was attacked,

2:15.0

the trial of Ted Bundy and the aftermath.

2:19.3

My name is Kathy Kleiner.

2:39.3

I was attacked by Ted Bundy in 1978.

2:43.3

I was born in Miami.

2:46.0

I lived in a small little house with my mama and my dad and two siblings. I remember it was around, I was around

2:54.1

five, and every evening my daddy would come home and sit next to me in his big chair and we played

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