S14EP1: Escaping Ted Bundy: A Survivor Unlocks the Mind of a Monster

Mystery and Murder: Analysis by Dr. Phil

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True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In the premiere episode of "Escaping Ted Bundy: A Survivor Unlocks the Mind of a Monster" Dr. Phil delves into the harrowing story of Rhonda Stapley, who came face-to-face with one of history's most infamous serial killers—Ted Bundy. Through firsthand accounts and expert insights, listeners gain a rare glimpse into the psyche of a true sociopath. Rhonda recounts the terrifying moments when Bundy alternated between strangling her and jolting her awake, exposing his lack of empathy and monstrous nature. Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and All Podcast Players. Subscibe and follow now!

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Mystery and Murder, Analysis by Dr. Phil, where we dive deep into some of the most
0:15.3	infamous criminal minds and headline-making true crime news stories.
0:20.4	We're not going to just tell stories. We're going to go
0:24.6	inside the minds of these killers and talk about this from the inside out. We're going to talk about
0:32.5	the motivations. Why do people do these kind of things? And I get asked that a lot, but when people say, who does this?
0:41.3	When they ask me that, it's not rhetorical.
0:43.4	They really want an answer, and I'm going to give it to you.
0:46.8	I'm going to ask you to walk in their shoes, to put yourself inside the minds of these
0:51.8	killers, not asking you to think like that, but to really
0:55.3	compare it to who you are.
0:57.6	And what I mean is, I want you to look at what these people do and ask yourself, compared
1:04.1	to you, how demented they have to be to do the things they do.
1:09.9	That's the only way you can understand them.
1:12.6	Human behavior is on a continuum. So if you really want to get an idea of who these people are,
1:18.1	you've got to compare it to a baseline, the baseline being you, and say, how warped would I have to be,
1:24.7	how sick and evil would I have to be to do what these people do?
1:30.9	If you don't have anything to compare it to, you really can't relate to what they do.
1:37.5	So in a way, I do want you to walk in their shoes, and I want you to walk in the shoes of the victim
1:42.6	and think about what they must have experienced.
1:46.8	In today's episode, you're not going to have to guess at what that was.
1:52.5	There's a fascination with serial killers, how they think, what they do, and we piece together
1:58.4	their behaviors through clues, clues that are left at the scene, analysis,
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