When reading about anything related to Ted Bundy, it’s easy to get swept up in his story and background and about his known victims. Before this book, I never took the time to really think about what an impact he had had on Seattle Washington. There were other people who went missing during the time of Bundy’s life, and the thought that the families will never know if their loved ones were part of his spree or not is haunting.

This audiobook covers one such victim. 8-year-old Ann Marie Burr went to bed one night and simply vanished. This book covers the possible reasons why Ted Bundy is a suspect but even at the end admits that there is no way to prove for sure exactly what happened. Decades have gone by, many of the people who remember Ann have died, and they are no closer to solving her disappearance then they day it happened. Truly sad story. Interesting insight though for fans of true crime.

Narration was perfect for the material.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
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Some people were rather amazed that this is the first book about Ted Bundy I have read. For some reason I have made a conscience effort to not read about Ted Bundy.

It seems important to mention that because I may have liked this book more than others because there are many details about Ted Bundy I am not familiar with. That being said, I would say this book was not a ‘page turner’, but it was interesting. It dealt mainly with the aftereffects of the disappearance of Ann Burr. Mainly how her family coped with her disappearance, the investigation, how the police felt they had ‘failed the family’. Although there is no evidence to support it, there are some people who feel Ted Bundy is responsible for her disappearance and death. This is brought out and the reasons these people believe it.

This book also contains some historical information about Ted Bundy, his parents, his childhood habits and so on. I would recommend this book. ( )

Ok, flat out my rating is based on the fact I worked with psych and forensic psych. The story just didn't do well under those lights. I wasn't expecting a clinical case detail but I was expecting something written better. It fell apart rapidly as a story line be it fiction or reality. ( )

In 1961, a little girl named Ann Marie Burr disappeared from her own home, never to be seen again. There were few clues and even fewer leads or suspects...until Ted Bundy, who lived only a few miles away from the Burrs, entered national prominence with a horrific spree of killings. Ann's parents wondered: did Ted Bundy kill their daughter?

Although an interesting question, it's difficult to determine whether he did. Ted denied killing Ann on several occasions, but he was a sociopath who lied frequently, so it's not as if we can take his word. He might have done it. He might not have. No one will ever really know for sure, unless Ann's body is found and, miracle of miracles, there's some sort of DNA evidence left intact after all of these years that can link Ted to her.

The book itself alternates between the Burrs' (unfortunately fruitless) search for Ann and Ted Bundy's life and crimes, which gives the book a disjointed feel. It's not particularly well-written, and the author repeats herself frequently in various chapters. Furthermore, the author never takes the additional step to try to prove that Ted Bundy did indeed abduct and, presumably, murder Ann. Instead, the book ends with a weak "I believe Ted did this" paragraph or two. ( )

Excellent information on the history of Ted and theories about how he developed. Also other books about Ted, and the mention of Adam Walsh, Otto Toole, I believe