Ted Bundy’s Groupies?
By: Amy Smith
Tags: Rape, Courts, Serial Killers, Ted Bundy

Ted Bundy’s Groupies?

First and foremost I am female & I have a very deep interest & even tender loving care when it comes to the case of Ted Bundy & his crimes.

The reason?

We only know of Bundy's victim type being female with specific personality traits and looks. However I do not believe the girls all looked alike.

Nearly every documentary, people are criticising the fact that there were women attending his trial(s). There was even a psychiatrist back then when his trials were aired live; speaking of these women at his trial & even gave this fascination they had with Ted Bundy a name.

Hybristophillia and it's definition according to wickepedia is the following:

Hybristophilia is a paraphilia in which sexual arousal, facilitation, and attainment of orgasm are responsive to and contingent upon being with a partner known to have committed an outrage, cheating, lying, known infidelities, or crime—such as rape or murder. The term is derived from the Greek word hubrizein (ὑβρίζειν), meaning "to commit an outrage against someone" (ultimately derived from hubris ὕβρις, "hubris"), and philo, meaning "having a strong affinity/preference for".[1] In popular culture, this phenomenon is also known as "Bonnie and Clyde syndrome".

Now I am not saying that there aren't mentally disturbed ladies, there are, just as there are mentally disturbed men. But to give women this special sort of secluded label for having a mere fascination for criminals, and going so far as to even define the fascination?

As far as I saw in the recording of his trials? I saw absolutely none of those women having out right orgasms right there in the courtroom in plain sight!

I think this accusation is just wrong. Not to say that this isn't possible but to label these women there at his trial with this symptom? Simply because they were there and intrigued?

If the fascination turns into an authentic & genuine desire to physically be in a relationship sexual or not with men such as Ted Bundy? Why does this need to have some kind of name to label it or define it?

How about figure out the cause of the mental docs are going to explore it?

But since this definition of this term above seems to truly point to the feelings that women may seem to have or portray towards a specific type of criminal as a sort of fantasy or a state of mind that may fade. As it doesn't point to a woman having these feelings while in a relationship with a man who commits these crimes. It only focuses on the assumed feelings.

And doesn't explain it aside from the very superficial stance.

With that in mind I can only assume that this term was given as an insult not a true examination. Not even a real diagnosis but more of an effect or symptom due to whatever underlying personality disorder these women may have or due to trauma they have experienced, or maybe just maybe it is merely an attempt to understand these drastic and very traumatic actions that someone like Ted Bundy committed.

Maybe the thrill is a possible inverted symptom from being afraid or deeply confused or shocked by the very violent yet sexual crimes he committed?

Every female in my opinion should be alarmed in some way. And many of us process that kind of fear in very conflicting ways.

This is part of the reason why the effects from being raped by either male or female and towards either of the sex are so long lasting and difficult to get through.

Many times all of us regardless of our gender simply become fascinated or fixated on something, someone, or behavior that isn't good. But I will argue that in most cases it is often a mere deep desire to understand these things that scare us. The problem is that it can be expressed in very conflicting ways because?

Well, what we are attempting to examine is conflicting in nature.

I have many points to argue the insulting accusations people made towards these women at the trial of Ted Bundy.

1) They have a right to attend. And they should attend especially being women, I would say it was the most important event they could attend to at that time.

2) So what if there were a few who believed he was innocent? There were more people who thought he was innocent versus guilty. That is what makes Ted Bundy so shockingly guilty because of how personable and charming he was.

3) At that time there were a few women who spoke up to the media about what they thought of him and the trial. And I bet you every single one of alive these days? 100% regret that they even said one word to the media about their thoughts. Have some compassion.

4) Yes there was one of Ted Bundy's members of defense who was a woman stated that there were a few women who tried to get her to give Ted the piece of paper they were handing that had their number on it. However this wasn't the behavior of every female in the courthouse.

5) Instead of chastizing the women who were interested in Ted Bundy and why he did the things he did why not try to understand? And even if some of them were trying to connect with him, or think he is attractive or simply believe that even he of all people can too find salvation and be forgiven by God if not by his own victims? So what?

If anything people like Ted Bundy need to see that no matter how evil they behave it isn't going to stop those who won't give up on believing that all things can be forgiven or even understood if one looks deeply into the pain that causes such evil. It doesn't matter what the conflicted, fearful, or the evil think in response to that. We aren't to be scared into becoming paralyzed by evil but we are meant to understand it. Tend to it. Forgive it. And face it head on to show it that it's cycle of negativity can be broken by rising to the occasion of being seen through, not lashed out at, or run from, and not even running towards it, but to stand still facing it.

And even if we are hurt by evil?

We must in our own time learn to forgive the most heinous. As the most horrific are the most haunted by their own horrific image, behavior, and all that they cause by giving into their weaknesses.

Believing the seduction that if they allow their inner beast to manifest their hauntings into their reality will bring them freedom? There is a reason for that. And no matter what face their monster is wearing at any given time we must learn to see through it until we can see the tiny spark of innocence that belongs to God but has not realized that yet.

Evil does not correct the error of its ways, it only finds new ways to express itself believing it's darkness to be the truth. Evil cannot change it can only be seen through by its host that has been forced to hold onto the nightmares. The devil's and demons.

Darkness finds its way inside by our every trauma, no matter how big or small. And it latched on because it needs life and faith.

The only true purpose for evil is to prove that God exists. If we continue to answer evil with more of the same? We become part of the problem.

God has his way of bringing to you exactly what you're running away from, rejecting, or blinding yourself from. As well as what youre out to hurt or destroy, he brings you more opportunities to continue in order to continuously ask you with each unique situation, "Are you sure?"

Let people explore the things they fear. It's good for them. You don't know what they've been through or what they've seen. They will in time learn what they need to. Just like you.

Ted Bundy has many wonderlands within his big black hole to ponder upon and learn from.

Food for Thought

Amy