Journalist who watched Ted Bundy die slams media's interest in the serial killer, says he 'doesn't deserve to be remembered'
A journalist who was there when Ted Bundy was fried in the electric chair has now come out and slammed certain sections of the media for portraying the notorious serial killer as "charming and sexy", adding that the victims, as well as their families, deserve to be remembered. Tim Swarens, who is an opinion editor and columnist, was one of the 42 people who were present to witness Bundy's death by electrocution inside the Florida State Prison execution chamber on January 24, 1989.
Writing in The Daily Beast, Swarens said that that recent media interest in the serial killer 30 years after his death was "appalling". He wrote: "Bundy's sick and horrific story has again caught the attention of entertainers, journalists, and the public. And I was appalled once more. This time because the cycle of media exploitation was happening again."
