He was intelligent, eloquent and handsome. During a gruesome killing spree, Ted Bundy massacred more than thirty-five women over the span of five years, becoming one of the most notorious serial killers in American history. He grew up believing that his grandparents were his parents and that his unmarried mother was his older sister. He was not very good at building relationships and as a child he had many conflicts with his stepfather and liked the terms of violence and sex. Ted shoplifted in his teenage years and loved being above the law. He was generally very shy and gained a lot of popularity and self-esteem in high school due to his good looks. It was there that he met his high school sweetheart Stephanie Brooks with whom he became obsessed, but the relationship did not last long as she did not feel the same about him, so she left him. Depressed by the breakup, Ted dropped out of college and returned home to his family where he discovered the truth about his biological mother. This left Ted in a state of confusion about his identity and feeling betrayed by the women in his life. He returned to high school where he and Stephanie got back together but soon after she agreed to marry him, he left her to seek revenge. After this farce he began his killing spree, luring young women with lies, kidnapping them, raping them, physically abusing them and killing them. The first theory to explain some of Ted's behavior is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs which focuses on describing the stages of growth in human beings. using the terms physiological, safety, belonging, self-esteem, self-realization and self-transcendence. Ted had the necessities of life and shelter, and was therefore satisfied with his physiologist… middle of paper… more powerful or providing greater status. Bundy had detailed hero fantasies that eventually turned into sexual possession. Dr. Carlisle also stated that "Bundy's criteria for determining what is right or wrong gradually changed over time. What was wrong for him as a child may have been acceptable as a teenager and then desirable when he was in his late teens." a monster who refused to accept his crimes and tried repeatedly to delay his execution. He confessed to having committed gruesome acts of butchery and many necrophilia crimes and to have left an unparalleled number of victims for an investigator. Bundy's delaying tactics finally ended on January 24, 1989, and he was executed at 7 am. His body was cremated and scattered over the same mountainous area of ​​Washington State that served as a dumping ground for the bodies of his victims.