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The inaugural episode of a show called "Listen Before We Get Canceled" discusses the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy. The hosts provide some new facts about Bundy's upbringing, including being born to an unwed mother and growing up thinking his mother was his sister. They also mention his abusive stepfather and his resentment towards his family. The hosts discuss how childhood trauma can contribute to a lack of empathy in serial killers. They also mention Bundy's high IQ and his resentment towards his stepfather's blue-collar status. I'd like to apologize in advance. Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the inaugural show of Listen Before We Get Canceled. My name is Cooper Reidenhauer. I am joined by the devilishly handsome Scott Tiffany. Yeah. Scott, how are we doing today, man? Oh, it's awesome. Life is good. Life is awesome. Great. With us also is Sarah, the voice of reason, motherly figure, oftentimes annoying. How are you today, Sarah? I was all right. I don't know about now. All right. So we are going to be talking about horrific, horrible events, true life events on the show. We are going to be talking today about Ted Bundy, fairly famous, popular case. Most people have heard of him. However, we do have a couple of new facts that might interest some. Scott is going to talk to us about some of these. Yep. It's on. Oh yeah. It is on. Crazy stuff about this nutcase. So yes. So Theodore Ted Bundy, born November 24th, 1946. He did not grow up in the greatest environment. Mother gave birth unmarried, went to a home for unwed mothers. What's a home for unwed mothers exactly? The gold mine for you and I. Yeah. Yeah. You can learn that father figure song by, who is that? Wham! Like, every girl in there has daddy issues, and like, I'm going to walk in there with like some jean shorts, new balances, fresh grass stains on them, and be like, what the fuck is up, ladies? Yep. Daddy's home. Daddy is home. Oh, it would be awesome. But yeah, he grew up thinking his mother was his, actually his sister, right? Yeah. And for people in the South, that's kind of like debilitating when they find out that your sister is really your mother, because they're like, fuck, I got to stop fucking her now? Right. Right. Like, this isn't right. Sorry, mom. So he had, and he did have a stepfather eventually, once old mom got out of the unwed mother's home. He wasn't in a very good relationship with his stepdad, right? He was probably abusive. Yes. Yep. From what we read, very abusive, but he wanted out immediate. Right. And he was bullied a lot in school, and you know, because, I mean, why was he bullied a lot in school? Oh, he was poor. I know that. Oh, poor, yeah. Very poor. Classic. Yep. He probably got along well with the blacks then. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, big time. Heck yes. They both couldn't swim. Yeah. They'd never seen a body of water. He likes to keep to himself, like I prefer to do, when we're recording podcasts. Yeah. There's a lot of red flags on you, Sarah. Yeah. That we're walking into. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We're going to send you to the unwed mother's home. But yeah, he felt resentment towards his mother. You know, being an illegitimate child, back then it was more of a stigma attached to it. You know, obviously, they had whole homes for these women. Yes. But imagine how much that would rock your world to think, my mom and dad are actually my grandparents, and my sister this whole time is actually my mother. And then now I have this new dad figure coming in, that would just shift the whole thing. Yeah. For sure. For sure. Yeah. And Ted was prone to deliberate public tantrums. There was an incident at Sears where he, you know, pissed himself. So you know, that's always fun, getting that call, you know, hey, clean up on the housewares. But yeah, so his stepfather didn't get along with him. He, you know, he was a poor kid, but he wanted a lot of materialistic, expensive things, you know, that his dad, his stepfather couldn't provide. And you know, so, which is unfortunate for him. Very. And two, because I looked up reasons why these serial killers have like no remorse. And typical number one thing, childhood trauma. Yeah, exactly. Yes. So they learn to suppress all their empathy and the damaging areas of the brain, and that controls your emotional impulses. So it's like, fuck it, I'll kill these people, it's not a big deal. They know right from wrong. They just don't think it's that big of a deal. Right. Right. It's baffling. They even talk about how killing these people is kind of like you and I stepping on an ant outside. Yeah, we lost a life or something. Or we hit a frog with a lawnmower, it's like, ah shit, well, I guess I killed the frog. I'll probably look at these people. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ah shit, I guess I killed Don. My bad. And Ted was a very intelligent person. His IQ, it was 136, which is a couple of points away from genius. And his stepdad, you know, he was probably a blue-collar schlub. And as Ted grew older, he also resented his stepdad for that. So, there's a little background of Ted and his childhood madness, crazy. That's the start of a serial killer, right there.