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The Deliberate Stranger (1986)

The Deliberate Stranger poster
Directed by
Marvin J. Chomsky
Genre
biography, miniseries, drama television series, crime television series
Country
United States
Runtime
3h 05m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries follows the investigation and pursuit of Ted Bundy, a charismatic young man who becomes a serial killer in the 1970s. It focuses on the detectives and reporters working to stop him.

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What happens

The Deliberate Stranger is a book about American serial killer Ted Bundy written by Seattle Times reporter Richard W. Larsen that was published in 1980. The book spawned a television miniseries of the same title, starring Mark Harmon as Bundy, that aired on NBC on May 4–5, 1986. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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