The Difference Ted Bundy and Myself

I once actually met this monster. It occurred in the county jail at Glenwood Springs, Colorado, back in 1977, shortly before he made the first of his two escapes from that state's custody. This event ... referring to both our fated encounter, along with the subsequent escapes, and ensuing panic ... were key ingredients in the overall formula Satan had used in his own failed effort at molding me into something similar.

I came as close to being another such person as anyone could ever possibly be, without crossing that last, thin line, seperating the worlds of fantasy and reality. I cannot explain how Bundy became what he was. Yet I can describe my own dark story ... of how I "evolved" from an adolescent who discovered his first copy of Playboy magazine ... into someone who, two decades later, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison ... as the result of a failed action that was very Bundy-like in nature.

I wish to offer a powerful testimony. Should anyone here be interested, I direct your attention to my profile page. In the blog area, you shall find something entitled "The Shadow Whispers" which is where my tale will be told over the course of upcoming weeks. I would also suggest familiarizing yourself with an earlier blog-story of mine called "The Girl I Never Knew" wherein I tell of my salvation.

For yes, though I once walked a path of darkness that would have surely wrought terrible destruction, our Great God intervened to prevent such a thing from ever occurring. That is the difference between Bundy and myself. He became a rapist and killer. I myself did not. I don't know how God works in such matters. Why one was allowed to become a monster, with the other being saved at the proverbial last moment.

There are those within my church, including our very Godly pastor, who believe that this is precisely why I was saved ... to share my story with other people. Perhaps that explains it as well as anything. "The Shadow Whispers" is my humble attempt at doing what I feel I must.

Author: Danny Ray