Ted Bundy

Share of stories per day

The share of each source's stories that mention Ted Bundy, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories that day.

Coverage by source over time

Who picked it up when

Fox News mentioned it first (Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM EDT). Left-leaning outlets followed 2 hours later, least biased outlets 3 hours later.

One row per source that mentioned Ted Bundy, from the most left-leaning on top: a dot for each article, on a bar for each stretch of its coverage (a pause of more than 24 hours starts a new one). Hover or tap a dot for the headline, click it to read the article.

Coverage by source

The share of each source's stories that mention Ted Bundy, Sep 28 to Oct 27, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.

Coverage by lean

The share of stories that mention Ted Bundy, Sep 28 to Oct 27, averaged over the outlets of each political lean with at least 3 stories. The groups differ in size, so a single outlet weighs more in the smaller ones.

Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.

Lean index +1.5: covered more by right-leaning outlets

Each outlet at its MBFC bias score, from −10 (far left) to +10 (far right), as high as the share of its stories that mention Ted Bundy. The lean index is the average score of the outlets covering it, weighted by that share.

Lean index per day

Related keywords

Keywords that appear in the same articles as Ted Bundy, Sep 28 to Oct 27: the share of its articles that also mention them, with the number of shared articles.

The search icon lists the articles that mention both.

• murdertopic85.7% (6)
• Utahplace57.1% (4)
• Melissa Ann Smithperson28.6% (2)
• deathtopic28.6% (2)

Example articles

The article that features Ted Bundy most, per source.

• PBS NewsHourAuthorities say serial killer Ted Bundy is responsible for the 1974 murder of another Utah teenage girlOct 27, 2026, 4:01 PM EDT
• UPIUtah county links 1974 cold case to serial killer Ted BundyOct 27, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT
• NewsNationTed Bundy linked to 1974 death of Melissa Ann SmithOct 27, 2026, 3:04 PM EDT
• CBS NewsSerial killer Ted Bundy linked to another Utah girl's cold case murderOct 27, 2026, 3:32 PM EDT
• Washington ExaminerUtah officials tie Ted Bundy to 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa SmithOct 27, 2026, 4:32 PM EDT
• The Washington TimesUtah authorities say DNA links 17-year-old killed in 1974 to Ted BundyOct 27, 2026, 4:11 PM EDT
• Fox NewsTed Bundy expected to be linked to another decades-old homicide nearly 40 years after his executionOct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM EDT

All articles

Every article that mentions Ted Bundy, Sep 28 to Oct 27. Relevance says how central it is to the article; ● marks a mention in the title. Combine with another keyword, text or sources.