1. Killer Connection Article Reading Questions Ann Rule, author found out her “handsome coworker was Ted Bundy, a serial killer. He worked with her at the Seattle Crisis Clinic two nights a week for a year. Thank goodness she wasn’t his type. Her dog knew he was bad.

2. Killer Connection Article Reading Questions The first murderer Ann met was a woman in her grandfather’s jail who was accused of fatally shooting her husband (killed him) Ann had to stop being a cop because she failed the civil service medical exam due to her nearsightedness. So she became a writer.

3. Killer Connection Article Reading Questions Ted Bundy killed a total of at least 36 women. Bundy said to add one digit to that number but never clarified where to add it. Was the total number 37 or 136 or 360? He took it to his grave.

4. Killer Connection Article Reading Questions Ann wanted to get into the minds of psychopaths. Ted Bundy wrote Ann letters from jail but never actually admitted to the murders although he once told her he planned to escape for two and a half years. She continued writing books on serial killers.

5. Killer Connection Article Reading Questions Diane Downs, who was pregnant when she was on trial, was accused of killing one of her own children. After David Brown’s wife died, he believed a ghost was awakening him and his mistress (16 year old sister of his dead wife)

6. Killer Connection Article Reading Questions Dr. Pignataro used arsenic from ant traps to poison his wife similar to poisoning in two of her books he had read. Next book was set aside for the Green River Killer. Most victims were runaways and teenagers who turned to life on the street for survival. This took place around Seattle, Washington.

7. Killer Connection Article Reading Questions Ann had a feeling she had seen him rather in line at a supermarket or sitting next to him in a restaurant. Ann’s daughter first noticed a man at book signings. She said he never buys books but just leans against the wall and stares at Ann. It turned out that he was the Green River Killer at a book signing.

8. Killer Connection Article Reading Questions During Gary Ridgeway’s interrogation, he kept mentioning Ann Rule’s name when discussing how he committed the murders When Ann Rule writes her books, she is speaking for the victims who can no longer speak for themselves.