By: Heather Reese
A show that really stood out to me on this trip was one called The Ted Bundy Project performed by Greg Wohead. The show was a statement about morbid curiosity, and not being able to look away when something is truly horrifying.. The show told the story of Greg becoming bored one night and stumbling upon Ted Bundy’s Confession tapes. Giving into his curiosity, he began googling images of Bundy, and then of his victims. One young woman became the first audience member to leave in horror at this point.
Unfazed, the actor continued his story. He plugged earbuds into a CD player and played to himself what was assumed to be Ted Bundy’s confession tapes. Greg began to recite what he was hearing, in a voice mimicking Budny’s. At this point a second audience member left crying; this time a 30 year old man. Greg finished reciting the tapes, and then began to tell the audience of a website he found that night.
RealGore.com was the site he found. He scrolled through images of the women Ted Bundy had murdered. There were crime scene photos, photos of evidence, and photos from the lab. On the side of the page he noticed a link titled: 1 ice pick, 1 lunatic. Greg told the audience to google the video if they dared, but everyone who has seen it says they wish they hadn’t.
Greg found this video had been removed but found videos of people reacting to it instead. At this point he began showing a group of boys reacting to it, while narrating what was happening in the video. Three more audience members left. A new projection appeared on the screen, and it was exactly the room the Greg had described to be in the video. At this point, I left as well. While I sat in the hallway horrified, I realized the actor had done an amazing job of proving his point. Getting people to leave showed that gore makes people uncomfortable, but most aren’t able to look away from what is happening. Humans are curious, and drawn to morbid things. The show made you feel the true horror that was Ted Bundy.
A show that really stood out to me on this trip was one called The Ted Bundy Project performed by Greg Wohead. The show was a statement about morbid curiosity, and not being able to look away when something is truly horrifying.. The show told the story of Greg becoming bored one night and stumbling upon Ted Bundy’s Confession tapes. Giving into his curiosity, he began googling images of Bundy, and then of his victims. One young woman became the first audience member to leave in horror at this point.
Unfazed, the actor continued his story. He plugged earbuds into a CD player and played to himself what was assumed to be Ted Bundy’s confession tapes. Greg began to recite what he was hearing, in a voice mimicking Budny’s. At this point a second audience member left crying; this time a 30 year old man. Greg finished reciting the tapes, and then began to tell the audience of a website he found that night.
RealGore.com was the site he found. He scrolled through images of the women Ted Bundy had murdered. There were crime scene photos, photos of evidence, and photos from the lab. On the side of the page he noticed a link titled: 1 ice pick, 1 lunatic. Greg told the audience to google the video if they dared, but everyone who has seen it says they wish they hadn’t.
Greg found this video had been removed but found videos of people reacting to it instead. At this point he began showing a group of boys reacting to it, while narrating what was happening in the video. Three more audience members left. A new projection appeared on the screen, and it was exactly the room the Greg had described to be in the video. At this point, I left as well. While I sat in the hallway horrified, I realized the actor had done an amazing job of proving his point. Getting people to leave showed that gore makes people uncomfortable, but most aren’t able to look away from what is happening. Humans are curious, and drawn to morbid things. The show made you feel the true horror that was Ted Bundy.
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