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Of all the true crime stories that have captured the public's attention recently, few are as twisted and infamous as Ted Bundy. The serial killer of the 1970s has been the subject of several new pieces of media, with a feature film starring Zac Efron on the horizon later this year. Bundy was known for using his charm to gain the trust of the young women he later brutally assaulted and murdered, but there was one woman he was close to but never attacked: Carole Ann Boone, the woman who actually married him.

Unlike many of the women Bundy charmed, only to turn on them and attack them, Boone seemed to be a true ally to Bundy. The couple apparently met during the time Bundy was in Olympia, Wa, in the earlier days of his crime spree. She worked for the state's Department of Emergency Services,...

Celebs like to curl up with interesting reads, too.

In the most recent episode of PeopleTV’s Shelf Life, Chrissy Teigen, Megan Mullally and Stephen Colbert share their favorite books… as of right now. Colbert reveals he has an especially voracious appetite for literature by listing not one, not two, but four books that are on his night stand. (Proving that, unlike some, he doesn’t rely solely on Twitter to inform his social commentary.)

Here’s the list:

Chrissy Teigen: The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

“I am about half way done with Ann Rule’s The Stranger Beside Me,...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on May 12, 2016. On Monday, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Zac Efron had been cast as Ted Bundy in an upcoming film.

Serial killer Ted Bundy, who died in Florida’s electric chair in 1989, concealed his terrifying trail of terror for years while moving constantly about the country.

That he was arrested, jailed on a charge of murder and then escaped – twice – to continue his rampage only adds to his horrifying legacy of at least 30 murders of women between 1973 and 1978.

Bundy is back in the headlines after the publication of a new book by a survivor,...

For 37 years Rhonda Stapley kept a terrible secret. Raped in 1974 as a 21-year-old University of Utah student, she blamed herself for accepting a ride from a stranger. She feared that if her mother found out, she'd yank her out of school. At the time the young Mormon also was a virgin. "I imagined people whispering, 'That's that girl who was raped,'" Stapley, now a 62-year-old grandmother, tells People exclusively. "I didn't want attention. I still don't." But her trauma went deeper. The good-looking man who offered a ride in his Volkswagen Beetle and gave his name as Ted had...

Serial killer Ted Bundy, who died in Florida's electric chair in 1989, concealed his terrifying trail of terror for years while moving constantly about the country. That he was arrested, jailed on a charge of murder and then escaped - twice - to continue his rampage only adds to his horrifying legacy of at least 30 murders of women between 1973 and 1978. Bundy is back in the headlines after the publication of a new book by a survivor, which recounts her 1974 attack and escape - a story that victim Rhonda Stapley, then a 21-year-old Utah college student, kept secret for decades until a...

Serial killer Ted Bundy, who died in Florida's electric chair in 1989, concealed his terrifying trail of terror for years while moving constantly about the country. That he was arrested, jailed on a charge of murder and then escaped - twice - to continue his rampage only adds to his horrifying legacy of at least 30 murders of women between 1973 and 1978. Bundy is back in the headlines after the publication of a new book by a survivor, which recounts her 1974 attack and escape - a story that victim Rhonda Stapley, then a 21-year-old Utah college student, kept secret for decades until a...

True-crime author Ann Rule, who famously wrote a profile on her former co-worker and serial killer Ted Bundy, died Sunday night at Highline Medical Center in Burien, Washington. She was 83. “My mom died peacefully last night,” Leslie Rule said on Facebook. “She got see all of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.” Rule’s daughter also said that her mother dealt with several medical concerns, such as congestive heart failure. Throughout her long career, Rule penned more than 30 books. One of her most notable was her first publication, a profile on Bundy entitled “The Stranger Beside Me,” based on her experiences while working the late.

True-crime writer Ann Rule, an author renowned for profiling serial killer Ted Bundy in her book, The Stranger Beside Me, has died. She was 83. Rule died on Sunday, July 26, at the Highline Medical Center in Burien, Wash., a spokesperson for Chi Franciscan Health said in a statement. Rule's daughter, Leslie Rule, wrote on Facebook that the acclaimed author had battled numerous health scares leading up to her death, including heart failure. "My mom died peacefully last night," Leslie wrote. "She got to see all of her [...]...

To kick off the month of July, there are a ton of genre Blu-ray and DVD releases coming out that should get you through the long holiday weekend if barbecues and fireworks aren’t necessarily your thing.

Not only will Cannibal Holocaust finally be getting its due in high definition this week, but Scream Factory is also bringing us The Final Terror and Sony is releasing the stellar indie horror flick Afflicted to DVD and Blu-ray as well. And if you’re a horror geek who can’t get enough of Echo Bridges’ multi-title releases, well then you’ll want to check out a few more of their collections which will be arriving this week too. Also, for those of you Twilight Zone fans out there, Image Entertainment has put together a great collection of the series’ most beloved episodes for you to enjoy in honor of the upcoming 55th anniversary of the show.

Billy Campbell's run of playing authority figures who creep you out is continuing: He'll be playing the bad guy in Fox's drama pilot "Delirium."

Campbell, who's coming off "The Killing," will play Thomas Fineman in the pilot, written by Karyn Usher ("Prison Break") and based on a novel by Lauren Oliver. The pilot has already cast Emma Roberts in the lead role of Lena.

"Delirium" is set in a world where love, known as "deliria," is considered a disease that people are "cured" of when they turn 18. Three months before her operation, Lena meets and falls in love with a guy named Alex, putting both of them in danger. Campbell's character is the leader of a group called Deliria Free America, which touts the benefits of a loveless society. He's also a bit of a rageaholic.

Campbell's role in "Delirium" is the latest in a series of parts where...

Lets face it, as television viewers we grow attached to the gay characters that resonate with us on the small screen, and with the actors that bring life to these roles. We also find ourselves growing fond of out-and-proud actors that have opted to play it straight thats why its called acting, people and vice versa.

So when their shows are cancelled or taken off the air before they wear out their welcome (whatever, I still miss Sex and the City on Sunday nights, ok?), it can be a little bit difficult to see them slide into other TV roles easier than Lindsay Lohan checking into another rehab (Im rootin for you, girl).

Alas, sometimes that isnt always the case, which might have you asking yourself, Where are they now? In some cases for these actors, it could be taken as a query of, Where did they disappear to?

But for curiosity's (and manner's) sake,...

Billy Campbell is looking to return to series television. The Once and Again star has inked a talent holding deal with Fox Broadcasting Co. to topline a drama project for the network targeted for fall 2004. For three seasons, Campbell starred opposite Sela Ward in the acclaimed Marshall Herskovitz/Edward Zwick family drama for ABC Once and Again. On the big screen, he is best known for his starring roles opposite Jennifer Lopez in the 2002 thriller Enough and opposite Jennifer Connelly in the 1991 adventure The Rocketeer. Campbell, who most recently toplined USA Network's telefilm The Stranger Beside Me, is repped by CAA and Imparato-Fay Management.