Ted Gunderson

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name = Ted Gunderson


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birth_name = Theodore L. Gunderson
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birth_place = Colorado Springs, Colorado
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employer = Federal Bureau of Investigation, private clients
occupation = FBI agent, private investigator, speaker
title = Special Agent in Charge, Los Angeles
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Theodore L. Gunderson (born 7 November1928) is a private investigator and a former high-ranking agent of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigationciteweb|url=http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=8h406aDUeL4C&dq=%22Society+of+Former+Special+Agents+of+the+FBI%22&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=pNnDJpCi4L&sig=4skPi7_3sbll0SP3ossv_d9YsVs&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result |title= "Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI" |publisher= Turner Publishing Co. |date= 1999 |pages= 150-151 |accessdate= 2008-08-21] . Among his high-profile cases, the case of Jeffrey R. MacDonald who was convicted of the "Fatal Vision" murders stands out more than others due to Gunderson's effort to prove MacDonald's conviction as unsafe. Gunderson is also known for his belief in—and investigation of—criminal conspiracies involving cults run by government officials.

Early life

Ted Gunderson was born on November 7, 1928 in Colorado Springs. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1950. After a brief stint as a sales representative for Hormel Foods Corporation, [citeweb | url =http://www.newsmakingnews.com/vm,ted,gunderson,trip,down,memory,lane,10,2,07.htm | title =A Trip down memory lane featuring Ted Gunderson |last =McCullough |first =Virginia | date =2007-10-02 | accessdate =2008-09-08 | publisher =Newsmakingnews |pages= ] Gunderson entered the Federal Bureau of Investigation in December 1951. He served in Mobile, Knoxville, New York City, and Albuquerque offices. He held posts as assistant special agent-in-charge in New Haven and Philadelphia; chief inspector, and special agent-in-charge of the Memphis and Dallas offices. In 1977, Gunderson took his last position as senior special agent-in-charge of the Los Angeles office, and retired in March 1979.

Post-FBI Investigations and Career

After retiring from the FBI, Gunderson set up a private investigation firm, Ted L. Gunderson and Associates, in Santa Monica.citeweb| author=Ted L. Gunderson | url=http://tedgunderson.com/ |title="Ted L. Gunderson" |date= |accessdate=2008-08-21] In 1980, he became a defense investigator for Green Beret Jeffrey R. MacDonald, convicted of the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters. He obtained affidavits from Helena Stoeckley [citeweb | author=n/a |publisher=Associated Press International |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405EFDE1139F934A25757C0A964948260&scp=1&sq=%22Helena+Stoeckley+%22&st=nyt |title="Around the Nation; Investigation Reopened In Doctor's Murder Case" |date=1982-04-17 |accessdate=2008-08-21] confessing to her involvement in the murders. His tactics in obtaining the affidavits have been criticized. The courts have been unwilling to find Stoeckley's statements believable due to the fact that there is no physical evidence of Stoeckley or conspirators she has ever named at the crime scene, that she had made numerous confessions and also statements of non-involvement, and that statements in her confessions are at odds with known facts (e.g., she named an individual who was in jail at the time of the murders as a fellow participant). MacDonald's conviction stands and he remains imprisoned.

Stoeckley had stated in her confessions to Gunderson that a satanic cult she was involved in were responsible for the murders. This was the beginning of Gunderson's beliefs and statements concerning satanic cults involving government officials.

Gunderson believes that Satanic cults engage in widespread child kidnapping for the purpose of child sexual abuse and ritual murder, and that these activities involve high-ranking government officials and/or the Illuminati. He credits William Guy Carr's "Pawns in the Game" with opening his eyes to the plans of the Illuminati. [http://tracyrtwyman.com/blog/?page_id=83 Interview with Ted Gunderson] . ]

Gunderson also joined the search for missing child Johnny Gosch, who disappeared in 1982. In 1990, he excavated the site of the McMartin Preschool, claiming to uncover secret tunnels.

Following the Oklahoma City bombing, Gunderson promoted Michael Riconosciuto's claims that the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was destroyed not by a truck bomb, but by a pineapple-sized "barometric bomb."

In 1996, Gunderson ran against House Republican John Ensign as the candidate of the Independent American Party (the Nevada affiliate of the Constitution Party). He garnered 2.65% of the vote, leading the third-party field.

In April 2008, Gunderson revealed his belief that Sonny Bono was murdered, rather than killed in a collision with a tree while sking. He claims that Bono was killed by government agents in order to prevent disclosure of government involvement in drug dealing. [ [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23483093-12377,00.html Sonny Bono 'assassinated' by hitmen] The Australian April 4, 2008]

Gunderson is also co-author with Roger McGovern of "How to Locate Anyone Anywhere Without Leaving Home". ["How to Locate Anyone Anywhere Without Leaving Home". Dutton, 1989. ISBN 0525247467]

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External links

* [http://tedgunderson.com/ Official site]