Tickets for The Last Stop Go on Sale September 15

One desperate fugitive. One determined police officer. One final stop. Tickets for The Last Stop, the story of Ted Bundy’s final capture and the Pensacola officer who defeated him, go on sale September 15.

Sixty-one days from today, we will gather inside Pensacola’s historic Museum of Commerce to open the case on one of the most consequential encounters in our city’s history.

Tickets for The Last Stop: The Final Capture of Ted Bundy—and the Officer Who Fought and Defeated Him go on sale Tuesday, September 15.

One Desperate Fugitive. One Determined Police Officer. One Final Stop.

During the early morning hours of February 15, 1978, Pensacola Police Officer David Lee noticed a suspicious Volkswagen near Oscar’s Restaurant—a Pensacola landmark remembered by generations of local residents.

The car had been stolen. Its driver was wanted.

Lee attempted to make an arrest, but the fugitive violently resisted and tried to seize the officer’s gun. At that moment, the encounter became a fight for survival. Lee fought back and overpowered his attacker. When the man broke free and ran, Lee pursued him and defeated him again.

Only afterward would Pensacola learn the name of the man Lee had captured:

Theodore Robert Bundy.

Bundy had escaped from authorities twice, crossed the country and eluded a nationwide manhunt. Then he reached Pensacola and encountered a patrol officer who would have none of it.

Wrong town, Ted.

This Is David Lee’s Story

Popular culture has too often portrayed Bundy as handsome, brilliant and almost superhuman. He was none of those things that mattered. He was a coward who preyed upon vulnerable and unsuspecting victims.

The Last Stop places the attention where it belongs: upon Officer David Lee, whose awareness, courage and bulldog determination brought Bundy’s final hours of freedom to an end.

Lee did not know the identity of the man inside that stolen Volkswagen. He simply recognized that something was wrong, acted upon it and refused to let a dangerous man escape.

His victory may have saved countless lives.

Dinner, History and True Crime

This will be the Sweet Tea Murders 2026 season finale—and our first complete dinner event.

Every ticket includes:

• Sonny’s Barbecue dinner and sweet tea
• A commemorative Sweet Tea Murders mason jar
• A specially prepared Bundy case file containing reproductions of photographs, newspaper coverage and official records
• The live historical true-crime presentation
• Audience question-and-answer session

The story will be told inside the Museum of Commerce, where the historic atmosphere of old Pensacola will surround us as we revisit the night our city became the final stop for one of America’s most dangerous fugitives.

Ticket Options

General Admission — $45

Includes dinner, commemorative mason jar, Bundy case file, presentation, audience Q&A and general seating.

Preferred Lead Investigator — $65

Limited to only 20 guests. Includes everything provided with General Admission, plus premium reserved seating near the front and a special Case File Evidence Envelope containing supplemental photographs, records and case materials.

Save the Date

Thursday, November 12, 2026
6:00 PM
Museum of Commerce
201 Zaragoza Street
Pensacola, Florida

Tickets go on sale Tuesday, September 15, at:

sweetteamurders.com

Seating will initially be limited to 100 guests, including only 20 Preferred Lead Investigator seats. If you want the Preferred experience, I encourage you to make September 15 an appointment.

Over the next 61 days, we will follow the road that brought Ted Bundy to Pensacola. We will revisit the places, examine the evidence and introduce the people behind the story.

Most importantly, we will remember the Pensacola police officer who fought—and won.

Presented with support from the UWF Historic Trust and Bodacious Bookstore.