After retiring from the FBI, Gunderson set up a private investigation firm, Ted L. Gunderson and Associates, inSanta Monica. In 1980, he became a defense investigator forGreen BeretDoctorJeffrey R. MacDonald, who had been convicted of the 1970 murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters. Gunderson obtained affidavits from Helena Stoeckley confessing to her involvement in the murders.[8]He also investigated a child molestation trial in Manhattan Beach California. He claimed to find tunnels. In an interview (see link below), Gunderson discusses incidents of U.S. government sponsored terrorism and the reasons behind them. He was a member of theConstitution Party. He died on July 31, 2011 from complications from cancer.
The last years of Ted Gunderson's life were spent warning people of what he calledChemtrailsand of planetwide Satanic andNew World Orderconspiracies. Gunderson had identified military bases he said were responsible for dumping unidentified poisons around the world from unmarked aircraft which he indicated killed wildlife and perhaps even humans. Gunderson spent years speaking on this and has made a number ofvideos.He also claimed, at a 1995 conference inDallas, that a "slave auction" in which children were sold to men in turbans had been held inLas Vegas, and that four thousand ritual human sacrifices are performed inNew York Cityevery year. He also claimed that the 1995bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal BuildinginOklahoma Citywas carried out by the United States government and that the events of 9/11 were perpetrated by the United States Government as well.[9]