For almost 20 years starting in 1978, the United States was under attack from an unknown terrorist. During that time the man would kill three people and injury 23 more in a series of attacks. His preferred weapon was a bomb sent through the US mail.
This unknown man, most famous known as the Unabomber from his pattern of targeting “UN”iversities and “A”irports, would only be caught in 1996 after a coincidental tip off from a relative. And when he was caught, it became clear why he had evaded capture for so long.
Ted Kaczynski was not only a recluse, hidden away in the forests of Montana where he could build his bombs without fear of being noticed. He was also a Harvard graduate, a recipient of a first class education. To the FBI he didn’t fit the profile of a terrorist at all.
Over the months and years after his capture details began to emerge of an experiment that Kaczynski had been involved in while at Harvard, which might go some way towards explaining his self-isolation, his hostility and the views that had driven him to kill. You see, while at Harvard Ted Kaczynski had been the victim of a crime.
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