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Unabomber Admirers, He Wasn't the Man You Thought

Read his personal diaries to understand the evil of Ted Kaczynski, suggests author

(Newser) - Suspected CEO shooter Luigi Mangione appears to have been an admirer of the Unabomber, writes author Maxim Loskutoff in a guest essay at the New York Times . Mangione posted a glowing review of the Unabomber's manifesto online and—like a surprising number of young men—appears to have embraced...

Autopsy: Kaczynski Had Cancer, Seemed 'Depressed'

Report lists the cause of Unabomber's death as suicide

(Newser) - Ted Kaczynski, whose bombing rampage killed three people and injured 23 over 17 years, had rectal cancer and was reported to be depressed before he killed himself last year, an autopsy report shows. Known during his campaign as the Unabomber, Kaczynski was found unresponsive in a solitary room in a...

Kaczynski's Death Appears to Be Suicide
Kaczynski Apparently
Killed Himself
Jun 11, 2023 11:55 AM CDT

Kaczynski Apparently Killed Himself

Official cause of Unabomber's death will await investigation

(Newser) - The death of Ted Kaczynski, who once terrorized the nation with a yearslong series of bombings, apparently was suicide. Called the Unabomber by the FBI, Kaczynski died Saturday at a federal prison medical center in North Carolina after being found unresponsive in his cell . Three people with knowledge of his...

Unabomber Terrorist Dies in Prison
Ted Kaczynski Dies in Prison
Jun 10, 2023 2:15 PM CDT

Ted Kaczynski Dies in Prison

Called the Unabomber by the FBI, he was the subject of the agency's longest manhunt

(Newser) - Ted Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday. He was 81. Branded the Unabomber by the FBI, Kaczynski died at the federal prison medical center in Butner,...

'Unabomber' Ted Kaczynski Transferred to Prison Medical Facility

The reason why has not been made public

(Newser) - The man known as the “Unabomber” has been transferred to a federal prison medical facility in North Carolina after spending the past two decades in a federal Supermax prison in Colorado for a series of bombings targeting scientists. Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, 79, was moved to the US Bureau...

Journo's Attic Find: Letters to Him From the Unabomber
Journo Cleaning Attic Makes a
Stunning Find: 'It Can't Be Him'
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Sep 25, 2021 7:00 AM CDT

Journo Cleaning Attic Makes a Stunning Find: 'It Can't Be Him'

Jack Epstein found letters from Ted 'Unabomber' Kaczynski: 'Thankful I hadn’t been rude to him'

(Newser) - Most people might expect to find old tchotchkes, photos, and letters when cleaning out the attic, but two letters found by Jack Epstein this summer while cleaning out his own attic weren't yellowed love notes or ancient report cards—they were letters to him from Ted Kaczynski, aka the...

'Unabomber': I Didn't Write Earlier Notes, Journos Are Dumb

Ted Kaczynski says 'some creep' wrote previous letters in his name

(Newser) - Ted Kaczynski may have been a prolific manifesto-writer before he was identified as the "Unabomber," but he claims he wasn't the one who penned letters to journalists earlier this year, BuzzFeed reports. The site had requested an interview with Kaczynski, who declined that interview, but he did...

Unabomber Note: 'Ready to Speak' After 20 Years

But the letter-writer has conditions

(Newser) - The Unabomber is apparently ready for a prison interview for the first time in 20 years—as long as a few conditions are met. "I am ready to speak to someone from the media regarding my brother's recent comments and to discuss how they are being used to...

Letters Reveal Unabomber Fell in Love With Pen Pal

Yahoo News reporter Holly Bailey pored over Ted Kaczynski's letters

(Newser) - In handwritten letters to hundreds of supporters and curiosity seekers, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski expressed shock over the 9/11 attacks and wrote that he preferred Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential race. The correspondence was described in a report published by Yahoo News early Monday and picked...

Unabomber Updates Status in Harvard Magazine

Under awards: 'Eight life sentences ...'

(Newser) - In the alumni magazine for Harvard University you can find class notes on the lives of Supreme Court justices, titans of industry, Nobel laureates, and … serial killers. The recent issue of the mag features an "update" from former student Ted Kaczynski, class of 1962—otherwise known as the...

Billboard Equates Climate Believers to Crazy Killers

Heartland Institute ends ad campaign 'experiment'

(Newser) - A conservative think tank has pulled a controversial billboard that compared those who believe in global warming to deranged killers. The Heartland Institute was taking heavy flak for the digital sign in Chicago that featured a photo of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and the question, "I still believe in Global...

Unabomber Auction Rakes in $200K

His hoodie, sunglasses, personal journals, typewriter all find homes

(Newser) - To most people, Theodore Kaczynski's bomb-making tools are meaningless relics from a life devoted to mayhem. but to Janine Vaccarello, COO of the National Museum of Crime & Punishment in Washington, they're priceless. For a mere $1,766 at an online government auction that ended yesterday, Vaccarello's...

Unabomber's Hoodie Pricier Than Scrawled Manifesto

And in other weird auction news...

(Newser) - Get out your checkbooks, kids: There is a slew of famous and infamous items up for auction. The US Marshal's office's online auction of the Unabomber's personal effects ends tomorrow, and Aol's Weird News astutely observes that Ted Kaczynski's 35,000-word handwritten manifesto ($17,525)...

Unabomber: FBI Wants My DNA in Tylenol Investigation

Ted Kaczynski says he's not the culprit, though

(Newser) - The Unabomber case just took a weird twist: The FBI has him on its list of suspects in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people, reports the Chicago Tribune . Ted Kaczynski himself made the revelation in legal papers he filed seeking to block a federal auction of his personal...

Feds Will Auction Unabomber Items

Proceeds will go to his victims

(Newser) - Unabomber Ted Kaczynski has a lost a legal battle to prevent his personal effects from being auctioned off. US marshals will stage an online auction May 18 through June 2 of items collected from his Montana cabin, including tools, driver's licenses, typewriters, and 20,000 pages of written documents—...

For Sale: Unabomber's Lair
 For Sale: Unabomber's Lair 
A STEAL AT $69K!
Dec 5, 2010 10:31 AM CST

For Sale: Unabomber's Lair

Ted Kaczynski's 'very secluded' land on the market

(Newser) - Maybe you need a getaway. Like, say, to the desolate place where a maybe-deranged guy assembled bombs he mailed out all over the country? If this sounds like you, luck has it that the Montana land where Unabomber Ted Kaczynski lived is up for sale—a chance for you to...

Why There Haven't Been More Bombings Here

Would-be terrorists face multiple obstacles stateside

(Newser) - From the explosives in Umar Abdulmutallab's pants to Faisal Shahzad's smoldering SUV in Times Square, most recent terror attempts in the US have failed spectacularly. Militant groups who regularly and successfully carry out bombings in Afghanistan and Iraq have a much tougher time launching attacks in the US. Dina Temple-Raston...

Gates: 'Bin Laden Hunt Like Finding Unabomber'

Defense secretary says finding fugitives a lot harder than it looks

(Newser) - Finding the bad guys isn't as easy as it looks in the movies, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday. Gates compared the hunt for Osama bin Laden with federal agents' 17-year search for the Unabomber, and suggested the same time frame may be similar in the quest to locate al-Qaeda...

Unabomber: Don't Use My Cabin in Exhibit

Kaczynski doesn't want his old home on display at Newseum

(Newser) - “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski isn’t happy that his Montana cabin is featured in a museum exhibit about the FBI’s first 100 years. In a letter to the US Court of Appeals, Kaczynski writes that the Newseum’s display of the 10-by-12-foot cabin where he was captured flouts the...

Dear Mass Murderer: I Need Advice
Dear Mass Murderer:
I Need Advice
Apr 30, 2008 10:51 AM CDT

Dear Mass Murderer: I Need Advice

Fake 10-year-old solicits wisdom from famous, infamous

(Newser) - An unemployed writer posing as a 10-year-old boy seeking advice wrote letters to a number of celebrities, including some of America's most infamous killers. The responses to the queries from the "pop-culture historian," as Radar magazine described Bill Geerhart, range from the weirdly sensible (Ted Kaczynski) to the...

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