Thursday, April 2, 2015

Today in History | 3-4-1996: Unabomber, The Story of Genius that 'Misleading'

Unabomber
Unabomber (Wikipedia)


Montana - 'Unabomber', as he was known, almost so perfect villain. For nearly 20 years, a figure that is unknown, it is always able to outwit the authorities.


Unabomber criminal debut in 1978, with a homemade bomb detonated still 'primitive' at Chicago University.

Then, over the next 18 years, he terrorized the United States by sending the package containing the bomb to a number of people at random. As a result of that action, three US citizens were killed, 24 wounded.

Package bomb killed last he sent the chairman of the California Forestry Association, Gilbert Murray.

Finally, on April 3, 1996, the Unabomber was arrested in Montana. His real name is Theodore Kaczynski.

The federal agency has long been suspected, the Unabomber had an academic background. Guess that's true. Kaczynski was a genius.

He has been a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley. Kaczynski is a graduate of Harvard University. Bachelor's degree at a young age he get, 20 years! The man also holds a doctorate or PhD from the University of Michigan.

With the educational background, Kaczynski has the potential for a bright career. However, in the early 1970s he chose solitude, living in a remote area on the edge of the Lolo National Park in Montana.

Unabomber (Wikipedia)


One neighbor, Dick Lundberg, described Kaczynski as a closed figure. Like a hermit.

"He was always alone, never interfering others. He also never said bad about other people. We think, there's nothing wrong with it," he said as quoted by the BBC.

Clue that leads to the arrest of Kaczynski actually comes from his own family.

One member of the family found a note Kaczynski similar to 'manifesto' Unabomber ever published by the Washington Post and the New York Times.

The note is then handed over to the authorities - by mother or sister actors. The family also permit their homes searched to find other evidence.


Unabomber (Wikipedia)


In May 1998, Theodore Kaczynski was convicted and imprisoned for life without bail. He escaped the death penalty, although known to have attempted suicide.

During the trial Kaczynski accused the government penalize her for political reasons. He insists innocence.

His younger brother, David, who first alerted the police get a prize contest for US $ 1 million. He intends to use the money to help victims of the Unabomber.

In addition to the arrest of Kaczynski, April 3 momentum number of events. In 1882, the famous villain United States, Jesse James was shot to death his own, Bob Ford, who betrayed to reward prizes.

While in 1922 Josef Stalin became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union first.
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