Episode 228: Roll of the Dice

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 38.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The UNABOM investigation was one of the longest manhunts in American history - it lasted for 18 years starting in 1978. Before the FBI started investigating Ted Kaczynski, they looked into a number of suspects, including a group of friends who loved playing Dungeons & Dragons. This episode is part of the podcast Project Unabom. Listen to the entire series on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/Project_Unabom. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, and members-only merch. Learn more and sign up here. Listen back through our archives at youtube.com/criminalpodcast. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.0	Hi, it's Phoebe.
0:50.0	Today we're bringing you one of our favorite episodes from our friends at the show Project
0:55.0	Unibom. Project Unibom is an Apple original podcast about Ted Kaczynski, the Unibomber,
1:03.0	who planted bombs around the country for nearly 20 years. He died in prison in June.
1:09.0	But the story we're bringing you today isn't about him.
1:15.0	Before we begin, this episode contains mentions of suicide. Please use discretion.
1:22.0	Here's Eric Benson.
1:24.0	It's the early summer, 1978.
1:27.0	A college kid named Greg has just come home to Evanston, Illinois, a suburb just north of Chicago.
1:33.0	He's a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, RPI, in New York State, studies mechanical engineering.
1:40.0	He's finished up his classes and come home a couple weeks early to start his summer job
1:44.0	working for the city forestry department, trimming trees, that kind of thing.
1:48.0	One day, in early June, he rides his bike back home from work.
1:52.0	And I pulled up to my house and there's nobody around.
1:56.0	I just started walking in and I was approached by two men in black suits.
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