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Today is Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020.

On this day in 1957, Mad Bomber George Mateski confessed to planting over 30 explosives around New York City.

He'd terrorized locals for 16 long years, all in his search for justice

against his former employer consolidated Edison.

Welcome to today in True Crime, a Parcast Original.

I'm Vanessa Richardson, and today I'm joined by our guest host, Sam Dingman of Family Ghosts. His show investigates the true stories behind a

mysterious figure whose legend has followed a family for generations. Sam's

here to discuss some of the historical aspects of today's story, while I'll cover the narrative.

Glad to have you.

Thanks, Vanessa. And hello everyone. I'm thrilled to dive into the confession of the mad bomber George Matesky.

Now let's go back to Waterbury, Connecticut on January 22nd, 1957, just after midnight.

The detective stood in the tidy suburban living room,

shifting uncomfortably. They weren't quite ready to believe

their luck that this George Matesky was actually the man they'd been searching

for for 16 long years. But the handwriting matched. His neat

square letters were just the same as the ones on the notes the mad bomber sent to the police and the notes he left with

his homemade bombs.

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