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Today in Focus

Revisited: The Unabomber and his ongoing influence

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Ted Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people, died in prison last year. But his manifesto promoting violent rebellion against the modern world continues to inspire copycat attacks Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, we are re-running an episode from earlier in the year.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:06.8

Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at The Guardian and Observer this week,

0:13.5

we are re-running an episode from our archive.

0:16.3

For more information, please head to the Guardian.com.

0:19.6

We'll be back with new episode soon.

0:25.1

Today, what's behind the lingering fascination with the Unabomber and his dangerous ideas?

0:42.4

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On the 10th of June, Ted Kaczynski, known to the world as the Unabomber, died by suicide in his prison cell in the US state of North Carolina.

1:55.0

Kaczynski, who was 81, terrorized Americans for nearly two decades, sending 16 bombs that caused terrible

2:03.3

injuries and killed three people. And a couple of days ago, I called one of his victims,

2:09.7

a guy called Gary Wright, who in 1987 owned a computer store, and one morning in February,

2:16.6

drove into the parking lot and saw what

2:19.0

looked like debris, pieces of wood stuck together with nails sticking out, sitting on the road.

2:25.0

It was two by four, so basically four by four piece of wood.

2:29.3

And Gary picked it up, and he heard something click.

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