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Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

The Unabomber

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Starting in the late 1970s and lasting for seventeen years, a series of bombings terrorized the American public.  Primarily targeting technology companies and universities, these attacks befuddled law enforcement officials for almost two decades. The bomber became one of the most wanted criminals in the history of American law enforcement.  When he was finally caught, the perpetrator wasn’t quite who anyone expected.  Learn about the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, and his reign of terror on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.  Sponsors Newspapers.com Get 20% off your subscription to Newspapers.com Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Jerry Compare quotes and coverages side-by-side from up to 50 top insurers at jerry.ai/daily. Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Starting in the late 1970s and lasting for 17 years, a series of bombings terrorized the American

0:06.5

public.

0:08.0

Primarily targeting technology companies and universities, these attacks befuddled law enforcement

0:12.5

officials for almost two decades.

0:14.8

The bomber became one of the most wanted criminals in the history of American law enforcement.

0:19.9

When he was finally caught, the perpetrator wasn't quite who anyone expected.

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Learn more about the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, and his reign of terror on this episode

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Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, was an American domestic terrorist.

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Kaczynski was born in Chicago on May 22nd, 1942.

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His parents were middle-class workers,

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and by all accounts, they were a normal family. There was one instance of trauma within his

1:16.8

childhood that some social psychologists believe could have contributed to his later antisocial

1:21.3

behavior. Ted had experienced a severe allergic reaction that hospitalized him for months,

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leaving him socially isolated.

1:29.1

Despite being socially awkward, Kaczynski was very intelligent. He skipped two grades and was

1:34.4

especially skilled in mathematics. However, this was a double-edged sword as his peers socially

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ostracized him. He did gain some social success in school when, in a very clear case of

1:45.9

foreshadowing, he made a pipe bomb in a science class, but for the most part, he was perceived as

1:51.5

young and nerdy. This resulted in him spending more time with his brother and his father.

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