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BY M I C H A E L D E L E O
TED KACZYNSKI
Ted Kacynski
“THE UNABOMBER”
BACKGROUND
• Born May 22nd 1942 in Chicago, Illinois• Oldest Child of a Polish Couple• Parents were Wanda and Theodore Kaczynski
• Isolated for a considerable amount of time as a baby.• Parents noted that he had a change in personality
• His parents pushed him hard academically• Skipped two grades• Graduated Harvard• Studied and taught at the University of Michigan• Doctoral Degree from UM in 1967• Taught at the University of California Berkley, but resigned in
1969
CRIMES
Crime Date Victim(s) Punishment
12 Bomb-Related counts
May 25, 1978 – December 10, 1994
Killed two people, wounded 23
Suspected
1 Bomb-related count
April 24, 1995 Killed Timber Lobbyist Gilbert B. Murray
4 Life Terms
MOST RECENT CRIME – APRIL 24 1996
• Sacramento, CA• Kaczynski mailed a bomb to former California
Forestation Association President, William Denison.• Opened by latter president Gilbert B. Murray
• The package created a very powerful explosion, killing Murray, severely damaging the building, and shattering the windows.• Bomb described as the size of a shoebox
Gilbert B. Murray
EVIDENCE
Unabomber BombKaczynski's Bomb
Designs
SENTENCE
• Arrested by FBI Agents on April 3rd, 1996• Charged and plead guilty with 13 “Federal bomb-
related charges”• Avoided the death penalty, but received 4 life
sentences instead
DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
• Ted Kaczynski doesn’t appear to show any discussed deviant behavior. He was described as being paranoid and schizophrenic in his journals, so his behavior must have been psychology. Most likely due to his isolation in early childhood, and aggravated by other psychological trauma.
• He didn’t belong to any groups that deviated his behavior. In fact, he steadily became more and more reclusive. It was noted that as his condition declined, he cut off more of his interpersonal relationships. He believed that the government was evil, and was very suspicious of everything they did.
CULTURAL REFERENCES
• Unabomber: The True Story (1996)
• The Net: The Unabomber, LSD and the Internet
SOURCES
• http://www.biography.com/people/ted-kaczynski-578450• http://
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/unabomber/29229.stm
