Unabomber's Descent into Madness

Ted Kaczynski was once a mathematics prodigy who entered Harvard University at just 16 years old. Years later, he would become notorious as the Unabomber, responsible for a bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others between 1978 and 1995.

Kaczynski's life took a dark turn when he left his position as a professor at the University of California, Berkeley in 1969. He moved to a remote cabin near Lincoln, Montana, where he lived without electricity or running water, developing an increasingly strong opposition to modern technology and industrial society.

The FBI eventually linked Kaczynski to a series of bombings that targeted universities, airlines, and individuals associated with the modern industrial system. The case was dubbed 'UNABOM,' short for 'University and Airline Bombing.' In 1995, Kaczynski sent a lengthy manifesto titled 'Industrial Society and Its Future' to The Washington Post and The New York Times, which laid out his opposition to modern technological society.

After reading the manifesto, Kaczynski's brother David's wife, Linda Patrik, recognized similarities between its ideas and her husband's previous writings. She brought her concerns to the FBI, who were able to use this crucial lead to finally identify Kaczynski as the Unabomber.

On April 3, 1996, federal agents arrested Kaczynski at his remote cabin near Lincoln, Montana. He was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole. In a 1999 interview with TIME magazine, Kaczynski claimed he was sane and rejected the idea that he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.