american terrorist. theodor john ('ted') Kaczynski, better known as the unabomber, was born on May 22, 1942 to Wanda and Theodore Kaczynski of Evergreen Park Ill, a tidy and middle class suburb of Chicago. At a young age Ted started to show signs of being a gifted learner, he skipped a year in elementary school and his junior year in high school. he spent most of his early life studying math and science alone instead of being social in any kind of way. he had a love of explosives which he homemade with his knowhow in the fields that he studied.

Kaczynski was accepted into Harvard at 16 years old but he was finished before turning 20. Next he became a professor at Berkley university.

In 1969 he gave up the job to live with his parents. He became fed up with his family and left for Montana in 1971 to live on the 1.4-acre plot of land he and his brother had bought near Lincoln . Once there, he built a small one-room shack on this parcel of land surrounded by dense forest. The shack measured 10 feet by 12 feet and lacked electricity and plumbing. Kaczinski lived by farming a few vegetables in his small garden and venturing into town only when necessary. from the autumn of 1978 on, he completely locked himself away from the world.

It is unknown when Kaczynski started to make his bombs for the purpose of killing but his motives, the FBI believe are his beliefs about today's society being destroyed by technology. Kaczynski wrote a paper of 35,000 words in length stressing his views of the subject the FBI called the unabomber manifesto.

The first bomb was found in 1978 up until the last bomb was discovered in 1995, a terrorism span of 17 years. The name unabomber was given to him during the 80's because of his favorite targets being universities and airlines. The investigation to find the unabomber was the largest and most expensive at 17 years. The FBI were looking for a junkyard bomber it is said, because of his contraptions made of lamp cords, bits of pipe, recycled screws, and match heads. This is one reason why it took so long to catch the terrorist, the bombs were made of untraceable elements.

Like most terrorist bombers, the unabomber had certain trademarks to his work, his contraptions were made on wood platforms with more care given to the wood block, which was sanded smoothly, instead of the bomb itself. His cuts were not straight or at 90-degree angles but each component was carefully numbered to make sure the device would work correctly. Using his math and science skills he was able to fashion some new devices never seen before.

In 1995 after he had been outdone by the Oklahoma City bombing, the unabomber started making pranks and threats to taunt the FBI. One such letter described how busy he was working on dangerous chemicals and another taunt threatened to blow up a Los Angeles Airliner. These taunts were also the demise of his most wanted terrorist label.

Kaczynski then sent his 35,000 word manifesto to the publishers of the ny Times and Post, demanding that they publish it in there magazines or more killing would be done. The companies were willing to publish it in hopes of saving lives and the FBI hoped that if the right person saw it there may me some light shed upon the case. After recognizing some of the same ideas seen in family letters, Ted's younger brother, David, contacted the FBI. Through this information, the FBI began staking the Unabomber's cabin out.

When the investigators raided the cabin and arrested Kaczynski on suspicion, his cabin was found to be a small bomb-making factory. With more than enough evidence against him, Kaczinski was sentenced to 4 consecutive life terms in prison.

Kaczynski showed much social deviance in his reign as America's most wanted serial bomber. There were 23 victims in all including 3 fatalities during his attacks. but kaczynski was not traumatised or 'angry' with his victims. with his genius like mind, bomb making would have been an easy occupation, which would earn him the notoriety he felt he deserved and he could kill the enemies of his philosophy of technology.you can read the unabomber's manifesto online: click here.see also: * montana/autumn/78