To understand what drove Ted Kaczynski to become the infamous Unabomber, here are 3 documentaries, shows, and movies that shed light on his life and motives.
The New York Times is reporting that the infamous Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, took his own life in prison today at the age of 81. Kaczynski was imprisoned for almost three decades because he embarked on a deadly terror campaign from 1979 to 1996 to further his anti-technology and anti-industrialization agenda. There was so little information about Kaczynski’s identity that the FBI put the case under “University and Airline Bomber,” which in turn led to the Unabomber moniker from the media.
Kaczynski’s undoing was his desire to get his manifesto in front of people. After demanding that newspapers publish his manifesto, Industrial Society and Its Future, Kaczynski’s brother, David Kaczynski, recognized his writing style and turned in his brother to the FBI. Kaczynski maintained that he was not insane, and he was sentenced to eight consecutive life sentences in 1998.
Hollywood naturally took an interest in Kaczynski’s story and adapted it as films and TV shows while also lifting elements of Kaczynski’s life for loosely-inspired scripts.
