Ted Kaczynski also know as, 'the Unabomber' sent bombs in the mail to innocent people. Killing a total of 3 people and injuring many more. Kaczynski forced the New York Times magazine print his "Unabomber's Manifesto". He threatened that if they didn't publish his "Manifesto", he would continue killing more people. So, the New York times printed his articles. Using document analysis, document examiners and the police gave him this profile,
- Around 40-50 years old
- Highly educated
- Read texts and novels that were popular in the 1960s
- Preoccupied with Eugene O'Neill, a known anarchist
- He used the sinking of the Titanic as a metaphor for society's blindness and as a way to target his victims and get a message across
- He tended to take ideas and mimic styles of other writers
- Searched for victims in specific academic reference works
- His favorite magazines were Scientific American and the Saturday Review
- He was strongly influenced by the writing of Joseph Conrad
- Identified himself with wood
- Disliked modern technological progress
- His favorite research haunts were libraries in northern California
The police then found Ted Kaczynski using this profile and he was arrested on April 13th, 1996.
Ted Kaczynski