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Ted Kaczynski: The Unabomber

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Ted Kaczynski, more commonly known as “ The Unabomber” was born on May 22, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois. Kaczynski was a mathematics prodigy who taught at the University of California before entering a period of isolation in the woods of Montana. He grew up as the oldest child of a Polish-American couple, Theodore and Wanda. When he was a child, Kaczynski has an allergic reaction and was hospitalized with his life hanging on the edge of death. Many of his close friends and family report him acting much differently after being hospitalized which could contribute to him being psycotic. He also had a younger brother named David who was hospitalized for a similar problem and ended up acting the same as his older brother Ted. Ted Kaczynski's parents …show more content…

At Harvard he studied mathematics and was the test subject in a psychological experiment performed by professor Henry A. Murray. Immediatly following his graduation in 1962, Kaczynski extended his accelerated studies at the University of Michigan where he also taught classes. Kaczynski earned his doctoral degree from the university in 1967, then moved to California to teach at the University of California Berkeley. Kaczynski did not like Berkeleydue to the lack of intelligence so he thought which made lecturing more difficult so he resigned in 1969. In the 1970’s he settled in the woods of Montana. He lived in almost complete isolation where he could be alone and carry out his own business which in his case ended up being perfecting his bombing strategy.In 1978, Kaczynski moved back to Chicago and worked with his brother in a factory. He was later fired for writing crude letters to a female coworker that didn’t end up going the way he had hoped. In the same year, he made his first homemade bomb, which was sent to a proffesor at NorthWestern University. The letter was opened by a campus security officer, who only recieved minor injuries when the bomb

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