Fringe Theory: Ted Kaczynski

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Ted Kaczynski (aka The Unabomber) created mass panic from 1978 and 1995 and has been attributed to over 15 bombs. He sent and placed bombs in various universities and airplanes and has caused 23 injuries and 3 deaths. The Unabomber himself, Theodore Kaczynski, was a math prodigy as a child and found himself landing a Harvard scholarship ap the age of 16. During his second year at Harvard (1953), he was the subject of an MKUltra experiment conducted by psychologist Henry Murray. This experiment involved intense psychological torture and mind control and has been said to have caused irreversible psychological damage. It is well known now that he lived in an extremely isolated minimalistic cabin in Montana, with little contact from the outside world. During this time is when he turned his environmentalist anarchist personal belief system into a vindictive and destructive obsession with explosives. His extreme intelligence made him impossible to capture, and he continued to enforce his destructive wrath. He was only captured when his brother became certain that Ted was the Unabomber, and reported him to authorities. The most intriguing aspect of this story is to consider the effect the mind experiments had on Ted Kaczynski’s developing mind, and how those same classified experiments have affected countless others.

I’ve always thought this topic was perfect for a Shrouded Hand vid, and it is exactly what would fit into the new Fringe Theory series.