The Unibomber

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The Unibomber sent 12 bombs to scientists and a computer science professor in the 1990s. The FBI spent years trying to find out who was responsible for each of the blasts. In 1996, John Larson called Jeff Ward to tell him he'd captured the unibomber. After Ted Kazinsky's arrest, it became clear that no one else had been involved with the case.

The UNABOM investigation was one of the longest manhunts in American history - it lasted for 18 years starting in 1978. Before the FBI started investigating Ted Kaczynski, they looked into a number of suspects, including a group of friends who loved playing Dungeons & Dragons.

This episode is part of the podcast Project Unabom. Listen to the entire series on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/Project_Unabom.

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