
About this episode
Ted Kaczynski terrorized the United States with his homemade bombs for nearly 20 years. Ever since his capture, Kaczynski’s story has been the subject of countless books and TV shows trying to unpack his unique psychology. Was the unabomber a madman or a misunderstood genius? In his podcast, Project Unabom, journalist Eric Benson revisits the story and dives deep into the unabomber’s own archives, to understand who he really was.
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