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Jan 2021
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The Unabomber

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Ted Kaczynski had a higher IQ than Einstein and used the postal service to deliver handmade bombs to targets over the course of a 17 year long domestic terrorism campaign. It became the longest and most expensive manhunt in FBI history. 

 

The question is not what he did, but why...

 

This episode was written by Gabe Luzier

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