Yale Bombing: From Computation to Catastrophe
A look at the late‑December 1993 mail bomb that detonated in Yale’s Computer Science Department, seriously wounding professor David Gelernter and igniting a federal investigation. The episode traces h...
10 Okt 9min
The Unabomber’s Guilty Plea: Justice vs. Truth
An inside look at Ted Kaczynski’s 1998 guilty plea that closed a death‑penalty case, the legal and ethical questions it raised for families, and a retrospective on his early life and ideological devel...
1 Sep 17min
Could They Have Arrested Him Sooner? Inside UNABOM’s 18‑Year Manhunt
The episode delves into the decade‑long trail of mail bombs that killed and maimed three men, the relentless federal pursuit that ultimately cornered Ted Kaczynski in a remote Montana cabin, and how e...
1 Sep 16min
The UC Berkeley Bombing: How One Campus Attack Triggered UNABOM's Decade-Long Manhunt
This episode explores the May 1985 explosion in a UC Berkeley computer science lab that injured graduate student John Hauser and marked one of the first university targets in Ted Kaczynski’s campaign....
1 Sep 18min
From Words to Walls: How Ideology Turned Into Evidence
This episode traces how Ted Kaczynski’s own manifesto rhetoric and a secluded Montana cabin became the hinge that led investigators from abstract theory to concrete forensic evidence, culminating in h...
1 Sep 13min
The Cabin, The Manifesto, and the FBI’s Longest Manhunt
From a remote cabin in Montana to three deadly mail bombs that struck universities, airlines, and academics over seventeen years, this episode unpacks the FBI’s decade‑long pursuit of Ted Kaczynski. I...
1 Sep 17min
Serial Killer, Terrorist, or Both? Untangling Kaczynski’s Label
Explore the 17‑year bombing campaign that claimed three lives, examine how investigators connected scattered attacks, and question whether Ted Kaczynski fits the definition of a serial killer or a dom...
1 Sep 14min
When Language Became Evidence: The Final Break in the Unabomber Hunt
This episode unpacks how a family’s recognition of linguistic fingerprints, combined with decades of forensic investigation and federal persistence, led to the arrest of serial mail bomber Ted Kaczyns...
1 Sep 13min
