Unabomber: In His Own Words

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  1. Episode 1

  47m

  The first episode examines the start of the Unabomber's campaign of terror spanning from 1978 to 1985, and dives into Kaczynski’s childhood to discover what might have made a young mathematical genius with few friends evolve into a sociopathic terrorist.

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  2. Episode 2

  40m

  Picking up in 1985, Part Two tells the story of how the Unabomber began to ramp-up his terror campaign, claiming his first murder and taunting his FBI pursuers. Kaczynski’s secret journals from his time as a grad student in Michigan reveal the extraordinary moment when his thoughts first turned to murder.

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  3. Episode 3

  48m

  Part Three recounts the period from 1993 to 1996, when the Unabomber was holding America ransom with a series of increasingly powerful bombs before his arrest in 1996. Kaczynski's brother and sister-in-law reveal the emotional story of how they came to suspect he was the Unabomber, which ultimately led to his arrest.

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  4. Episode 4

  42m

  The final episode of the series examines Kaczynski's trial, with the revelation that he was subjected to a secret psychological experiment as a teenaged student at Harvard, a fact some claim could have been responsible for turning him into the terrorist he became.

Cast

Ted Kaczynski

Self - The Unabomber (archive footage)

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Roy Wright

Self - Harvard Classmate

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Joel Moss

Self - FBI Supervisory Special Agent, UNABOMB Task Force

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Kevin Fagan

Self - Reporter San Francisco Chronicle

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Gary Wright

Self - UNABOMB Survivor

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Phillip Resnick

Self - Prosecution Forensic Psychiatrist

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Theresa Kintz

Self - Former Editor, Earth First Journal

David Kaczynski

Self - Little Brother of Ted

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Linda Patrik

Self - Sister in Law

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Jamie Gehring

Self - Neighbor of Ted, Daughter of Butch Gehring

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Butch Gehring

Self - Neighbor of Ted

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Chris Waits

Self - Neighbor of Ted