conviction_status conviction birth_place alias conviction_penalty charge name image_caption birth_date alma_mater article_title birth_name occupation image_name
incarcerated at adx florence , # 04475 -- 046 january 22 , 1998 -lrb- pleaded guilty -rrb- evergreen park , illinois the unabomber 8 life terms without parole transportation , mailing and use of bombs ; murder ted kaczynski kaczynski after his capture in 1996 22 may 1942 harvard university university of michigan ted kaczynski
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ted kaczynski

theodore john `` ted '' kaczynski -lrb- ; polish : `` kaczyński '' , pronounced ; born may 22 , 1942 -rrb- , also known as the `` unabomber '' , is an american mathematician , anarchist , and serial murderer .
he is known for his wide-ranging social critiques , which opposed industrialization and modern technology while advancing a nature-centered form of anarchism .
between 1978 and 1995 , kaczynski engaged in a nationwide bombing campaign against people involved with modern technology , planting or mailing numerous homemade bombs , ultimately killing a total of three people and injuring 23 others .
kaczynski was born and raised in evergreen park , illinois .
while growing up in evergreen park he was a child prodigy , excelling academically from an early age .
kaczynski was accepted into harvard university at the age of 16 , where he earned an undergraduate degree .
he subsequently earned a phd in mathematics from the university of michigan .
he became an assistant professor at the university of california , berkeley in 1967 at age 25 .
he resigned two years later .
as an undergraduate , kaczynski was among twenty-two students who were research subjects in ethically questionable experiments -lrb- possibly part of project mkultra -rrb- conducted by henry murray at harvard from late 1959 to early 1962 .
in 1971 , he moved to a remote cabin without electricity or running water , in lincoln , montana , where he lived as a recluse while learning survival skills in an attempt to become self-sufficient .
from 1978 to 1995 , kaczynski sent 16 bombs to targets including universities and airlines , killing three people and injuring 23 .
kaczynski sent a letter to `` the new york times '' on april 24 , 1995 and promised `` to desist from terrorism '' if the `` times '' or the `` washington post '' published his manifesto , `` industrial society and its future '' -lrb- also called the `` unabomber manifesto '' -rrb- , in which he argued that his bombings were extreme but necessary to attract attention to the erosion of human freedom necessitated by modern technologies requiring large-scale organization .
the unabomber was the target of one of the federal bureau of investigation 's costliest investigations .
before kaczynski 's identity was known , the fbi used the title `` unabom '' -lrb- university & airline bomber -rrb- to refer to his case , which resulted in the media calling him the unabomber .
the fbi -lrb- as well as attorney general janet reno -rrb- pushed for the publication of kaczynski 's `` manifesto '' , which led to his sister-in-law , and then his brother , recognizing kaczynski 's style of writing and beliefs from the manifesto , and tipping off the fbi .
kaczynski tried unsuccessfully to dismiss his court appointed lawyers because they wanted to plead insanity in order to avoid the death penalty , as kaczynski did not believe he was insane .
when it became clear that his pending trial would entail national television exposure for kaczynski , the court entered a plea agreement , under which he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole .
he has been designated a `` domestic terrorist '' by the fbi .
some anarcho-primitivist authors , such as john zerzan and john moore , have come to his defense , while also holding some reservations about his actions and ideas .
