Manhunt: Unabomber

[tyler24]

Anyone else been watching this series. For those who aren't aware of it, it's a series about the man who came up with the plan to catch Ted Kaczynski. I was never really familiar with the story of how he was captured. Basically a genius working for the FBI versus a genius who was a criminal.

 

[SoapyCy]

I've been watching it. I might have to buy his book.

 

[Cyclonepride]

My wife talked me into watching it, but I'm glad I did. I had no idea that the Unabomber was a test subject for MKUltra. Not that this excuses what he did, but it certainly adds some culprits to the list.

 

[madguy30]

Kinda wish they had Will Ferrell as the Unabomber.

Just sayin'.

 

[tyler24]

My wife talked me into watching it, but I'm glad I did. I had no idea that the Unabomber was a test subject for MKUltra. Not that this excuses what he did, but it certainly adds some culprits to the list.

Episode 6 was definitely an eye opener. It appears a lot of times intelligent people have tough times clicking with people and in his situation, everytime he felt like he clicked, it came back to hurt him in a way. Would have been interesting to see what he could have accomplished with his life had he not endured some of the things he did growing up.

 

[demoncore1031]

My wife talked me into watching it, but I'm glad I did. I had no idea that the Unabomber was a test subject for MKUltra. Not that this excuses what he did, but it certainly adds some culprits to the list.

He was messed up in the head before MKUltra, but... yeah. If you get some time, you should look at Ted's handwriting and compare it to the Zodiac Killer letters, particularly the letter sent to attorney Melvin Belli.

 

[cyclones500]

I'm curious about the series when I heard of it, then I forgot about it.

 

[buf87]

Been watching it. It is very interesting.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Episode 6 was definitely an eye opener. It appears a lot of times intelligent people have tough times clicking with people and in his situation, everytime he felt like he clicked, it came back to hurt him in a way. Would have been interesting to see what he could have accomplished with his life had he not endured some of the things he did growing up.

Short of the MKUltra experiment, most of that stuff were things that just happen in the normal course of life, so I don't know. Maybe could have been some brilliant guy at his job, but barely functional on a social level? There appear to have been some preexisting mental issues that the experiment sought to exploit. Impossible to conclude based on the information you get from watching a mini series I suppose.

 

[Cyclonepride]

We finished the series last night. I wasn't all that interested in watching it, but it was worthwhile. Interesting related article.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/06/harvard-and-the-making-of-the-unabomber/378239/