Re: Ted Kaczynski
Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 1:23 pmThanks for the reply AK. I was wondering if it would be worth a read. I had no idea he wrote a book about him. I might just read it. 
Tahoe27 wrote:Thanks for the reply AK. I was wondering if it would be worth a read. I had no idea he wrote a book about him. I might just read it.
Yes it is a good read with lots of good information on Ted, his early years and later life as the Unabomber. The other really good book on Ted is called "A Mind For Murder" by Alston Chase. But for most people with a general to moderate interest in Ted I would advise starting with the Graysmith book "Unabomber: A Desire To Kill".
For those who missed it this was my comment from the other page:
In the book Graysmith devotes a little bit of analysis to TK as a Z suspect, as he also does in his book "Zodiac Unmasked". He correctly notes many interesting similarities between TK and Z, including excessive often double postage, demand for words to be on the front page or people would die, bomb threats to transportation, etc., etc. He says Ted should be regarded and investigated as a "serious" Zodiac suspect, but ultimately says the similarities are "fascinating" but probably "coincidental".
He downgrades Ted as a Z suspect mainly because he is so locked into Allen, such as ignoring all the descriptions of Z weighing 160 - 200 pounds in favor of larger estimates that are closer to Allen, saying Ted is probably to thin to be Z. Though he notes in his TK book Ted as the Unabomber wore multiple shirts, stuffed a towel under his jacket and wax in his mouth and nostrils, all designed to make him look heavier than he was in real life!