capricorn wrote:ITA and imo, Ted's brother makes himself look guilty by not supplying any DNA! He turned Ted in for the bombing so why refuse dna testing unless he is somehow involved?
Ted definitely looks like the most likely culprit at this point imo. Today being Halloween would be the perfect time for someone to approach him with the subject of the Zodiac and ask him his opinion about that and Halloween and other related topics.
The only thing that bothers me about Ted being a suspect is his atheism as that would seem to preclude thoughts of an afterlife and guilt feelings ("the confession letter") and the other writings with religious overtones.
David declined to provide DNA to me. He said he did not think Ted was the Zodiac, Tylenol Murderer or EAR/ONS, but he also said he did not want to do anything that could risk Ted being exposed to the death penalty. Of course Ted would only be exposed to the death penalty if he were guilty of one of those crimes!
Ted was not religious, and his parents were agnostic/atheist, but he was a Polish American with extended family that were Catholic. Ted studies everything, including religion. In fact he once wrote very perceptively about how the early Christian movement changed after the departure of Jesus, and became more bureaucratic and less passionate with the growth of the church as an institution. Also I do not think the confession letter was real in its sentiments, it is misdirection. And Ted had a copy of the Prose Edda in his cabin, the main book of Norse myths, and many other books about anthropology, myth and history. So he certainly knew about various religious myths and stories.
Ted has been asked about being Zodiac and he never denied it, or responded, but declined to provide any alibi evidence. See what happened when Doug Oswell and another writer asked him about being Zodiac. Ted is happy being a hero to many in the primitivist anarchist and radical environmental movements, for his actions against corporate targets. He is not going to admit to killing teenagers in lovers lanes. In his diary detailing the Unabomber crimes, he says that accounts and evidence of other unspecified crimes has been burned or buried because their exposure would be "dangerous", "embarrassing" or "just very bad public relations at this time".
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Many years back Doug Oswell wrote the following letter to Ted Kaczynski asking for proof of an alibi for Zodiac murder and mailing dates. He never got an answer. Also, an attorney for Ted told a writer that they could not provide an alibi for any of these dates - not that they would not, but that they could not.
The first Unabomber crime was in 1978, yet in the early seventies Ted recorded that he had already engaged in "violent rebellion" against society. In September 1966 Ted recorded the "breakthrough" moment in his life, when he decided to "REALLY kill everyone I hated".(Emphasis in original). The people he hated included "bigshots", scientists, big businessmen, police - but also "rowdy college students" promiscuous women who are "pigs, animals" and "noisy" love making couples.
Had Ted supplied an alibi for any of the key Z dates, that would end speculation about him being Z.
This is the letter from Doug oswell:
Mr. Kaczynski:
My name is Douglas Oswell. For the past five years I have been researching the similarities between the Unabomber and a world-renowned criminal styled “Zodiac,” who became a pop-culture icon in the late 1960s through a series of sensational murders and correspondences with the press.
At this juncture I have uncovered no evidence that would forge a definite link between the activities of the Unabomber and those of Zodiac. Authorities at both the state and federal level have written off the likelihood of any such connection. Nevertheless it is undeniable (even by the detractors of a connection) that many similarities exist.
I have been advised that it would be unfair to suggest such a connection without offering you the opportunity to defend the reputation of the Unabomber and the philosophy for which he stood. To that end I would like to present you with a list of dates and ask that you provide accounts of your whereabouts for as many of those dates as possible. A valid alibi for even a single date, backed by documentary evidence, would be sufficient to prove conclusively that there is no linkage whatsoever between the sordid crimes of Zodiac and the more principled (albeit terrible) activities of the Unabomber.
Here is the list of dates in question:
Month
Day
Year
December
20
1968
July
4—5
1969
July
31
1969
August
1—8
1969
September
27
1969
October
11—13
1969
November
8—9
1969
December
20
1969
April
20
1970
April
28
1970
June
26
1970
July
24
1970
July
26
1970
October
5
1970
October
27
1970
March
13
1971
March
22
1971
Alibis for the following dates, while helpful, would not be conclusive in discounting a connection:
Month
Day
Year
June
3—6
1963
February
3—6
1964
October
30
1966
November
1
1966
April
30
1967
October
22
1969
March
22
1970
Please bear in mind that any alibi should be backed either by documentary evidence or the word of a reliable individual. In the latter case I would appreciate receiving from you a letter or letters of introduction that will establish my credibility to any such person.
It is only fair to state that I do not consider your brother, David Kaczynski, to be a reliable individual for the purpose of establishing an alibi. In 1990, based on conversations with your brother, a friend of his wrote a heretofore unpublished novel about “a Berkeley professor’s war with technology.” Within that novel the fictional "Berkeley professor" committed murder to promote his worldview, thus anticipating the actual truth long before the Unabomber entered the public imagination.
Whatever the case, I will publish your response in such a way that it may be freely accessed by any interested person.
There is an advantage to you in this. The entire world is aware that you have risked your life to disprove the notion that the Unabomber’s actions were not philosophically motivated, but simply the result of a deviant or warped psychology. I must frankly tell you that the postulated linkage between Zodiac and the Unabomber has grown and persisted in the past five years. Indeed, it shows signs of strengthening in the years to come. I fear that if this theory is not thoroughly refuted, posterity will know the Unabomber not for his principled stand against technology, but for his similarity to a sick and sordid criminal who murdered minor children to assuage his sexual frustrations and shore up a foundering ego. The Zodiac Killer is widely known as “America’s Jack the Ripper.” The Unabomber is fast becoming the “favorite suspect" in a mystery that, because it remains unsolved, will endure for many years to come. You alone can divest him of that distinction.
I thank you for your attention to this matter and encourage you to respond. Enclosed is a small amount of money ($5.00) to defray the cost of postage and stationery.
Sincerely,
Douglas E. Oswell
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Doug told me he never got a reply to this letter.
If TK was NOT the Zodiac, it would be so easy for him to blow this whole idea out of the water, by producing a timecard, a paycheck, class attendance sheet, a letter, postmarked envelope, a photograph, a witness.
Doug told me another writer got a response from Ted's attorney that NO ALIBI for the above dates could be produced. Not that they would not produce an alibi but that they "could not" produce any alibi for any of the dates.
LINDA:
Sounds like the letter must have gotten through if someone got a response from Ted's attorney regarding no alibi being available. I've always found it interesting that in the Unabomber case itself, the period of time from Ted's college years until 1978 seem to be brushed over. If there had been a trial, maybe some more about these years would have come out, but since he plead guilty, these years are presented almost as a blur...
AK WILKS:
onewhoknows asked: "Dear AK have you ever sent a letter to TK and asked him if he is the Zodiac? Just wondering"
AK: I have not yet, but in the first post you can see what happened when Doug Oswell did.
Ted did not respond.
This still cracks me up!
Apparently Ted Kaczynski is the only person left in the world besides Robert Graysmith who thinks Allen was the Zodiac.
Ted relies on the fact that according to him "law enforcement authorities concluded I had no connection with the Zodiac case."
Yep thats Ted, always a big believer in how right the law enforcement authorities are! This from the man who said the "FBI isn't going to catch [me] anytime soon. The FBI is a joke."
