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Fallout: The Unabomber’s Crimes and Manifesto (with Candice DeLong)

2024/9/9
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Carter Roy: 本集回顾了Unabomber Ted Kaczynski的犯罪历程，从早期的简易炸弹到后来的致命袭击，以及他宣言中体现的反技术、反现代社会思想。节目还采访了参与抓捕Kaczynski的FBI探员Candice DeLong和受害者Gary Wright，讲述了案件的细节和对受害者的影响。 Candice DeLong: 详细描述了FBI调查Unabomber的历程，包括初期线索的筛选、对嫌疑人的追踪、以及最终通过Ted Kaczynski的弟弟提供的线索和其本人就诊记录锁定目标的过程。她还讲述了逮捕Kaczynski的惊险过程，以及在逮捕后与Kaczynski短暂接触的经历。DeLong强调了团队合作和细致调查在破案中的重要性，并表达了她对Kaczynski犯罪动机的个人看法，认为其并非精神分裂症患者。 Gary Wright: 分享了他作为Unabomber袭击受害者的亲身经历，描述了爆炸发生时的场景、受伤后的治疗过程以及心理创伤的恢复。他谈到了对Kaczynski的宽恕，以及他阅读Kaczynski宣言后的感受和思考。Wright认为Kaczynski的宣言中有一些观点在今天仍然具有现实意义，尤其是在科技对社会的影响方面，但他同时强调了暴力手段的不可取性。 Carter Roy: 节目主持人Carter Roy梳理了整个案件的时间线，并对Unabomber的犯罪动机、宣言内容以及社会影响进行了总结。他引用了多位专家的观点，对Kaczynski的精神状态和犯罪动机进行了多角度的分析，并探讨了Kaczynski的思想在现代社会中的传播和影响。

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The Unabomber's reign of terror started with a simple bomb left in a Chicago parking lot in 1978. The attacks escalated, targeting universities and airlines, leaving a trail of injuries and eventually deaths. By 1995, the Unabomber had become a serial killer, claiming three lives and injuring many more.
  • The Unabomber's first attack occurred in 1978 in Chicago.
  • Early bombs were described as "kitty bombs" due to their simple construction.
  • The Unabomber targeted universities and airlines, leading to the FBI codename UNABOM.

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Ted Kaczynski, the man better known to the world as the Unabomber, died in 2023. But his manifesto and the ideas he presented as justifications for his killings have become more mainstream. We sat down with Candice DeLong, one of the FBI agents who helped capture Kaczynski in 1996, as well as Gary Wright, who survived a bombing in 1987.

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