The Unabomber: The Making of an Evil Genius | The UnXplained

Ted Kaczynski used his intelligence for evil and carried out targeted attacks that grew from his hatred towards technology, in this clip from Season 3, "The Mystery of Genius."

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[geraldking]

"Imagine a society that makes people terribly unhappy and then gives them drugs to take away their unhappiness."
- Dr. Theodore J. Kaczynski

[Bradlifer]

I love how they skip right over the cia lsd trials from the late 50s that he was a volunteer in..

[AprilGarciaDfw]

I'm here learning about this story about Ted after following Luigi magione story

[zyfvrgp]

I like how they easily call a true environmentalist "EVIL"

can't argue because this show is produced by people who really care about environment

[hwilmore]

I guess Ted being an MK-Ultra victim, had nothing to do with any of his behavior.

[saltygrunt]

Uncle Ted was right about everything 😑🙌🏻

[roundelbow]

Ted's manifesto is the truest and most disturbing truth I've ever read, although I might not agree with how he did it. I get the idea and why, as he stated in his manifesto that the sooner you make a revolution the better, or when the power weakens is the best to strike. REST IN PEACE TED KACZYNSKI (Sorry for my bad English)

[Klaus_Klavier]

“Evil” no. Extreme? Yes. But his MOTIVES were not evil and in the end he was right. However I don’t condone what he did

[Basedlocation]

The killing he did was wrong but That man was right.

[dmenace]

Yup skipped right over the 3 years of psychological experiments on him at Harvard, of course

[Dabbztv]

I like how they added the woman in blue to reassure everyone watching that Ted was a BAD man

[tyquin]

His actions, deplorable. His word, truth.

[aerrhh]

In a social media era, we can see how is damaging society right now and how he was right about it!

[mountainbound]

Kaczynski's parents lived across the street from me for 20 years. His mother, Wanda was the lunch lady at my kids elementary school. His father eventually put a rifle to his head and killed himself in the house. The FBI and the media was embedded in our quiet neighborhood for a long time. It was heartbreaking and disturbing. Mental illness ran in the family. So sad for all. 😢

[roahnosh]

Laughs in social media like Twitter and Reddit which is full of gro0mers and p3dophiles if you visit r/teenagers so in a way he's kinda right. Only issue is he did it in such a terrible and devastating way.

[jackastor]

I'm sure his participation in MKULTRA had nothing to do with him quitting Berkley and moving into the woods where he went on a crime spree.

[harrietthespy]

Ted was separated from his in family for months when he had either polio or t.b. and was hospitalized. This long separation while children were ill with certain illnesses was the norm at that time, and almost always caused intense trauma and difficulty attaching to others going forward. Each time a person with this sort of trauma starts to attach to another person, they can experience intense internal conflict, high anxiety and the need to push people away to get relief. If he had been able to see his family members during his hospitalization, he likely would not have become anti-social. This was a common problem back when children weren’t allowed to see their families while hospitalized. What wasn’t common was Ted’s genius. This and any kind of trauma can be healed with EMDR (adding IFS if trauma is attachment related) therapy.

[michaelpistey]

The Why Files had a more interesting background on him.

[sqcap]

he wasnt ''evil'' he was right