The Hunt for America's Smartest Killer

[Takes Two To Tango]

With Kaczynski, I wonder why they never asked him in how they built the pyramids or other mysterious things in the world.

 

[Cole train]

The IRS?

 

[sickness666]

The smartest? I´m not so sure. One of the most intelligent seen from his education, yes. But in a young age getting brainwashed isn´t a good thing so to speak. And without that he may have been an outsider his whole life but if he would have gone as far as he is? I don´t think so.
But in his case I think he was lucky, because if you live in the woods and no one knows what you are doing it´s easy to fly under the radar.
And the FBI was lucky too because without Kaczinsky´s brother they would have probably never caught him.
All in all it was one of the most costly and longest manhunts in the history of the USA.

 

[TheTickG]

He got caught, so I'm going with "no".

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

The smartest? I´m not so sure. One of the most intelligent seen from his education, yes. But in a young age getting brainwashed isn´t a good thing so to speak. And without that he may have been an outsider his whole life but if he would have gone as far as he is? I don´t think so.
But in his case I think he was lucky, because if you live in the woods and no one knows what you are doing it´s easy to fly under the radar.
And the FBI was lucky too because without Kaczinsky´s brother they would have probably never caught him.
All in all it was one of the most costly and longest manhunts in the history of the USA.

Yeah Ted brother is the only reason he got caught.

 

[tgv976]

His book's a good read, and his manifesto was spot on. Not the smartest as far as killing people, but the smartest when it came to seeing where society was headed.

 

[Mock Artwork]

Smartest killer is somewhere out there, undetected. It’s the bravado or the message that gets them caught. Like BTK. For real, dude? A floppy disc?

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Smartest killer is somewhere out there, undetected. It’s the bravado or the message that gets them caught. Like BTK. For real, dude? A floppy disc?

People don't get caught all the time, doesn't mean they are the smartest killers imo. They just been lucky or no one is looking for them diligently enough.

 

[Mock Artwork]

People don't get caught all the time, doesn't mean they are the smartest killers imo. They just been lucky or no one is looking for them diligently enough.

Well, that’s very true! Would not being caught be considered the smartest?

I guess it depends on context. I try to avoid Unabomber docs because I always end up going, “You know, that fucking Luddite had some shit right.” Next thing you know I’m looking for bugs in the wall sockets.

 

[Swamps]

Hell no! America's Health Care system is! How many people do the merk a year by negligence and malpractice alone!?

 

[Fedorgasm]

It always makes me laugh when people talk about how smart some serial killer is.

If they were really smart they would simply not kill people.

Even if you set morals aside, killing people is a bad idea for a million other reasons. Only an idiot would even think about taking that risk.

 

[Spam On Rye]

He was a classic autistic type and brilliant but a materialist with bad prescriptions. Harvard and the Unabomber is a good book on him. Also worth watching is the German doc Das Netz, which interviews the cybernetics pioneers he opposed. Ted was unhinged, but he saw the threat of the technocrats.

 

[Satur9]

It always makes me laugh when people talk about how smart some serial killer is.

If they were really smart they would simply not kill people.

Even if you set morals aside, killing people is a bad idea for a million other reasons. Only an idiot would even think about taking that risk.

Unless killing is just that damn godlike and awesome to feel. Ever thought of that?

Your post reminded me of that SNL monologue Louis C.K. did about P-files.

 

[RichardHarrow]

Kissinger

 

[The Dark Knight]

My uncle was a police chief in CA and he said "The smartest criminals are the ones who don't get caught."
I'm sure the really good ones live out their lives rich or successful and never get caught.

 

[HHJ]

He was one of them guys who started off with the right idea but took a HARD LEFT TURN and ultimatley became too insane to use his intelligence in any constructive way.