Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, infamously known as the “Unabomber,” was found dead at the age of 81 in his cell at a federal prison medical center in North Carolina. With the cause of death undetermined, his notorious past resurfaces, recalling his 16 bombings at airlines, universities, and computer stores from 1978 to 1995, resulting in three deaths and over 20 injuries.

Kaczynski was a prodigy who attended Harvard at 16 and became the youngest professor ever hired at UC Berkeley at 25. Isolated in a shack in Montana, he crafted bombs and mailed them across the nation while penning an anti-technology manifesto. His reign of terror ended after his brother tipped off the authorities, landing Kaczynski in federal prison with four life terms plus 30 years. Continue reading on SFist →

Feature image of  mathematician Ted Kaczynski, later a domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber, at the University of California, Berkeley, June 1968. Photo by Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images.