06-07-2011, 04:43 AM
The United States Marshals Service has decided to auction off some of the personal effects of Theodore John "Ted" Kaczynski. Kaczynski is better known as 'the Unabomber'. The online auction is underway and will continue until June 2. Earnings of the auction will go to the victims of Kaczynski's mail bombing spree; a spree which lasted nearly 20 years.</p>
Unabomber's diverse personal effects
<p>On April 3, 1996, Kaczynski was captured in Montana in a cabin loaded with items. This stuff, about 60 lots of items, will be sold in the auction that is taking place. The hooded sweatshirt and dark glasses he is known for could be found in these items. His driver's licenses, deeds, checks, transcripts, letters and birth certificate will all be sold. All of his personal documents found will sell. Also for purchase are photos, tools, watches, books, clothing and bows and arrows which Kaczynski used for hunting for game. You are able to also buy a typewriter he used to write the Unabomber Manifesto, which is what people call it. The real name of it is The Industrial Society and Its Future. Almost 20,000 pages of that document, in both hand-written and typed versions, will even be auctioned.
The GSA auction site has the catalog, photos and descriptions of the items on it.
A domestic terrorist
Kaczynski was a mathematical prodigy after bring born in 1942 in Chicago, Ill. He was accepted to Harvard at age sixteen, and he received an undergraduate degree. He then went to the University of Michigan and got a PhD in mathematics. It made Kaczynski frustrated when technology became important to society. It started to rely on technology. To be able to be "self-sufficient," Kaczynski moved to a one-room cabin in Montana in 1971. He got the name Unabomber, due to University and Airline bomber put together, due to his 16 homemade mail bombs he sent to several airlines, universities and other targets between 1978 and 1995. His bombs were responsible for killing three people and injuring 23 others. Kaczynski was turned in in 1996 by his brother and sister-in-law after a huge FBI manhunt. Kaczynski is now serving in the "supermax" prison for life without the chance of parole at age 69. This prison can be found in Florence, Colorado.
How it changed into an ironic thing
In a statement to the press, "We will use the technology that Kaczynski railed against in his various manifestos to sell artifacts of his life," was what U.S. Marshal Albert Najera said.
How much the items will go for
The money put into these items will be uncertain. Nobody knows the value quite yet. "This is an unusual type of case," Marshals spokeswoman Lynzey Donohue said today. "It's really difficult to put a value on these items because of the intrinsic value they have based on his notoriety."
Articles cited
NY Daily News
nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/05/18/2011-05-18_unabomber_ted_kaczynskis_belongings_hit_auction_block_sweatshirt_glasses_typewri.html
CNN
articles.cnn.com/2011-05-12/justice/us.unabomber.auction_1_auction-plan-unabomber-ted-kaczynski-auction-website?_s=PM:CRIME
The Sacramento Bee
sacbee.com/2011/05/13/3623703/unabomber-kaczynskis-personal.html
GSA Auctions
gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/gsaauctions/
Unabomber's diverse personal effects
<p>On April 3, 1996, Kaczynski was captured in Montana in a cabin loaded with items. This stuff, about 60 lots of items, will be sold in the auction that is taking place. The hooded sweatshirt and dark glasses he is known for could be found in these items. His driver's licenses, deeds, checks, transcripts, letters and birth certificate will all be sold. All of his personal documents found will sell. Also for purchase are photos, tools, watches, books, clothing and bows and arrows which Kaczynski used for hunting for game. You are able to also buy a typewriter he used to write the Unabomber Manifesto, which is what people call it. The real name of it is The Industrial Society and Its Future. Almost 20,000 pages of that document, in both hand-written and typed versions, will even be auctioned.
The GSA auction site has the catalog, photos and descriptions of the items on it.
A domestic terrorist
Kaczynski was a mathematical prodigy after bring born in 1942 in Chicago, Ill. He was accepted to Harvard at age sixteen, and he received an undergraduate degree. He then went to the University of Michigan and got a PhD in mathematics. It made Kaczynski frustrated when technology became important to society. It started to rely on technology. To be able to be "self-sufficient," Kaczynski moved to a one-room cabin in Montana in 1971. He got the name Unabomber, due to University and Airline bomber put together, due to his 16 homemade mail bombs he sent to several airlines, universities and other targets between 1978 and 1995. His bombs were responsible for killing three people and injuring 23 others. Kaczynski was turned in in 1996 by his brother and sister-in-law after a huge FBI manhunt. Kaczynski is now serving in the "supermax" prison for life without the chance of parole at age 69. This prison can be found in Florence, Colorado.
How it changed into an ironic thing
In a statement to the press, "We will use the technology that Kaczynski railed against in his various manifestos to sell artifacts of his life," was what U.S. Marshal Albert Najera said.
How much the items will go for
The money put into these items will be uncertain. Nobody knows the value quite yet. "This is an unusual type of case," Marshals spokeswoman Lynzey Donohue said today. "It's really difficult to put a value on these items because of the intrinsic value they have based on his notoriety."
Articles cited
NY Daily News
nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/05/18/2011-05-18_unabomber_ted_kaczynskis_belongings_hit_auction_block_sweatshirt_glasses_typewri.html
CNN
articles.cnn.com/2011-05-12/justice/us.unabomber.auction_1_auction-plan-unabomber-ted-kaczynski-auction-website?_s=PM:CRIME
The Sacramento Bee
sacbee.com/2011/05/13/3623703/unabomber-kaczynskis-personal.html
GSA Auctions
gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/gsaauctions/
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