U.S. Marshals auction Unabomber possessions

The U.S. Marshals Service has decided to auction off some of the personal things of Theodore John “Ted” Kaczynski. Kaczynski is better known as ‘the Unabomber’. The auction will be conducted online and will continue until June 2. The proceeds will go to some of the victims of Kaczynski’s almost 20 yearlong mail bombing spree.

Personal things auctioned

The auction will sell about 60 lots of things found when Kaczynski was captured on April 3, 1996 in his cabin. 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. Several photos were found and will sell. Kaczynski’s clothing, books, bows, tools and watches will even all be sold. You can 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. There will also be 20,000 pages of the document sold, including hand-written and typed versions.

The catalog, photos and information of all the auction items are available at the GSA auction website.

Who he even was

Kaczynski was a mathematical prodigy after bring born in 1942 in Chicago, Ill. He was accepted to Harvard at age 16, and he received an undergraduate degree. Later he earned a PhD in mathematics from the University of Michigan. It made Kaczynski frustrated when technology became essential to society. It started to rely on technology. In 1971, Kaczynski moved to a remote one-room cabin in the Montana wilderness in a try to become self-sufficient. He got the name Unabomber, because of University and Airline bomber put together, due to his sixteen years old homemade mail bombs he sent to several airlines, universities and other targets between 1978 and 1995. His bombs were responsible for killing three individuals 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 Flore! nce, Colorado.

Using what he hates most

U.S. Marshal Albert Najera spoke with the press. “We will use the technology that Kaczynski railed against in his various manifestos to sell artifacts of his life,” was what he said.

Value uncertain

Nobody knows how much value is really in these items. The Marshals have a spokeswoman names Lynzey Donohue. “This is an unusual type of case,” she said. “It’s really difficult to put a value on these items because of the intrinsic value they have based on his notoriety.”

Information from

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/