History's Secrets — Season 1, Episode 8: The Unabomber: Ted Kaczynski

Episode synopsis

Ted Kaczynski sent the FBI on a $50 million manhunt. We investigate how his childhood as a prodigy led him to academic glory at Harvard.

About History's Secrets

Mysterious events, compelling figures, and great unanswered questions from the past are explored in this National Geographic series.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Hunt for Hitler
• E2The Hunt for the Boston Strangler
• E3The Romanovs
• E4The Real Roswell
• E5The Secrets Of J. Edgar Hoover
• E6Where's Amelia Earhart?
• E7Howard Hughes Revealed
• E9Secrets of the Moon Landing
• E10CIA Secret Experiments
• E11Secret History of the Atomic Bomb
• E12Vanished from Alcatraz
• E13Secret Life of Charles Lindbergh