Ted Kaczynski

A newly released film exploring Ted Kaczynski's origins and his transformation into the domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber is drawing fresh attention to the case. Coverage of the cast and their real-life counterparts is circulating widely, and searches for the term have spiked in Australia and Italy.

A film about Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, is drawing attention to his time at Harvard, where as a teenager he took part in a psychological study led by professor Henry A. Murray. Coverage examines what happened to Murray afterwards and the ethics of the experiment, which involved prolonged stress sessions, and how it may have shaped Kaczynski's later life.