Nope, hadn’t heard. I knew there were some good educated guesses, but I only knows what they puts on the wickypedias, so to speak.
Chicken. Pull a neighborhood shen that brings down a full multi-station tac squad response, and see how long it takes you to own up… oh, look, it’s Halley’s Comet!
Current evidence points to The Unabomber. But you’re right, we don’t “know.”
I went to a Jesuit high school, and I knew that , too. I was just struggling to come up with nominees, and “J” came to mind.
Other than getting DNA samples from him quite some time ago, what evidence are you referring to? I would assume that no more than a matter of weeks would be needed to match or clear DNA evidence alone.
Well, what’s his name and what are the good reasons?
No shit? I never knew that.
That’s a sad one–it’s a shame he or she didn’t find someone to carry on the tradition.
Or, maybe they’re just *embarrassed *about what they did when they were young and stupid.
He refused to give a sample and the FBI only asked, not demanded. It’s not exactly evidence, but I’m guessing the FBI knows a lot more about it than they’ve publicly announced.
It sounds like it’s prettttty circumstantial. He occasionally stayed at his parent’s house in the Chicago area at the time of the Tylenol killings, which just so happened to coincide with his first bombings. I suppose since it turns out there was an active terrorist in the area at the time, he’s worth some scrutiny, but I don’t think he’s ever denied any of his bombings and at this point with all his concurrent life without parole sentences he doesn’t really have any motivation to deny the Tylenol killings if he were the guy.
I don’t think so. It was a brilliantly clever hack of the system and while they were a bit dopey on the screen, it was quite a feat and it’s held in high respect by the greater hacking world. If they were not in a position where it would compromise their lives and careers, I think they’d come forward. I believe the statute of limitations is well past.
The Man in the Iron Mask
Spring-Heeled Jack (if he existed)
The Mad Gasser (if he existed)
Though not famous, Terry Deary wrote about The Polish Policeman from WW2:
"The German Commandant ordered us to search the buildings from cellar to attic. The Commandant himself came along with me. He knew that if anyone could find the Jews it was me. We climbed through the house and I opened every secret panel and trapdoor that I knew about. Every one was empty. At last we reached the top of the house. A ladder led down from a gap in the ceiling.
So I took a lantern and began climbing the long ladder. The silence was so great I couldn’t believe anyone could be up there in the space below the rafters. But I climbed on. At last I reached the entrance of the loft. If anyone was waiting they could have smashed my head in there and then. I looked over the lip of the hole and shone the lantern in. The light picked out the white faces and wide, dark eyes of 20 women and terrified children. The Commandant called up to me.
"‘Can you see anyone?’
[The Polish Policeman] turned to the German Commander and called ‘There’s no one there!’ Then he climbed back down the ladder and reported that the house was empty. We don’t know what happened to that policeman but one of the Jewish children survived the war and remembered his curious action that morning."
From Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories: The Woeful Second World War, 1999.
Y’all need to watch more PBS. Most of these are pretty well solved.
But who killed Biggie and 2upac?
Isn’t there some question about the ‘real’ identity of musician Leon Redbone?
Whoever fired the Shot Heard 'Round the World.
Carly Simon’s vain ex.
The Father, Son and Holy Ghost who caught the last train for the coast?
B. Traven. There’s evidence that he was a German named Ret Marut. But that doesn’t really answer the question because then you have to ask who Ret Marut really was.
The guy that *really *wrote the Shakespeare plays.
d+r