# FBi investigating Unabomber as Tylenol Poisoner **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496 "2011-05-19T20:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/1 "2011-05-19T20:32:20Z")
So now the FBI suspects that the Unabomber was the [Tylenol Poisoner](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110519/ap_on_re_us/us_unabomber_tylenol_poisonings)? What’s next - Ron Swanson is married to Karen Walker? ::Head explodes:: ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/2 "2011-05-19T20:59:49Z")
“Kaczynski, who’s in federal prison in Colorado, said in his motion that the officials who notified him of the FBI’s request said the agency was prepared to get a court order to compel him to provide a DNA sample. He said he would provide one “if the FBI would satisfy a certain condition that is not relevant here,” but doesn’t elaborate.” Translation: “Get me transferred the f\*\*\* out of the living Hell that is ADX Florence Supermax.” ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/3 "2011-05-19T23:46:12Z")
I hear he also invented AIDS 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/4 "2011-05-20T00:16:40Z")
I’ve heard the school of thought that he was the Zodiac Killer. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/5 "2011-05-20T01:41:05Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I’ve heard the school of thought that he was the Zodiac Killer. Does he fit the evidence? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/6 "2011-05-20T01:47:50Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Does he fit the evidence? Don’t remember anything specific, just IIRC he was living in the Bay-area when Zodiac would have been active. Didn’t say the link was _strong_, just that it was theorized. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/7 "2011-05-20T01:55:36Z")
Was he also D.B. Cooper? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/8 "2011-05-20T02:31:03Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > Was he also D.B. Cooper? never heard that! Obviously improbable. (And yes I know you’re mocking me) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/9 "2011-05-20T02:37:00Z")
I think it’s also possible that Michael Swango had something to do with it. Apparently he lived in Illinois at the same time as the poisoning. Swango typically put poison into food or gave lethal overdoses to medical patients but it’s also conceivable that he tampered with medicine as well. There may be a connection. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/10 "2011-05-20T02:51:33Z")
My dad was in San Francisco at the time, AND he wore Navy-issue shoes, AND he wore a Zodiac watch. He wasn’t Ted Kaczynski, though. ---
**Author:** ![medicated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@medicated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medicated)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/11 "2011-05-20T03:04:00Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Does he fit the evidence? Not even remotely. Fingerprints, physical description, MO, and handwriting don’t match. The only reason that his name keeps coming up in that case (and in the EAR/ONS case for that matter) is that there are a few cranks who are obsessed with the idea that Kaczynski was responsible for all sorts of infamous unsolved murders. Sort of like those folks who insist that Jack the Ripper was a royal/masonic conspiracy. Who needs evidence when pure speculation makes for an interesting story? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/12 "2011-05-20T03:17:50Z")
_He_ is Spartacus! ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/13 "2011-05-20T07:35:15Z")
Nah, it wasn’t him. It was bin Laden, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![buckgully](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb9ed0/32.png) [@buckgully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckgully)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/14 "2011-05-20T07:44:38Z")
> [@medicated](#): > > Sort of like those folks who insist that Jack the Ripper was a royal/masonic conspiracy. Who needs evidence when pure speculation makes for an interesting story? … now that you mention it, has anyone seen Ted Kaczynski and Jack the Ripper in the same room at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-investigating-unabomber-as-tylenol-poisoner/582496/15 "2011-05-20T08:51:45Z")
> [@buckgully](#): > > … now that you mention it, has anyone seen Ted Kaczynski and Jack the Ripper in the same room at the same time? None that lived. 😉