He was the domestic US terrorist with a manifesto who eluded justice for years. Unabomber Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski justified his deadly campaign in the name of preserving humanity and nature from the onslaught of technology and exploitation.

The FBI spent years trying and failing to capture him. And when they did so, it was only after his 35,000-word treatise had been published in two of America’s most prestigious newspapers.

In June 2023, Kaczynski took his own life, aged 81, the final chapter in an extraordinary criminal story…