Harvard Grad To Life In Prison: The Unabomber’s Backstory Will Blow Your Mind

“Unabomber” Came From The Case File Name

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Usually, it’s the media that come up with the catchy names for criminals, but this time it came from the FBI’s case file name. The case file named UNABOM was an acronym for University and Airline Bomber because they were the targets of the first few bombs.

Once the media found out the file name, it got turned into Unabomber, and the rest is history.