I’ve seen the Kaczynski theory off and on again for a while now but never explored it in-depth though it’s intriguing. Is it typical for serial killers to change their M.O. to such an extreme? Or while not typical, have there been other instances of it happening?
I wonder if Kaczynski has ever been asked outright? Stranger things have happened for sure!
Killers do indeed change their M.O., in order to adjust to changing circumstances or avoid detection. What they don’t change is what’s called by professionals their “signature,” or what they actually get emotionally from their crimes. I spent the first two chapters of my book showing how the “signature” elements of the Zodiac and Unabomber crimes were virtually identical, and also challenging the use of the term “serial killer” to define a type of murderer.
Kaczynski has been asked about the Zodiac crimes and has indignantly denied having committed them, in the process referring to me as a “kook,” which I found somewhat amusing, coming from a person who thought he was going to alter the course of human history by mailing out a couple of package bombs.