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For Sale: Unabomber's Lair

Ted Kaczynski's 'very secluded' land on the market

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 5, 2010 10:31 AM CST

(Newser) – Maybe you need a getaway. Like, say, to the desolate place where a maybe-deranged guy assembled bombs he mailed out all over the country? If this sounds like you, luck has it that the Montana land where Unabomber Ted Kaczynski lived is up for sale—a chance for you to own a piece of "infamous US history," as the listing agent likes to call it.

The 1.4-acre lot doesn't have a dwelling—the cabin Kaczynski built is currently on display at the Newseum—and the AP notes that, in keeping with Kaczynski's hostile attitude toward technology, there's no electricity or running water. And, like everything else in this housing market, it's cheap: Asking price has gone from $154,500 to a more modest $69,500.

In this April 4, 1996 file photo, Unabomber Theodore John Kaczynski is flanked by federal agents as he is led to a car from the federal courthouse in Helena, Mont.
In this April 4, 1996 file photo, Unabomber Theodore John Kaczynski is flanked by federal agents as he is led to a car from the federal courthouse in Helena, Mont.   (AP Photo/John Youngbear, File)
In this April 6, 1996 file photo, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski's cabin is shown in Lincoln, Mont. The 1.4-acre parcel that was once owned by Kaczynski is on the market for $69,500.
In this April 6, 1996 file photo, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski's cabin is shown in Lincoln, Mont. The 1.4-acre parcel that was once owned by Kaczynski is on the market for $69,500.   (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
In this April 6, 1996 file photo, materials used by the FBI in its search of Unabomber Theordore Kaczynski's mountain cabin in Lincoln, Mont., sit outside the door.
In this April 6, 1996 file photo, materials used by the FBI in its search of Unabomber Theordore Kaczynski's mountain cabin in Lincoln, Mont., sit outside the door.   (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
In this April 6, 1996 file photo, the cabin of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, partially surrounded by white tape, sits at the end of a muddy road in Lincoln, Mont.
In this April 6, 1996 file photo, the cabin of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, partially surrounded by white tape, sits at the end of a muddy road in Lincoln, Mont.   (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
The cabin used by Ted Kaczynski, who was convicted in the Unabomber crimes, on display at the Newseum. It is on loan from the FBI Tour.
The cabin used by Ted Kaczynski, who was convicted in the "Unabomber" crimes, on display at the Newseum. It is on loan from the FBI Tour.   (AP Photo/Newseum, James P. Blair)
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COMMENTS
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HMunster
Dec 6, 2010 7:16 AM CST
Once again some knothead at Newser writes a completely misleading and inaccurate headline: "For Sale: Unabomber's Lair". A lair is a dwelling. There is no dwelling on the property. Good one, idiot...
scallywag
Dec 5, 2010 8:38 PM CST
If nothing else it betrays an understanding that virally spreading spectacles (usually defined by their lack of ethics or morals) have begun replacing ad campaigns, become nothing less than a medium for sales. (And now we have a spectacle of the sale itself, it seems.) But still: one has to wonder whether this is really smartest tactic for Pistelak, considering that the internet may not be the best place to reach technology-fearing macabre memorabilia enthusiasts fawning over the effects of Ted Kaczynski. http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2010/12/realty-company-advertises-ted-kaczynksis-property-as-a-piece-of-us-history/
myflap.blow
Dec 5, 2010 2:58 PM CST
how much for 1.4a and no water or power? Must be one hell of a mail service!
 

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