It took the FBI 17 years to catch the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, who killed 3 people and injured so many others.
But it was the intuition of James R. Fitzgerald, who used a relatively new tool called Forensic Linguistics to determine that a 35,000-word manifesto printed in a major newspaper eventually led to the arrest of Ted Kaczynski.
To this day, because of the intuition of James R. Fitzgerald, his use of Forensic Linguistics is widely used as a method in decoding written statements and eventually identifying who the suspects are.
Timestamps
- 00:00 - Videogram
- 01:00 - Introduction
- 02:09 - James Introduces himself
- 06:33 - His definition of intuition and his intuitive signals
- 16:24 - Forensic linguistics a blend of art and science
- 21:45 - Quality over quantity argument in analyzing the writings
- 30:50 - His intuitive wake-up call moment that led to arresting the Unabomber
- 42:29 - Conclusion
