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George Peter Metesky (November 2, 1903 – May 23, 1994), better known as the Mad Bomber, was an American electrician and mechanic who terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, terminals, libraries and offices.
George Metesky, the "Mad Bomber", placed over 30 bombs in New York City in public places such as Grand Central Station and the Paramount Theatre, injuring 10, in protest of the high rates of a local electric utility. He also sent many threatening letters to various high-profile individuals. George Metesky: 46 February 12, 1941 Lynching 1 0
He became particularly interested in the story of George Metesky, a man who had engaged in a mass-bombing campaign across New York City between 1940 and 1956, having targeted a total of 37 terminals, theaters, libraries, and office buildings. Metesky was confined to a state mental hospital, but Melville began writing "George Metesky Was Here ...
George Metesky: Resent toward old workplace injury 0 15 Between 1940 and 1956, Metesky planted at least 33 bombs, of which 22 exploded, injuring 15 people. He had been angry and resentful about events surrounding a workplace injury suffered years earlier. [10] July 27 to November 12, 1969 Bombings Sam Melville: Anti-war activism [11] 0 20
George Metesky, the "Mad Bomber", places over 30 bombs in New York City in public places such as Grand Central Terminal and The Paramount Theater, injuring ten during this period, in protest against the local electric utility. He also sends many threatening letters. [19] George Metesky: 22 July 1946 Bombing 91 46 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
November 16, 1940 – "Mad Bomber" George Metesky plants the first bomb of his 16-year campaign of public bombings. January 11, 1943 – Carlo Tresca, an Italian American labor leader who led the opposition to Fascism, Stalinism and Mafia control of unions, was shot dead at a Manhattan intersection during the night. Given the enemies he had ...
The Mad Bomber George Metesky , also known as the “ Mad Bomber ,” terrorized New York City for a decade, detonating explosives all throughout the city. This episode tells the story of how the journalists at The Journal-American sought him out with the aid of criminal profiling.
January 22 – The New York City "Mad Bomber", George Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut, and charged with planting more than 30 bombs. January 23 – Ku Klux Klan members force truck driver Willie Edwards to jump off a bridge into the Alabama River; he drowns as a result.