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Just as they'd done before, police officers called the bomb squad and the device was removed and determined to be a dud. Damn, this guy sucks. Then it was taken back to headquarters for analysis. There was no note with this one, but to the members of the bomb squad, the device was immediately recognizable as being the work of whoever had left the bomb at Con Ed the previous year.
Just as they'd done before, police officers called the bomb squad and the device was removed and determined to be a dud. Damn, this guy sucks. Then it was taken back to headquarters for analysis. There was no note with this one, but to the members of the bomb squad, the device was immediately recognizable as being the work of whoever had left the bomb at Con Ed the previous year.
Was there another cough drop? Inside, they found the same ingredients as the previous bomb, all assembled in the same way. And another cough drop. Called it. Cough drop. What? Cough drop number two.
Was there another cough drop? Inside, they found the same ingredients as the previous bomb, all assembled in the same way. And another cough drop. Called it. Cough drop. What? Cough drop number two.
We're at a loss. Goddamn. Now, given that the bomb was assembled the same exact way as the previous one, including the weird fucking cough drop. I was going to say random ingredients and all. Like, that's the thing that's really nailing it. And then it was discovered around the corner of the Con Ed building. Investigators were like, yeah, this is the same guy.
We're at a loss. Goddamn. Now, given that the bomb was assembled the same exact way as the previous one, including the weird fucking cough drop. I was going to say random ingredients and all. Like, that's the thing that's really nailing it. And then it was discovered around the corner of the Con Ed building. Investigators were like, yeah, this is the same guy.
Equally disturbing was the fact that a year had passed and the bomber still appeared intent on bombing the Con Ed building. That's commitment. This time, though, they theorized that he had been on his way to the building and was interrupted or maybe diverted and chose to drop the explosive in the street and abandoned his plan.
Equally disturbing was the fact that a year had passed and the bomber still appeared intent on bombing the Con Ed building. That's commitment. This time, though, they theorized that he had been on his way to the building and was interrupted or maybe diverted and chose to drop the explosive in the street and abandoned his plan.
Within days of finding the explosive in the street, letters started arriving at the Con Ed headquarters, as well as newspaper editorial desks, hotels, and department stores around the city. The letters were pretty short, pretty vague.
Within days of finding the explosive in the street, letters started arriving at the Con Ed headquarters, as well as newspaper editorial desks, hotels, and department stores around the city. The letters were pretty short, pretty vague.
mostly alluding to, you know, quote, dastardly deeds and ghoulish acts that the power company had committed and demanding, quote, justice for wrongs perpetrated against the writer of the notes and others. These notes were mostly hand-printed in that same very blocky handwriting. But some were typewritten, though. It wasn't consistent throughout. Okay.
mostly alluding to, you know, quote, dastardly deeds and ghoulish acts that the power company had committed and demanding, quote, justice for wrongs perpetrated against the writer of the notes and others. These notes were mostly hand-printed in that same very blocky handwriting. But some were typewritten, though. It wasn't consistent throughout. Okay.
And the clauses were all separated by dashes rather than commas or periods. Okay. All the notes were written on the same plain white paper. There was no identifying information about the sender other than the initials FP. Uh-huh. And many contained allusions to or outright threats of another bomb coming.
And the clauses were all separated by dashes rather than commas or periods. Okay. All the notes were written on the same plain white paper. There was no identifying information about the sender other than the initials FP. Uh-huh. And many contained allusions to or outright threats of another bomb coming.
A few months later on December 7th, 1941, the Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor military base in Honolulu, Hawaii. I'm sure we all know about that.
A few months later on December 7th, 1941, the Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor military base in Honolulu, Hawaii. I'm sure we all know about that.
This effectively drew the American military into World War II. Not long after that attack on Pearl Harbor, the usual round of recipients of FP letters received a new note. Although the latest letter included the usual vague threats and, you know, claims of injustice, the sender also seemed to understand that with the entire country preoccupied with the nation's...
This effectively drew the American military into World War II. Not long after that attack on Pearl Harbor, the usual round of recipients of FP letters received a new note. Although the latest letter included the usual vague threats and, you know, claims of injustice, the sender also seemed to understand that with the entire country preoccupied with the nation's...
you know, now forceful entry into a world war, there was very little chance that he was going to get the kind of attention that he was so craving here. So he was like, you know what? I'm going to let somebody else have their moment right now. He said, I will make no more bomb units for the duration of the war. My patriotic feelings have made me decide this.
you know, now forceful entry into a world war, there was very little chance that he was going to get the kind of attention that he was so craving here. So he was like, you know what? I'm going to let somebody else have their moment right now. He said, I will make no more bomb units for the duration of the war. My patriotic feelings have made me decide this.