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The Mad Bomber George Meteskey

Published: Feb. 23, 2021, 1 p.m.

After a bomb was found on a ledge of the Con Ed Building in New York City in November 1940 a sixteen year man hunt would ensue for the Mad Bomber. After World War Two had ended Bombs started being placed around New York City. At first the bombs did not go off because they were poorly made. In the 1950 they started going off but only caused injuries. The final bomb would go off in Brooklyn Theater in 1956.

Police were hard pressed to find a suspect. Con Ed had an endless list of disgruntled former employees and nothing helped the police narrow down a suspect. They turned to a phycologist James Brussels who came up with a phycological and physical profile of the bomber.  Criminal Profiling is born.

This helped them track down George Metesky the man who would be dubbed the Mad Bomber. One of America's first serial bombers. In this episode we explore Metesky's life and why he turned to bombing, The investigation, and how he was tracked down.