Mad Bomber of New York

Mad Bomber of New York

From Necronomipod by Cool Down Media

March 22, 2026 · 1h 20m · Episode 462

About this episode

The episode covers the case of George Metesky, the Mad Bomber of New York City, and the psychological profiling that led to his capture.

Grab a beer and join us tonight as we cover George Metesky — the Mad Bomber of New York City, the man who spent sixteen years planting homemade pipe bombs in movie theaters, phone booths, and transit terminals all over Manhattan while the NYPD ran itself in circles trying to find him. From 1940 to 1956, Metesky planted over thirty devices, wrote taunting letters to the press, and never killed a single person — and we'll get into why that appears to have been entirely by design. What makes this case genuinely fascinating is how it ended: not through detective work, but through a criminal psychologist named James Brussel who studied the case files and produced a profile so precise it named the suspect's suit style. We'll break down how a workplace grudge against Consolidated Edison curdled into a sixteen-year obsession, how the newspapers that spent years mocking the police ultimately handed them their man, and how Brussel's work on this case laid the foundation for modern criminal profiling as we know it today. https://www.necronomipod.com https://www.patreon.com/necronomipod Sponsored by BetterHelp: https://www.betterhelp.com/necro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

Topics covered

  • true crime
  • criminal psychology
  • bombing
  • New York City
  • investigation
  • history

Keywords

  • Mad Bomber
  • George Metesky
  • James Brussel
  • criminal profiling
  • NYPD
  • pipe bombs
  • New York City
  • true crime

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NYPD, Consolidated Edison

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