Artifact of the Month
April 2021: The Unabomber's Cabin
On April 3, 1996, FBI agents arrested Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, at his cabin in Montana. For 17 years, Kaczynski had delivered and mailed bombs to his targets throughout the country.
The FBI’s April Artifact of the Month is Kaczynski’s cabin. It contained a trove of evidence that helped prosecutors build a case against him.
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April 2021: The Unabomber's Cabin
The FBI’s April 2021 Artifact of the Month is Theodore (Ted) Kaczynski's cabin, where he was arrested on April 3, 1996 near Lincoln, Montana. It has been reconstructed at FBI Headquarters.
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March 2021: Limousine Piece from Reagan Assassination Attempt
The FBI’s March Artifact of the Month is a piece of the limousine struck during the assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan.
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February 2021: The Silence of the Lambs Business Cards
The FBI’s February Artifact of the Month is a set of business cards—one for Clarice Starling and one for Jack Crawford. They were one of the many small props to bring authenticity to the set of The Silence of the Lambs.
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January 2021: FBI Diver Helmet
The FBI’s January 2021 Artifact of the Month is a diving helmet like the ones FBI divers wear.
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December 2020: Richard Reid's Shoes
The FBI’s December 2020 Artifact of the Month is the pair of shoes Richard Reid—also known as the shoe bomber—tried to detonate in 2001.
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November 2020: Ross William Ulbricht's Laptop
The FBI’s November 2020 Artifact of the Month is a laptop that belonged to Ross William Ulbricht, who ran a darknet market called the Silk Road from 2011 to 2013.
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October 2020: Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd's Death Mask
The FBI’s October 2020 Artifact of the Month is a mask of gangster Pretty Boy Floyd’s face made after his death in 1934.
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September 2020: 9/11 Hijacker's Car
The FBI’s September 2020 Artifact of the Month is the car that carried one or more of the hijackers to Dulles International Airport on September 11, 2001.
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June 2020: Laptop from Operation Ghost Stories
The FBI’s June 2020 Artifact of the Month is a laptop that spy Anna Chapman used to create a private wireless network for communicating with a Russian government official.
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May 2020: Alarm Clocks from 2010 Times Square Bombing Attempt
The FBI’s May 2020 Artifact of the Month is a pair of alarm clocks that were part of a car bomb that Faisal Shahzad planned to detonate in Times Square in 2010.
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April 2020: Special Agent Barry Black's Hard Hat
The FBI’s April 2020 Artifact of the Month is a hard hat Special Agent Barry Black wore while gathering evidence at the scene of the Oklahoma City Bombing.
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The FBI’s March 2020 Artifact of the Month was more than just a toy—it was a tool of espionage tradecraft.
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February 2020: "Gone With the Wind" First Edition
The FBI’s February 2020 Artifact of the Month is a rare first edition of Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone with the Wind” that was carved out to conceal a .32-caliber pistol.
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January 2020: Brinks Robbery Cap
The FBI’s January 2020 Artifact of the Month is the chauffeur’s cap left at the scene of the crime of the century—the 1950 robbery of a Brink's bank branch in Massachusetts.
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The December 2019 Artifact of the Month is an Eyemo, a type of camera once used to conduct surveillance.
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