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14	[[caption-width-right:350:An attack at the Rothschild bank]]
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16	->''"Special delivery -- a bomb. Were you expecting one?"''
17	-->-- '''Inspector Clouseau''', ''Film/RevengeOfThePinkPanther''
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20	When the [[SnailMail postal service]] is used to kill someone, usually by letter bomb, biological weapon, poisoned food, or some kind of magic that uses the written medium; sometimes an e-mail or other New Media messaging device is used in place of an actual letter or package.
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22	One of the forms SomebodySetUpUsTheBomb can take.
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24	Worth noting is that in RealLife you're not supposed to send dangerous goods (fireworks, ammunition, etc.) by mail in the first place, not even for non-violent purposes.
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30	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
31	* In the first episode of ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'', Sousuke detonates his shoe locker when he discovers it's been tampered with, under the assumption that someone planted a bomb in it. Of course, it was just a love letter, but he cites a case in which someone was killed by a bomb in the mailbox. This happens several more times.
32	* ''Anime/PerfectBlue'': While Mima is trying out an acting bit on a crime procedural series, her two managers are discussing her part with the writer and producer when they receive a letter. It blows up in the face of one of them, who is later seen with bandaged hands. It was sent by Me-Mania, a StalkerWithACrush.
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35	[[folder:Comic Books]]
36	* In the backup story for ''ComicBook/{{Annihilators}}'', Rocket Raccoon receives a mysterious package in the mail. When he signs for it, a gun-toting clown pops out and immediately tries to murder him.
37	* A certain special parcel delivered to [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham City]] district attorney Harvey Dent and his wife Gilda in ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween''. [[spoiler: Both targets survive, although Gilda is hospitalized.]]
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40	[[folder:Card Games]]
41	* One of ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'''s joke supplements contains a 'letter bomb' card, which gets shuffled into the opponent's deck and hits him for massive damage when drawn. There was a legit card that has a similar damaging effect though it worked by poisoning (turning face up then being shuffled into their deck) one of their cards rather than being planted.
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44	[[folder:Fan Works]]
45	* In the ''Manga/DeathNote'' fic ''FanFic/ACureForLove'' [[WesternTerrorists Astraea]] sends L a letter laced with sarin.
46	* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': In chapter 16, Swift-Pad mentions an incident in which a wolf, corrupted by dark magic, attempted to send a letter that included a combination of runes that would have resulted in harm to the recipient. Fortunately, it was intercepted, and ever since then border security has included such things on their list to watch out for, and check all mail that's sent in and out of the Packlands to be safe.
47	* ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheNightmaresOfFuturesPast'': A quartet of doxies concealed in a fake birthday present are ''probably'' not enough to be lethal to a human, although Hedwig is almost blinded by them, and their teeth are venomous. The real menace, however, is that in order to defend himself, Harry has to resort to magic, which gets him in trouble with the Ministry as he's underage. [[spoiler:And when Vernon Dursley, who already hated Harry, sees the letter that the Ministry sends, it drives him into a seething rage; knowing that Harry isn't allowed to use magic to defend himself, he very nearly kills Harry.]]
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50	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
51	* Subverted and spoofed in ''Film/AdeleHasntHadHerDinnerYet''. Detective Nick Carter receives a perfume-scented letter. He's savvy and immediately suspects it might contain a bomb, and uses "a gift from his friend Roentgen" to check it. It's just an invitation/free ticket to a nightclub.
52	* ''Film/TheBatman2022'': The Riddler mails Bruce Wayne a bomb. Bruce isn't home, so Alfred Pennyworth opens the package. He realizes it is a bomb and [[RelocatingTheExplosion hurls it away]], so the explosion only hospitalizes instead of killing him.
53	* ''Film/BlazingSaddles'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ciVBQixpU Candygram for Mongo!]]"
54	** Bart actually delivers the Candygram, has Mongo sign for it, then walks away as the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes theme plays. The box doesn't actually ''explode'' until Mongo opens it. [[BeamMeUpScotty Imitators just yell it as they throw the bomb.]]
55	* Parodied in the short film ''Film/TheBoxAssassin'', where the eponymous hitman has the ability to [[HammerspaceHideaway conceal himself in a box of any size]], so gets himself mailed to his target.
56	* In the 2010 vigilante film ''Film/BoyWonder'', Sean Donovan writes a letter to the criminal who killed his mother, saying he forgives him but he must know if his father hired him to commit the crime. So the criminal won't incriminate himself, Sean tells him to send back the enclosed self-addressed envelope with a red stamp if his father is innocent, or a black stamp if guilty. The criminal licks the stamp and dies on the floor of his cell. It was the red stamp, but Sean had already killed his father thinking he was guilty.
57	* The hitman Trabucco (Walter Matthau) disposes of one of his victims this way, early in the film ''Film/BuddyBuddy''.
58	* In ''Film/TheFrontPage'', Earl Williams once sent a mail bomb to a famous industrialist as part of his anti-capitalist activities but it was returned due to insufficient postage, blew the roof off his boarding house, and led to his arrest for illegal possession of explosives.
59	* In ''Film/HolmesAndWatson'', Holmes is sent a box containing [[AnimalAssassin a mosquito infected with a deadly plague]] in an attempt to kill him before he can testify at Moriarty's trial.
60	* ''Film/TheInspectors'', a film about US Postal Inspectors, follows the investigation of a mail bomb murder (interestingly enough, the Postal Inspectors are a RealLife law enforcement agency... in fact, they are the oldest federal law enforcement agency in the United States.)
61	* ''Film/JingleAllTheWay'' has fun with this. Myron, a disgruntled postman, threatens a radio DJ with a package that he claims is a bomb that he discovered in the mail and kept for use in an emergency. It accidentally falls out of his hand and is revealed to be...a music box. Later, when the police show up, he threatens them with a different package. When the police let him go a retired bomb squad officer claims it's just a "harmless Christmas package", which blows up in his face, [[NonFatalExplosions only turning his face black.]] When Myron hears the explosion he is surprised and disgusted that somebody really had sent a bomb through the postal system.
62	* In ''Film/MagnumForce'', Harry and his assistant both have their mailboxes wired with explosives when the mailbox key is turned. Harry realizes it and disarms the bomb, but is unable to get over to his unsuspecting partner's apartment in time to save the latter's life.
63	* ''Film/NightOfTheEagle'': Norman receives a tape of one of his lectures. Because the accompanying note is on official stationary, he assumes it has come from the university. However, when he plays it, a series of strange events rock the cottage; culminating in he stone eagle attempting to break through the front. It is later revealed that Flora sent him the tape; having enchanted it in an attempt to kill him.
64	* ''Film/NoGodNoMaster'': The anarchists mailed package bombs to different business and government targets, though most of them didn't reach anyone as they had insufficient postage. None actually managed to kill any target.
65	* Package bombs delivered by a motorcycle courier are the weapon of choice for the MadBomber in ''Film/{{Quick}}''.
66	* In the Swedish film ''Sprängaren'' [[TheFilmoftheBook (adapted from the novel by the same name)]], the murderer sends the protagonist, who is a journalist, a bomb package. Subverted in that [[spoiler:the protagonist never receives it. It explodes at the post office, killing one of the employees, and the protagonist doesn't find out that it was addressed to her until later.]]
67	* In ''Film/ThirteenWomen'', Ursula mails Bobby a box of [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink poisoned chocolates]] for his birthday.
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73	* In the book ''A Death in Vienna'' by Daniel Silva, the death is caused by a letter bomb sent to an ex-Mossad agent turned Nazi hunter.
74	* ''[[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/43271/dungeon-core-chat-room/ Dungeon Core Chat Room]]'': Innearth and some friends deal with a cyber-bully by persuading him to accept a traded monster -- carrying a portal anchor, which is then used to bombard the target dungeon with explosives and poisons.
75	* The Creator/StephenKing short story "Everything's Eventual" centers around a young slacker hired by a mysterious firm because he has the ability to compose "[[BrownNote glyphs]]" that can drive the viewer to suicide. They send him a list of names and addresses, and he puts the glyphs on letters.
76	* ''Literature/TheWinterQueen'': Erast Fandorin receives a bomb package on the day of his marriage. He survives; his wife doesn't.
77	* Literature/SherlockHolmes is sent a little ivory box containing a sharp spring infected with a deadly disease in "The Adventure of the Dying Detective". [[spoiler:He sees through it immediately, but plays along and uses self-starvation and make-up in order to pretend he's dying from the disease, and trick the killer into confessing.]] He [[spoiler:nearly breaks the charade]] when he sees Watson about to pick it up.
78	* ''Literature/Wasp1957'': One of the protagonist's diversionary tactics is to send packages to several enemy officials, which contain a loudly ticking mechanism and a message saying "This package could have killed you". He later sends another batch which looks and sounds exactly the same on the outside... except this time the bombs are real.
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81	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
82	* One episode of ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' has letters containing an ''enhanced cold''.
83	* ''Series/CriminalMinds'':
84	** An [=UnSub=] sends people bomb packages in "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS1E3WontGetFooledAgain Won't Get Fooled Again]]".
85	** Played with in "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS1E13Poison Poison]]", in which the [=UnSub=] tries to [[spoiler:kill his former bosses by poisoning the glue strips of envelopes they are using]].
86	* ''Series/DadsArmy'': The platoon is given a mission to test security at an army base, and decide to infiltrate disguised as firemen. As usual, things go wrong and they end up fighting a real fire elsewhere. A high-ranking officer arrives and tells Mainwaring not to worry as his 'other plan' worked. Turns out Wilson sent a fake bomb in the mail.
87	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E7Kerblam Kerblam!]]", it turns out that one of the titular company's employees plans to kill thousands of innocent customers by including explosives in their deliveries, in an attempt to get the company into trouble. [[spoiler:The customers' deaths are prevented, but some of the other employees had already been killed.]]
88	%%* Used in an episode of ''Series/EarlyEdition''.
89	* ''Series/ForeverKnight'': In the Season 3 premiere, a MadBomber gives a gift-wrapped package to his girlfriend who is an airline pilot, thus bypassing security. He then uses his mobile phone to activate the bomb after she's taken off. Later DaChief receives another giftwrapped package which seems to be a RedHerring when it only contains chocolates from the police commissioner, but when the package starts making the same sound that Detective Knight heard on the black box flight recorder when the last bomb activated, [[OhCrap they realise the bomb is hidden beneath the plastic tray holding the chocolates]].
90	* ''Series/JonathanCreek'' had a writer poisoned with a hallucinating drug contained in an enclosed letter glue from some fan mail. Once he licked the letter he went a bit nuts and managed to stab himself in the back with a sword.
91	* In the ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' episode "The Saint" a social worker is killed by a lye bomb delivered in the mail.
92	* In the ''Series/LawAndOrder'' episode "Big Bang", a physics professor's wife is killed by a letter bomb. While the bomb itself was not meant to be lethal, the letter opener the victim used was blown into the woman's throat, killing her.
93	* ''Series/{{Monk}}'' puts a spin on this one in the episode "[[Recap/MonkS2E7MrMonkAndTheSleepingSuspect Mr. Monk and the Sleeping Suspect]]". Monk is working on a mail bomb murder case and must figure out how his prime suspect was able to send the bomb while in a coma. And, of course, he does. [[spoiler:The suspect had glued the packages to the top of the inside of the mailboxes, which wouldn't be found and delivered until the glue wore off, [[TimeDelayedDeath which would take weeks]]. The suspect had been planning to establish an alibi during the time [[GetIntoJailFree by getting arrested for speeding and going to jail for the duration]], only to end up in an accident that put him in a coma instead]].
94	* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' had [=DiNozzo=] contract pneumonic plague this way. [[spoiler: He got better.]]
95	* ''Series/TheProfessionals'':
96	** In "Hunter/Hunted", Doyle receives a package in a plain brown wrapper. Knowing he hasn't mail-ordered anything from an adult bookstore, Bodie and Doyle carefully cut open the package to find a stick of gelignite [[spoiler:harmlessly wired to ''Moriarty's Police Law'', a taunt against Doyle by a DirtyCop he put away.]]
97	** In "The Untouchables", Doyle receives word of an assassination attempt on an Arab politician. [=CI5=] stake him out, but the man arrives home without incident. Then a boy on a bike turns up to deliver the newspapers, and Doyle realises too late there's a rolled-up newspaper already sticking out the mail slot which explodes the moment the politician removes it.
98	* In the fifth-season premiere of ''Series/{{Sisters}}'', the first {{Foreshadowing}} of Teddy's husband's impending murder is when they receive one of these. She's opening it, assuming it's a wedding gift, when he suddenly grabs it and throws it away just as it explodes (he's a detective preparing to testify against a drug cartel who wants to ensure his silence).
99	* In ''Series/Warehouse13'', a teenaged StalkerWithACrush uses this as his method of revenge once he gets his hands on [[ArtifactOfDoom Poe's quill pen.]]
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102	[[folder:Music]]
103	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECnF3J8isL4 Special Delivery]]'' by Music/TheOffspring.
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106	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
107	* ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'' has rules for sending ''any'' spell via email to affect the person who opens it (or even teleporting an [[RuleOfCool assassin to them via IM for a sneak attack]]).
108	* This is the M.O. of the villain Death's Messenger from the ''Dark TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' sourcebook ''Murderer's Row''.
109	* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has Explosive Runes (as mentioned in the [=OotS=] example), The Sepia Snake Sigil (which paralyzes readers), the various Symbol of... spells, and cursed scrolls that have nasty effects when read.
110	* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has Bureaucracy Charms that allow you to write a StronglyWordedLetter with such venom that it actually does damage to the reader.
111	* The anger mages of ''TabletopGame/UnknownArmies'' have a spell that lets them enchant a letter, note, or e-mail with another one of their spells (which can include damaging spells).
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114	[[folder:Video Games]]
115	* One case in ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' involved one of these. Specifically, [[spoiler:a poisoned stamp that the recipient was asked to use on his response letter]].
116	* ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' had an assassination attempt at Charlemagne by sending him a scroll with a magick attack. Unfortunately, Anthony opens it first and spends the next 600+ years cursed in agony locked in a room. (And Charlemagne still gets killed.)
117	* In the backstory of ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the Courier had been hired to deliver a package to a community that had grown up in an abandoned military base. Unfortunately, the base was full of nuclear missiles, which the package automatically activated. The sole survivor of the ensuing holocaust now carries a major grudge against the Courier.
118	* At the start of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'', the protagonist is tasked with what first appears to be a simple FetchQuest: Deliver a "Package"/"Bomb Ring"/"Carnelian Signet" (depending on version) to a nearby village. To his horror, the item activates on its own upon arrival and conjures monsters that torch the entire village. In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears'' another enemy tries a similar trick, but this time it backfires.
119	* ''VideoGame/InFamous'' begins with an average mailman named [[PlayerCharacter Cole MacGrath]] being tricked into opening a package containing a [[FantasticNuke bomb-like weapon]] called the Ray Sphere, which activates the device and causes an explosion that wipes out multiple city blocks around him. He survives (relatively) unharmed because as a [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual superhuman Conduit]], the energy from the Ray Sphere just gave him [[ShockAndAwe electrical superpowers]] instead of killing him.
120	* ''VideoGame/ParadiseKiller'': Half of the council was killed by [[spoiler:a demon smuggled into their chambers in a containment crate, then remotely opened when they convened.]]
121	* ''VideoGame/TraumaCenterAtlus'': A serial killer in ''Trauma Team'' sends mailbombs. [[spoiler:Actually, she impersonates a deliverywoman, so there's no record of the packages being sent]].
122	* In at least one of the ''VideoGame/{{Worms}}'' games, one weapon consists of a bomber dropping explosive envelopes (heavily affected by the wind).
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126	* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'': Ranger's arrows were delivered home [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/01/31/episode-1089-special-delivery/ with their momentum still intact.]]
127	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Jane manages to get past her dad and out of the house to get her copy of Sburb from the mailbox. It turns out to be another assassination attempt [[ProperlyParanoid that her Dad is trying to protect her from]], and just as she's about to look in the mailbox, it explodes. She gets saved by the God Cat.
128	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick:'' Vaarsuvius casting Explosive Runes, a writing that explodes when read, becomes a RunningGag. It is used first [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0092.html to delay some pursuing goblins]], then later several times as a practical joke. The gag is practically dropped as [[CerebusSyndrome the comic becomes more serious]], then [[BrickJoke makes a comeback]] in a plot-changing way [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0659.html later]].
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131	[[folder:Western Animation]]
132	* One ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode had the Scarecrow dosing people with his patented "fear toxin" by telegram.
133	* In the ''Series/CornerGas Animated'' episode [[Recap/CornerGasAnimatedS2E1DreamWaiver "Dream Waiver"]], Hank sets up a bunch of fake emergencies to convince Karen and Davis that they need to retake their first aid training. In one scenario, Hank pretends that he was bitten by a snake sent to him in the mail by his "international enemies", then he fails Karen and Davis for thinking that the correct response is to SuckOutThePoison.
134	* In the WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck cartoon "Donald's Lucky Day", Donald is a delivery boy who unwittingly delivers a time bomb set to explode at midnight. He only finds out just moments before it goes off.
135	* In one ''[[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Justice Friends]]'' short, [[GoingPostal Disgruntled Postman]] attempted to mail a bomb to the US President, only to be stopped by Major Glory. What made it ridiculous was that it was a very big and obvious bomb.
136	* In one ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' short, the Panther is forced at gunpoint by a crook to deliver a package containing a bomb to an embassy within half an hour. Complicating the matter is an AngryGuardDog who won't let the Panther pass, even tossing the package back out when the Panther leaves it behind the gate. Fortunately, the Panther gets out of the mess when the package falls into the sewer and goes off under a manhole cover the crook was standing on, propelling him right into the dog.
137	* Happened to KBBL in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' when [[DumbassDJ Bill and Marty]] didn't give Bart the elephant he asked for. Their boss tells them that the station is being bombarded by angry calls and letter bombs. A pile of envelopes is shown on a nearby desk and several of them explode at once.
138	* An attempted one happens in ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'', although it's subverted at the last second. The hobbit-like critter Mip is on a journey to reach the princess of the Enchanted Forest and present her with a gift... [[spoiler:said gift being an IED. He was trying to kill her due to his StalkerWithACrush attitude, although a fight between Charlie and Pim results in Mip's death, to which he simply shifts the delivery onto Pim in his stead. Just before it blows up, the princess tosses it out a window.]] The entire thing is based on the real-life case of Ricardo López, a reoccurring topic of discussion for series co-creator Zach Hadel.
139	* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'':
140	** In one episode, Shere Khan sends Don Carnage a special letter after he allows Baloo to learn about their gas shortage scam. Hint: It's ticking and it's ''NOT'' a clock.
141	** In another episode, a disguised Vembrian named Wally hires Higher For Hire to deliver a package to the High Marshal which is actually a bomb [[FalseFlagOperation as part of an elaborate plan]] for the High Marshal to [[ThisMeansWar declare war on Cape Suzette]] [[WarForFunAndProfit and put Wally's bomb factory back in business]]. His plan hits a snafu when the Sea Duck gets through the border search before the bomb is discovered, [[GoneHorriblyRight meaning it would]] [[SpringtimeForHitler blow the High Marshall up for real]].
142	--->'''Wally''': If the High Marshall goes through the roof, [[OffTheChart bomb sales will go through the floor!]]
143	* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''. The Monarch mailed Dr. Venture [[AnimalAssassin a live cobra]], but by the time Dr. Venture actually got around to opening his mail, it was dead.
144	* The ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner'' cartoon "WesternAnimation/SugarAndSpies" has the Coyote delivering a bomb in a package to the Road Runner, but it gets sent back to him for insufficient postage. It explodes before he can retrieve another stamp for it.
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147	[[folder:Real Life]]
148	* In 2001 there was a series of attacks which consisted of powdered anthrax being posted to various people. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks Read all about it on the other wiki.]]
149	* Ted Kaczynski carried out attacks mainly consisting of posting bombs to universities and airlines. Hence the nickname he's more commonly known by; The Unabomber[[note]]From the FBI calling the case by the code name "UNABOM"; '''UN'''iversity and '''A'''irline '''BOM'''ber.[[/note]].
150	* One of the first RealLife letter bombs was constructed by Martin Ekenberg in 1904. He tried to kill a former employer and frame the Social-Democratic party...
151	* The first known reference to a bomb being sent by post was in the diary of a Danish historian named Bolle Willum Luxdorph. In a 1764 entry, he mentions a package full of gunpowder (with a flintlock mechanism designed to go off when it was opened) injuring a colonel (and later being followed up with a letter threatening to send a larger one).
152	* A Website/{{Darwin Award\|s}} nominee - the attempted letter-bomber who neglected to pay enough postage. The letter was Returned To Sender... [[BondOneLiner and so was he.]]
153	* C-list actress Sharron Guess Richardson sent ricin-laced letters to government officials (including the President and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg) in 2013. None of the attempts were successful (such officials have their mail screened, and such an attempt would never have succeeded) and when caught, she tried to blame her husband for it. In July of 2014, she was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the federal charge of possessing and producing a biological toxin, after making a plea deal.
154	* When the rivalry between Scotland's "[[UsefulNotes/BritishFootyTeams Old Firm]]" football clubs [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-14251800 flared up in 2011]], a few high profile Celtic fans were sent letter bombs.
155	* Icelandic pop singer Music/{{Bjork}} found herself just barely missing one of these in 1996 thanks to LoonyFan [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_López_(stalker) Ricardo López]]. López was obsessed with the singer and resented her interracial relationship with the Jamaican-Scottish DJ Goldie, leading him to prepare and mail a letter bomb rigged to fire sulfuric acid in Björk's face before committing suicide on video. Thankfully, police were able to intercept his acid bomb before it could even reach Björk, though the very fact that López even sent the bomb in the first place traumatized her in the years following.
156	* UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt was twice targeted by letter bombs during his time as a police commissioner of New York City, first as a package delivered to his office in August 1895, which was almost set off before the person doing so realized what it was (it turned out to be filled with sawdust that was rigged to ignite), and the second time as an actual letter in April 1896 while he was away attending the funeral of a cousin. Lacking stamps when it was delivered to the post office, the envelope was partly opened and identified as a bomb (made with matches and gunpowder) by a postal worker, then taken to police headquarters and defused by a police detective before Roosevelt ever came in that day. Roosevelt, for his part, refused to be intimidated either time.
157	* Rare document dealer Mark Hofmann sent bomb packages to two different people in order to distract investigations into him selling forgeries. A third bomb went off in his own car, injuring him, and this sent police off the trail. He was eventually caught when witnesses to the first bombing identified a letter jacket that Hoffman owned, identifying him as the one who delivered the package.
158	* The 1919 Anarchist Bombings involved a group of Galleanist Italian-born anarchists in the US sending numerous package bombs to prominent business and government targets. Most were stopped in post offices as they had insufficient postage, and none actually killed anyone, although one unfortunate maid of a US Senator lost her hands when she opened the package. Others completely failed to explode. A bomb package was hand-delivered to US Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer as a result, but it [[HoistByHisOwnPetard killed the bomber instead]] when it detonated prematurely. The First Red Scare resulted, with thousands of foreign-born "radicals" arrested without warrants and deported. The infamous Sacco and Vanzetti case was likely related as well, since they were Galleanists (possibly involved in this, although it's not proven), later put to death for two robbery-related murders that happened the next year probably due to the anti-anarchist hysteria.
159	* In 1978 Synanon, a drug rehabilitation programme turned cult, attempted to assassinate lawyer Paul Morantz [[AnimalAssassin by stuffing a live rattlesnake]] in his mailbox. Morantz was bitten as he attempted to retrieve his mail (the cult had cut the snake's rattle off, giving Morantz no warning) and spent six days in the hospital.
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