Murder suspect Luigi Mangione shows all the signs of being the latest in a string of lone-wolf extremists, but with a twist.

Whereas religious or political ideology motivates most lone wolves, Mangione allegedly directed his ire at a single industry.

That distinction has led many experts to compare him to university and airline bomber, or Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, who killed three people and injured 23 in a 17-year terrorism spree.

However, that comparison only goes so far.

Experts diagnosed Kaczynski with paranoid schizophrenia, and his bizarre anti-technology agenda garnered no support with the general public.

Mangione, on the other hand, shows no signs of mental illness, and to some, his alleged crime turned him into an instant folk hero on social media.

Some people, blaming the multi-billion-dollar health insurance industry for causing them pain, suffering and financial hardship, consider the killing an act of vigilante justice.

Following the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, people flooded social media with stories of their own frustration with insurance companies. The vast majority did not condone the murder, but said they understood the killer’s motive.

Mangione’s notoriety resembles that of Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger, whom many people considered a modern Robin Hood, targeting the banks that exploited them.

The support that this alleged killer has received suggests his crime may not be an isolated incident, but the harbinger of things to come. He may be the first of a new type of lone wolf.

At the turn of the 20th century, police described criminals working by themselves rather........

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