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June 14, 2015

Season 1

01. Shock and Awe

How the electric chair, the Ouija board, and other chilling ideas became million-dollar inventions.

June 14, 2015

02. The Vision Thing

See how the TV, speed camera, photocopier, and space telescope went from sketch drawings to life-altering inventions.

June 21, 2015

03. Criminal Riches

See how crime made lucrative inventions out of the house alarm, the cash register, the Tommy Gun, and even the toothbrush.

June 28, 2015

04. Danger Magnets

Would you inhale toxins, leap off a cliff, or shoot yourself to prove you're right? Meet four inventors who did just that.

July 5, 2015

05. Need for Speed

How did a waffle iron change the world of running shoes forever? Find out this and other invention secrets.

July 12, 2015

06. Life and Death

The story of the gun meant to end violence, the box that keeps hearts beating, and the printer that can build anything.

July 19, 2015

07. Guns and Goldmines

They walked through fires, faced poverty, ran for their lives, and found their fortune in gold, guns and games.

July 26, 2015

08. The Little Guy

Intermittent wipers, Lego bricks, and the smiley face came from the minds of ordinary people with extraordinary stories.

August 2, 2015