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Nikola Tesla was the greatest
inventor in American history.

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A/c power, electric motors,
fluorescent lights, x-rays.

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Wireless energy.

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Tesla paved the way for
all of these technologies.

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Prince: Tesla was taking
several of his inventions

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and putting them together
to become this super weapon.

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He called it a "death ray."

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Did Tesla invent the
world's first weapon

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of mass destruction?

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And was he murdered for it?

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Narrator: Now, a
military investigator,

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a historian, and an engineer

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unlock the mysteries
behind what could be

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the greatest cover-up
of the 20th century.

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Koscho: We're gonna
build Tesla's death ray.

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It's dangerous.

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- Ready?
- We're ready.

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Two, one.

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Aw, what the [bleep]

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Murphy: Recently, I've been going
over newly declassified FBI documents

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that could re-write
American history.

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This says, when Tesla died,
that his safe was forced open.

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Could any of the documents
that were stolen from the safe

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be related to the death ray?

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If Tesla's weapon was
real, then we could have

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a possible motive to
assassinate Nikola Tesla.

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You really have to
go to wardenclyffe.

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What's there for us to look at?

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What is under the
ground might be of interest.

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Prince: There are rumors
of tunnels at wardenclyffe.

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Murphy: The site
of Tesla's old lab.

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Prince: We have to find
out what's buried there.

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- Yo, we hit something.
- What is that?

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- Oh, wow.
- Dude, we got something.

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Captions by vitac...
www.Vitac.Com

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captions paid for by
discovery communications

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watch your back.

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Narrator: Jack and
Cameron are investigating

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the most infamous
laboratory of the 20th century...

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Wardenclyffe.

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Nikola Tesla built this
lab as part of a plan

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to wirelessly transmit
energy around the globe.

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But many believe
he used it to work on

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some of his most
dangerous inventions.

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For decades, rumors persist
that the complex is riddled

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with a network of tunnels.

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Extensive testing may
have just proven this true.

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Murphy: Tesla was
famously secretive.

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He was known to write
some notes in code.

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He kept some
information locked away.

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So, it stands to reason
that, whatever is buried

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beneath wardenclyffe
could contain information

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about the designs
of Tesla's death ray,

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or even the circumstances
around his mysterious death.

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Prince: Hey, what's that?

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There's something
hard there, man.

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- Yeah.
- Sure isn't a brick.

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It's a rock.

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Ah, a big rock.

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Well, we need to go deeper.

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Yeah, we're gonna
have to go deeper.

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Maybe another five, six feet.

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Narrator: Digging
to these depths,

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especially in the Sandy
earth beneath wardenclyffe,

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requires shoring... large,
metal boxes that keep the walls

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from caving in and
crushing any workers inside.

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Prince: Tesla was a
very deliberate man.

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Everything he did,
he did it for a reason.

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So, the fact that the
tunnels are buried so deep

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must mean something.

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We have to keep digging
to find out what that is.

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Narrator: The ground-penetrating
radar shows anomalies

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starting at 6 feet.

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A couple more scoops, and
then, we're going down there.

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15 feet deep.

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Man: That's it, guys.

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That's as much
as we can get out.

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Do some digging
down there by hand,

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but that's about it
with the machine.

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Murphy: We've gotten so
deep that the excavator bucket

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can't reach any deeper.

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So, now, Cameron and I have
to go in there and dig by hand.

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Man: You're at your
maximum depth,

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and anything after this
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Go down a little bit, and then,

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I think that's where
we're gonna have to call it.

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Get in there.

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I know it's down there, man.

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I know it is.
- You're a true believer, cam.

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We need to dig
as much as we can.

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You know, I thought
this was gonna be easier,

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but nothing about
Tesla surprises me.

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The lengths he would go to
protect his work are astounding.

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Hey, can I get a
light over here?

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Yeah.
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It's caving in faster
than I can dig.

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Yeah.

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- Hey.
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I got something.

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What the [bleep] is that?

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Do you think that's
the roof of a tunnel?

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I sure hope it is.

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Oh, it's red.

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I hope it's a brick.

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What's that?

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Another big rock.

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Biggest one we found.

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Was not a brick.

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Son of a bitch.

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Hey, sal, how far are we down?

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You guys are about
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with the bottom of your shovels.

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Dude, we can't
hardly do [bleep].

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This stuff's falling
in as fast as we dig it.

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Can we reposition the
ladder so we can get out?

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Mastrangelo: Yep.

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Narrator: While the
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points to tunnels in this spot,

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the equipment and
permits for this dig

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prevent the team
from going any deeper.

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Sal, there's got to be
something we can do here.

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I feel like we're so close to
what we need to find down there.

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Mastrangelo: Well, right now,
the machine's at maximum depth.

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We can't dig any lower
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because then, it could
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It's too dangerous to go any
further than you are right now.

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Jack and Cameron travel back
to Texas to regroup with Aron,

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who's been attempting
to build Tesla's death ray.

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They hoped the
wardenclyffe tunnels

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might hold the key to
the weapon's design.

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Murphy: We weren't
able to dig deep enough

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to access the tunnels
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but we know they're there.

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When you take that fact,
coupled with the blueprints

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and from talking
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it shows us that this lab
was far more complex

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than we had
previously understood.

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Maybe the design and the
layout of Tesla's labs provide clues

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as to how his
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So, we need to take a look
at some of the other sites

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where Tesla was developing the
wireless transmission of energy.

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Wireless energy... Tesla's
concept of sending power

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through the air for free...

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Would eliminate the
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and change the world.

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A multi-billion-dollar idea,

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this concept
remains the holy grail

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for the tech industry today.

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We have to go somewhere
else if we're gonna find anything

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that can help Aron
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We really could
use some more data,

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because it's not an
easy thing to do this.

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And I'm not entirely sure we're
going to be successful with this

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if we don't get something to
point us in the right direction.

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Murphy: If we go and
start looking elsewhere,

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and broaden our
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there's this other
FBI document here

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that talks about some successful
experiments at pikes peak.

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Prince: That's Colorado Springs.

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Tesla went there in 1899 and
built an experimental station

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where he did some of his most
impressive and successful tests.

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So, wait, before he
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he was in Colorado Springs?

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Narrator: In 1899, hoping to
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and the transmission
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Tesla leaves the east coast
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He is drawn to this area
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from the local utility company,

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and by the frequency
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in the region...

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A phenomenon he hopes
to study and recreate.

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when Tesla was there
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and the interesting
point is this headline.

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"Wizard of electricity had
instruments which could kill."

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Kill 30,000 people?

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In an instant.

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What does that sound like, Jack?

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It sounds like a death ray.

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So, this proves that, people
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they were comparing what
Tesla was doing to a weapon.

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He was energizing
the whole earth.

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You could reach
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and a spark would
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It's crazy.

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So, it sounds like
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the same source of
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that he was developing
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They were both created for
wireless power transmission.

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So, there could possibly be
something in Colorado Springs

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that could help Aron with
his build of the death ray.

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anything you can find

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is really gonna help
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You know, documents,
drawings or, you know, even data

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about what's under that ground,

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you know, what
that area looks like.

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Maybe why Tesla
chose the designs he did.

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This might be the next
trail that we have to follow.

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Yeah. The problem is, we've
got to find where the lab was.

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Really?

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When Tesla left there,
he ran up some debts,

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and eventually, the
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and it was sold and dismantled.

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Just like wardenclyffe.

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So, at that point, a
neighborhood was built.

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There was really nothing left
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Yeah. You know, it
really is a real loss.

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I guess, at the time,
people didn't realize

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the significance of the
research he did there.

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No. Not at all.

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The lab is somewhere
in Colorado Springs.

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We've got to go there,
get boots on the ground,

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actually walk the terrain,

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and figure out the
exact location of the lab.

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Tesla never documented
tunnels at Colorado Springs,

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but that doesn't mean
he didn't dig there.

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I think we need to see
what's underground.

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Yeah. That's critical right now.

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That ground is really important.

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I mean, we can take a look and
maybe it'll give you some idea

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of how his lab was constructed

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and how his
experiments were run.

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Sounds great to me.

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Yeah. Let's go to
Colorado Springs.

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So, you think he
conceived of the death ray

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here in Colorado Springs?

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- Yes.
- And what do we have here?

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Oh, Jack, look at that.

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[ Drone whirring ]

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Holy [bleep]

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Narrator: Colorado Springs,

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the home of Tesla's
lost experimental lab.

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Locating this lab
might mean finding

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some of Tesla's
missing research,

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which could confirm the
existence of the death ray

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and provide a
motive for his murder.

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Prince: When Tesla was
here, some people looked at him

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like a star, a genius.

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Some people thought
he was a wizard.

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Some people were scared of him.

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There were reports of people
walking around downtown,

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watching horses walk by,

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and sparks were flying from
the ground of the horseshoes.

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Because Tesla was
forcing so much electricity

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into the ground, he burned
out the town's generator,

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made a total
blackout of the city.

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I have the receipt that
shows where Tesla paid

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to have this
alternator repaired.

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Narrator: Tesla's time in Colorado
Springs is shrouded in mystery.

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Eyewitnesses report bolts of
lightning around 130 feet long

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shooting from the
tower at his lab,

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and thunder cracks are heard
for miles in every direction.

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While here, Tesla receives
unexplained signals in his lab.

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He is convinced the
messages originated on Mars.

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Locals wonder whether Tesla is
a genius trying to power the world,

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or a mad man hell-bent
on destroying it.

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Murphy: I'm dying to know
if this death ray is real or not.

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There are bits and pieces,

267
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but there never seems to be

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enough to complete
the whole puzzle.

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That's downtown, of course,

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but more importantly
is the white dome.

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That's memorial park. So,
Tesla's lab is somewhere...

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- In that area.
- Closer to that area

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than it is downtown.

274
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Okay. Where do we even
begin to look right now?

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There's a guy, John mcginnis,
he's a Tesla historian here.

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And if anybody knows about
Tesla in Colorado Springs,

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it's this guy.

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All right, yeah.
I can start there.

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I'm gonna go to the library.

280
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Maybe a reporter
documented the location.

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We're gonna find this lab.

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♪♪

283
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♪♪

284
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Koscho: All right, y'all.
Let's get it over to the table,

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see what's going
on with this thing.

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Man: All right.

287
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Narrator: Back in Texas, Aron and
his team are building a smaller version

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of Tesla's death ray.

289
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If the weapon works,
there could've been a motive

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to murder Nikola Tesla.

291
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You want to bring
that forklift in here?

292
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But their early attempts
are unsuccessful.

293
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-Three, two, one.

294
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- Oh, wow.
- What the [bleep] was that?

295
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We had too much
voltage too fast.

296
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Narrator: Now, the
team has to determine

297
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why the power is
overwhelming the prototype.

298
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- Oh, man.
- Smell good in there?

299
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Man: It's... It smelled charred.

300
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Koscho: Any engineer will tell
you, when an experiment fails,

301
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it's an opportunity
to learn why.

302
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- [Bleep] Oh, wow.
- How would that even happen?

303
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Oh, we blew this the [bleep] up.

304
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I think everybody's tripped a
breaker in a house at some point.

305
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You're in the
bathroom, you know,

306
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you've got a heater
plugged in because it's cold.

307
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You've got the hair dryer
plugged in over here, you know.

308
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And then, the kid goes
and turns on the microwave,

309
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and all the lights go out.

310
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That's exactly what
happened here.

311
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We pushed it, we pushed it,
we pushed it, everything was fine.

312
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Then, we pushed a little bit
too far, and blew everything up.

313
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If this happened with
the full-sized death ray,

314
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it would blow
the whole coil off.

315
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There wouldn't be anything left.

316
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It would all be charcoal.

317
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- Yep.
- Yep.

318
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As opposed to little
areas of charcoal.

319
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Well, I mean, this is
why we test it, right?

320
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Had we been testing this at
even twice the amount of energy

321
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we had, we would've
lost everything here.

322
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Hays: Yeah. It would've
been a total rebuild.

323
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Well, no wonder, you know,

324
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we're having issues
and stuff like this.

325
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It's never been done before.

326
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Every time we run into
a roadblock like this,

327
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it makes you wonder

328
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if there's something
out there you're missing.

329
00:14:09,870 --> 00:14:11,904
You know, Tesla,
he was brilliant,

330
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but he was a strange man.

331
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There could be a lot
more documentation.

332
00:14:15,284 --> 00:14:17,490
There could be a lot more
out there we just didn't find.

333
00:14:17,491 --> 00:14:19,938
You know, it looks
like we're gonna have to

334
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make something for this.

335
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For now, I think we
build an insulator,

336
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we put it on top of this,
and then we test it again

337
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and see what we get out of it.

338
00:14:26,318 --> 00:14:28,386
Okay, so, we're gonna
put a big piece of plastic

339
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in between this to
keep it separated?

340
00:14:30,043 --> 00:14:32,662
- Yep. That's the idea.
- So, just a big insulator. - Yeah.

341
00:14:32,663 --> 00:14:34,628
Tesla didn't specify
an insulator there,

342
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but Tesla didn't specify a
lot of things in the design.

343
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So, you know, trial and error.

344
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Yeah.

345
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♪♪

346
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Prince: I've been studying
Tesla since I was 11 years old.

347
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If there's anything
written about him...

348
00:14:51,525 --> 00:14:53,938
Whether it's in a book
or on the Internet...

349
00:14:53,939 --> 00:14:55,836
I probably already
know about it.

350
00:14:58,387 --> 00:15:00,317
But the vault
here in the library

351
00:15:00,318 --> 00:15:02,835
at Colorado Springs
contains documents

352
00:15:02,836 --> 00:15:05,248
and maps and articles
from newspapers

353
00:15:05,249 --> 00:15:06,662
when Tesla was here.

354
00:15:06,663 --> 00:15:08,766
That's probably
gonna have information

355
00:15:08,767 --> 00:15:11,490
that has never been seen before.

356
00:15:11,491 --> 00:15:13,455
If there are secrets
left to uncover

357
00:15:13,456 --> 00:15:15,593
about Tesla's lab
in Colorado Springs,

358
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this is the place to start.

359
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♪♪

360
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♪♪

361
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Murphy: When you work
a cold-case investigation,

362
00:15:31,836 --> 00:15:33,317
you have to follow
up on every lead,

363
00:15:33,318 --> 00:15:36,283
and this is especially
true in this mystery,

364
00:15:36,284 --> 00:15:38,214
which is 100 years old.

365
00:15:38,215 --> 00:15:40,352
Narrator: Jack is meeting
with John mcginnis,

366
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a local Tesla expert
who knows every detail

367
00:15:43,284 --> 00:15:46,662
about the elusive inventor's
time in Colorado Springs.

368
00:15:46,663 --> 00:15:49,145
I'm here in Colorado
because we had heard

369
00:15:49,146 --> 00:15:50,524
that Tesla had a lab here.

370
00:15:50,525 --> 00:15:57,007
He did, and as a matter of
fact, most of his early giant works

371
00:15:57,008 --> 00:16:00,179
were done here in
Colorado Springs.

372
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When he constructed
his lab here,

373
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he did his first work

374
00:16:04,422 --> 00:16:07,973
with the wireless
transmission of electricity.

375
00:16:07,974 --> 00:16:11,559
And I know you've seen
that picture, I believe,

376
00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:14,145
of Tesla sitting amongst
these lightning discharges.

377
00:16:14,146 --> 00:16:17,214
- Yep.
- That was inside his laboratory,

378
00:16:17,215 --> 00:16:20,042
so his laboratory
was pretty spacious.

379
00:16:20,043 --> 00:16:21,628
But were any of
these experiments

380
00:16:21,629 --> 00:16:23,248
related to the death ray?

381
00:16:23,249 --> 00:16:24,524
Is that really a thing?

382
00:16:24,525 --> 00:16:26,179
Yes, it is.

383
00:16:26,180 --> 00:16:28,731
You would need enormous
amounts of power.

384
00:16:28,732 --> 00:16:30,904
The laboratory provided that.

385
00:16:30,905 --> 00:16:33,352
With the Tesla coils inside,

386
00:16:33,353 --> 00:16:37,145
the amounts of voltage
go into the millions,

387
00:16:37,146 --> 00:16:40,145
and this is what you need if
you're gonna do something.

388
00:16:40,146 --> 00:16:42,559
So, you think he
conceived of the death ray

389
00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:43,869
here in Colorado Springs?

390
00:16:43,870 --> 00:16:45,110
Yes.

391
00:16:45,111 --> 00:16:46,869
Murphy: If what John
is telling us is true,

392
00:16:46,870 --> 00:16:48,352
it's even more important now

393
00:16:48,353 --> 00:16:51,076
that we find the location
of the Colorado Springs lab.

394
00:16:51,077 --> 00:16:53,179
We might find clues
there that unlock

395
00:16:53,180 --> 00:16:54,731
the mystery of the death ray.

396
00:16:54,732 --> 00:16:58,076
This picture here
depicts his laboratory.

397
00:16:58,077 --> 00:17:00,559
And what's important
here, for determining

398
00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:03,593
the location of the
lab is in the photo.

399
00:17:03,594 --> 00:17:06,455
You can see the
printers retirement home.

400
00:17:06,456 --> 00:17:07,904
- Printers retirement home?
- Yeah.

401
00:17:07,905 --> 00:17:09,559
That huge mansion right there?

402
00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:10,560
- Right.
- Yeah.

403
00:17:10,561 --> 00:17:12,283
Is the printers
home still there?

404
00:17:12,284 --> 00:17:13,835
The union printers
home is still there.

405
00:17:13,836 --> 00:17:15,524
Oh, wow. So, that's a
hard reference point.

406
00:17:15,525 --> 00:17:19,559
Yeah. And from that, if
you do a little mathematics,

407
00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,352
you can come pretty
close to identifying

408
00:17:22,353 --> 00:17:24,110
where the lab may be.

409
00:17:24,111 --> 00:17:27,731
It's the only clue we
have to determine

410
00:17:27,732 --> 00:17:30,904
exactly where
the laboratory sat.

411
00:17:30,905 --> 00:17:33,938
Wow.

412
00:17:33,939 --> 00:17:37,110
If you find it, let me know.

413
00:17:37,111 --> 00:17:40,283
Because, in my opinion,
the death ray was

414
00:17:40,284 --> 00:17:45,455
a causative factor
in his demise.

415
00:17:45,456 --> 00:17:47,490
I knew that foul
play was a possibility

416
00:17:47,491 --> 00:17:49,559
because I read it in
the FBI documents.

417
00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:51,973
But no one's ever
actually told me this before.

418
00:17:51,974 --> 00:17:57,973
There was motivation that
wanted him out of the picture.

419
00:17:57,974 --> 00:17:59,938
He had the death ray,

420
00:17:59,939 --> 00:18:05,008
and I'm sure there's something
there that should be uncovered.

421
00:18:08,525 --> 00:18:10,662
At this point, we don't
have enough information

422
00:18:10,663 --> 00:18:13,352
to follow up on whether
or not Tesla was murdered.

423
00:18:13,353 --> 00:18:15,835
But the information we
have about his lab is real,

424
00:18:15,836 --> 00:18:19,283
and it's something we
can follow up on right now.

425
00:18:19,284 --> 00:18:21,007
What's up, cam?
- Hey, Jack.

426
00:18:21,008 --> 00:18:22,008
Prince: What you got?

427
00:18:22,009 --> 00:18:23,973
I talked to Mr. Mcginnis.

428
00:18:23,974 --> 00:18:26,110
He had some very
interesting things to say

429
00:18:26,111 --> 00:18:29,662
about Tesla and the lab
here in Colorado Springs.

430
00:18:29,663 --> 00:18:31,697
He laid a couple pictures on me.

431
00:18:31,698 --> 00:18:34,490
I think this one is the
most interesting, though.

432
00:18:34,491 --> 00:18:36,938
This shows the lab in 1899.

433
00:18:36,939 --> 00:18:40,283
The building, of course, was
taken down after Tesla left,

434
00:18:40,284 --> 00:18:42,352
so the lab is no
longer in existence.

435
00:18:42,353 --> 00:18:45,386
However, this picture shows,
in the background, right here,

436
00:18:45,387 --> 00:18:47,214
that is the union printers home.

437
00:18:47,215 --> 00:18:49,421
That building is still
standing to this day.

438
00:18:49,422 --> 00:18:51,559
This is the best
photographic evidence

439
00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:54,007
that I know of that
kind of gives us an idea

440
00:18:54,008 --> 00:18:57,421
of where the lab actually was.
- Yep.

441
00:18:57,422 --> 00:18:59,593
I got some really good articles.

442
00:18:59,594 --> 00:19:01,283
This article here says,

443
00:19:01,284 --> 00:19:04,248
"highest point of the
land in that vicinity

444
00:19:04,249 --> 00:19:08,593
and is on a direct line
east from pikes peak."

445
00:19:08,594 --> 00:19:11,179
So, the articles, you know,
they're gonna get us close.

446
00:19:11,180 --> 00:19:13,697
If you combine that
with this photograph,

447
00:19:13,698 --> 00:19:16,008
we should be able to
figure out where the lab was.

448
00:19:25,801 --> 00:19:28,559
Narrator: Jack and Cameron
are in Colorado Springs

449
00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:32,766
searching for the location
of Tesla's lost laboratory.

450
00:19:32,767 --> 00:19:35,835
It was somewhere here that
Tesla started work on his designs

451
00:19:35,836 --> 00:19:38,214
for wireless energy
transmission,

452
00:19:38,215 --> 00:19:39,697
which could have
formed the backbone

453
00:19:39,698 --> 00:19:41,284
for his death-ray plans.

454
00:19:44,043 --> 00:19:46,697
Prince: Yeah. And you know,
that totally matches our photo.

455
00:19:46,698 --> 00:19:48,490
The building hasn't
changed in what...

456
00:19:48,491 --> 00:19:49,491
It's exactly the same.

457
00:19:49,492 --> 00:19:51,318
You know, 100 years.

458
00:19:53,663 --> 00:19:56,076
So, uh, let's find
Tesla's lab, man.

459
00:19:56,077 --> 00:19:58,628
I'm gonna rely on
you for this stuff.

460
00:19:58,629 --> 00:20:00,904
Murphy: As a former
member of U.S. special forces,

461
00:20:00,905 --> 00:20:02,490
this is one of those
unique moments

462
00:20:02,491 --> 00:20:04,835
that I live for, where I
can offer some perspective

463
00:20:04,836 --> 00:20:06,524
that others just don't have.

464
00:20:06,525 --> 00:20:08,490
I've tracked targets
all over the world.

465
00:20:08,491 --> 00:20:11,455
So, using skills
like map resections

466
00:20:11,456 --> 00:20:14,697
and land navigation is
just second nature to me.

467
00:20:14,698 --> 00:20:17,835
All right, we're
located right here.

468
00:20:17,836 --> 00:20:19,042
Well, there's the
northwest corner

469
00:20:19,043 --> 00:20:20,248
of the building right there.

470
00:20:20,249 --> 00:20:21,386
Yep. Look at that.

471
00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:22,835
That's what you're
seeing in the photograph.

472
00:20:22,836 --> 00:20:25,697
We know that we have to
head in a Northwestern direction,

473
00:20:25,698 --> 00:20:30,421
so it takes us somewhere
right along here.

474
00:20:30,422 --> 00:20:34,662
Here is the 99th parallel
coming off pikes peak.

475
00:20:34,663 --> 00:20:36,317
So, that matches our article.

476
00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:38,490
So, the next question is,
where do these two lines

477
00:20:38,491 --> 00:20:39,835
intersect with one another?

478
00:20:39,836 --> 00:20:41,800
Well, let me give
you another clue here.

479
00:20:41,801 --> 00:20:43,869
In this other article I found,

480
00:20:43,870 --> 00:20:46,283
apparently, this is from a
police chief or something,

481
00:20:46,284 --> 00:20:48,628
and he's saying Tesla
had enclosed a tower

482
00:20:48,629 --> 00:20:50,800
at the end of a barn
or building north

483
00:20:50,801 --> 00:20:54,076
of pikes peak Avenue and
east of hancock Avenue,

484
00:20:54,077 --> 00:20:55,662
at the highest point.

485
00:20:55,663 --> 00:20:58,076
So we have a series
of different data points

486
00:20:58,077 --> 00:21:00,283
that are taking us
to the same location.

487
00:21:00,284 --> 00:21:02,076
So "x" marks the spot.

488
00:21:02,077 --> 00:21:03,077
That's it.

489
00:21:03,078 --> 00:21:04,835
All right, so let's
walk that line,

490
00:21:04,836 --> 00:21:06,731
look for the highest
point, and, you know,

491
00:21:06,732 --> 00:21:08,628
that has to be
the exact location

492
00:21:08,629 --> 00:21:09,835
of Tesla's lab.

493
00:21:09,836 --> 00:21:11,731
It's definitely
in the ball park.

494
00:21:11,732 --> 00:21:19,732
♪♪

495
00:21:19,974 --> 00:21:22,835
Pikes peak and union boulevard.

496
00:21:22,836 --> 00:21:24,455
All right, so we
need to go that way.

497
00:21:24,456 --> 00:21:26,076
♪♪

498
00:21:26,077 --> 00:21:27,904
We need to go
through this building.

499
00:21:27,905 --> 00:21:29,628
Yeah, well, these
are city blocks now,

500
00:21:29,629 --> 00:21:32,042
so we're gonna have to go
around some of these obstacles.

501
00:21:32,043 --> 00:21:33,697
♪♪

502
00:21:33,698 --> 00:21:34,835
Prince: In 1899,

503
00:21:34,836 --> 00:21:36,800
the infrastructure
here was very limited.

504
00:21:36,801 --> 00:21:38,524
Back then, there
were a few streets

505
00:21:38,525 --> 00:21:40,386
and a rudimentary water system

506
00:21:40,387 --> 00:21:42,662
that was connecting a few
of the buildings around here,

507
00:21:42,663 --> 00:21:44,214
but that's about it.

508
00:21:44,215 --> 00:21:45,731
As this neighborhood went up,

509
00:21:45,732 --> 00:21:48,455
the location of the
lab was lost to history.

510
00:21:48,456 --> 00:21:50,662
♪♪

511
00:21:50,663 --> 00:21:52,179
Well, well, well. What
do we have here?

512
00:21:52,180 --> 00:21:55,800
Oh, Jack, look at that.

513
00:21:55,801 --> 00:21:57,628
You know, we got
a high spot there,

514
00:21:57,629 --> 00:21:59,593
and you got pikes peak here.

515
00:21:59,594 --> 00:22:01,731
I mean, this is it. We
got a pretty good match.

516
00:22:01,732 --> 00:22:03,524
I think at this point,

517
00:22:03,525 --> 00:22:04,559
if we want to pin down

518
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,904
the exact location
of where the lab is,

519
00:22:06,905 --> 00:22:09,593
we should call in some
experts who can come out here

520
00:22:09,594 --> 00:22:12,594
and do a better job than I can
do with a map and a compass.

521
00:22:16,629 --> 00:22:19,179
♪♪

522
00:22:19,180 --> 00:22:21,007
Narrator: Aron's team
designs an insulator

523
00:22:21,008 --> 00:22:22,524
for the death ray prototype,

524
00:22:22,525 --> 00:22:24,559
to protect against
another explosion.

525
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:26,835
[Bleep]

526
00:22:26,836 --> 00:22:29,042
Oh, we blew this the [bleep] up.

527
00:22:29,043 --> 00:22:31,007
The insulator will fit between

528
00:22:31,008 --> 00:22:33,524
the base of the Tesla
coil and the secondary...

529
00:22:33,525 --> 00:22:34,525
The tube that makes sure

530
00:22:34,526 --> 00:22:35,766
the 20,000 volts

531
00:22:35,767 --> 00:22:37,248
traveling through the system

532
00:22:37,249 --> 00:22:39,042
moves successfully from the base

533
00:22:39,043 --> 00:22:41,283
to the weaponized
portion of the coil.

534
00:22:41,284 --> 00:22:42,628
In the previous attempt,

535
00:22:42,629 --> 00:22:44,800
the energy escaped
through this joint,

536
00:22:44,801 --> 00:22:46,386
causing the explosion.

537
00:22:46,387 --> 00:22:48,179
We've got a couple
notches in here.

538
00:22:48,180 --> 00:22:51,007
So, instead of the power
going straight across the surface,

539
00:22:51,008 --> 00:22:53,938
it's gonna have to go
down, over, up, over,

540
00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:55,628
down, over, up, over.

541
00:22:55,629 --> 00:22:57,455
If this works for our prototype,

542
00:22:57,456 --> 00:22:59,490
then we should be
able to scale it up

543
00:22:59,491 --> 00:23:01,455
and use it on the
final death ray.

544
00:23:01,456 --> 00:23:06,110
♪♪

545
00:23:06,111 --> 00:23:07,524
Koscho: The energy
in this insulator...

546
00:23:07,525 --> 00:23:10,248
It's like a runner
running along a track.

547
00:23:10,249 --> 00:23:12,248
It's very easy for a runner
to run along a straight track.

548
00:23:12,249 --> 00:23:14,007
They'll get from point "a"
to point "b" no problem,

549
00:23:14,008 --> 00:23:15,455
but you put a bunch
of hurdles in there,

550
00:23:15,456 --> 00:23:17,007
we turn it into an
obstacle course,

551
00:23:17,008 --> 00:23:19,076
then the runner might not
make it to the other end.

552
00:23:19,077 --> 00:23:21,145
If we design this
insulator the right way,

553
00:23:21,146 --> 00:23:24,386
the energy will never be able
to find a path to the other side,

554
00:23:24,387 --> 00:23:26,421
because there's too
many obstacles in the way.

555
00:23:26,422 --> 00:23:28,214
All right, guys,
this looks good.

556
00:23:28,215 --> 00:23:30,042
Let's get the secondary in here.

557
00:23:30,043 --> 00:23:35,248
♪♪

558
00:23:35,249 --> 00:23:37,766
If this does work,
we've definitely got

559
00:23:37,767 --> 00:23:39,110
the ground work
for something big.

560
00:23:39,111 --> 00:23:40,386
We might be able
to scale this up,

561
00:23:40,387 --> 00:23:42,904
all the way up to the
sizes Tesla talked about.

562
00:23:42,905 --> 00:23:50,905
♪♪

563
00:23:52,663 --> 00:23:54,317
- Hey, I'm Cameron.
- Tyler. Nice to meet you.

564
00:23:54,318 --> 00:23:55,352
- And I'm Jack.
- Hey, Jack.

565
00:23:55,353 --> 00:23:56,938
- How's it going?
- Good, man.

566
00:23:56,939 --> 00:23:59,904
My skill set got us this far,
but we're gonna have to bring in

567
00:23:59,905 --> 00:24:01,662
somebody who has
the skills and the tools

568
00:24:01,663 --> 00:24:03,421
that Cameron and I don't have

569
00:24:03,422 --> 00:24:05,904
in order to pinpoint the
exact location of the lab.

570
00:24:05,905 --> 00:24:08,455
We think Tesla's lab is
somewhere in that vicinity,

571
00:24:08,456 --> 00:24:09,524
but we need to
find the high ground.

572
00:24:09,525 --> 00:24:10,662
Tyler: Sure thing.

573
00:24:10,663 --> 00:24:12,869
We can launch my drone,
take some still images,

574
00:24:12,870 --> 00:24:14,524
get a topographical
map out of it.

575
00:24:14,525 --> 00:24:15,593
We'll be able to
find the high points

576
00:24:15,594 --> 00:24:16,594
that you're looking for,

577
00:24:16,595 --> 00:24:18,386
and you can pinpoint
your elevated point.

578
00:24:18,387 --> 00:24:19,662
- Awesome.
- All right, man.

579
00:24:19,663 --> 00:24:21,317
Murphy: This drone is equipped

580
00:24:21,318 --> 00:24:24,938
with some very sophisticated
and precise mapping technology.

581
00:24:24,939 --> 00:24:26,835
Once the drone scans the area,

582
00:24:26,836 --> 00:24:29,662
it'll identify the highest
point of elevation

583
00:24:29,663 --> 00:24:31,352
down a tenth of an inch.

584
00:24:31,353 --> 00:24:32,800
♪♪

585
00:24:32,801 --> 00:24:34,214
According to one of the articles

586
00:24:34,215 --> 00:24:35,800
that Cameron
found in the library,

587
00:24:35,801 --> 00:24:38,524
this is exactly where we're
supposed to find the lab.

588
00:24:38,525 --> 00:24:41,421
It's gonna make a right around
here and come back that way.

589
00:24:41,422 --> 00:24:43,248
We got 70 images so far.

590
00:24:43,249 --> 00:24:46,076
Should end up
with about 590 or so

591
00:24:46,077 --> 00:24:47,386
when it's done. Nice.

592
00:24:47,387 --> 00:24:50,697
You know, it's ironic... We're
using Tesla's technology.

593
00:24:50,698 --> 00:24:52,731
I mean, this would
not be possible

594
00:24:52,732 --> 00:24:56,076
without what he gave
mankind... Remote control.

595
00:24:56,077 --> 00:24:58,593
Narrator: New York City, 1898...

596
00:24:58,594 --> 00:25:01,145
Tesla stuns crowds in
Madison square garden

597
00:25:01,146 --> 00:25:03,869
by presenting the first
remote-controlled boat.

598
00:25:03,870 --> 00:25:05,731
The innovation is
so ahead of its time,

599
00:25:05,732 --> 00:25:07,628
many perceive it as magic.

600
00:25:07,629 --> 00:25:09,352
Tesla predicts this technology

601
00:25:09,353 --> 00:25:11,386
will soon be used to
create guided weapons,

602
00:25:11,387 --> 00:25:12,593
like torpedos.

603
00:25:12,594 --> 00:25:14,524
What he does not predict
is the extent to which

604
00:25:14,525 --> 00:25:16,283
the new remote
control technology

605
00:25:16,284 --> 00:25:18,283
will drive human exploration,

606
00:25:18,284 --> 00:25:19,697
from rovers on Mars

607
00:25:19,698 --> 00:25:23,076
to the voyagerprobe far
beyond our solar system.

608
00:25:23,077 --> 00:25:25,145
He was thinking
about it a long time ago.

609
00:25:25,146 --> 00:25:28,731
Yep, and we're using his
technology to find his lab.

610
00:25:28,732 --> 00:25:35,317
♪♪

611
00:25:35,318 --> 00:25:36,869
All right, so what
are we looking at?

612
00:25:36,870 --> 00:25:38,835
Tyler: This is a 3D
model of the area.

613
00:25:38,836 --> 00:25:40,835
So, this is showing
terrain elevations.

614
00:25:40,836 --> 00:25:43,214
Correct. We got pike
peaks ave. Up over here.

615
00:25:43,215 --> 00:25:44,146
Okay.

616
00:25:44,147 --> 00:25:45,766
North foote right there.

617
00:25:45,767 --> 00:25:47,421
Right. That's kiowa.

618
00:25:47,422 --> 00:25:50,007
Got it. If we pan
down a little bit,

619
00:25:50,008 --> 00:25:52,179
you see you definitely
got a high spot over here,

620
00:25:52,180 --> 00:25:55,076
across north foote and
east kiowa right there.

621
00:25:55,077 --> 00:25:57,593
Yeah, it matches all the
other information we got.

622
00:25:57,594 --> 00:25:59,076
I mean, I think this is it, man.

623
00:25:59,077 --> 00:26:00,524
We got it.
- Yeah. Yeah.

624
00:26:00,525 --> 00:26:02,835
Let's go check it out.

625
00:26:02,836 --> 00:26:05,662
♪♪

626
00:26:05,663 --> 00:26:06,835
Murphy: I hope
we're gonna be able

627
00:26:06,836 --> 00:26:08,455
to search every
inch of this property.

628
00:26:08,456 --> 00:26:11,766
This could be the key to many
of the answers that we need.

629
00:26:11,767 --> 00:26:14,076
[ Knocks on door ]

630
00:26:14,077 --> 00:26:16,386
Prince: Tesla always
had this determination.

631
00:26:16,387 --> 00:26:17,662
And we're the same way.

632
00:26:17,663 --> 00:26:20,317
I want to wring every
bit of information

633
00:26:20,318 --> 00:26:22,593
we possibly can
out of this property.

634
00:26:22,594 --> 00:26:25,836
If he dropped a
nickel, I want to find it.

635
00:26:31,318 --> 00:26:34,731
Lokken: You guys can come
back this way, if you want.

636
00:26:34,732 --> 00:26:37,076
Prince: Thank you so
much for letting us do this.

637
00:26:37,077 --> 00:26:39,007
So, tell us a little
bit about the history.

638
00:26:39,008 --> 00:26:40,455
How long have you had the house?

639
00:26:40,456 --> 00:26:43,386
I purchased the house
in September, 2013.

640
00:26:43,387 --> 00:26:44,215
Okay, so...

641
00:26:44,216 --> 00:26:45,455
Did you know that Tesla

642
00:26:45,456 --> 00:26:47,317
had a laboratory
on your property?

643
00:26:47,318 --> 00:26:48,697
When I purchased it,
they had mentioned that

644
00:26:48,698 --> 00:26:50,421
there might be
some Tesla history.

645
00:26:50,422 --> 00:26:52,386
Have you heard
any stories about,

646
00:26:52,387 --> 00:26:55,007
like, anything underground
in this neighborhood?

647
00:26:55,008 --> 00:26:56,904
Not to my knowledge, no.

648
00:26:56,905 --> 00:26:58,317
What's that?

649
00:26:58,318 --> 00:26:59,731
Lokken: That's a well.

650
00:26:59,732 --> 00:27:02,214
When I bought the property,
they told me it didn't work,

651
00:27:02,215 --> 00:27:03,973
and I just was so worried

652
00:27:03,974 --> 00:27:05,559
that my son would
fall down in there

653
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,662
that I covered it
up with the rocks.

654
00:27:08,663 --> 00:27:10,904
I don't know, maybe we can
find something down there.

655
00:27:10,905 --> 00:27:11,801
Who knows?

656
00:27:11,802 --> 00:27:13,559
Could we look down there?

657
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:14,491
Sure.

658
00:27:14,492 --> 00:27:15,938
I'm interested to see, too.

659
00:27:15,939 --> 00:27:23,939
♪♪

660
00:27:25,008 --> 00:27:26,491
There we go.

661
00:27:28,870 --> 00:27:30,007
Got it?

662
00:27:30,008 --> 00:27:31,905
Holy [bleep]

663
00:27:36,939 --> 00:27:39,766
♪♪

664
00:27:39,767 --> 00:27:42,869
Narrator: Jack and
Cameron pinpoint the location

665
00:27:42,870 --> 00:27:45,869
of Tesla's lost lab
in Colorado Springs.

666
00:27:45,870 --> 00:27:47,904
Although the lab is long gone,

667
00:27:47,905 --> 00:27:49,697
an old well on the property

668
00:27:49,698 --> 00:27:53,110
could hold clues to what
exactly Tesla was doing here.

669
00:27:53,111 --> 00:27:54,214
There we go.

670
00:27:54,215 --> 00:27:57,904
♪♪

671
00:27:57,905 --> 00:27:59,698
Holy [bleep].

672
00:28:00,698 --> 00:28:03,317
We got to get down there, Jack.

673
00:28:03,318 --> 00:28:11,318
♪♪

674
00:28:12,180 --> 00:28:13,146
What do we got there?

675
00:28:13,147 --> 00:28:15,697
It's like there's a subfloor.

676
00:28:15,698 --> 00:28:17,835
It's very interesting that
it's right in the middle

677
00:28:17,836 --> 00:28:19,904
of where Tesla had his lab.

678
00:28:19,905 --> 00:28:21,455
Yeah, do you think it's possible

679
00:28:21,456 --> 00:28:24,110
that we could find something
if we were to dig deeper here?

680
00:28:24,111 --> 00:28:26,042
I think it's worth a try.

681
00:28:26,043 --> 00:28:28,317
Murphy: The subterranean
room is really just an entranceway

682
00:28:28,318 --> 00:28:30,179
to give you access to the well.

683
00:28:30,180 --> 00:28:32,386
But the well itself
runs much deeper,

684
00:28:32,387 --> 00:28:33,973
and we need to see
what's down there.

685
00:28:33,974 --> 00:28:35,697
Any clues we can unearth here

686
00:28:35,698 --> 00:28:38,766
might help us understand how
the death ray was constructed.

687
00:28:38,767 --> 00:28:43,490
♪♪

688
00:28:43,491 --> 00:28:45,110
Pearson: What do we
know about this well?

689
00:28:45,111 --> 00:28:46,248
Not much.

690
00:28:46,249 --> 00:28:47,524
We were hoping
you could tell us.

691
00:28:47,525 --> 00:28:50,352
You guys looking to buy
the house or something?

692
00:28:50,353 --> 00:28:52,593
Cameron might, depending
on what you find down there.

693
00:28:52,594 --> 00:28:54,662
Yeah? You know, let's
have a look in there.

694
00:28:54,663 --> 00:28:55,663
Have a look at the well casing.

695
00:28:55,664 --> 00:28:56,697
That'll give us an idea.

696
00:28:56,698 --> 00:28:57,869
Okay.

697
00:28:57,870 --> 00:29:03,524
♪♪

698
00:29:03,525 --> 00:29:05,662
That well casing
does look pretty old.

699
00:29:05,663 --> 00:29:10,697
This is a very thin, metal
casing used a long time ago.

700
00:29:10,698 --> 00:29:12,042
Murphy: Is there any way,
maybe, we can see what's

701
00:29:12,043 --> 00:29:13,386
inside the well itself?

702
00:29:13,387 --> 00:29:15,248
We have a camera
that will actually

703
00:29:15,249 --> 00:29:16,421
fit in that well.

704
00:29:16,422 --> 00:29:19,490
We can actually see
all the way to the bottom.

705
00:29:19,491 --> 00:29:20,456
Yeah? Right on.

706
00:29:20,457 --> 00:29:28,457
♪♪

707
00:29:37,008 --> 00:29:38,593
Pearson: Okay,
everything's stable and set up.

708
00:29:38,594 --> 00:29:39,973
I think we're ready to go.

709
00:29:39,974 --> 00:29:47,974
♪♪

710
00:29:48,456 --> 00:29:51,938
We're right at the
top of the water now.

711
00:29:51,939 --> 00:29:54,179
It looks pretty clear, too.

712
00:29:54,180 --> 00:29:55,593
Come on and have a look.

713
00:29:55,594 --> 00:29:58,179
♪♪

714
00:29:58,180 --> 00:30:00,524
That's looking down, and
that's looking sideways.

715
00:30:00,525 --> 00:30:01,697
Okay.

716
00:30:01,698 --> 00:30:03,869
These almost look
like perforations here.

717
00:30:03,870 --> 00:30:04,904
Is that normal?

718
00:30:04,905 --> 00:30:06,662
It would be if the
water was up here,

719
00:30:06,663 --> 00:30:08,248
but at one time,
it may have been.

720
00:30:08,249 --> 00:30:09,628
That actually
could just be holes

721
00:30:09,629 --> 00:30:13,524
in the side of the
well casing from age.

722
00:30:13,525 --> 00:30:15,042
This metal isn't
very thick at all.

723
00:30:15,043 --> 00:30:17,524
It's right about 1/8 inch thick.

724
00:30:17,525 --> 00:30:19,248
So, it's not very heavy,
and that's what leads us

725
00:30:19,249 --> 00:30:23,214
to believe that
this well is very old.

726
00:30:23,215 --> 00:30:31,215
♪♪

727
00:30:36,629 --> 00:30:39,593
- Whoa. We stopped.
- We stopped.

728
00:30:39,594 --> 00:30:42,731
Yeah, we hit something at 279.

729
00:30:42,732 --> 00:30:44,421
- What's that?
- I don't...

730
00:30:44,422 --> 00:30:46,766
Pearson: Just some sort of
protrusion in the well casing.

731
00:30:46,767 --> 00:30:50,076
I'd say that's about as far
as this camera's gonna go.

732
00:30:50,077 --> 00:30:52,352
I mean, does this look
like man-made or...?

733
00:30:52,353 --> 00:30:54,076
It looks like it's metal.

734
00:30:54,077 --> 00:30:55,904
It's orange, it's rusty,

735
00:30:55,905 --> 00:30:57,559
just like the rest of
our steel casings.

736
00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,283
So, that's not a brown
rock. We've seen rocks.

737
00:30:59,284 --> 00:31:00,662
That's not a brown
rock. That's rust.

738
00:31:00,663 --> 00:31:02,421
That's some sort of metal.

739
00:31:02,422 --> 00:31:05,662
What metal would be
down there at 279 foot?

740
00:31:05,663 --> 00:31:06,938
It's hard to say.

741
00:31:06,939 --> 00:31:09,731
I'll leave the
speculation to you.

742
00:31:09,732 --> 00:31:11,145
Murphy: This metal at
the bottom of the well

743
00:31:11,146 --> 00:31:12,869
may indicate that there's
something else here...

744
00:31:12,870 --> 00:31:14,248
Something man-made.

745
00:31:14,249 --> 00:31:16,559
It's suspicious enough
that we need to look into it.

746
00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:21,869
♪♪

747
00:31:21,870 --> 00:31:24,593
Just like at wardenclyffe,
we have a team of experts

748
00:31:24,594 --> 00:31:26,110
with technology
that they can use

749
00:31:26,111 --> 00:31:29,352
to determine if there's anything
buried underground here.

750
00:31:29,353 --> 00:31:32,214
Narrator: These tests could
reveal buried structures,

751
00:31:32,215 --> 00:31:35,800
tunnels, or infrastructure
similar to wardenclyffe.

752
00:31:35,801 --> 00:31:37,076
♪♪

753
00:31:37,077 --> 00:31:38,973
Murphy: The first
test is resistivity,

754
00:31:38,974 --> 00:31:40,766
which gives us a broad picture

755
00:31:40,767 --> 00:31:43,766
of what's going on beneath
the surface of this property.

756
00:31:43,767 --> 00:31:45,352
Narrator: Resistivity testing

757
00:31:45,353 --> 00:31:47,076
works by passing
electrical current

758
00:31:47,077 --> 00:31:48,766
through electrodes in the ground

759
00:31:48,767 --> 00:31:51,455
and then measuring how
fast or slow the electricity

760
00:31:51,456 --> 00:31:54,317
passes through the soil
between the electrodes.

761
00:31:54,318 --> 00:31:57,110
Slower current means the
ground is more resistant,

762
00:31:57,111 --> 00:31:58,800
made up of dense earth.

763
00:31:58,801 --> 00:32:01,283
Faster current means
the ground is less resistant,

764
00:32:01,284 --> 00:32:04,731
containing conductive
metals or even empty tunnels.

765
00:32:04,732 --> 00:32:06,317
Walter: Everything's good,

766
00:32:06,318 --> 00:32:10,317
and now we're gonna
start acquiring data.

767
00:32:10,318 --> 00:32:13,179
Let's take a look and
see what we've got.

768
00:32:13,180 --> 00:32:14,938
These red objects here...

769
00:32:14,939 --> 00:32:17,352
Those are the trees
and the bushes,

770
00:32:17,353 --> 00:32:19,110
the root systems on those.

771
00:32:19,111 --> 00:32:21,145
♪♪

772
00:32:21,146 --> 00:32:22,662
If we were to find a tunnel,

773
00:32:22,663 --> 00:32:26,145
it would look like a
linear object, like a pipe.

774
00:32:26,146 --> 00:32:28,386
It would be much
deeper than these.

775
00:32:28,387 --> 00:32:30,179
These are very
close to the surface.

776
00:32:30,180 --> 00:32:32,145
♪♪

777
00:32:32,146 --> 00:32:34,938
- So, no tunnel?
- No. Unfortunately not.

778
00:32:34,939 --> 00:32:37,938
It looks as if there
aren't any tunnels here,

779
00:32:37,939 --> 00:32:39,973
bases on the
resistivity testing,

780
00:32:39,974 --> 00:32:41,248
but we're not done yet.

781
00:32:41,249 --> 00:32:43,628
Another method we
have is the t.D.E.M.,

782
00:32:43,629 --> 00:32:45,800
which is basically
like a metal detector.

783
00:32:45,801 --> 00:32:47,352
♪♪

784
00:32:47,353 --> 00:32:48,904
Murphy: Electromagnetic testing

785
00:32:48,905 --> 00:32:50,317
could uncover remnants

786
00:32:50,318 --> 00:32:52,386
of the foundation
of Tesla's lab,

787
00:32:52,387 --> 00:32:54,386
electrical cables underground,

788
00:32:54,387 --> 00:32:56,352
components of the
grounding system.

789
00:32:56,353 --> 00:32:59,662
Whatever is down there,
we're gonna keep looking for it.

790
00:32:59,663 --> 00:33:01,145
Murphy: Are we at the
end of the line here?

791
00:33:01,146 --> 00:33:02,352
I mean, if this
test strikes out,

792
00:33:02,353 --> 00:33:03,421
are we pretty much done?

793
00:33:03,422 --> 00:33:04,731
Yes.

794
00:33:04,732 --> 00:33:12,732
♪♪

795
00:33:15,629 --> 00:33:17,145
Walter: So, looking
at the data here,

796
00:33:17,146 --> 00:33:20,524
the blues are areas
where it's less conductive.

797
00:33:20,525 --> 00:33:23,042
The darker reds
are more conductive,

798
00:33:23,043 --> 00:33:25,317
so that could be a pipeline.

799
00:33:25,318 --> 00:33:26,490
Prince: So this
long thing here...

800
00:33:26,491 --> 00:33:28,835
That may be like a sewer
pipe or a water main?

801
00:33:28,836 --> 00:33:30,766
Yes.

802
00:33:30,767 --> 00:33:31,904
Narrator: At wardenclyffe,

803
00:33:31,905 --> 00:33:33,938
the team discovered
a grounding system

804
00:33:33,939 --> 00:33:36,283
that was critical
to Tesla's design.

805
00:33:36,284 --> 00:33:38,421
Here we have some of the
drawings from wardenclyffe.

806
00:33:38,422 --> 00:33:39,628
Ah! Look at that.

807
00:33:39,629 --> 00:33:42,904
Copper ground put
in lateral tunnels.

808
00:33:42,905 --> 00:33:45,352
And it looks like that
connects to another pipe

809
00:33:45,353 --> 00:33:46,697
in the yard there.

810
00:33:46,698 --> 00:33:49,766
When Tesla got here in
1899, there wasn't much here,

811
00:33:49,767 --> 00:33:52,593
but there was a
rudimentary water system,

812
00:33:52,594 --> 00:33:54,628
probably made up of copper pipes

813
00:33:54,629 --> 00:33:57,697
that some people say
he used to ground his lab.

814
00:33:57,698 --> 00:34:01,835
It seems, with this data,
that this theory is confirmed.

815
00:34:01,836 --> 00:34:04,628
Narrator: Tesla's death ray
is a weaponized execution

816
00:34:04,629 --> 00:34:07,248
of his obsession
with wireless energy.

817
00:34:07,249 --> 00:34:10,352
The energy travels from
the air, to the ground,

818
00:34:10,353 --> 00:34:13,042
and back to the base of
the weapon through the soil.

819
00:34:13,043 --> 00:34:15,697
Copper pipes, like the ones
likely used in the water main

820
00:34:15,698 --> 00:34:17,283
in Colorado Springs,

821
00:34:17,284 --> 00:34:21,214
are needed to keep the device
from overloading or exploding.

822
00:34:21,215 --> 00:34:25,628
♪♪

823
00:34:25,629 --> 00:34:28,317
Prince: Wherever he was,
Tesla used what was there

824
00:34:28,318 --> 00:34:31,938
or he made it what he
needed for his experiments.

825
00:34:31,939 --> 00:34:33,869
He was enough of a
genius that he figured out

826
00:34:33,870 --> 00:34:36,455
how to plug into what existed

827
00:34:36,456 --> 00:34:38,593
and to get the results
that he needed.

828
00:34:38,594 --> 00:34:41,214
Here, it was a water
pipe. It was a water main.

829
00:34:41,215 --> 00:34:44,352
This water main was
metal. It went for miles.

830
00:34:44,353 --> 00:34:47,386
That gave him what he
needed to give it that ground.

831
00:34:47,387 --> 00:34:49,352
Now, at wardenclyffe,
he didn't have that luxury,

832
00:34:49,353 --> 00:34:50,869
so he dug that huge hole,

833
00:34:50,870 --> 00:34:52,973
and he drove those
rods in the ground

834
00:34:52,974 --> 00:34:55,110
to give him that
same grip there.

835
00:34:55,111 --> 00:34:56,973
So, he learned from
this experience here,

836
00:34:56,974 --> 00:34:58,179
at Colorado Springs,

837
00:34:58,180 --> 00:35:00,110
and that informed what
he did at wardenclyffe.

838
00:35:00,111 --> 00:35:02,145
Absolutely, without a doubt.

839
00:35:02,146 --> 00:35:05,455
It's about getting the
most conductive metal

840
00:35:05,456 --> 00:35:07,076
into the earth

841
00:35:07,077 --> 00:35:08,800
that makes that connection.

842
00:35:08,801 --> 00:35:10,352
So, this is what
Aron needs to know.

843
00:35:10,353 --> 00:35:12,076
We need to give him a call.

844
00:35:12,077 --> 00:35:14,973
Colorado Springs provided
us with a clue that might help us

845
00:35:14,974 --> 00:35:17,145
crack open the
design of the death ray.

846
00:35:17,146 --> 00:35:19,559
We understand now
that Tesla grounded

847
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,076
all of his systems with
metal underground,

848
00:35:22,077 --> 00:35:24,593
and that's a huge piece
of information for us.

849
00:35:24,594 --> 00:35:26,524
But when it comes
to Tesla's death,

850
00:35:26,525 --> 00:35:28,870
there's got to be more
evidence out there somewhere.

851
00:35:35,043 --> 00:35:40,042
♪♪

852
00:35:40,043 --> 00:35:41,524
To make the death ray work,

853
00:35:41,525 --> 00:35:45,145
we wanted 1.5
gigawatts of power.

854
00:35:45,146 --> 00:35:47,455
And to generate 1.5 gigawatts,

855
00:35:47,456 --> 00:35:49,697
he would need an
enormous power source.

856
00:35:49,698 --> 00:35:52,593
Tesla's first large-scale
power-generation experiment

857
00:35:52,594 --> 00:35:55,179
was Niagara Falls.

858
00:35:55,180 --> 00:35:57,352
Narrator: Tesla's power
plant at Niagara Falls

859
00:35:57,353 --> 00:35:58,973
is a hydroelectric dam,

860
00:35:58,974 --> 00:36:02,042
which operates by harnessing
the power of falling water

861
00:36:02,043 --> 00:36:05,042
to spin turbines and
generate electricity.

862
00:36:05,043 --> 00:36:07,352
Tesla was looking for
ways to create power

863
00:36:07,353 --> 00:36:11,214
so he could transfer it
wirelessly across the globe.

864
00:36:11,215 --> 00:36:12,593
Koscho: This power
plant was capable

865
00:36:12,594 --> 00:36:15,800
of generating enough power
to power nearly 2 million homes,

866
00:36:15,801 --> 00:36:18,490
which is astounding.

867
00:36:18,491 --> 00:36:19,869
It's amazing when
you think about it,

868
00:36:19,870 --> 00:36:21,697
but power plants of this scale,

869
00:36:21,698 --> 00:36:23,559
they were just a means
to an end for Tesla.

870
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,731
This was a byproduct
of his experiments.

871
00:36:25,732 --> 00:36:28,352
He needed these to
power the other things.

872
00:36:28,353 --> 00:36:31,421
Even so, these things were
another Tesla contribution

873
00:36:31,422 --> 00:36:33,042
that changed the world forever.

874
00:36:33,043 --> 00:36:35,180
♪♪

875
00:36:39,456 --> 00:36:42,904
♪♪

876
00:36:42,905 --> 00:36:45,386
Narrator: Back in Texas,
Jack and Cameron's discovery

877
00:36:45,387 --> 00:36:47,662
of a grounding system
in Colorado Springs

878
00:36:47,663 --> 00:36:50,662
has a major impact on
Aron's death ray build.

879
00:36:50,663 --> 00:36:53,593
If Aron can demonstrate
that the death ray was viable,

880
00:36:53,594 --> 00:36:57,317
this could prove that there was
motive to murder Nikola Tesla.

881
00:36:57,318 --> 00:36:58,835
What's up, guys?

882
00:36:58,836 --> 00:37:00,559
Looks like we've
got some good data.

883
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:02,869
Matter of fact, the
data's really clear.

884
00:37:02,870 --> 00:37:05,007
Tesla was very pragmatic.

885
00:37:05,008 --> 00:37:06,835
He put a bigger
ground structure in it

886
00:37:06,836 --> 00:37:08,145
until he got what he wanted.

887
00:37:08,146 --> 00:37:09,800
So, that's what we're
gonna try and do.

888
00:37:09,801 --> 00:37:11,283
If we can create a
grounding system

889
00:37:11,284 --> 00:37:13,800
that is as successful
as the ones Tesla used

890
00:37:13,801 --> 00:37:15,628
at wardenclyffe and
Colorado Springs,

891
00:37:15,629 --> 00:37:18,145
then we might have a
shot at a successful test.

892
00:37:18,146 --> 00:37:20,628
We need to get as much
metal as we can into the ground.

893
00:37:20,629 --> 00:37:23,283
Once we do that and we
hook it up to our prototype,

894
00:37:23,284 --> 00:37:25,042
hopefully, we'll have
done everything we can

895
00:37:25,043 --> 00:37:26,524
to prevent any more explosions.

896
00:37:26,525 --> 00:37:28,042
I want to dig a hole out back,

897
00:37:28,043 --> 00:37:29,421
I want to fill it with copper,

898
00:37:29,422 --> 00:37:30,904
I want to connect it to the coil

899
00:37:30,905 --> 00:37:32,766
and I want to
use it for our test.

900
00:37:32,767 --> 00:37:34,455
♪♪

901
00:37:34,456 --> 00:37:36,076
This grounding
structure is gonna give us

902
00:37:36,077 --> 00:37:38,628
a really good return
point for all of the current

903
00:37:38,629 --> 00:37:40,352
that's coming
from our prototype.

904
00:37:40,353 --> 00:37:42,973
That current... it's got to
flow from the capacitor bank,

905
00:37:42,974 --> 00:37:45,455
through the Tesla
coil, into the target,

906
00:37:45,456 --> 00:37:47,731
and then, from that
target, into the ground,

907
00:37:47,732 --> 00:37:49,317
back to the bottom
of the system.

908
00:37:49,318 --> 00:37:51,110
This accomplishes
what we need, I think.

909
00:37:51,111 --> 00:37:53,593
The more surface area you
got in contact with the dirt,

910
00:37:53,594 --> 00:37:55,007
the better it's gonna work,

911
00:37:55,008 --> 00:37:57,110
and this is a really simple
way to do what we need it to do.

912
00:37:57,111 --> 00:37:59,042
Great. Well, let's get digging.

913
00:37:59,043 --> 00:38:07,043
♪♪

914
00:38:11,905 --> 00:38:13,835
You can see, it's dry up here.

915
00:38:13,836 --> 00:38:15,248
- Yep.
- And down here, it's wet.

916
00:38:15,249 --> 00:38:17,283
That extra moisture's gonna
give us more conductivity.

917
00:38:17,284 --> 00:38:20,386
Narrator: A grounding system,
likely using copper pipes,

918
00:38:20,387 --> 00:38:22,800
was a critical component
of Tesla's experiments

919
00:38:22,801 --> 00:38:24,421
with wireless energy.

920
00:38:24,422 --> 00:38:30,490
♪♪

921
00:38:30,491 --> 00:38:32,352
What do you got going on?

922
00:38:32,353 --> 00:38:33,593
The connections look good.

923
00:38:33,594 --> 00:38:36,145
I mean, these look pretty solid.

924
00:38:36,146 --> 00:38:38,386
I think once this is
all covered in dirt,

925
00:38:38,387 --> 00:38:39,731
connected to the
rest of the system,

926
00:38:39,732 --> 00:38:42,283
we have a pretty high
likelihood of success.

927
00:38:42,284 --> 00:38:50,284
♪♪

928
00:38:51,043 --> 00:38:53,662
Everything's good right now.

929
00:38:53,663 --> 00:38:55,421
You know, we had our
problems with our capacitors,

930
00:38:55,422 --> 00:38:57,042
but that's dealt with.

931
00:38:57,043 --> 00:38:58,386
- Absolutely.
- We blew up the coil.

932
00:38:58,387 --> 00:38:59,249
Koscho: That's fixed.

933
00:38:59,250 --> 00:39:00,662
We've got us a good ground,

934
00:39:00,663 --> 00:39:03,421
transmitting that energy
back into the bottom

935
00:39:03,422 --> 00:39:05,593
of the Tesla coil.

936
00:39:05,594 --> 00:39:07,042
So, we've got the
ground in place,

937
00:39:07,043 --> 00:39:08,490
we've got our insulator ready.

938
00:39:08,491 --> 00:39:10,352
We're finally ready
for another test

939
00:39:10,353 --> 00:39:13,559
of our small-scale
death ray prototype.

940
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,973
If this works, the energy
from our capacitor bank

941
00:39:15,974 --> 00:39:17,455
is gonna build that charge up

942
00:39:17,456 --> 00:39:19,766
until all of the energy
is discharged through

943
00:39:19,767 --> 00:39:21,593
that Tesla coil
in a split second.

944
00:39:21,594 --> 00:39:23,731
And we are going to see
what amounts to a lightning bolt

945
00:39:23,732 --> 00:39:28,179
come off the top
and hit the target rod.

946
00:39:28,180 --> 00:39:30,835
If everything goes as planned,
then we are going to be able

947
00:39:30,836 --> 00:39:32,524
to scale up to the
full-sized death ray

948
00:39:32,525 --> 00:39:35,248
and take a shot at that
1.5 gigawatts of power

949
00:39:35,249 --> 00:39:36,524
Tesla was talking about.

950
00:39:36,525 --> 00:39:39,766
But none of that matters
unless we have a successful test

951
00:39:39,767 --> 00:39:41,524
right now.

952
00:39:41,525 --> 00:39:43,110
We've done everything we can.

953
00:39:43,111 --> 00:39:44,628
Let's hope this [bleep] works.

954
00:39:44,629 --> 00:39:52,629
♪♪

955
00:39:53,905 --> 00:39:57,110
Five... four...

956
00:39:57,111 --> 00:40:01,835
Three... two... one...

957
00:40:01,836 --> 00:40:07,835
♪♪

958
00:40:07,836 --> 00:40:09,697
Wow! Holy [bleep]!

959
00:40:09,698 --> 00:40:12,973
- [ Laughs ]
- We did it.

960
00:40:12,974 --> 00:40:15,455
That did exactly what
it was supposed to.

961
00:40:15,456 --> 00:40:17,179
Yeah, I couldn't be
happier with those results.

962
00:40:17,180 --> 00:40:18,938
You know, the capacitor
bank didn't blow up,

963
00:40:18,939 --> 00:40:20,248
the Tesla coil didn't blow up,

964
00:40:20,249 --> 00:40:22,352
the capacitor bank didn't
blow the Tesla coil up,

965
00:40:22,353 --> 00:40:24,214
and everything worked
the way it was supposed to.

966
00:40:24,215 --> 00:40:26,559
The discharge, man,
that's really [bleep] cool.

967
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:27,938
- It is.
- Very bright.

968
00:40:27,939 --> 00:40:30,248
Koscho: That looks like
something that would be called

969
00:40:30,249 --> 00:40:31,628
a death ray, you know?
- Yeah.

970
00:40:31,629 --> 00:40:33,938
It's like a little piece of
lightning almost, you know?

971
00:40:33,939 --> 00:40:36,490
Something very
deathly and very ray-like.

972
00:40:36,491 --> 00:40:37,835
Yep.

973
00:40:37,836 --> 00:40:39,352
Now is the hard part.

974
00:40:39,353 --> 00:40:41,076
We've got to see
if we can scale this

975
00:40:41,077 --> 00:40:43,007
and build a giant death ray.

976
00:40:43,008 --> 00:40:44,973
Yeah, Tesla was crazy.

977
00:40:44,974 --> 00:40:46,042
And we might be, too.

978
00:40:46,043 --> 00:40:47,766
[ Laughter ]

979
00:40:47,767 --> 00:40:50,904
Narrator: Aron's successful test
means Tesla's death ray works,

980
00:40:50,905 --> 00:40:53,076
but if the motive for
his murder is real,

981
00:40:53,077 --> 00:40:54,731
then the question remains,

982
00:40:54,732 --> 00:40:57,042
who killed Nikola Tesla?

983
00:40:57,043 --> 00:40:58,766
♪♪

984
00:40:58,767 --> 00:41:00,353
[ Electricity crackles ]

985
00:41:03,836 --> 00:41:05,283
Murphy: We didn't
come all the way to Serbia

986
00:41:05,284 --> 00:41:06,938
just to spin our wheels.

987
00:41:06,939 --> 00:41:10,386
There are around
38,000 documents.

988
00:41:10,387 --> 00:41:12,490
That came from New
York? Came from New York.

989
00:41:12,491 --> 00:41:13,559
♪♪

990
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,007
If documents were found,

991
00:41:15,008 --> 00:41:16,008
then we are in business.

992
00:41:16,009 --> 00:41:17,386
Don't have to make the story

993
00:41:17,387 --> 00:41:19,283
more complicated than it is.

994
00:41:19,284 --> 00:41:20,869
Now that we know this
works, we can move on

995
00:41:20,870 --> 00:41:21,801
to something a little bigger.

996
00:41:21,802 --> 00:41:22,904
Koscho: If something fails,

997
00:41:22,905 --> 00:41:25,455
it's gonna be a
really bad failure.

998
00:41:25,456 --> 00:41:27,800
Those documents... That
would change the world.

999
00:41:27,801 --> 00:41:29,145
Absolutely.

1000
00:41:29,146 --> 00:41:31,455
Man: I think that you stay here.

1001
00:41:31,456 --> 00:41:32,559
Murphy: Is that
the death ray or...?

1002
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:34,042
That's definitely a death ray.

1003
00:41:34,043 --> 00:41:35,835
Have these documents
ever been published?

1004
00:41:35,836 --> 00:41:36,801
No.

1005
00:41:36,802 --> 00:41:37,835
Wow.

1006
00:41:37,836 --> 00:41:40,076
That makes the death ray real.

1007
00:41:40,077 --> 00:41:41,629
[ Electricity crackles ]