Tesla's Death Ray: A Murder Declassified
2018 · Discovery · 60 min · 1 season
S01E05 · Superweapon Unleashed
Wed, 31 Jan, 2:00 pm
The team pursues leads in search of Tesla's missing notes; the Death Ray prototype and a possible motive for murder.
About
History's most brilliant mind was also its most dangerous. With 300 inventions, Tesla's mind still dominates our world. While he was making millions, he also made enemies. His research was lost after a mysterious death. Recently declassified documents may help solve the mystery.
In Tesla's Death Ray, military investigator Jack Murphy and Tesla historian, Cameron Prince, journey around the globe hunting for information about his innovations and the research that may have gone missing from his safe. From Tesla's last standing American laboratory in Shoreham, NY on Long Island to his first American lab in Colorado to Tesla's homeland of Serbia, the team searches for missing documents and new data to understand Tesla's Death Ray.
Episodes
- E01
Mad Scientist on Long Island
Wed, 3 Jan· 60 minExperts join forces to investigate the life, death, and renowned work of inventor Nikola Tesla - did he create the first weapon of mass destruction, and could it have played a role in his mysterious death? The team contructs their own death ray.
- E02
Search for the Lost Lab
Wed, 10 Jan· 60 minAron and his team are hard at work on their reconstruction of Tesla's "Death Ray". Meanwhile Jack and Cameron travel to Colorado Springs to search for the former site of Tesla's experimental laboratory, in hopes of finding more clues about the weapon.
- E03
A Suspect in Serbia
Wed, 17 Jan· 60 minFollowing Aron's successful test of his Death Ray, proving the revolutionary weapon could be real, Jack shifts his focus to Nikola Tesla's potential murder. The first suspect sends Jack and Cameron overseas to Serbia to look for clues.
- E04
In Hitler's Crosshairs
Wed, 24 Jan· 60 minThe investigation of Tesla's suspicious death and missing documents continues. The team travels to Serbia, Tesla's homeland, and discovers never before seen documents drawn by Tesla himself. The Death Ray build moves ahead.
- E05
Superweapon Unleashed
Wed, 31 Jan· 60 minThe team pursues leads in search of Tesla's missing notes; the Death Ray prototype and a possible motive for murder.
