Season 1

2015-06-14

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

2015-06-21

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

2015-06-28

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

2015-07-05

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

2015-07-12

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

2015-07-19

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

2015-07-26

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

2015-08-02

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