00:0010 Inventions That Killed Their Inventors
00:02The Coat Parachute of Franz Reichelt
00:06French tailor Franz Reichelt believed a wearable parachute suit could save aviators.
00:12In 1912, he jumped from the Eiffel Tower to prove it.
00:16The suit failed instantly, and he died on impact,
00:19leaving behind one of history's most tragic demonstrations of misplaced confidence.
00:24The Titan Submersible of Stockton Rush
00:26Ocean Gate CEO Stockton Rush pushed unconventional designs for deep-sea tourism
00:32while dismissing safety standards.
00:35In 2023, the Titan Submersible imploded during a titanic dive,
00:40killing Rush and four others and proving that innovation without safeguards can be fatal.
00:46The Radioactivity Research of Marie Curie
00:48Marie Curie revolutionized science by discovering radium and polonium,
00:52but she worked without protection for decades.
00:55Constant radiation exposure led to a plastic anemia, ultimately costing her life.
01:01Her notebooks remain dangerously radioactive today.
01:05The Combat Submarine of Horace Lawson Hunley
01:07Hunley helped build the H.L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink an enemy ship.
01:14After earlier fatal test runs, he personally joined a mission in 1863.
01:18The submarine never resurfaced, killing Hunley and his entire crew.
01:24The Flying Car of Henry Smolinski
01:26Smolinski attempted to merge a Ford Pinto with an airplane to create a flying car.
01:32During a test flight in 1973, the wings detached mid-air,
01:37killing him and his co-pilot and ending the project instantly.
01:40The Aero Wagon of Valerian Abakovsky
01:44The Aero Wagon was a high-speed rail car powered by an aircraft engine.
01:49In 1921, it derailed at extreme speed,
01:53killing its inventor and several passengers during a return trip from Moscow.
01:57The Lead Additives of Thomas Midgley Jr.
02:01Known for inventing leaded gasoline and CFCs,
02:04smidgly dyed tangled in a pulley system he built to lift himself from bed after polio.
02:09Ironically, his final invention proved as deadly as his chemical legacy.
02:14The Rotary Printing Press of William Bullock
02:16Bullock improved newspaper printing speed,
02:19but while adjusting his machine, his foot was crushed by gears.
02:24Complications from the injury led to his death during surgery.
02:27The Glider of Otto Lilienthal
02:29A pioneer of human flight, Lilienthal made thousands of successful glides.
02:35In 1896, a sudden gust caused a fatal crash.
02:39His research later inspired the Wright brothers.
02:43The Rocket Car of Max Valliere
02:44Rocketry pioneer Max Valliere experimented with liquid fuel engines.
02:50In 1930, one exploded during testing,
02:53killing him instantly and making him the first casualty of modern rocketry.
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