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We Built A Lie-Detector Skeleton From 1927

2020-10-05

[public] 602K views, 59.4K likes, 728 dislikes audio only

channel thumbTom Scott

Happy October. Thanks to Daniel, Tom, and Chloe, their channels are below! • Get CuriosityStream + Nebula and my Original for just $2.99/month here: https://curiositystream.com/tomscott

Thanks to Charles Yarnold who built the Crime-Solving Skeleton: he's a creative technologist who can build all sorts of odd things! https://charlesyarnold.co.uk/

Thanks to the three folks who faced the Skeleton:

DANIEL: https://youtube.com/danieljlayton

TOM: https://youtube.com/tomska

CHLOE: https://youtube.com/scarfdemon

Behind the scenes on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyNTlMkt-_s

The original patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/US1749090

Found via: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/criminal-confession-skeleton-patent

Camera by Matt Gray https://mattg.co.uk

Edited by Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)

Audio mix by Graham Haerther

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