MythBusters S01E11 · Alcatraz Escape

Overview

Could prisoners really have escaped Alcatraz without a trace? Does a duck's quack echo? Can a stud finder really prove if human beings have been guinea pigs in mind-control experiments.

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2. 2 2. Biscuit Bazooka2003-01-23Can a person get stuck to an airline toilet while it's in flight? Is there such a thing as a biscuit bazooka?
3. 3 3. Poppy-Seed Drug Test2003-03-07Can a poppy-seed bagel tilt the results of a drug test? Can balloons carry a lawn chair? If you cover your body in gold paint, will you be able to breathe? Or could you die from it
4. 4 4. Exploding Toilet2003-09-23Can you explode a toilet by flushing flammables down the bowl then lighting a match? Do you get wetter running or walking in the rain? Can you really make a "magic bullet" that wil
5. 5 5. Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station2003-10-03Can chatting on a cell phone while pumping gas cause the pump to blow up? Will silicone breast implants burst under pressure? Can high-speed CD-ROM players really shatter a CD?
6. 6 6. Barrel of Bricks2003-10-10Is it dangerous to pee on the electrified third rail of a train track? Can an eel-skin wallet erase the information on your credit cards? Can a 500-pound barrel of bricks really hi
7. 7 7. Penny Drop2003-10-17Can a penny dropped from a skyscraper kill a person below? Is it possible to "bake yourself" on a tanning bed? Did Lucille Ball expose a spy ring by hearing radio signals from her
8. 8 8. Buried Alive2003-10-24Could a person survive a leap from a bridge by throwing a hammer in the water first? Is it possible to survive being buried alive? Can cola really remove bloodstains, clean rust or
9. 9 9. Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing2003-11-07Is it possible to make a cannon out of a tree? Could a drunk person really fool a Breathalyzer test? Can Adam's tongue piercing withstand the electric force of a lightning bolt?
10. 10 10. Stinky Car2003-12-05Is the myth of the stinky car true? Is the "raccoon in the drain" myth true? Will our MythBusters become human cannonballs?
11. 11 11. Alcatraz Escape2003-12-12Could prisoners really have escaped Alcatraz without a trace? Does a duck's quack echo? Can a stud finder really prove if human beings have been guinea pigs in mind-control experim