After exposing his wife Bertha's hand to X-rays, she saw the image of her bones and declared, 'I have seen my death.'
As heard by us
A ghostly invention story that turns a scientific breakthrough into public spectacle.
The episode follows X-rays from a unsettling lab accident in Germany to a public sensation at the 1896 fair, where bones suddenly came into view and reactions split between wonder, fear, and opportunism.
Why you'd press play
A fairground miracle that made your bones part of the show.
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