The Amelia Project · Imploding Fictions

Granville T. Woods (1909)

May 26, 2023·57 min·5 clips
Granville Woods confesses his invention made an evil copy of himself that tried to kill him.
Inventor Granville T. Woods visits the Amelia Project to fake his death after accidentally creating a teletransporter that makes evil copies of people. As the hosts interview him, chaos ensues when they realize the machine has been copying everyone in the building, leading to multiple versions of characters and a comedic crisis.

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A teletransporter mistake turns into a joke about invention, vanity, and keeping a death-faking business afloat in wartime.

The episode sends Granville T. Woods in with a telegram and a steamship timetable, only to have him tangled in a machine he thinks can teletransport people by radio waves.

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When you want a brilliant inventor, a busted miracle, and a room that keeps every claim under a lamp.

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