Season 4 (2006)

Paper Crossbow
8.0

January 11, 2006 • 1h

Is it possible to make a deadly weapon out of nothing more dangerous than newspaper and underwear? Grant, Kari and Tory unscrew th...Read more

Shredded Plane
8.3

January 18, 2006

Is the photo of a light plane, with precise, clean tears on the side, genuine? Was it the work of the jilted lover, who took to he...Read more

Archimedes Death Ray Revisited
7.7

January 25, 2006

Challenged from fan mailbags to retest the "Archimedes Death Ray," Adam and Jamie accept. In turn, fans and a M.I.T. team were inv...Read more

Helium Football
7.3

February 1, 2006

This time around, Adam and Jamie test a myth that footballs filled with helium will fly farther and hang longer than ones filled w...Read more

Franklin's Kite
7.3

March 8, 2006

The build team attempts to discover electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. Do innocuous legumes really increase gas? Is i...Read more

Cell Phones on Planes
7.3

March 15, 2006

If you fill a normal raft with helium can you fly? Tory and Kari tackle a conspiracy theory familiar to many frequent flyers. Can ...Read more

Bullets Fired Up
8.7

April 19, 2006

Can celebratory gunfire kill when the bullets fall back to Earth? Grant, Tory and Kari quench their thirst with another round of "Vodka Myths."

Myths Re-Opened
8.0

April 26, 2006

The team revisits myths explored from "Split Arrow," "Confederate Rocket," and "Bulletproof Water."

Mind Control
8.0

May 3, 2006

Adam and Jamie do a little painting and detonating when they try to blow open a home-improvement myth. Grant, Tory and Kari explor...Read more

Exploding Pants
8.0

May 10, 2006

Tory, Kari and Grant investigate the spontaneous trouser combustion. Do gas companies and car manufacturers deliberately conspire ...Read more

Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (1)
8.7

July 12, 2006

Are Hollywood break-ins complete hocus pocus? The team tries to tiptoe their way around a laser system before facing the mother of all safes.

Steam Cannon
7.7

July 19, 2006

Did Archimedes build the world's first "supergun," a cannon powered by steam? Adam's mom thinks a typical modern breakfast cereal ...Read more

Whirlpool/Snowplow
8.0

July 26, 2006

Somewhere on Earth is there a massive whirlpool sucking whole ships and their hapless crews to a watery grave? Can a passing winte...Read more

Mentos and Soda
8.7

August 9, 2006

Adam and Jamie try to figure out the theory behind the chaos when diet cola and Mentos mix. Can posting a postage stamp on the rot...Read more

Shattering Subwoofer
8.0

August 16, 2006

The guys find out if the bass from a car stereo can destroy an automobile. Also, Grant, Kari and Tory hit the road to take on two ...Read more

Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (2)
8.3

August 23, 2006

It's "lights, camera, action!" time again for the MythBusters, as they test more Hollywood heists. This time, our cat burglars Ada...Read more

Earthquake Machine
7.7

August 30, 2006

Adam and Jamie take on one of the greatest scientist/inventor and myth creator legends of all time: Nikolai Tesla and his Earthqua...Read more

Deadly Straw
8.0

September 6, 2006

Can the wind in a tropical hurricane get so strong that it can blow a piece of straw through a palm-tree trunk? Can a hurricane bl...Read more

Mega Movie Myths
8.5

September 13, 2006

Can you use awnings to cushion your fall? Is there really such a thing as a car ejector seat? Can you chop a sword with another sw...Read more

Killer Cable Snaps
8.0

October 11, 2006

If a cable at high tension snaps, can it slice a person clean in two? Does ancient pottery contain sounds from the past that can b...Read more

Air Cylinder Rocket
8.0

October 18, 2006

Can a ruptured cylinder -- carefully aimed --really cause the massive damage some people claim? Meanwhile, Tory, Grant and Kari go...Read more

More Myths Revisited
8.3

October 25, 2006

"Myths Revisited" offers Jamie and Adam the chance to clear their names. Watch as they repeat past experiments to see if their ori...Read more

Exploding Lighter
7.7

November 1, 2006

Jamie and Adam find out if a small, disposable butane lighter can suddenly ignite with the force of several sticks of dynamite. Th...Read more

Concrete Glider
7.3

November 8, 2006

Adam and Jamie test the old engineering challenge that you can't make a concrete glider fly. Kari, Grant and Tory find out just ho...Read more

Firearms Folklore
7.7

November 29, 2006

Could a criminal's bullet have hit and jammed the empty chamber of a policeman's revolver? Could two bullets colliding mid-air fus...Read more

Anti-Gravity Device
8.7

December 6, 2006

Could leaving Christmas lights on your tree overnight cause it to burst into flames? Is Anti-gravity science or science fiction? C...Read more

Holiday Special
10.0

December 6, 2006 • 42m

Can six reindeer run fast enough to launch an ultralite glider? Does one burn more calories jogging Naked in the snow or by puttin...Read more

22,000-Foot Fall
8.3

December 13, 2006

Is it possible to survive a 22,000 foot fall using the blast from a 1,000 pound bomb to break the fall? Is electricity saved by sw...Read more