My Million Dollar Invention – Season 1
Episodes
Shock and Awe
How the electric chair, the Ouija board, and other chilling ideas became million-dollar inventions.
The Vision Thing
See how the TV, speed camera, photocopier, and space telescope went from sketch drawings to life-altering inventions.
Criminal Riches
See how crime made lucrative inventions out of the house alarm, the cash register, the Tommy Gun, and even the toothbrush.
Danger Magnets
Would you inhale toxins, leap off a cliff, or shoot yourself to prove you're right? Meet four inventors who did just that.
Need for Speed
How did a waffle iron change the world of running shoes forever? Find out this and other invention secrets.
Life and Death
The story of the gun meant to end violence, the box that keeps hearts beating, and the printer that can build anything.
Guns and Goldmines
They walked through fires, faced poverty, ran for their lives, and found their fortune in gold, guns and games.
The Little Guy
Intermittent wipers, Lego bricks, and the smiley face came from the minds of ordinary people with extraordinary stories.