Episode 43: Stanley Meyer

About this episode

This episode explores the mysterious life and death of inventor Stanley Meyer, who claimed to have created a car that ran on water.

In 1998, the sudden and unexpected death of 57-year-old American Inventor Stanley Meyer sparked the birth of a new conspiracy theory. With his dying breath, Meyer would create speculation as to his cause of death regardless of what the autopsy would say, by claiming he believed someone was attempting to murder him. In his lifetime his greatest "achievement" would be a car that he claimed ran on water alone. As with Stanley's death, there are a lot of questions surrounding this breakthrough "invention" of his that persist even to this day. Tune in and listen to Jim tell us about the story of the mysterious life and death of Stanley Meyer this week.

People in this episode

Host: Adrienne Poole

Guest: Jim

Topics covered

• conspiracy theory
• invention
• mysterious death
• water fuel
• American inventor

Keywords

• Stanley Meyer
• conspiracy theory
• water fuel
• invention
• mysterious death

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