Mythbusters Season 1 Episode 6 -

Airdate: 2003-Oct-10

Episode summary:

Is it dangerous to pee on the electrified third rail of a train track? Can an eel-skin wallet erase the information on your credit cards? Can a 500-pound barrel of bricks really hit the pulley holder? In this episode, the Adam and Jamie test: 1) If a construction worker can be pulled up by dropping a barrel of bricks drag him up a pulley then smashed by the bricks. 2) If peeing on an electrified rail can give you an electroshock and kill you. 3) If an eel skin wallet can erase the information of credit cards.

About Mythbusters series:

A weekly documentary in which two Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk urban legends by directly testing them. The Emmy-nominated se...Show more >