Mythbusters Season 3 Episode 23 - Killer Tissue Box

Airdate: 2005-Oct-26

Episode summary:

The American Civil War was fought with bayonets, muskets and cannons. But was that all? Not according to the MythBusters. So Adam, Jamie and the build team join forces to find out if the Confederate Army had a secret deadly weapon — the world's first long-range missile, which according to rumors, was launched from Richmond, Va., and aimed at the White House over 100 miles away.

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 >