S04E05: Franklin's Kite
The build team attempts to discover electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. Do innocuous legumes really increase gas? Is it possible to break wind so much that you can suffocate to death?
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Season 1
Jet-Assisted Chevy
S1E1 / 23 Jan 2003
Biscuit Bazooka
S1E2 / 23 Jan 2003
Poppy-Seed Drug Test
S1E3 / 07 Mar 2003
Exploding Toilet
S1E4 / 23 Sep 2003
Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station
S1E5 / 03 Oct 2003
Barrel of Bricks
S1E6 / 10 Oct 2003
Penny Drop
S1E7 / 17 Oct 2003
Buried Alive
S1E8 / 24 Oct 2003
Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing
S1E9 / 07 Nov 2003
Stinky Car
S1E10 / 05 Dec 2003
Alcatraz Escape
S1E11 / 12 Dec 2003
Season 2
Explosive Decompression
S2E1 / 11 Jan 2004
Chicken Gun
S2E2 / 18 Jan 2004
Break Step Bridge
S2E3 / 25 Jan 2004
Sinking Titanic
S2E4 / 22 Feb 2004
Buried in Concrete
S2E5 / 25 Feb 2004
Myths Revisited
S2E6 / 08 Jun 2004
Scuba Diver and Car Capers
S2E7 / 27 Jul 2004
Ancient Death Ray
S2E8 / 29 Sep 2004
Elevator of Death, Levitation Machine
S2E9 / 06 Oct 2004
Beat the Radar Detector
S2E10 / 13 Oct 2004
Quicksand
S2E11 / 20 Oct 2004
Exploding Jawbreaker
S2E12 / 27 Oct 2004
Pingpong Rescue
S2E13 / 03 Nov 2004
Boom-Lift Catapult
S2E14 / 10 Nov 2004
Exploding House
S2E15 / 16 Nov 2004
Ming Dynasty Astronaut
S2E16 / 05 Dec 2004
Viewers-Choice/Christmas Special
S2E17 / 22 Dec 2004
Season 3
Brown Note
S3E1 / 16 Feb 2005
Salsa Escape
S3E2 / 23 Feb 2005
Exploding Port-a-Potty
S3E3 / 02 Mar 2005
Is Yawning Contagious?
S3E4 / 09 Mar 2005
Cooling a Six-Pack
S3E5 / 23 Mar 2005
Son of a Gun
S3E6 / 30 Mar 2005
Breaking Glass
S3E7 / 18 May 2005
Jet Pack
S3E8 / 09 Jun 2005
Killer Brace Position
S3E9 / 22 Jun 2005
Bullet Proof Water
S3E10 / 13 Jul 2005
Jaws Special
S3E11 / 17 Jul 2005
Border Slingshot
S3E12 / 27 Jul 2005
Killer Tissue Box
S3E13 / 03 Aug 2005
Escape Slide Parachute
S3E14 / 10 Aug 2005
MythBusters Revisited
S3E15 / 12 Oct 2005
Chinese Invasion Alarm
S3E16 / 19 Oct 2005
Confederate Rocket
S3E17 / 26 Oct 2005
Vodka Myths
S3E18 / 02 Nov 2005
Steel Toe-Cap Amputation
S3E19 / 09 Nov 2005
Seasickness - Kill or Cure
S3E20 / 16 Nov 2005
Season 4
Paper Crossbow
S4E1 / 11 Jan 2006
Shredded Plane
S4E2 / 18 Jan 2006
Archimedes Death Ray Revisited
S4E3 / 25 Jan 2006
Helium Football
S4E4 / 01 Feb 2006
Franklin's Kite
S4E5 / 08 Mar 2006
Cell Phones on Planes
S4E6 / 15 Mar 2006
Bullets Fired Up
S4E7 / 19 Apr 2006
Myths Re-Opened
S4E8 / 26 Apr 2006
Mind Control
S4E9 / 03 May 2006
Exploding Pants
S4E10 / 10 May 2006
Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (1)
S4E11 / 12 Jul 2006
Steam Cannon
S4E12 / 19 Jul 2006
Whirlpool/Snowplow
S4E13 / 26 Jul 2006
Mentos and Soda
S4E14 / 09 Aug 2006
Shattering Subwoofer
S4E15 / 16 Aug 2006
Crimes and Myth-Demeanors (2)
S4E16 / 23 Aug 2006
Earthquake Machine
S4E17 / 30 Aug 2006
Deadly Straw
S4E18 / 06 Sep 2006
Mega Movie Myths
S4E19 / 13 Sep 2006
Killer Cable Snaps
S4E20 / 11 Oct 2006
Air Cylinder Rocket
S4E21 / 18 Oct 2006
More Myths Revisited
S4E22 / 25 Oct 2006
Exploding Lighter
S4E23 / 01 Nov 2006
Concrete Glider
S4E24 / 08 Nov 2006
Firearms Folklore
S4E25 / 29 Nov 2006
Anti-Gravity Device
S4E26 / 06 Dec 2006
Holiday Special
S4E27 / 06 Dec 2006
22,000-Foot Fall
S4E28 / 13 Dec 2006
Season 5
Hindenburg Mystery
S5E1 / 10 Jan 2007
Pirate Special (1)
S5E2 / 17 Jan 2007
Underwater Car
S5E3 / 24 Jan 2007
Speed Cameras
S5E4 / 07 Mar 2007
Dog Myths
S5E5 / 14 Mar 2007
More Myths Reopened
S5E6 / 21 Mar 2007
Voice Flame Extinguisher
S5E7 / 11 Apr 2007
Birds in a Truck
S5E8 / 18 Apr 2007
Walking on Water
S5E9 / 25 Apr 2007
Western Myths
S5E10 / 30 May 2007
Big Rig Myths
S5E11 / 06 Jun 2007
Grenades and Guts
S5E12 / 13 Jun 2007
Snow Special
S5E13 / 20 Jun 2007
Baseball Myths
S5E14 / 08 Aug 2007
Viewers' Special (1)
S5E15 / 15 Aug 2007
Red Flag to a Bull
S5E16 / 22 Aug 2007
Superhero Hour
S5E17 / 29 Aug 2007
Myth Revolution
S5E18 / 05 Sep 2007
Trailblazers
S5E19 / 31 Oct 2007
Exploding Water Heater
S5E20 / 07 Nov 2007
Special Supersized Myths
S5E21 / 14 Nov 2007
Shooting Fish in a Barrel
S5E22 / 21 Nov 2007
Pirates (2)
S5E23 / 28 Nov 2007
Confederate Steam Gun
S5E24 / 05 Dec 2007
Airplane Hour
S5E25 / 12 Dec 2007
Season 6
James Bond (1)
S6E1 / 16 Jan 2008
Lead Balloon
S6E2 / 23 Jan 2008
Airplane on a Conveyor Belt
S6E3 / 30 Jan 2008
James Bond (2)
S6E4 / 06 Feb 2008
Viewers' Special (2)
S6E5 / 13 Feb 2008
MacGyver Myths
S6E6 / 20 Feb 2008
Alaska Special (1)
S6E7 / 23 Apr 2008
Shark Week Special
S6E8 / 27 Jul 2008
Exploding Steak
S6E9 / 06 Aug 2008
NASA Moon Landing
S6E10 / 27 Aug 2008
Viral Hour
S6E11 / 03 Sep 2008
Phone Book Friction
S6E12 / 10 Sep 2008
Water Stun Gun
S6E13 / 17 Sep 2008
Blind Driving
S6E14 / 08 Oct 2008
Ninjas
S6E15 / 15 Oct 2008
Alcohol Myths
S6E16 / 22 Oct 2008
Motorcycle Flip
S6E17 / 29 Oct 2008
Coffin Punch
S6E18 / 05 Nov 2008
End With a Bang
S6E19 / 12 Nov 2008
Season 7
Demolition Derby
S7E1 / 08 Apr 2009
Alaska Special (2)
S7E2 / 15 Apr 2009
Banana Slip/Double Dip
S7E3 / 22 Apr 2009
YouTube Special
S7E4 / 29 Apr 2009
Swimming in Syrup
S7E5 / 06 May 2009
Exploding Bumper
S7E6 / 13 May 2009
Seesaw Saga
S7E7 / 20 May 2009
Thermite vs. Ice
S7E8 / 27 May 2009
Prison Escape
S7E9 / 03 Jun 2009
Curving Bullets
S7E10 / 10 Jun 2009
Car vs. Rain
S7E11 / 17 Jun 2009
Knock Your Socks Off
S7E12 / 07 Oct 2009
Duct Tape Hour
S7E13 / 14 Oct 2009
Clean Car vs. Dirty Car
S7E14 / 21 Oct 2009
Greased Lightning
S7E15 / 28 Oct 2009
Hurricane Windows
S7E16 / 04 Nov 2009
Crash and Burn
S7E17 / 11 Nov 2009
Myth Evolution
S7E18 / 18 Nov 2009
Dumpster Diving
S7E19 / 25 Nov 2009
Antacid Jail Break
S7E20 / 02 Dec 2009
Unarmed and Unharmed
S7E21 / 09 Dec 2009
Hidden Nasties
S7E22 / 16 Dec 2009
Mini Myth Mayhem
S7E23 / 28 Dec 2009
Season 8
Boomerang Bullet
S8E1 / 04 Jan 2010
Soda Cup Killer
S8E2 / 24 Mar 2010
Dive to Survive
S8E3 / 31 Mar 2010
Spy Car Escape (1)
S8E4 / 07 Apr 2010
Bottle Bash
S8E5 / 14 Apr 2010
No Pain, No Gain
S8E6 / 28 Apr 2010
Mythssion Control
S8E7 / 05 May 2010
Duct Tape Hour (2)
S8E8 / 12 May 2010
Waterslide Wipeout
S8E9 / 19 May 2010
Fireball Stun Gun
S8E10 / 02 Jun 2010
Flu Fiction
S8E11 / 09 Jun 2010
Hair of the Dog
S8E12 / 06 Oct 2010
Storm Chasing Myths
S8E13 / 13 Oct 2010
Cold Feet
S8E14 / 20 Oct 2010
Tablecloth Chaos
S8E15 / 27 Oct 2010
Arrow Machine Gun
S8E16 / 03 Nov 2010
Mini Myth Madness
S8E17 / 10 Nov 2010
Reverse Engineering
S8E18 / 17 Nov 2010
Inverted Underwater Car
S8E19 / 24 Nov 2010
Bug Special
S8E20 / 01 Dec 2010
President's Challenge
S8E21 / 08 Dec 2010
Green Hornet Special
S8E22 / 15 Dec 2010
Operation Valkyrie
S8E23 / 22 Dec 2010
Season 9
Mission Impossible Mask
S9E1 / 06 Apr 2011
Blue Ice
S9E2 / 13 Apr 2011
Running on Water
S9E3 / 20 Apr 2011
Bubble Trouble
S9E4 / 27 Apr 2011
Torpedo Tastic
S9E5 / 04 May 2011
Blow Your Own Sail
S9E6 / 11 May 2011
Spy Car (2)
S9E7 / 18 May 2011
Dodge a Bullet
S9E8 / 01 Jun 2011
Fixing a Flat
S9E9 / 08 Jun 2011
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
S9E10 / 15 Jun 2011
Let There be Light
S9E11 / 22 Jun 2011
Paper Armor
S9E12 / 29 Jun 2011
Bikes and Bazookas
S9E13 / 28 Sep 2011
Newton's Crane Cradle
S9E14 / 05 Oct 2011
Walk a Straight Line
S9E15 / 12 Oct 2011
Duct Tape Plane
S9E16 / 19 Oct 2011
Flying Guillotine
S9E17 / 26 Oct 2011
Drain Disaster
S9E18 / 02 Nov 2011
Wet and Wild
S9E19 / 16 Nov 2011
Wheel of Mythfortune
S9E20 / 23 Nov 2011
Toilet Bomb
S9E21 / 30 Nov 2011
Season 10
Duct Tape Island
S10E1 / 25 Mar 2012
Fire vs. Ice
S10E2 / 01 Apr 2012
Square Wheels
S10E3 / 08 Apr 2012
Swinging Pirates
S10E4 / 15 Apr 2012
Battle of the Sexes
S10E5 / 22 Apr 2012
Driving in Heels
S10E6 / 29 Apr 2012
Revenge of the Myth
S10E7 / 06 May 2012
Bouncing Bullet
S10E8 / 13 May 2012
Mailbag Special
S10E9 / 20 May 2012
Bubble Pack Plunge
S10E10 / 03 Jun 2012
Duel Dilemmas
S10E11 / 10 Jun 2012
Hollywood Gunslingers
S10E12 / 17 Jun 2012
Jawsome Shark Special
S10E13 / 13 Aug 2012
Titanic Survival
S10E14 / 07 Oct 2012
Trench Torpedo
S10E15 / 14 Oct 2012
Hail Hijynx
S10E16 / 21 Oct 2012
Fright Night
S10E17 / 28 Oct 2012
Mini Myth Medley
S10E18 / 04 Nov 2012
Cannonball Chemistry
S10E19 / 11 Nov 2012
Food Fables
S10E20 / 18 Nov 2012
Season 11
JATO Rocket Car: Mission Accomplished?
S11E1 / 01 May 2013
Deadliest Catch Crabtastic Special
S11E2 / 08 May 2013
Down and Dirty/Earthquake Survival
S11E3 / 15 May 2013
Indy Car Special
S11E4 / 22 May 2013
Battle of the Sexes: Round 2
S11E5 / 29 May 2013
Motorcycle Water Ski
S11E6 / 05 Jun 2013
Hypermiling/Crash Cushions
S11E7 / 12 Jun 2013
Duct Tape Canyon
S11E8 / 19 Jun 2013
Painting With Explosives/Bifurcated Boat
S11E9 / 26 Jun 2013
Breaking Bad Special
S11E10 / 12 Aug 2013
Zombie Special
S11E11 / 17 Oct 2013
Season 12
Star Wars Special
S12E1 / 04 Jan 2014
Moonshiner Myths
S12E2 / 11 Jan 2014
Hollywood Car Crash Cliches
S12E3 / 18 Jan 2014
Car Chase Chaos / Animal Antics
S12E4 / 25 Jan 2014
*DO* Try This at Home?
S12E5 / 01 Feb 2014
Mythssion Impossible
S12E6 / 15 Feb 2014
Bullet Baloney
S12E7 / 22 Feb 2014
Supersonic Ping Pong/Ice Cannon
S12E8 / 01 Mar 2014
Fire in the Hole
S12E9 / 10 Jul 2014
Household Disasters
S12E10 / 17 Jul 2014
Commercial Myths
S12E11 / 24 Jul 2014
Road Rage
S12E12 / 31 Jul 2014
Laws of Attraction
S12E13 / 07 Aug 2014
Traffic Tricks
S12E14 / 07 Aug 2014
Plane Boarding
S12E15 / 21 Aug 2014
Season 13
The Simpsons: D'oh!
S13E1 / 10 Jan 2015
The Busters of the Lost Myths
S13E2 / 17 Jan 2015
A-Team Special
S13E3 / 24 Jan 2015
Video Game Special
S13E4 / 31 Jan 2015
Transformers
S13E5 / 07 Feb 2015
San Francisco Drift
S13E6 / 14 Feb 2015
Blow It Out of the Water
S13E7 / 18 Jul 2015
Flights of Fantasy
S13E8 / 25 Jul 2015
Accidental Ammo
S13E9 / 01 Aug 2015
Dangerous Driving
S13E10 / 08 Aug 2015
Supernatural Shooters
S13E11 / 15 Aug 2015
Unfinished Business
S13E12 / 22 Aug 2015
MythBusters vs. Jaws
S13E13 / 29 Aug 2015
Star Wars (2) - The Myths Strike Back
S13E14 / 05 Sep 2015
Season 14
MythBusters Revealed
S14E1 / 02 Jan 2016
The Explosion Special
S14E2 / 09 Jan 2016
Tanker Crush
S14E3 / 16 Jan 2016
Cooking Chaos
S14E4 / 23 Jan 2016
Driven to Destruction
S14E5 / 30 Jan 2016
Volunteer Special
S14E6 / 06 Feb 2016
Failure Is Not an Option!
S14E7 / 13 Feb 2016
Rocketman
S14E8 / 20 Feb 2016
Reddit Special
S14E9 / 27 Feb 2016
Grand Finale
S14E10 / 05 Mar 2016
Reunion
S14E11 / 05 Mar 2016
Season 15
Heads Will Roll
S15E1 / 15 Nov 2017
Chimney Cannon
S15E2 / 22 Nov 2017
Earthquake Water Heater
S15E3 / 29 Nov 2017
Rock 'n' Roll Road Rage
S15E4 / 06 Dec 2017
Invisible Assassins
S15E5 / 13 Dec 2017
Dead Body Double
S15E6 / 20 Dec 2017
Season 16
Fire Arrow vs. Gas Tank
S16E1 / 03 Jan 2018
Pane In The Glass
S16E2 / 10 Jan 2018
Wild Wild West
S16E3 / 17 Jan 2018
Spike In The Road
S16E4 / 24 Jan 2018
Dynamite Deposit
S16E5 / 31 Jan 2018Backseat Getaway Driver
S16E6 / 07 Feb 2018Electrified Escape
S16E7 / 14 Feb 2018Dropping a Bomb
S16E8 / 21 Feb 2018
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