Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2026-06-16

Books mentioned on Part One: The Fake Bomb Detector Grift That Killed Hundreds

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Robert sits down with Ed Zitron to discuss one of the deadliest fake tech products in history: the Gopher, a fake golf ball detector that became a fake bomb detector and got hundreds of people killed. See omnystudio.

Robert Evans discussed Experimental Investigation of the Spirit Manifestations, Demonstrating the Existence of Spirits and Their Communion with Mortals - Doctrine of the Spirit World Respecting Heaven, Hell, Morality, and God by Robert Hare.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Experimental Investigation of the Spirit Manifestations, Demonstrating the Existence of Spirits and Their Communion with Mortals - Doctrine of the Spirit World Respecting Heaven, Hell, Morality, and God

   Robert Hare · at 37:23

   Discussed

   “He writes a book in 1855 with a very long title. We did not know how to title Oh, books then. Experimental investigation of the spirit manifestations demonstrating the existence of spirits and their communion with mortals, doctrine of the spirit world respecting heaven, hell, morality, and God.”

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