They can be high-tech or unsophisticated, but either way, the purpose of a booby trap is the same, to surprise the target. In 2002, a retired engineer in Belgium thought he would surprise his estranged family with not one, but 19 hidden traps around his house. Each one was lethal and each one was cleverly disguised. Oh yeah, and to find them, you needed to crack a series of codes. In 2018, a man in the US created what authorities would dub the Indiana Jones house. It might have something to do with the massive hot tub turned on its side rigged to roll down the steep driveway. That was just the beginning!
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Ep 94 Mad Marathons
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Ep 92 Murf the Surf
Ep 91 The DC Sniper (Part 2)
Ep 90 The DC Sniper (Part 1)
Ep 89 The Chowchilla Kidnapping
Ep 88 John from Manchester
Ep 87 The Black Magic Cult
Ep 86 The Somerton Man
Ep 84 The Tylenol Murders
Ep 83 Boom!
EP 82 Freak Accidents
Ep 81 The Triplets
Ep 80 It Stings!
Ep 79 The Locked Room
Ep 78 Rillington Place
Ep 77 Wait, You're Not Dead?
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