Diabolical Devices of The Demon of Darkness

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

Mark Chrisler

Natural Sciences, Design, History, Arts, Science

4.8 • 922 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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It was a dark and stormy night. A dark and stormy year, really. And it gave birth to a monster, a New Prometheus which descended upon the panicked world, leaving death and destruction in its wake. For this, our season finale, we give you the most frightening and dangerous invention of the 19th century. The bicycle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.9	Hello, fellow Constantine's. Before we get rolling with today's story, I wanted to let you know that this
1:12.5	is the final episode of season three, and the final regular episode for a while. Don't panic,
1:21.5	the show's not ending, but it is changing. There will be a handful more episodes scattered
1:26.5	throughout the rest of the year, but
1:28.1	well, this isn't the time for this. For now, just enjoy this episode and then stick around
1:33.6	through the end. I'll explain things then. Here's a story you know. A young doctor,
1:43.5	driven by hubris and obsession, creates a monster, animated by electricity.
1:49.0	Shocked by his deed, he flees the creature, which bates him with a trail of death, trying to persuade the doctor to create for him a companion.
1:56.0	When the doctor chickens out and destroys his would-be bride, the monster promises revenge on his creator's
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