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American Innovations

Wondery

Steven Johnson, History, Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Science

4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In 1922, a murder case in Washington, DC presents the first opportunity for lie detector results to be used in a criminal trial. But even as lie detectors become more commonly used, one of the device’s inventors begins to have serious doubts about the accuracy of his creation.

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0:19.0	It's June 10th, 1922, Washington, DC.
0:33.0	29-year-old William Marston follows a guard and two lawyers down a prison hallway.
0:38.5	Marston works to steady his hands.
0:41.0	This is the moment he's been dreaming of since he was a young psychology student at Harvard.
0:46.0	He and his method of lie detection are finally going to be used in one of the most high profile murder cases in the country.
0:54.0	They arrive at the holding cell where accused murderer James Fry is waiting.
0:59.0	One of the lawyers looks at Marston.
1:01.0	You ready?
1:02.0	Marston nods.
1:03.0	Absolutely.
1:04.0	The guard unlocks the door.
1:06.0	Marston steps into the cell.
1:08.0	Sitting there is a young, skinny, African American man in his mid-twenties.
1:13.0	James Fry, the accused murderer of Dr. Robert Wade Brown, one of the wealthiest black men in America.
1:21.0	When Dr. Brown was gunned down in his own home, the case made national headlines.
1:26.0	A year ago, Fry confessed to the murder.
1:29.0	Now he's claiming the police tricked him into giving a false confession.
1:33.0	Fry looks up at Marston.
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