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History's John Broich discusses Harry Grindell Matthews, who claimed to have invented the death ray

Media | March 21, 2025 | Story by: Editorial Staff

Did someone really make a deadly laser-powered ray gun in 1924?
CKNW, Vancouver: John Broich, associate professor of history at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed Harry Grindell Matthews, the first inventor to claim to have invented the death ray.