Mythbusters (en español Cazadores de mitos) es un programa de televisión estadounidense y australiano de divulgación científica emitido por Discovery Channel. Está protagonizado por los expertos en efectos especiales Adam Savage y Jamie Hyneman ayudados, hasta el final de la temporada de 2014, por Tory Belleci, Grant Imahara y Kari Byron. En el programa, los protagonistas usan sus conocimientos y habilidades para poner a prueba la veracidad de las leyendas urbanas y otras creencias de la cultura popular sometiéndolas al método científico.
Jet-Assisted Chevy 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 2003-01-23
Duración: 45 min
Sinopsis: Can a '67 Chevy turn into a 350-mile-per-hour road warrior? Are Pop Rocks candy and soda a recipe for disaster?
Biscuit Bazooka 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 2003-01-23
Sinopsis: Can a person get stuck to an airline toilet while it's in flight? Is there such a thing as a biscuit bazooka?
Poppy-Seed Drug Test 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 2003-03-07
Sinopsis: Can a poppy-seed bagel tilt the results of a drug test? Can balloons carry a lawn chair? If you cover your body in gold paint, will you be able to breathe? Or could you die from it?
Exploding Toilet 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 2003-09-23
Sinopsis: Can you explode a toilet by flushing flammables down the bowl then lighting a match? Do you get wetter running or walking in the rain? Can you really make a "magic bullet" that will not leave evidence behind in its victim?
Cell Phone Destroys Gas Station 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 2003-10-03
Sinopsis: Can chatting on a cell phone while pumping gas cause the pump to blow up? Will silicone breast implants burst under pressure? Can high-speed CD-ROM players really shatter a CD?
Barrel of Bricks 7.5
Fecha de emisión: 2003-10-10
Sinopsis: Is it dangerous to pee on the electrified third rail of a train track? Can an eel-skin wallet erase the information on your credit cards? Can a 500-pound barrel of bricks really hit the pulley holder?
Penny Drop 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 2003-10-17
Sinopsis: Can a penny dropped from a skyscraper kill a person below? Is it possible to "bake yourself" on a tanning bed? Did Lucille Ball expose a spy ring by hearing radio signals from her tooth fillings?
Buried Alive 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 2003-10-24
Sinopsis: Could a person survive a leap from a bridge by throwing a hammer in the water first? Is it possible to survive being buried alive? Can cola really remove bloodstains, clean rust or cook a steak?
Lightning Strikes/Tongue Piercing 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 2003-11-07
Sinopsis: Is it possible to make a cannon out of a tree? Could a drunk person really fool a Breathalyzer test? Can Adam's tongue piercing withstand the electric force of a lightning bolt?
Stinky Car 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 2003-12-05
Sinopsis: Is the myth of the stinky car true? Is the "raccoon in the drain" myth true? Will our MythBusters become human cannonballs?
Alcatraz Escape 7.0
Fecha de emisión: 2003-12-12
Sinopsis: Could prisoners really have escaped Alcatraz without a trace? Does a duck's quack echo? Can a stud finder really prove if human beings have been guinea pigs in mind-control experiments.
