# Real life "1920's style deathrays" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809 "2003-11-29T00:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809/1 "2003-11-29T00:03:15Z")
As always, news reports lag behind the SDMB. Check out the article. [Clickety Click Click](http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/379/11354_waves.html) ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809/2 "2003-11-29T00:42:21Z")
That article makes me so happy! πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809/3 "2003-11-29T01:21:09Z")
Are you the one who stole them? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809/4 "2003-11-29T01:27:07Z")
Ah, they’re 1920’s style β€œDeath Rays.” ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809/5 "2003-11-29T01:40:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chavardz \* > \*\*Are you the one who stole them? \*\* πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ πŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809/6 "2003-11-29T02:15:56Z")
**Chav** - you were right - the news has fnally caught up to the SDMB. To think that some people thought we were joking about 1920’s style death rays. Who’s laughing now ? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809/7 "2003-11-29T02:34:35Z")
> [@](#): > > To think that some people thought we were joking about 1920’s style death rays. > Who’s laughing now ? Certainly not the burning dog. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809/8 "2003-11-29T08:16:56Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund_ > **Ah, they’re 1920’s style "Death Rays."** What’s wrong with you people? I exepected way more of these! **BUMP!** ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809/9 "2003-11-29T11:39:15Z")
I burning your dog with my 1920’s style β€œDeath Ray” for bumping. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809/10 "2003-11-29T12:08:20Z")
I didn’t know if I should reply or not, for fear of it beaing considered a bump. But I just can’t resist. If my dog is being burned (poor fella, seems to be taking a long time0, what can I expect for myself? Please elder one, spare me ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809/11 "2003-11-29T21:28:09Z")
> [@](#): > > During the same time, Matthews has declared his original concept of β€œRays of death.” Interestingly, but soon after such declaration, he received a grant of 25,000 pounds from militaristic forces to develop the actual apparatus. First results did not appear until **1923** Yup, that’s a 1920s-style death ray! Apparently, there’s a [1920s-style death ray aimed down at the shoppers of the Walden Galleria in Buffalo](http://www.buffalonews.com/graphics/2003/11/29/1129finshop_COLOR.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-1920s-style-deathrays/215809/12 "2003-11-29T21:56:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > \*\*Yup, that’s a 1920s-style death ray! > > Apparently, there’s a [1920s-style death ray aimed down at the shoppers of the Walden Galleria in Buffalo](http://www.buffalonews.com/graphics/2003/11/29/1129finshop_COLOR.jpg). \*\* Well, that’s a view to a kill, isn’t it?