Today we are going to learn about America’s Greatest inventor. Or is he?

America’s greatest innovator? Maybe

America’s first nightmare CEO – Absolutely.

He was deaf, he was from a small town, but he lit up the world.

Did he murder some one to get there? Maybe.

Listen up

This is the brother episode to Nikola Tesla episode and then I hope you enjoy it.

All we had to do to solve this case was investigate the following websites;

https://www.thomasedison.org/brief-biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Westinghouse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Oregon_(1883)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Leonard_Pope

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Swan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadruplex_telegraph

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/edison%E2%80%99s-first-patented-invention-the-electrographic-vote-recorder-edison-thomas/CQHUS5HlosillQ?hl=en

https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2025/joseph-swan-8409/

https://sciencewithkids.com/Science-history/timeline-Edison-inventions.html

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150206-the-most-racist-movie-ever-made

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Edison

https://www.biography.com/inventors/thomas-edison

https://www.history.com/articles/thomas-edison

https://www.century.tech/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Thomas-Edison-Biography.pdf

https://www.loc.gov/static/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/articles-and-essays/biography/life-of-thomas-alva-edison.html

https://www.thomasedison.org/inventions

https://edison.rutgers.edu/life-of-edison/biographical-essays/education/new-york-1869-1870

https://edison.rutgers.edu/life-of-edison/inventions?catid=91&id=543:vote-recorder&view=article

https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-intellectual-property-office/en/patents-learn-basics-inventing-next-big-thing-learn-why-patents-matter

https://studyguides.com/study-methods/study-guide/cml9key9z41n30192e9nt0gp0

https://www.energy.gov/articles/history-light-bulb

https://www.cio.com/article/266493/consumer-technology-thomas-edison-joseph-swan-and-the-real-deal-behind-the-light-bulb.html

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-31/edison-demonstrates-incandescent-light

https://guides.loc.gov/this-month-in-business-history/april/jp-morgan-born

https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/historyculture/mary-stillwell-edison.htm

https://www.rutgers.edu/news/thomas-edisons-first-wife-may-have-died-morphine-overdose

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/from-edisons-light-bulb-to-the-ball-in-times-square-33743920/

https://www.neh.gov/divisions/research/featured-project/heartbreak-menlo-park

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Miller_Edison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Miller_Edison

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