Nikola Tesla invented the modern world — but the textbooks leave out the mystic.

At three years old, he stroked a cat and watched blue fire erupt from its fur. By adulthood, he could design complete machines entirely in his mind, run them for weeks, check for wear — then build them once, perfectly. "My brain is only a receiver," he said. A receiver of what?

In the finale of March Madman Madness, we trace Tesla from a lightning-struck birth in Croatia to the War of Currents, from Edison's betrayal to the night he sat alone in Colorado Springs and heard something counting back at him from the stars.

One. Two. Three.

This is Part One: The Receiver.

Part Two out now !

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Seifer, Marc J. Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla. Citadel Press, 1996.
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Wikipedia: Topsy (elephant)
Wikipedia: William Kemmler
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