Tesla & The Tunguska Mystery:  Stories of the Tesla Death Ray

S2E32 - Tesla & The Tunguska Mystery: Stories of the Tesla Death Ray

Published: March 6, 2026

Duration: 57:50

In the early morning hours of June 30, 1908, a cataclysmic explosion leveled 800 square miles of the Siberian Taiga. While the official scientific explanation attributes the Tunguska Event to a meteor airburst, a persistent and intriguing conspiracy theory points elsewhere: to the laboratory of Nikola Tesla.

In this episode of Unexplained History, host Tom McKenzie dives deep into the legendary inventor’s "Death Ray" experiments and the persistent rumors that his wireless energy tests at Wardenclyffe Tower inadvertently triggered the massive blast. We explore the technical arguments, the la...