# Death Ray: the story of Victor Penny

An episode of [Black Sheep](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1163907594), 15 Jun 2023, 52 min.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/media.rnztools.nz/rnz-kete-oro-prod/video/private/ac_mp3,af_48000,br_192k,f_mp3,fl_attachment/v1686779554/audio/bsheep/bsheep-20230616-0500-death_ray_the_story_of_victor_penny.mp3

In 1935, a series of extraordinary newspaper articles claimed a backyard inventor called Victor Penny was trying to build a Death Ray for the New Zealand government. The claims seem absurd... So why were they taken so seriously? Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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