Strangest Things The Fake, the Spy and the Steam Powered Brain (Season 1, Episode 9)
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Strangest Things

The Fake, the Spy and the Steam Powered Brain (Season 1, Episode 9)

TV Episode | Documentary

A look at the 'perfect listening bug' and a steam-powered 180-year-old mechanical engine that can solve complex math problems.

Producer

Andrew Lessner

Cinematographer

Paul Jenkins

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Updated Apr 12, 2021

Release date

Apr 12, 2021 (United Kingdom)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Corey Johnson Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Morbius (2022)
Ben Elliot Self - Archaeologist (as Dr. Ben Elliot) Self - Archaeologist (as Dr. Ben Elliot) See fewer	Strangest Things (2021)
Kevin MacDonald Self - Archaeologist, UCL (as Professor Kevin MacDonald) Self - Archaeologist, UCL (as Professor Kevin MacDonald) See fewer	Strangest Things (2021)
Sascha Auerbach Self - Historian (as Dr. Sascha Auerbach) Self - Historian (as Dr. Sascha Auerbach) See fewer	Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (2022)
Andrew Steele Self - Scientist (as Dr. Andrew Steele) Self - Scientist (as Dr. Andrew Steele) See fewer	Science of Stupid (2014)
Philip Ball Self - Science Writer (as Dr. Philip Ball) Self - Science Writer (as Dr. Philip Ball) See fewer	National Geographic: Engineering the Impossible (2007)
Ruth Goodman Self - Social Historian Self - Social Historian See fewer	Jack the Ripper: The Hidden Victims (2022)
Tim Denison Self - Engineer (as Professor Tim Denison) Self - Engineer (as Professor Tim Denison) See fewer	Strangest Things (2021)
Arthur Conan Doyle Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Charles Darwin Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	1960 National Nominating Conventions (1960)
Leon Theremin Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993)