Myths

The ErrorZap host mashes a DOOR CLOSE button inside an elevator while a sleepy green gremlin inside the cut-away wall panel yawns next to disconnected wires; he asks IS THIS EVEN CONNECTED.

Myth Check

Elevator folklore, checked: the door close button, free fall, running out of air, the missing 13th floor, the mirror trick, and elevator music.

The host inspects a 1909 newspaper headlined Explorations in Grand Canyon, illustrated with an imaginary Egyptian temple carved into a cliff.

The 1909 Grand Canyon "Egyptian Cave": Myth vs. the Paper Trail

A 1909 Phoenix newspaper claimed the Smithsonian found an Egyptian city inside the Grand Canyon. Here’s what the records, the place names, and the real closures actually show.