Jamie and Adam retrace the steps of the infamous prisoners who escaped from Alcatraz without a trace in 1962. Although presumed drowned, they'll find out if it was possible to survive the tides of the San Francisco Bay in a homemade raft. As for other myth, Jamie and Adam test whether quacks from ducks echo. They examine the urban legend about whether a stud finder can tell whether you have something implanted in your body.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 8 of MythBusters resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

MythBusters Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Ice Bullet, Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter?
• s01e02 - Cell Phone Destruction, Silicone Breasts, CD-ROM Shattering
• s01e03 - Barrel of Bricks, Pissing on the Third Rail, Eel Skin Wallet
• s01e04 - Penny Drop, Deadly Microwaves, Radio Tooth Fillings
• s01e05 - Hammer Bridge Drop, Buried Alive, Cola
• s01e06 - Lightning Strikes Tongue Piercing, Tree Cannon, Beat the Breath Test
• s01e07 - Stinky Car, Raccoon Rocket
• s01e08 - Escape From Alcatraz, Duck Quack, Stud Finder
• s01e09 - Chicken Gun, Octopus Egg Pregnancy, Killer Washing Machine
• s01e10 - Explosive Decompression, Frog Giggin', Rear Axle
• s01e11 - Sinking Titanic, Goldfish Memory, Trombone Explosion
• s01e12 - Break Step Bridge, Toothbrush Surprise, Rowing Water Skier
• s01e13 - Buried in Concrete, Daddy-Longlegs, Jet Taxi

MythBusters Show Summary

Did a Medieval Chinese astrologer make it into space by strapping rockets to his chair and setting them off? Just how hard IS it to find a needle in a haystack? Can you in fact go insane by having water drip on your forehead?

These are just a few of the myths, urban legends, and improbable sayings that the Mythbusters try to figure out. Comprised of special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Heineman - as well as their mottley crew of Mythbuilders, Mythterns, and resident 'crash test dummy' Buster - they don't just tell the myths, they put them to the test to see which ones are possible, and which ones are just plain bunk.