I would love to go to a church with an animatronic beezlebub and the leader of the church half hidden behind the curtain like in the wizard of OZ when Toto pulls back the curtain.

This is an awesome idea just because, although I don’t like the idea of coerced interogations. At the very least the satanic church needs to own this patent haha

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/spark8000 on 2025-08-17 20:39:40+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in 1930, Helen Adelaide Shelby patented a device for a skeleton in a dark room shrouded with ominous lighting, red lightbulbs for eyes, and a megaphone and film camera in its skull. The goal was to use it to question culprits and induce a supernatural experience that would urge them to confess