The man who lit the world died in Room 3327 of the New Yorker Hotel in January 1943, broke, largely forgotten, and in the middle of a world war that desperately wanted what was in his head.

The FBI seized his files within hours. His nephew was told they'd found nothing of interest. A government physicist was quietly brought in to review the "death ray" papers. And somewhere along the way, a question started circulating that has never quite gone away: did the US government let Nikola Tesla die, or did they help him along?

In this episode, Richard Baker and Dr. Nick Coatsworth go back to Room 3327 and ask what the official record actually tells us — and what it doesn't.

• The death itself, the timeline, the hotel maid who found him, and what the scene actually looked like
• The file seizure, who moved, how fast, and what "Alien Property" really meant in wartime America
• The death ray, what Tesla's teleforce weapon actually was, how close he'd gotten, and who wanted it
• John Trump's assessment, what he told the FBI, and whether anyone believed him
• The free energy question, the theory that suppression of Tesla's work didn't start when he died, and what that has to do with his final years of poverty
• Why the official story has always felt just slightly too tidy, and what remains, to this day, unaccounted for

Some of this is documented. Some remains classified. None of it has ever been fully resolved.

Join Rich Baker and Dr Nick Coatsworth as they suss it all out.

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