{"id":16023,"date":"2022-07-15T12:11:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T10:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=211553"},"modified":"2022-07-15T12:30:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T10:30:07","slug":"the-vanishing-inventor","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-vanishing-inventor\/","title":{"rendered":"The vanishing inventor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 15 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>On 16 September 1890, inventor Louis Le Prince boarded a train to Paris and vanished without a trace. In his book<em> The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures<\/em>, Paul Fischer explores his life and disappearance. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, he delves into the many theories about what may have happened Le Prince \u2013 from an accident or mugging, to murder by his rival Thomas Edison in order to steal his latest invention.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-211553-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/vanishinginventor-6f1f38e.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/vanishinginventor-6f1f38e.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/vanishinginventor-6f1f38e.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Paul Fischer is the author of <em>The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies <\/em>(Simon &amp; Schuster, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/the-man-who-invented-motion-pictures-a-true-tale-of-obsession-murder-and-the-movies\/9780571348640&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Man-Who-Invented-Motion-Pictures\/dp\/0571348645?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/the-man-who-invented-motion-pictures\/paul-fischer\/9780571348640&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\" noreferrer=\"\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ellie Cawthorne Published: Friday, 15 July 2022 at 12:00 am On 16 September 1890, inventor Louis Le Prince boarded a train to Paris and vanished without a trace. 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