Inventors Undone By Their Own Inventions

When you're inventing the next big thing, it's good to ask yourself if your invention will cause more harm than good. Plenty of inventors have created things that they thought would be a net positive for society, only for them to be destroyed by their own inventions. It's not too surprising that one of the innovators of the auto industry died in a car crash, but a few of the others are a bit more shocking. From the inventor of glow-in-the-dark paint to the man who thought he had invented the perfect parachute, let's take a look at some inventors who were destroyed by their own inventions.