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Leonarde Keeler tests the first Keeler Polygraph machine for the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Although earlier polygraphs existed, Keeler's improved device is legally regarded as the first modern lie detector. The invention, although regarded by some as pseudo-science, will capture the public imagination and will inspire the writing of several songs including Lie Detector [1996] by Sleeper, Lie Detector [1988] by The Reverend Horton Heat, Lie Detector [2000] by Mya.
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